http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: East Side Story en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:16:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-27165 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:53:34 +0000 PLady100 27165@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bubby? *peeking out from behind the curtain* Have you recovered? *handing Bubby a GOOD pill* :) Is there any chance this will run again? Soon? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-27019 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:51:21 +0000 wicketbird 27019@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I didn't manage to get the game either, and I downloaded it 3 times. My problem was that I kept getting the message that the giveaway period had expired - but this started around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. I tried all of BuBBy's suggestions, but nothing helped, and I just wanted to scream every time that stupid message box came up. This has happened before, but I've managed to get it to go away with another download or just re- opening the file. (sigh) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-27011 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:10:22 +0000 HOSS 27011@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>bluhoteyes - That is my problem, I give up easy and then I use the cheats. I couldn't even get out of the garden at the allotment with out help. I had to use the cheats to get out. I swear I looked in the same place 5 times and didn't see the answer (*trying not to give anything away and ruin it for someone). I have gotten better at finding the clues but am still not good at it by any means.</p> <p>I agree with Buckleysmom, it must be tough to "hear" all the complaints and still smile at the end of the day. There is bound to be problems with a game file this large and there may not be much you can do about it. Maybe investing in bigger servers might help but that may not be worthwhile since not all the games are this size. It is also possible the some of the problems were on the users end and there is nothing that you can do about that. What ever the problem, I hope it can be worked out for next time. :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-27010 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:55:43 +0000 graylox 27010@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>To <strong>Summer7027</strong> please tone your words down a little bit. I understand your frustration, not getting this game, but please remember, this giveaway is an <strong>offering</strong> to us, you don't have a contract for delivery with GGOTD. If you mean you can't live without this game, it costs only $6.99 at <a href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/2819/east-side-story/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/2819/east-side-story/index.html</a><br /> They have so many of this game that they sell them.<br /> Oh, I nearly forgot it, <strong>welcome to the forums of GOTD</strong>. You will see, we are having a lot of fun here, and lots and lots of games are suggested, FREEE games. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-27003 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:57:15 +0000 Buckleysmom 27003@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bubby &#38; the GOTD Team....just wanted to give you a word of encouragement after reading so many negative comments. I can't even begin to imagine how you guys must feel at the end of the day after "listening" to all the complaints. I do understand the "players" frustrations, as I've had my share of them too, but slamming you guys sure doesn't solve anything. I had some trouble at first getting the download site to work but I just kept checking throughout the day and eventually it worked. Maybe just too many people trying to access it all at once???? I had no install or activation issues, so I guess in this case I was one of the lucky ones. As for the d/l, I do have a cable internet connection but it is not one of the fastest you can get and by no means is my pc one of the biggest, fastest, newest, top o the line etc. so I really don't think that's the issue. Anyway......hang in there......better days will come. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-27000 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:53:58 +0000 Summer7027 27000@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>To respond to administrator BB whatever -- I have 220 GB free space on my hard drive. I absolutely could NOT get this game to download - period!! And, as I said, I tried for 5 hours!!! There is NO reason for this to be so frustrating. AND - I still want to know if this is going to be repeated -- the game offer I mean. I think it should since there are at least 40,000 of us who didn't get it. Yeah, you say that 40,000 DID get it, but like pretzel mentioned there are those who don't say anything. I guess that I'm just expressing my frustration with your site. I NEVER had these problems until you went to wikisend. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-26981 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:02:47 +0000 PLady100 26981@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bubby ~ it doesn't matter how much free space is on my C drive because I couldn't even get a connection to download the game. :( </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-26979 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:10:55 +0000 Bethany 26979@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I have 262GB free space. (I just reformatted after a bad Linux installation locked me out of windblows. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-26973 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:01:12 +0000 bluhoteyes 26973@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I still have 20GB after downloading and installing on my c: drive Bubby so it wasn't that on this end :) I still feel i had problems downloading it as i only received around 10kb/s for the entire download and it took around a hour to install and happy i read the comments on it taking so long to install or i would have thought it was just me. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-26952 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:18:40 +0000 CreamyPretzel 26952@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bubby - You wanted to know, so here it is. I have 49GB empty space on my pc. That is 98 times the size of the file.</p> <p>You mentioned 40,000 downloads/activations. Is that 40,000 activations, or a combo of both? Because if it is 40,000 downloads, I would venture to guess that a large number of those downloads were repeats from people who couldn't get their first download to work. </p> <p>I really don't think it was "a few" who had problems, judging by what I read on the comments page for the game. For every happy comment, there are many others who are happy and didn't comment. The opposite is also true. For every unhappy comment, there are many others who are unhappy and didn't comment. