Does anyone think CA put out the Leak patch just to see if we like things.

[Budwise]

If you really take the time to think about it, CA leaked the patch to other nations before the US, I think. Almost right off the bat, they notice that it wasn't working right and pulled it before the US was offered the update and now upon the message boards people are talking about what they like or dislike, what they would change, and what other ideas should be added.

So my query is, WAS THIS ALL PLANNED? Releasing a patch is expensive, you have to advertise doing it, pay for bandwidth and hope all works out. If this was a planned release, you don't have to advertise because everyone is stuck looking for it for a while, the bandwidth isn't going to be such an issue because people are learning how to download Torrent files and as far as it working out, they give themselves extra time to figure things out.

So, what does anyone else think about this?

[sapi]

I think that all patch discussion should be in the relevant thread

EDIT: Unlocked after discussion with OP

[Lusted]

I'll find the post Caliban made at TWC, it was short but to the point.

EDIT: ah here it is:

Your right, we wouldn't. The patch was leaked by a mirror site before the official release time and before it was pulled back, simple as that.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...t=92539&page=3

[sapi]

And that's really all there is to it, imho

[HoreTore]

Why so dull? Conspiracies are fun!

[Budwise]

Even knowing what everyone wrote and the quick warning I got with this, I honestly think it was on purpose. Honestly, I could see myself doing this if I was having delay problems with the patch getting done and the anticipation that we all shown for its delayed release. I do think CA is a great company and worth all the positive feedback that is deserved and we should all be patient for the upcomming patch. We all need to realize that the developers are human too and sometimes working on code can be a real hassle to find the one mispelling or synax error that makes a function not work right. I think that the prerelease of this patch gave CA ample feedback to really work on what they needed to work on and see what else needed to be done. Releasing patches, according to PCGAMER Magazine is an expensive and time costly event, they can't post a patch this week and send out another two weeks later, they aren't Counter Strike's Steam afterall.