HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
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Themaster032
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August 17, 2009, 8:39 pm |
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Joined: December 20, 2007, 3:11 pm Posts: 605 Location: Maybe you should turn around
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Quote: i just think that you guys are too greedy | | |
yeah giving people more free games then most people deserve is SOOOOOO greedy
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el1mullet
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August 18, 2009, 1:09 pm |
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Joined: August 18, 2009, 11:37 am Posts: 1
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Themaster032 wrote: THANK YOU for making this Lc. maybe it'll stop idiots from making more useless posts. | | |
I'd rather people post questions that need answers, or answers to those questions, than Douche Bag comments like this one. YOU, in fact, are one of the idiots posting useless threads, Moron.
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tsrblke2
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August 18, 2009, 1:27 pm |
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
:sigh: That's a really odd way to handle percieved Douchbaggery, by returning the favor. Also, kindly don't dredge up old comments made when this board literally had more "gimme my games back" posts than anything else.
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Themaster032
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August 18, 2009, 6:45 pm |
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Joined: December 20, 2007, 3:11 pm Posts: 605 Location: Maybe you should turn around
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Quote: I'd rather people post questions that need answers, or answers to those questions, than Douche Bag comments like this one. YOU, in fact, are one of the idiots posting useless threads, Moron. | | |
I don't beleive I'm being a douche bag by getting a little pissed off at people asking a question that's been answered hundreds of times. Plus, I made that post a long time ago, back then there was a new post asking where the free games went almost every day, it's not really like that anymore.
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tsrblke2
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August 19, 2009, 11:55 am |
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Do I really have to tell you not to feed the trolls? This thread is gettting close to being locked. Stay on TOPIC
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Themaster032
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August 19, 2009, 4:44 pm |
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Joined: December 20, 2007, 3:11 pm Posts: 605 Location: Maybe you should turn around
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Quote: Do I really have to tell you not to feed the trolls? This thread is gettting close to being locked. Stay on TOPIC | | |
Sorry 
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Rayven998
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August 20, 2009, 9:17 pm |
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Joined: April 1, 2009, 4:45 pm Posts: 480 Location: Caprica
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Hey Themaster032, I was just wondering (out of totally complete curiosity (and I'm fairly sure this has been asked before) but still kinda still wondering), WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FREE GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Themaster032
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August 20, 2009, 9:38 pm |
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Joined: December 20, 2007, 3:11 pm Posts: 605 Location: Maybe you should turn around
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Quote: WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FREE GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!! | | |
Sneak attack for 6x damage to rayven's vocal chords(and fingers)
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Rayven998
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August 25, 2009, 12:32 am |
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Joined: April 1, 2009, 4:45 pm Posts: 480 Location: Caprica
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Themaster032 wrote: Quote: WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FREE GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!! | | |
Sneak attack for 6x damage to rayven's vocal chords(and fingers) | | |

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thewizkid
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September 30, 2009, 1:12 am |
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Joined: September 28, 2009, 8:59 pm Posts: 7
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wellmy parents buht game tap but we had to cancel becuz of money probs but i loved it im just surprise in how gamtape has changed you brows games in browser and most games got took of its kidna sad but gamtap stills fun
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buddha420
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September 30, 2009, 3:19 pm |
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Joined: July 9, 2007, 3:18 pm Posts: 602 Location: umop apisdn w,i
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thewizkid wrote: wellmy parents buht game tap but we had to cancel becuz of money probs but i loved it im just surprise in how gamtape has changed you brows games in browser and most games got took of its kidna sad but gamtap stills fun | | |
Huh? I'ym haeving trubbel reeding yer posst, whet du joo meen wen joo sey "you brows games in browser and most games got took of its kidna sad but gamtap stills fun"? Mi inglesh iz uparuntly nat su gud.
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Rayven998
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September 30, 2009, 11:40 pm |
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Joined: April 1, 2009, 4:45 pm Posts: 480 Location: Caprica
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Gamtip has sum gon sum gud gams. Butt stil cul tho!
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BounceDK
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October 1, 2009, 5:27 am |
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Joined: November 10, 2008, 7:44 pm Posts: 1
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
FYI, new gametap is rubbish.
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tnaknockout
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October 1, 2009, 10:24 am |
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Joined: August 12, 2009, 1:35 pm Posts: 20 Location: I'm bound to Cape Coral, and a pillory... (Eagle has some weird tastes)
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
BounceDK wrote: FYI, new gametap is rubbish. | | |
Eh, you're entitled to your own opinion. Anyway, thank you for the thread LC, it'll clear some stuff up, like "Why isn't Game X free?" (read the FAQ to find out)
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Rayven998
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October 3, 2009, 8:03 pm |
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Joined: April 1, 2009, 4:45 pm Posts: 480 Location: Caprica
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Unfortunately. a lot of people can't be bothered to read the FAQs. They just use the forums to vent their bilge. Oh, and hey tna, congradulations! 