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146/page/2#post-26938 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:36:24 +0000 bluhoteyes 26938@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Wishing i was like you HOss cause i get totally absorbed in games like this then when i get stuck i start lookin for cheats which i think i might be needing to do cause i can't find the things to make a light and know i need it for more then one area:) lol </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26936 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:10:25 +0000 HOSS 26936@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I had to wait until late afternoon to get connected to wikisend but I finally got the game downloaded and installed. The whole process took about 45 minutes (download, install and set-up). I had to istall the download manager to increase my download speed from 45kb to 345kb per second (never had to do that before because I am on DSL).</p> <p>My guess is that with the large file size and 40,000 people trying to download the game put a large strain on the server. But, I also wonder how many user's computers didn't meet the minimum requirements of the game. If you download it and it doesn't work, it may not be the software's fault.</p> <p>It's a shame that some members were unable to get the game to work. Mine works fine and I am not that fond of it. The game is fine, I just don't have the kind of patients it takes to wander around and around in a game like this.</p> <p>Anyway, I hope that next time they offer a large game it will go better. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26928 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:47:06 +0000 whitemist 26928@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I never did get it downloaded. Did everything you all suggested and yet still said the zip file was corrupted. Worked on it until midnight--34 hours. Oh, well. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26924 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:55:46 +0000 BuBBy 26924@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'd be interested to find out how much free disk space is available on the c: drive of users who had problems running the setup. The way the setup works - you could need at least 4 times the size of the download - so this works out to a requirement of at least 2GB of free space on the C: drive. The activation might only take 5 seconds - but to extract and prepare the setup program from the GGOTD giveaway of 500MB this time could be quite a bit more.</p> <p>The number downloads/activations were well over 40,000 so statistically there will always be a few users who had problems installing the software on their computer. It's not much of a consolation to be told you are one of the few who had problems, and I am not aware of any fixes (certainly not at this late stage).</p> <p>As far as leaving a message to the GOTD team - they do read the forums, and while you might not get a personal response they will see it. There is also a "Contact Us" on the bottom of the sites main page which you can use to get a message to them.</p> <p>I am also in regular email contact with the team, and may pass on any legitimate concerns.</p> <p>I think the weekends giveaways were very successful considering the high number of users successfully installing the software. I think this was probably the largest giveaway ever run. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26918 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:02:21 +0000 Summer7027 26918@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I tried for 5 hours on Sunday to download this game. I was unsuccessful for the entire 5 hours. And this is not the first time this has happened with the games since they went just weekends and went with the new wikisend stuff. It is NOT my computer. I rebooted and everything and still no luck. I hope this problem gets resolved SOON and I would also wish that they'd go back to a daily game like they promised once. I would like this game to be reposted without the glitches and give us another chance to get it. IS THERE A WAY TO CONTACT THE GAOTD TEAM DIRECTLY AND GET A RESPONSE? I feel like I'm typing into cyberspace and that they will never read these. </p> <p>WHAT'S UP GAOTD with the games? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26916 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:36:13 +0000 Xinnia1 26916@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Here's wishing (among many I am sure), that this game will be offered again soon (very)...like so many others here, I tried different browsers and download manager combinations...after 6 tries finally got a valid zip, but by that time the activation period had expired :&lt;&lt; Hopefully, we will all get another opportunity,looks like a good game. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26913 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:02:00 +0000 PLady100 26913@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>No repeat today? Maybe this weekend? There were too many of us that couldn't get through. No matter how many times we 'cleaned up', rebooted, added programs.... I think there are many of us that tried all we could. This is the first time I have been completely shut out from downloading. And since there are so many that were, it seems that the developer would want to extend his graciousness in us wanting to try their game. After all, games like these, in sequences, are highly likely to bring in more $$$ as we want to play the others, too. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26904 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:13:02 +0000 AxCut 26904@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hmmm,</p> <p>What bothers me is that the game downloads ok for some people but a largish number of us can't get it to download it, it activate it. That way they can say that it is your computer's fault. Even people who had gone through it all and has the game installed complain about the time it took.</p> <p>I am not saying that the problem is not from our computers. It may affect people who have gotten some software, or that his drivers are out of date or other gazillion things that make computers OS's behave differently. </p> <p>Then again it could be the developer's fault. Also GGOTD seems to check the file that had taken two hours to download when the first window open and before the first installation window opens. I say this because smaller downloads have never taken so long to go from the first GGOTD's to the first installation window.</p> <p>Maybe it took so long to open the first installation window because the GGOTD servers were overwhelmed with all the download and registration requests. Maybe requests are put in a first come first serve policy, but taking so long to start installing any software should not happen.</p> <p>The size of the file is definitely an issue because the download servers can't seem to be able to deal with all the simultaneous download and activate requests. In my experience no previous giveaway have ever had this problem. </p> <p>My first 8 attempts to download from either one of the 2 download options opened a page with the same message that IE spits out when you are not connected to the Internet and try to open a web page. Who knows how many downloads GAOTD have every day, or for that matter the size, speed and the maximum number of parallel uploads of their server(s).</p> <p>So it seems that half a gig is more than their servers can handle in order to have the normal number of visitors download the GGOTD without having to wait for hours, even if they have high speed connections and/or download managers.</p> <p>I guess this is all a moot point now.