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Right...I need to vent.
All day i've been refreshing the EB forum in the vain hope of seeing 1.0 released!
Am I safe to stop doing this EB team?, as i'm starting to get strange looks from the missus!
C'mon it's sunday and that's the day (usually) the EB team gives us a little snippet or a preview or something, and with all these teasers going around I thought today might be the day!
Yea I know I need counselling...
...but is anyone else feeling the same?
Deranged Mega
Of course you are safe to stop refreshing. Maybe you'll want to go to bed. You might wake up to a surprise in the morning. Or not.
But is that you just feeding us the wrong ideas bovi. As MAA said, anything not in the first post of a preview should be taken with a pinch of salt. :dizzy2:
Yes. Or maybe not.
who knows? its like Christmas.. or the Easter bunny.
:wall: :wall: :wall:
Think of Schroedinger's cat - you know, quantum physics.
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Originally Posted by bovi
Right you just made it even worse for me! Thanks Bovi.....no sleep for me tonight then! :candle:
Actually, that part was quite serious. You should not lose any sleep over EB being released, no matter whether it's being released today, tomorrow, next week, or at the end of the year. I'm sure you should be fit for work/school tomorrow. This goes for everyone here. In fact, as we're releasing using file sharing systems, it will get downloaded faster once a couple of others have it down completely, so you're not losing very much EB time at all by getting that good sleep.
Hm, i have a defraged D:-drive, a fresh install of RTW 1.6, two torrent clients working flawlessly (testet it with some po...err, educational material), i think im ready for EB 1.0. So, are you? :inquisitive:
Good advice bovi :thumbsup:
Well I've been refreshing the EB page every 1 minute 12 seconds for 96 hours straight in the hopes that EB 1.0 will be on there.
I....must....not sleep....cannot....must be first to....:Zzzz:
Ha...wha...hoplitai!...oh....:Zzzz:
Let's form a lynch mob... :mean:
You guys are the masters of making people hate you. Lol. No srsly you are very good at building suspense.
Or, as I suspect is the case, are more or less done with their parts of the work and now keep themselves occupied messing with the fans.
The Devil finds work for idle hands and all that. :skull:
So EB 1.0 is both released and not released?Quote:
Originally Posted by abou
yeah most EB team members want to finish their 1.0 campaigns before we release it to the public. We need to enjoy it's many pleasures in privacy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watchman
Kind of, I suppose. You know, it's the trousers-of-time-thingy. We're in the one leg, where 1.0 isn't released, and there is this other leg, where 1.0 is released, but it's still the same trouser...Quote:
So EB 1.0 is both released and not released?
I on't know why everyone thought we would release on sunday, monday is the obvious choice (or is that tuesday - I can never remember).
Foot
I know 4 other days that are also excelent time for a release ~:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Foot
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Originally Posted by Foot
ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!
I suspect it all depends on how many video teasers they have produced. I'm afraid it might be quite a bunch. We had 4 already, Saba, Gauls, Seleucid/Ptolemies and the horse-factions. That leaves Romani, Qart-Hadast, Luso, Sweboz, Casse, Epeiros, KH, Makedon, Getai, Pontos, Hayasdan and Baktria. The release frequency of the previous teasers was 2 days, so it will be 23 days to go until the release of the final teaser, which brings us into November and we all now that nobody releases anything in November since that's too early for christmas presents, so we won't see 1.0 before December 1.
QED.
Unfortunately one assumes, by that logic, that the EB team runs on logic. It blatantly does not.
Foot
I like how you used logic to dispel EB having logic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foot
damn...
Always look to the bright side of things; the waiting gives us ample time to have a clean install and get everything ready so that 1.0 is only a click away.
Now, to help time pass,
How many seeders do you think will we see when the time comes ?
Well, judging by how 0.81a worked, I was the only seed at first, then about 10 more came in the following days, but many of these fell off after a short while. Eventually there were about 4 that I could see with my client, and later I think more have chosen to seed, but I haven't checked. I think I've uploaded 70GB worth of EB by torrent.
Distribution would have been a lot faster if everyone had used torrent then instead of swamping our FTP (exploding our bandwidth limit). Torrent/ED2K should actually be quicker for most people, once more than 10 people get it down and choose to keep sharing. I encourage everyone to keep seeding after getting it down successfully.
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Originally Posted by bovi
Good advice there Bovi! Unfortunatley for poor soles like me in the UK who pretty much all have bad upload speeds, i'm guessing it is going to take at least a week to get down.....oooh the pain!:shame:
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Originally Posted by I of the Storm
I suspect it all depends on how many video teasers they have produced. I'm afraid it might be quite a bunch. We had 4 already, Saba, Gauls, Seleucid/Ptolemies and the horse-factions. That leaves Romani, Qart-Hadast, Luso, Sweboz, Casse, Epeiros, KH, Makedon, Getai, Pontos, Hayasdan and Baktria. The release frequency of the previous teasers was 2 days, so it will be 23 days to go until the release of the final teaser, which brings us into November and we all now that nobody releases anything in November since that's too early for christmas presents, so we won't see 1.0 before December 1.
QED.
