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DDS:College Basketball Half-Off Sale Extended Through Monday April 6th
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03-18-2009, 11:32 PM | #2 |
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Thanks for posting (and so fast!) - if Ben or any of the mods would be willing to give this a sticky through the weekend I would sure appreciate it. I would never ask for anything related to my company to be stuck on the forum here but I really want to raise as much as we can for his family.
If anyone is interested there are some more details on Randy's Power Politics forum (including a link to the obituary if you would like to know more about Randy) and his son, Jonathan started a great thread on our website talking about some of his memories of his dad and what he did with DDS: College Basketball. The threads are located at PP site - Kellogg Creek Software :: View topic - A sad, sad, day... WS thread - Randy Chase - Wolverine Studios I know its hard right now with the economy being what it is so thank you in advance if you can help out. |
03-18-2009, 11:45 PM | #3 |
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Kudos to Gary for a very classy move. I'll do my part to keep this at the top of the page
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03-19-2009, 01:45 AM | #4 |
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Obviously thoughts w/ Randy's family and friends during this trying time; and credit to WS for a thoughtful gesture.
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03-19-2009, 07:07 AM | #5 |
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I'll be in for a copy before the weekend is out.
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03-19-2009, 07:16 AM | #6 |
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Charity aside, I have this game and it's quite a bit of fun. I bought it at full price. At half price, it's a no brainer purchase.
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03-19-2009, 07:36 AM | #7 | |
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+1 I had this game installed way back when and it was tons of fun, but that was on an old HD and I haven't reinstalled it. Considering the cost is going to a good cause I'm likely to just re-buy this weekend.
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03-19-2009, 07:45 AM | #8 |
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Awesome gesture Gary and as someone who just recently purchased this is a great deal on a great game. I wish I had purchased it much sooner.
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03-19-2009, 08:38 AM | #9 |
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Does anyone know if you'll be able to use the draft files from DDS: CB for DDS:PB 1 or 2?
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03-19-2009, 08:43 AM | #10 |
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I will also be in for this by the end of the weekend. It has been on my list, but never could pull the trigger on it. rjolley, pretty sure that the answer is yes.
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03-19-2009, 08:44 AM | #11 |
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03-19-2009, 08:47 AM | #12 | |
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Yeah it will have the same functionality that DDS:PB1 currently has with DDS:CB |
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03-19-2009, 08:52 AM | #13 | |
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Ditto. A virus caused me to wipe my HD and I haven't reinstalled it but am getting the itch to play it again. With the good cause, I'll probably just repurchase it. |
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03-19-2009, 08:55 AM | #14 |
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The game is worth 39.95, and definitely 19.95 for a good cause.
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03-19-2009, 09:07 AM | #15 | |
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03-19-2009, 12:38 PM | #16 |
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I have been thinking about trying this game out, and this just seals the deal.
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03-19-2009, 04:04 PM | #17 | |
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Done. Not a mod, but I can sticky threads
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03-19-2009, 06:33 PM | #18 |
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Thanks Ant - and thank you to everyone who has been supportive of the idea. We've had a nice start to the sale and I especially appreciate those who previously bought the game and are willing to do so again to support our cause.
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03-19-2009, 09:07 PM | #19 | |
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Thanks for doing this Gary. I didn't know Randy like you did but I did get to know him a bit when Power Politics came out and he was a great guy. To be able to buy a game I've been on the fence about ( general text game fatigue is the culprit ) and help his family out. Indeed a no brainer.
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03-19-2009, 09:46 PM | #20 | |
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Thanks for the support! Randy was a great guy - I guess one of the advantages of being a developer is that I've gotten the opportunity to either meet with or at least talk to some of the other developers and Randy was a class act all the way. He did so many interesting things trying to use his projects like Power Politics as an educational tool in schools or with exhibits and was such a diverse guy...just so many good things I remember now as I type this. We definitely lost a good one way too early. |
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03-20-2009, 05:29 PM | #21 |
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Can I create a custom sized NCAA tournament in this game?
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03-20-2009, 06:16 PM | #22 |
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No - standard size NCAA tournament only |
03-20-2009, 10:39 PM | #23 |
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Before I proceed, how does the option to upgrade to the pro and college bundle affect this event?
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03-21-2009, 08:15 AM | #24 | |
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Well if you do the bundle you get DDSPB at its normal reduced "bundle price" and its like $19 for DDSCB instead of $20. In terms of raising the money I'm just going to count the number of DDSCB sales from Thu-Sun as whole sales whether they were purchased separately or as part of the bundle. |
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03-21-2009, 10:05 PM | #25 |
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Just a quick reminder to all that tomorrow will be the last day we're running this offer. So if you want to get in cheap or just to support the cause tomorrow (Sunday) is the last day to do so.
