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[Chavelo]

Well, on the upside, I'm learning who's in DRM-freeGAF.

How's it going with your dozen of games, pal?

 

[Dylan]

I see this as a charitable effort by THQ to allow people to purchase their games before they go under. I don't really see this as a corporate takeover of the Humble Bundle, as so many people tend to be implying.

Totally agree with this. This is a great positive note for THQ to go out on, and I applaud them for doing it.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

I just received five games and donated money to charity.

Today is a good day, regardless of what THQ's intentions with this are.

 

[HK-47]

Man, I hope Stalker gets included as a bonus. I've been holding off buying that for ages.

All the Stalkers have been super low many times. How could you not have picked them up yet?

 

[Carl]

pics

That was the name of that particular bundle, not the "brand".

 

[RoadHazard]

Does the HB site have a problem with Gmail addresses or something? I still haven't received my bundle e-mail. Doesn't really matter, since I got the download link on the site right after paying, but I am also trying to create a HB account (though it would be a good idea to collect my bundles in one place), and the activation e-mail simply won't arrive. I've resent it 4-5 times now, but still nothing. Oh well.

EDIT: Ok, the activation e-mail finally went through when I tried again, but still no bundle e-mail. Not that I have any use for it, but still.

 

[alr1ght]

Next week's bonus game is the IP rights to THQ's entire catalog.

Does the HB site have a problem with Gmail addresses or something? I still haven't got my e-mail. Doesn't really matter, since I got the key link on the site right after paying, but I am also trying to create a HB account (though it would be a good idea to collect my bundles in one place) and the activation e-mail simply won't arrive. I've resent it 4-5 times now, but still nothing. Oh well.

It's always slow when a new bundle goes up.

 

[Toki767]

Does the HB site have a problem with Gmail addresses or something? I still haven't got my e-mail. Doesn't really matter, since I got the key link on the site right after paying, but I am also trying to create a HB account (though it would be a good idea to collect my bundles in one place) and the activation e-mail simply won't arrive. I've resent it 4-5 times now, but still nothing. Oh well.

Is it in your Spam folder?

 

[zkylon]

Unless Activision is about to go bankrupt or has the love that studios like Relic or Volition produce among enthusatists I dont think you have to worry about any catastrophic Call of Duty bundles any time soon

Yeah, heh, that's why I said it was a stretch, I just like scary end-of-the-world pictures.

Humble Bundle's main goal certainly isn't fighting DRM, especially when a large portion of their customers demand Steam keys for their games.

You're right, it may not be its main goal, but the HIB has a stance on it, and doing an all Steam bundle is turning around on that stance. Maybe if this wasn't a publisher-backed bundle this wouldn't be a problem.

That was the name of that particular bundle, not the "brand".

Frozenbyte, Introversion, Double Fine, Mojam are all indie developers. It's the same thing. Debating if it's in the name or not gets us nowhere (and it was a mistake of me to reply to it with name pics), but despite the name, it's always meant "bundle of indie games".

 

[VeryGooster]

Does the HB site have a problem with Gmail addresses or something? I still haven't received my bundle e-mail. Doesn't really matter, since I got the key link on the site right after paying, but I am also trying to create a HB account (though it would be a good idea to collect my bundles in one place) and the activation e-mail simply won't arrive. I've resent it 4-5 times now, but still nothing. Oh well.

I'm actually still waiting for the HIB email (via Gmail), since the "Waiting for PayPal..." script was stuck despite getting a receipt for the purchase. I'm just going to sit it out and wait and then contact support if I feel I need to.

 

[cicero]

You are right, it has the charity element. That only makes it slightly better, THQ are basically a charity themselves on top. Makes no difference to anything else I said, HB is going back on its principles.

“We’re hopefully going to raise a huge amount of money for charity and expose a ton of new customers to the Humble Bundle model. We are debuting more games for Mac and Linux (and Android—and even had an eBook digital debut this year!) and this will just help us continue to do so,” Graham said. “We are humbly hopeful that our customers will see this as a good thing instead of a permanent departure from what we have done and will continue to do.”