</p> <p>AxCut </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26902 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:37:01 +0000 BuBBy 26902@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I started downloading with about 4 hours remaining on the giveaway.</p> <p>With just under 45 minutes remaining, the download completed - I extracted the setup, and deleted the downloaded zip file (because of the size).</p> <p>The Setup/Activation ran without any problems whatsoever. The setup took about 3 minutes to complete. The game worked just fine. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26899 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:52:16 +0000 midas45 26899@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Amen creamypretzel ! I got the darn thing downloaded but ran into the "key wrapper" problem. When I finally got that dealt with it was just past the 24 hour time period so I got nothing for my time wasted trying to deal with GOTD's dysfunctional system. If they are going to offer these things ... they should at least make sure that everything is functioning properly ! This is the last time I spend hours downloading and trying to activate junk software like this ! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26898 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:45:30 +0000 Fred 26898@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Well, i´m pissed because this isn´t the first time. It´s about the tenth time this happens. It´s only on games. So the game giveaway setup must be improper programmed. I told them every time and they never cared about it. Still the same old piece of crappy software. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26895 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:42:11 +0000 funkymom 26895@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>hey bubby- that's why they pay you the big bucks!<br /> ;D </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26894 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:38:18 +0000 BuBBy 26894@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Maybe they did comment - but the moderators head had exploded from extreme stress.... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26890 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:17:35 +0000 LeKanaw 26890@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>There must have been something wrong somewhere.<br /> My dwld never went over 135kb/s, but mostly was at ~120.<br /> I have one of those super-duper connections, always lightning fast.<br /> I never speak of my dwld speed, it's not nice to brag.<br /> I'm just mentioning it now, to add my voice to those who had trouble. So it was not just ppl w slow connections or on dial-up!!<br /> Heck, it's still dwloading!! So *NO* activation for me!!!</p> <p>And, they must have cut the comments, bc I find it rather strange *nobody* commented after 20h45!?!<br /> It stopped at #151 ...</p> <p>=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=<br /> <strong>Edit:</strong><br /> It's now 3h20 - They just added 31 more comments 5mn ago!! Very funny!! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26883 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:53:56 +0000 Raine1 26883@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>6 hours to download, 45 minutes to "activate", and 20 minutes to install, but I finished at about 11:30 pm.</p> <p>Hope it works, b/c I am not going to try it tonight. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26873 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:53:46 +0000 CreamyPretzel 26873@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bethany, I respectfully have to disagree with you. Fred has a right to be upset. If you are happy downloading a 500mb file 3 times in order to get a good copy, that does not mean that Fred or anyone else has to be happy with it. One download is all it should take. What good is a downloadable game if it won't download or install correctly?</p> <p>It doesn't matter whether it was a free game or not. Too many people say, "Don't complain.....it's free". So if I am a starving homeless man, and someone gives me a mold-covered loaf of bread, I should not complain because it is free? Free or not, the download should work. And it isn't just a few people with a few lousy PC's. Run down the comments page and see how many people are having problems with this download. Then multiply that number by hundreds, if not more. That is how many people will hesitate to try the next big download. Some may give up on this web site altogether.</p> <p>This website is not here to "give" us games. It does that, but that is not its main purpose. This website is a money-making business. You may not see HOW they are making money, but you can bet the house they are. And if download situations like today's continue to occur on a regular basis, the visits to this site will more than likely dwindle, and so will the money they make. THAT, my friend, is why it matters if people complain about a free game not downloading.</p> <p>I had the same Software Key Wrapper problem as Fred. I just deleted everything after that. No game is worth the hassle. If GOTD wants to keep people returning, it might want to make sure that 3 downloads in order to get a good copy is not the norm.</p> <p>By the way, Bethany, I congratulate you on your success. Many people NEVER got a good copy or a good installation. Some people are suggesting that GOTD carry this game over into tomorrow. I doubt it would do much good. That idea reminds me of a sign I saw at a hair stylist's once. It said: "If you don't like your haircut, we'll give you another one free!" Why on earth would I want ANOTHER bad haircut? -Dan </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26872 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:49:20 +0000 bluhoteyes 26872@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>so sorry whitemist that is what i done and it did the trick i sure hope you get it as it is a fun game :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26867 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:18:37 +0000 graylox 26867@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>whitemist did you clean up your TEMP-folder and the cache ? sometimes that helps. good luck! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26864 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:59:20 +0000 whitemist 26864@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>bluhoteyes, I have restarted my computer and retried over and over. I only have 2 hours left and this has been an all day project and I can't even get the zip folder open. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3146#post-26862 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:45:02 +0000 Bethany 26862@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I don't understand why you are so upset Fred. It is just a game and you didn't pay a cent for it so you are out nothing at all. I downloaded it 3 times before I got a good copy. When it downloaded properly it worked right. </p> <p>I personally believe that there is something going on on the internet the last couple of days that we have not been told about because my antivirus is updating itself every 6-8 hours. Normally I get a few second update that doesn't require rebooting but I have needed to reboot twice in less than 24 hours. </p>