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zwyt111
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October 13, 2009, 12:53 am |
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Joined: October 12, 2009, 3:54 am Posts: 1
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
Well you know, I am brand new here, just checking things out to see what things are like here and how they work. I am not going to post a whiny post but hopefully a thoughtful one. I suppose the first question that came to my mind was where exactly is this downloadable "free" game downloading to? I haven't found a FAQ so if that question is on there already please forgive me, point me to the FAQ and I will read it. However, Descent: Freespace is the game in question; the download que shows that it is downloading 887.3 MB of game data I assume to some unspecified place on my hard drive would be my next assumption. I am not exactly sure how I feel about that. On the one hand I suppose I understand that if the download location is given to everyone then some enterprising pirate will come along and figure out how to pirate the game and strip away any DRM that is there. That however has already happened where Descent: Freespace is concerned, multiple times over I am sure, as it likely has with all the games that are offered for free play here and probably most of them that are locked up tighter than drums. So some unspecified section of my hard drive is being used to store this "free" game which can then be taken away at a whim? From my hard drive mind you... does Gametap uninstall the game from my hard drive without me knowing it? Kind of a "drive by un-installation?" The more I type the more I actually think about this and the more interesting it seems to get. You understand I hope that this would imply that Gametap has access to my hard drive and can uninstall things without me knowing it. Are we feeling the discomfort that this can produce yet? I hope so. It brings up quite a few questions. What if I want that hard drive space back, is there an option for me to uninstall this game that is being installed somewhere on my hard drive?
I am not writing this to imply that GameTap is a bad service, I just have questions, and I can understand some of the reason that people get riled when they take away things that have been offered as free. GameTap as far as I have seen does not communicate the fact that these games are only temporarily free anywhere up front. There is a lot of sensational advertising and boasting about having free games but the details are hidden. I didn't know that anything was temporary until I visited this forum. What if I hadn't come here and then I had spent 30 minutes waiting for an 800 MB file to download and then the next day it was gone. If it was a game that I was attached to then yeah I might be riled too, if I just suddenly didn't have any access anymore to something that I spent awhile downloading that was not a time limited demo then yes I might be riled as well. Honestly it would kind of make me think that going and downloading a torrent instead might have been the better idea, it might be illegal but at least it won't suddenly vanish on me. Hmmm now please if I have not understood the big picture please be gentle, these are just some thoughts and questions that came to mind and I think they are valid.
Charles
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LittlestCthulhu
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October 13, 2009, 8:13 am |
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
By default the games are stored... In XP C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GameTap Web Player\ In Vista and Win7 C:\Program Data\GameTap Web Player\
I'm not sure where you got the impression that GT will secretly uninstall software from your hard drive. When the game leaves the free game rotation it will no longer launch if you're not a paid subscriber. Simply click the trash can next to the game in your download manager and the game will be deleted from your hard drive.
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jac1002
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October 13, 2009, 8:19 am |
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Joined: July 13, 2007, 2:59 pm Posts: 858 Location: Sector: 2261
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
zwyt111 wrote: I haven't found a FAQ so if that question is on there already please forgive me, point me to the FAQ and I will read it. | | |
there is a support link that answer all sorts of questions in the top left corner of the website.
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MCowned
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October 15, 2009, 8:17 pm |
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Joined: July 9, 2009, 12:38 am Posts: 2
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 Re: HEY! What Happened To My Free Game? >:O -The Free Games FAQ
LittlestCthulhu wrote: Free Games On GameTapGameTap offers a rotating selection of free games to our users as a sample of how our service works and to allow folks to try before they buy. Every month several games are added to the free library and several games go back to the vault. In addition to this rotating line-up we offer a free game of the week, released every Thursday in tandem with our new Premium releases. You can check out our selection of free games by clicking here.When will {game name here} be free?If there are plans to make a game they will be posted in the New And Coming Soon thread. If you'd like to request a game you'd like to be free you can do so in the official thread. Be aware that our ability to make a game free varies depending on our agreement with the game's publisher. Why don't you have a larger free game library?While free games are free to you, the user, they do have a financial impact on GameTap. Our free game library is not intended to be an entertainment hub for free games but rather a free trial of our subscription service. If you enjoy playing games from our free library and would like access to more games, we offer several reasonably priced subscriptions that will give you access to our entire catalog. "If you make more games free I'd subscribe to your service."Aside from the obvious flaw in this line of thinking, "if you're truly going to subscribe why do you need more free games?", the reality is GameTap has tried this kind of promotion in the past with little to no impact on the number of new subscriptions. | | |
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