Yeah... Raise a huge amount for charity, get a huge amount of new customers to the Humble Bundle model, and further continued Humble Bundle projects. But instead, this is reduced to them actually just "selling out" their precious core "principles"? :roll eyes:

 

[Card Boy]

Next week's bonus game is the IP rights to THQ's entire catalog.

I call dibs on Saints Row, Darksiders and CoH. You guys can fight over Homefront.

 

[RPG Wizard]

How's it going with your dozen of games, pal?

Checking your posting history, I think you're trying to rib me.

My GOG collection is going pretty great actually! Eventually I'll have all of them downloaded. (Maybe after I get another hard drive. Too many games, not enough space.)

 

[Isaccard]

snip

The site itself is called humblebundle.com. Adding the "indie" moniker or whatever they happen to be offering,(which, until now has been indie games, sure) doesn't mean they exclusively offer indie games. In this case it's the humble THQ bundle so your screenshots aren't contributing to your stance.

That was the name of that particular bundle, not the "brand".

Basically this.

Frozenbyte, Introversion, Double Fine, Mojam are all indie developers. It's the same thing. Debating if it's in the name or not gets us nowhere (and it was a mistake of me to reply to it with name pics), but despite the name, it's always meant "bundle of indie games".

To you. Doesn't make it so in reality, as evidenced by the current THQ "humble bundle"

 

[TaroYamada]

Yeah, heh, that's why I said it was a stretch, I just like scary end-of-the-world pictures.


You're right, it may not be its main goal, but the HIB has a stance on it, and doing an all Steam bundle is turning around on that stance. Maybe if this wasn't a publisher-backed bundle this wouldn't be a problem.

Give. Me. A. Fucking. Break.

 

[lsslave]

You are right, it has the charity element. That only makes it slightly better, THQ are basically a charity themselves on top. Makes no difference to anything else I said, HB is going back on its principles.

Not really, they are a humble bundle, I've never once seen them as a "independent only" site it just always worked that way.

They DO some "Humble Indie Bundles" but they are NOT the indie bundle.


Seriously though, the longer this goes the more I hate SOME indie devs. Between this and the recent Kickstarter fiasco they need to stop jacking themselves off with "Ur hurr we're indie!"

 

[Heart Attack]

I'm actually still waiting for the HIB email (via Gmail), since the "Waiting for PayPal..." script was stuck despite getting a receipt for the purchase. I'm just going to sit it out and wait and then contact support if I feel I need to.

the same thing happened to me. Have you gotten your keys yet?

 

[DietRob]

A co-worker linked me to this today and I've been wanting to give saints 3 a go it just looks so ridiculously crazy. I'm kinda embarrassed that I didn't even know what a 'humble bundle' was until earlier today. I'm so far out of the gaming scene now.

I'll certainly keep a eye out for future humble bundles feels good getting a game while also giving to a worthy charity.

 

[Carl]

Frozenbyte, Introversion, Double Fine, Mojam are all indie developers. It's the same thing. Debating if it's in the name or not gets us nowhere (and it was a mistake of me to reply to it with name pics), but despite the name, it's always meant "bundle of indie games".

So was the URL humbleindiebundle.com then?

No. No it wasn't. It was always humblebundle.

 

[HoosTrax]

- I got the webpage with a link to my keys immediately after posting Paypal payment.
- no e-mail receipt in my g-mail yet
- the link to my keys has been added to my Humble Bundle account

 

[Lain]

I already have everything except Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor but grabbed it anyways for 5.51$ when the average was 5.50$.

It's a bit sucky that the OST for SR3 is MP3 only though.

 

[RoadHazard]

Is it in your Spam folder?

Nope, just haven't received it at all. Guess it will come eventually! And as I said, I don't actually need it, already claimed my keys.

 

[brettchalupa]

You despise not having enough money to spare to do the same thing you mean?

Nope, that's actually not the case haha. Assuming someone's financial status is quite naive.

Advertising your Bootstrap Theme site on a bundle page is just dumb.