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03-21-2009, 10:23 PM | #26 |
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yeah - it's on my agenda to do tonight/tomorrow.
although part of me feels bad for taking the money out of your pocket Gary Last edited by DaddyTorgo : 03-21-2009 at 10:26 PM. |
03-22-2009, 07:35 AM | #27 |
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Had my eye on it, this definitely pushed me over the top. Haven't ever gotten into a text bball game, but this should be fun. And a plus, a donation to a good cause.
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03-22-2009, 09:57 AM | #28 |
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I played TCB a lot and enjoyed it very much, but I never really had the desire to upgrade to DDS:CB. I recently had a Windows issue that forced me to do a reinstall, and I never got around to getting my licenses back for TCB.
This promotion made it a lot easier to do the upgrade, and it is a very nice gesture by Gary. With March Madness here this really was a no-brainer. |
03-22-2009, 10:45 AM | #29 | |
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well if you feel THAT bad about it you could always buy DDSPB (or DDSPB2 when it comes out) But seriously - I wanted to do this and am happy that we'll be able to help out Randy's family so do it today before our sale ends. |
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03-22-2009, 11:20 AM | #30 |
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I'm probably going to pull the trigger on buying this today too.
Quick Q, does DDS:CB handle freshman better than FBCB? FBCB the incoming freshman seem to be rated very low and the CPU redshirts far to many. |
03-22-2009, 01:22 PM | #31 |
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I'd say there's a good mix for freshmen and in some cases, the freshmen are the dominant individual stars.
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03-22-2009, 06:58 PM | #32 |
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yay! bought!
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03-22-2009, 08:00 PM | #33 |
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Just purchased this....but when i went to run the game i got a RT error
2005401480(88780078) Automation error ANy idea why?
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03-22-2009, 09:31 PM | #34 | |
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Well its possible a needed .dll file did not register properly. First though - check your sound card to make sure the driver is loaded. Another person experienced this error quite some time ago with TPG Run-time error '-2005401480 (88780078)' - Wolverine Studios |
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03-22-2009, 09:58 PM | #35 | |
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Thx Gary...but now i have to buy a new sound card to play Mine is cacked.
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03-22-2009, 10:09 PM | #36 | |
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That sucks - you sure its just not a driver problem? If you don't have any other reason to buy a sound card and don't feel like doing it just PM me your license ID and we'll shoot you a refund since it obviously won't play on your system. |
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03-22-2009, 10:12 PM | #37 |
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well, call me crazy. Saw the post about the offer, and the fund for Randy's family on Friday. I don't follow college basketball, like at all, didn't know Randy Chase or his family, but I just bought the game. Figured playing a game was as good a way to learn about the whole hoopla that March Madness is every Spring.
I did download the demo yesterday, but only twiddled with it for maybe 20 minutes this evening. Still, thought that $20 was cool and the game looked like fun. Will probably have my assistant do all the strategy and most of the coaching for a little while though. FM
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03-22-2009, 11:25 PM | #38 |
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03-23-2009, 12:59 AM | #39 | |
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No problem....i'll keep the game and be happy i made the donation to a good cause.Thanks though.
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03-23-2009, 07:24 AM | #40 |
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Thank you everyone who participated in this - we exceeded my expectations for what could be raised and that's definitely in part to some of the great people on this forum. If anyone didn't get in on it and still wants to donate I will be happy to share that info with you as soon as the family finishes setting up the fund. Thank you again and mods please unsticky the thread now.
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03-23-2009, 07:44 AM | #41 |
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thanks for the offer Gary. It will definately have made me more likely to purchase DDSPB2 when that is released, so that I can link the two games together.
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03-23-2009, 01:21 PM | #42 |
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bump....unstick
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03-23-2009, 10:11 PM | #43 |
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I would like to thank Gary for his help over the weekend with troubleshooting the install. Note - it is hard to run the program if you have only installed the patch and not the original download.
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03-23-2009, 10:11 PM | #44 |
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03-24-2009, 05:23 AM | #45 |
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haha
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03-28-2009, 07:14 PM | #46 |
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Is it possible to sim 5 seasons or so for some history? If so, how?
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03-28-2009, 07:25 PM | #47 |
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I don't regret helping out by purchasing this, but I'm not sure I've had a more frustrating experience with a game. The volume of RTEs has made it damn near unplayable. I finally got to the games on my fifth attempt, but it crashed in late November and won't read my save file.
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03-28-2009, 08:40 PM | #48 | |
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o rly?
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03-28-2009, 09:29 PM | #49 |
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Yep. I've been getting a run time error 0 that's apparently a known issue, but without a solution. I wasn't that pissed until my save file was corrupted. I doubt I'll give it another try.
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03-28-2009, 09:34 PM | #50 |
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hmmm
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