just curious...

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Frogman
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just curious...

#1 Post by Frogman » Sat Aug 18, 2001 6:55 am

Why do you want ppl to enter their first name last name and e-mail addresses to download the game?<br>I mean, it's no big privacy deal because you can just type in fake names, but why do you need our names? Even you guys are annonymous! <p></p><i></i>

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I know why

#2 Post by lazygamer » Sat Aug 18, 2001 8:35 am

I betcha anything it's to keep a tally of those who download it. By having a name next to each download, the AGD's know whether it's a repeat download or not. <p></p><i></i>

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Re: just curious...

#3 Post by DrakkarST » Sat Aug 18, 2001 8:39 am

...or perhaps to keep a "potential" list of users/buyers to keep in touch. <p></p><i></i>

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Re: just curious...

#4 Post by Anonymous Game Creator 2 » Sat Aug 18, 2001 9:54 am

Well, I didn't make the website, but I think Lazygamer has the right answer.. it's to keep track of the downloads so we can tell how popular future remakes might and if they would be worthwhile.. although the number that gets displayed to us is slighlty innaccurate, as some people have posted the direct download URL on other sites and stuff. Oh well, at least we know there's MORE downloads than whatever the current number says<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

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#5 Post by Milan Easton » Sat Aug 18, 2001 7:57 pm

It's amazing to me how many people try to jip themselves and not include a name or email address. Basically, we just added the feature so we'd have a database of people that would be interested in Adventure Games, so that we could contact them in the future if we bring out any new free games. We're not selling this list to anyone. We're not going to send you an email virus. None of that. Straight out, we just wanted to be able to be able to notify you if we had anything else to give out in the future. We wanted the name so that we could personalize the email.<br><br>Anonymous Game Developer #1 <p></p><i></i>

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#6 Post by Frogman » Fri Aug 24, 2001 6:45 am

i used my real email address <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

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