Eh, it's a tradeoff. Pay a bunch and get exposure. Win for everyone.

It's taking something fun, like a leaderboard for payments and turning into what company is willing to dump the most to be on the top list.

It's not a big deal, but it just feels gross.

 

[GK86]

So it's only one steam key for all the games?

 

[zkylon]

The site itself is called humblebundle.com. Adding the "indie" moniker or whatever they happen to be offering,(which, until now has been indie games, sure) doesn't mean they exclusively offer indie games. In this case it's the humble THQ bundle so your screenshots aren't contributing to your stance.

Frozenbyte, Introversion, Double Fine, Mojam are all indie developers. It's the same thing. Debating if it's in the name or not gets us nowhere (and it was a mistake of me to reply to it with name pics), but despite the name, it's always meant "bundle of indie games".

The not having the "indie" word in the website is an escape clause, nothing more.

I don't get why you people focus on the site's name but whatevs.

To you. Doesn't make it so in reality, as evidenced by the current THQ "humble bundle"

To everyone up to this bundle, which is why I call them out on it.

 

[MrBS]

Feeling sorry for THQ right now

I wonder if I'll ever get to play that SR3 expansion now.

 

[Shambles]

Humble Bundle's main goal certainly isn't fighting DRM, especially when a large portion of their customers demand Steam keys for their games.

Can't fight the cognitive dissonance man...

 

[Tame]

Have half the games in the bundle, no matter

Donation split 3 ways (with a bit more love going THQ's way)

Vive la THQ
Vive la Humble Bundle

cant wait to see what the super secret extra above average donation game is

 

[morningbus]

The not having the "indie" word in the website is an escape clause, nothing more.

I don't get why you people focus on the site's name but whatevs.

It's an escape clause in that it allows them to do whatever they want, sure.

 

[Toppot]

Yeah... Raise a huge amount for charity, get a huge amount of new customers to the Humble Bundle model, and further continued Humble Bundle projects. But instead, this is reduced to them actually just "selling out" their precious core "principles"? :roll eyes:

It has it's good point's for sure, I'm not denying that. That doesn't change the fact they are going back on their multiplatform and DRM-free principles.

I'm sure it will do great for everyone involved, as they have said it is an experiment and people are voicing what they think, myself included.

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

So it's only one steam key for all the games?

Saints Row is a separate key. The rest are all one key.

 

[Carl]

The not having the "indie" word in the website is an escape clause, nothing more.

I don't get why you people focus on the site's name but whatevs.

You don't see why people focus on the site's name when arguing that it was never called humble indie bundle?

 

[cicero]

Well, on the upside, I'm learning who's in DRM-freeGAF.

I absolutely think that Humble Bundles should be DRM free and on Windows, Mac and linux. I am just not horribly offended if they aren't. I absolutely would feel more strongly about DRM Free if it was an Indie Bundle, but it isn't. I don't have unrealistic expectations regarding major Publishers, and I don't hold to dreamy picturesque/utopianesque ideals about the supposed core "principles" of Humble Bundle Inc. Especially not after reading direct comments made by them about their intent and outlook regarding this Bundle.

 

[Isaccard]

It's an escape clause in that it allows them to do whatever they want, sure.

.

I absolutely think that Humble Bundles should be DRM free and on Windows, Mac and linux. I am just not horribly offended if they aren't. I absolutely would feel more strongly about DRM Free if it was an Indie Bundle, but it isn't. I don't have unrealistic expectations regarding major Publishers, and I don't hold to dreamy picturesque/utopianesque ideals about the supposed core "principles" of Humble Bundle Inc. Especially not after reading direct comments made by them about their intent and outlook regarding this Bundle.

Unfortunately everyone else whining about it seems to.

 

[vazel]

wat

I don't even know what Reddit is...

Reddit is one of the most popular sites for college age geeks. The creator of Humble Bundle has credited reddit as a big factor to Humble Bundle's success.

 

[statham]

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check PM.