I think we'll be seeing it soon, at least this month otherwise why are they waiting to open the new screenshot competition :2thumbsup:Quote:
From EB monthy screenshot competition poll (SEPT.)
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Originally Posted by Admetos
Whens the next competition being opened?
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Originally Posted by abou
I think we may be waiting for something special.
I think you could possibly group the videos together by what actions they will take in the game/area on the map, eg. the Audei and the Arveni previewed together and the same with Arche Seleukeia and the Ptolemaioi. So I'm guessing Makedon, Epiros and KH will be previewed together, and also the Romans and Carthagians. That leaves us with Luso, Sweboz, Casse, Getai, Pontus, Hayasdan and Baktria. But going back to the idea about the screenshot competition, I don't think we'll have to wait too long.
I can't believe no one used this sign::logic:Quote:
Originally Posted by Foot
Honestly, what makes you guys think they'll unleash it this week? I'd wager for perhaps two weeks from now give or take. I suggest we all do what I did with the first 0.8 release and go Rip Van Winkle for a month.(x12 that is..)
Is the BI expansion required to play EB 1.0? If it is I think I might just cry.
Nope. The team have said countless times that they've kept to the RTW 1.5 version so folks without BI wouldn't be left behind. So you've got nothing to worry about there my friend.:2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldinger
^You will have your hand drawn celtic cataphract eventually .
:2thumbsup: :beam: :2thumbsup: :beam: :2thumbsup: :beam: :2thumbsup: :beam: :2thumbsup: :beam::beam: :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup: :beam: :2thumbsup:~:flirt: ~:flirt: ~:flirt: :dancing: :cheerleader:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Celt
Or you just post in a newsgroup where everybody has acces toQuote:
Originally Posted by bovi
example a.b.boneless make a NZB or post the name and violla the whole the world have acces to that one file for a month with repair blocks if you rar it
http://binaries.coolbegin.com/
Do they let you post 400 meg files?
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Originally Posted by I Am Herenow
ROFL.
I suppose so.
But seriously, I am excited for this....but I only come once a day. School and all takes too much time.
Why dont you just post it on Filefront? or I can after I d/l it from the bittorrent, its a free and fast way to upload/ download game related files
400 gb if want it's freeQuote:
Originally Posted by Bootsiuv
Ok maybe it's not that popular in the VS or other country's
But in Holland we can can down(up)load anything with out a limit
It has something to do with your internet provider
In my case i can download each month 50GB if i want and upload as much as i want
The beauty of this is if you post your file in parts of let's say 40x10mb and you upload 5% repair files everybody is happy
but i think that you guy's don't know this kind of file sharing
this is a better link http://www.binaries4all.com/ftd/
Wow, are we really that nerdy that we have started saying VS instead of US? Please EB team, release 1.0 soon, we are going insane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sassem
*Sees new preview and goes off to check it ovt*
Hehe, but over here in the Netherlands it's VS alright. (VS = Dutch translation of US). Nerdy? :grin:
Ok sorry :oops: :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldinger
Verenigde Staten It's dutch for United States
Ps If you give me the EB1.0 release:laugh4: i can take care of it to post it properly on the net with repair files:2thumbsup:
Of course I need it now because it's a lot of work :shame: :shame:
No NO NO, Keep up ThE INsanItY act. Maybe the EB team will take pity on us and release it sooner. I obviously need to learn Dutch to survive much longer on the .Org.:sweatdrop:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sassem
I am an EB member, I am Dutch, and I "picked it up" -- does that make me pity Sassem for not having EB 1.0? Heck I don't really know if I have yet either...
:inquisitive:
nah, to remain sane while waiting for EB .sumfink, i found myself a new hobby. Brains. Bainrs. Bniars..Quote:
Originally Posted by Waldinger
Worked well so far.
:wacky:
Because Filefront is extremely slow? :inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoofa
Sassem, the newsgroup also sounds like it's only a single host you download from?
I understand this to mean it is less reliable, as you are at the mercy of your own ISP? Could you explain this better?Quote:
Originally Posted by http://www.binaries4all.com/beginners/
Having to pay for decent speed definitely rings an alarm bell in my ear.Quote:
Originally Posted by http://www.binaries4all.com/beginners/
huh? filefront is fast, i always get 300+ kbs download speed
Yep same here Spoofa, where as i'll be lucky to get 50kbps on Utorrent :no:
I'll be waiting!:2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by russia almighty
It works better for others than me then :lam:. My own upload to it was extremely slow at least, some 10KB/s, so it would take ages to get it up there. If one of you upload it once you get it down, we can add the link to our pages :2thumbsup:.Quote:
huh? filefront is fast, i always get 300+ kbs download speed
Just curious:
What if *someone* who happens to be Rapidshare Premium member would load EB 1.0 up on RS.com - that would be ~4 parts, so it wouldn't be too lavish for non-suscribers to download it that way.
But I've got no idea whether the EB developers have any objections to that. I'm really ignorant how those dealings work, whether the EB team has any agreements with filefront & co, otherwise I'd take a look after that.
If it's ok with the EB team and someone can tell me how to split a single file into 4 parts, I'll host it on RS.com.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ariovistus
Yup well, I'd host to, thats not the problem - rather if they want us too. :2thumbsup: And splitting it up is not much of a problem either.