 

[Toki767]

I absolutely think that Humble Bundles should be DRM free and on Windows, Mac and linux. I am just not horribly offended if they aren't. I absolutely would feel more strongly about DRM Free if it was an Indie Bundle, but it isn't. I don't have unrealistic expectations regarding major Publishers, and I don't hold to dreamy picturesque/utopianesque ideals about the supposed core "principles" of Humble Bundle Inc. Especially not after reading direct comments made by them about their intent and outlook regarding this Bundle.

I'm definitely for DRM free, but if I'm paying $5 for 5 games, DRM is the least of my worries.

 

[DJ Crimson]

All the Stalkers have been super low many times. How could you not have picked them up yet?

Because I'm a cheap ass?

 

[Minion101]

Feeling sorry for THQ right now

I wonder if I'll ever get to play that SR3 expansion now.

They can't be making much money from this. This really feels like their send off to the gaming community.

 

[VeryGooster]

the same thing happened to me. Have you gotten your keys yet?

I bought one bundle below the average, without the Saints Row, which I got the key no problem on the site (but no email) about 3 hours ago, but paid directly with my bank account.

Got the second bundle via Bill Me Later. Hang-up on the checkout, but got the receipt from PayPal. No code. I'm actually waiting for an activation code for my account. I'm guessing their servers are just hammered.

 

[Carl]

So it's creeping up on $1,000,000 already. Has any bundle hit 1 million that quickly?

 

[zkylon]

It's an escape clause in that it allows them to do whatever they want, sure.

It's an escape clause that allows people in this thread not to debate what the HIB has actually always meant.

 

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[Kingbrave]

The not having the "indie" word in the website is an escape clause, nothing more.

I don't get why you people focus on the site's name but whatevs.


To everyone up to this bundle, which is why I call them out on it.

Have they specified at any time before now that they were indie only or are you just making assumptions based on past offerings?

Not being a dick, just want to know.

 

[Visualante2]

Frozenbyte, Introversion, Double Fine, Mojam are all indie developers. It's the same thing. Debating if it's in the name or not gets us nowhere (and it was a mistake of me to reply to it with name pics), but despite the name, it's always meant "bundle of indie games".

- Shank (Electronic Arts)
- Bastion (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- Hammerfight (Kranx Productions)
- Penumbra series (Paradox Interactive)
- Vessel (indiepub)
- Zen Bound 2 (Chillingo Ltd.)

* May not be definitive.

 

[cicero]

Checking your posting history, I think you're trying to rib me.

My GOG collection is going pretty great actually! Eventually I'll have all of them downloaded. (Maybe after I get another hard drive. Too many games, not enough space.)

Are you a DRM Free only digital game gamer? How about physical copies of games with intrusive DRM?

GOG has been fantastic for me, I prefer all my games on GOG. Those Steam sale prices though... I wonder if the recent shift to 60% off GOG weekend sales instead of 50% sales will end up for their Holiday sale too.

 

[Toki767]

They're already advertising to sign up to know when Humble Indie Bundle 7 is going to come out so it seems like that will probably be the next bundle.

 

[Carl]

They can't be making much money from this. This really feels like their send off to the gaming community.

It's not just making money from THIS (although they will make a bunch from games that probably aren't selling that much any more). However, they will probably see an increase in areas where they do make money - increased DLC sales and people will be more interested in the sequels to these.

 

[zkylon]

This thread is fun.

Have they specified at any time before now that they were indie only or are you just making assumptions based on past offerings?

Not being a dick, just want to know.

Not that I know of, no.

- Shank (Electronic Arts)
- Bastion (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- Hammerfight (Kranx Productions)
- Penumbra series (Paradox Interactive)
- Vessel (indiepub)
- Zen Bound 2 (Secret Exit)

* May not be definitive.

Those may be worth their own debate (I have enough on my plate having half of GAF hating me now lol), but clearly you can see difference I see between Bastion and Red Faction: Armageddon?

 

[GK86]

Saints Row is a separate key. The rest are all one key.

Ahh sucks. I have RF, Coh, and Metro, would have given those aways. Oh well. Thanks dude.


I gave all the money to THQ. Dorito pope knows they could use it.