That wouldn't screw up the -mod switch? I mean splitting it up?
As long as we can put up the link on our page to count the downloads, it should be okay. The 4-part place sounds like it's not as easy to do that with. But keep in mind that the more alternative places people download from, the less effective torrent/donkey becomes.
I'm not even sure what torrent is....is it basically like if I dl EB 1....someone else will download it from me, and so on and so forth.
Unfortunately, I have dial-up, so I don't think anyone wants to download from me.
I think I may just have to use your guys bandwidth. :shame:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent
In short, people will be using your upload capacity to download, regardless of how small or big it is, at the same time using other people's upload capacity, and all the while helping you download as well. The file is cut into tiny bits which can be downloaded from anyone and put together once all the bits are collected. The bits you currently have are available to others on a queued basis.
In sum, you get hundreds of people helping you download, maximizing your download speed.
Thanks Bovi. Yet another thing you guys have taught me....
I present to you the traditional EB gift....
:balloon:
:2thumbsup:
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All I know is, I'll pause all thepdocumentaries once EB is out, and then up my μTorrent upload speed AMAP to spread thediseasemod. :yes:
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They'll probably release it while im at school :no:
Grr, all you professors that are working on the team, why dont you give your students a break and release it AFTER school is out, so instead of doing your homework they can be devoting all their time to EB. :yes:
You'll only miss a few hours then. :inquisitive:
You'll still probably get it before me....last time it took me 21 hours to download EB, and with the all of the new features included, the unit cards included, etc. etc., it will probably be even bigger than .8x.
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Originally Posted by Bootsiuv
but....
but....
EVERY SECOND i miss the EB 1.0 release a puppy dies, meaning if it was a few hours the puppies will be extinct, we wouldn't want that would we? :laugh4:
Meh, puppies will be fine. Too many anyway.
And by puppies I mean babies.
:inquisitive:
I sacrifice puppies to the EB gods on a daily basis.
oh....
well then every second that goes by without eb1.0 then abou dies? how's that sound. :laugh4:
No good. We need abou for information.
Damn right.
grr, okay how about YOU bootsiuv, every second I go without eb 1.0 after release you die?
oh and MAA too.
:sad:
But who will run the succession game friend?
And who will fetch you an ale when your parched from slaughtering makedonians in the noonday sun?
There is always school somewhere in the world. Unless you want us to wait until weekend, of course :wink:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoofa
Yeah, but there still might be sunday school for some.Quote:
Originally Posted by bovi
I say we wait until Christmas. That way nobody has to wait.
I'm pretty sure Christmas is not an ubiquitous holiday across the world. Come to think of it, so isn't the "western weekend". Guess the release is cancelled then.
You should release it on my birthday!!!:balloon::balloon2::balloon:
BTW, I was born October 9th. :beam:
Or was I?:inquisitive:
Here's something in the meantime :cake:.
nah you have those balloons to keep you happyQuote:
Originally Posted by Bootsiuv
Heh, yeah I was lieing anyways....it was worth a shot. :laugh4:
Thanks for the cake though, Bovi.
Well, as soon as I've got it I'll try to split it up, rejoin it and see if it works.Quote:
Originally Posted by bovi
If it does, I might upload it and send the links per PM to anyone here who might want to put the links behind the DL-counter - if he wants to. It's just an idea.
But keep in mind that I of course can't do this before I've got it myself, so even if this would work, it would not be the way to go for the Holy Downloaders of the First Hour.
That's just the problem. These would count 4 times as many as others.Quote:
put the links behind the DL-counter
Hmmm...I should remember this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Admetos
Note to myself: Next time people get thinking some new EB version comes out. Wait with the new screenshot competition... Gnagnagnagnagnaaa!!!
Hi Bovi,
Forget about the newsserver thing it's very handy only if people are familiar with it
But what you can do is besides having 1 big file is the following
You can create with a program called Quickpar small repair files for the big file if some one missing a few blocks ( a few bytes or mb's) the program can see this and will tell you how much you're missing the only thing what they have to do is download a few extra repair blocks and run par2 (this will automatic start quickpar) and then it will automatic start the repair
Sorry for the very short and lowlevel explanation but in short it means
people need a free program called Quickpar less then (1 mb )
They have to DL Eb1.0 and a par2 file (wich you created with Quickpar its very simple)
check the downloaded file with the par 2 file fileEB081aFinal.exe.par2 (created with QP only 7 kb or so this small file the have to download also)
If they miss something let say 4 blocks they only have to DL another 5 MB or so (EB081aFinal.exe.vol06+04.PAR2) they DO NOT HAVE TO DL THE BIG FILE AGAIN
When you have DL the repair blocks click the par2 file again it will check it again and see that there are enough repair blocks then it will ask you to start the repair and KLAAR IS KEES
Example of EB0.81final
https://i212.photobucket.com/albums/...m/Quickpar.jpg
If you have further questions about this just ask but i think that people with a low upload and/or a bad provider will benefit from this method
ps here is the english version of QP http://www.binaries4all.com/quickpar/