LeanMean1
Member
Hi all,
As many others who enjoyed this game, I had a blast with it, and played it a few different times on different days. Today I started up the game, and it said I had 60 minutes of play time left, the demo version has popped up. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this? I would love to play it some more. Thanks in advance for any ideas to help!!!
Jean
EvilGenius
Member
Jean Contact me at myname@dontpostemailaddresses.net I might have a solution
EvilGenius
Member
Whoops sorry I made a bummer... My email is myname@dontpostemailaddresses.net
EvilGenius
Member
Sorry Lee(I didn't know that), do you have a list of terms and conditions for using this forum, usually forums have those and I think it would help all the forums posters in the future
Anonymous
Unregistered
Well EvilGenius, my school of thought would be that some people not mentioning any names could pass on serials and username so those that were too late for give aways may benefit.
I am not saying you would, however we need to make sure it does not happen or this site will go down like a lead balloon.
Speaking of such - the moderation of the driver manager comments today leaves a bit to be desired.
Perhaps a "report this comment/user" feature or additional moderators are required?
So far 2 references to the registry location so "you never have to purchase the software" and 1 warez site... I'd hate to see an email address slip through. (There might be more - normally I just skim the comments and check the forums to see if there is anywhere I can help out).
By the way - If I have given out an email address in the past - It is only because making contact over email or msn messenger might make fixing a problem a little easier. I have no interest giving out codes for past giveaways - I appreciate GOTD too much to risk jeopardizing it's future. (Be aware - there would be nothing stopping Slava or someone posing as a user with problems - to make contact and determine if someone is legit about offering help or handing out codes).
mrscreensaver
Member
Speaking of this game... has anyone tried to play this past the 12 stage or something like that... everytime I get over half way through it totally locks up EVERYTIME.. :(
And it was a pretty funny game... bummer!
Anonymous
Unregistered
Well Michelle, posting your email address here could lead bad people and email harvester programs to add details to spam lists.
I am sure I made my point earlier.
Well Michelle, if you think thats not on, then request a shout box or a java chat option, then maybe you could volunteer to be a chat moderator.
It's like this, some may agree with me some may not, I try my best to make a fair judgement and keep everyone on-side.
However the software vendors don't offer any support, thats why this forum is here for experienced people that may have a similar problem and fixed it can help you.
Michelle
Member
What about a private message feature? Those features that you suggested would be fine. Whatever works best for you as you're the moderator. Whatever will be the less work, I don't know anything about moderating or anything like that so I couldn't do it, but maybe someone else will be more than happy to volunteer that know what they are doing.
Thank you.
Michelle
Michelle
Member
It would be really good if you can request something like that or you probably know the admin and the person that could add such features. It would be really nice if you could put in a good word for the new feature.
I'm sure many users would like this feature. Thank you.
Michelle
Anonymous
Unregistered
Here we go Michelle:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/about/contact/
The more that contact the more it will become a feature.
Barry
Member
Good Day,
Another good reason not to post your E-Mail address is, there are some disreputable people that glean these type of web sites, open forums, chat rooms, etc., looking for current E-Mail addresses, so they can either send you their vast assortment of SCUM mail to you, or sell your E-Mail address to other people or companys that do the same thing. Anything from "extremity inlargers", to put it mildly, to it is a deal "to good to be true", and usually is. It also is a great way to have E-Mail Worms and Trojans delivered right to your In-Box, and if you open it, they got you and more likly than not, everyone on your mailing list.
Have a great day,
Barry
If you can post a link to your webpage when posting daily comments - posting emails, names, photos or phone numbers is just a click away. You can't "half" stop people from posting contact information.
In terms of protecting your email address from spam and unwanted attention - I can recommend http://www.sneakemail.com
Barry
Member
Hi Michelle,
Most reputable Forums will not let you post your E-Mail address, mainly for the reasons Lee stated above, it is good advice not to leave your E-Mail address anywhere that it is made avalable to the public, especially your main one. I have read different articles on how profitable it can be, just collecting and selling current E-Mail addresses.
I like your idea, about the private massaging service.
Good day,
Barry
Michelle
Member
I usually give my junk one. The yahoo one, I'm on various newsletters and stuff and I do get a lot of junk sent to that mail anyway. I usually just delete most of the stuff in there anyway.
Believe me I won the lottery so many times I can't keep count, lol. I know all about those e-mails and I know all about worms. I usually don't look over anything in there anyway unless it catches my eye.
They have an ie one too, though I don't have it installed. I mainly use firefox.
EvilGenius
Member
Bawahahahahahaaaaaaaa I got something that I know and you don't know :D, but i'll share :)
Edited.
Do you ever give up?
Mad Magic is not the only program that becomes 'unregistered.' If there is a GAotD-acceptable way to remedy this problem, I'd be interested in hearing it. It's happened to several of the programs I've downloaded ... use 'em for days or weeks and suddenly they are 'trialware.' Most aggravating.
LadyGodiva
Member
LeanMean wrote:
Did anyone ever figure out what happened to the game on my computer? And, Yes, I did activate it on a timely basis,
Bobby wrote:
Mad Magic is not the only program that becomes 'unregistered.' If there is a GAotD-acceptable way to remedy this problem, I'd be interested in hearing it.
Can't tell you for certain without sitting at your computer but I definitely have a good idea of what happened. I have installed many programs and several games from this site that have not "become" unregistered, including ones that others have insisted "became" unregistered despite successful activations. One of the games is Mad Magic, but there have been other programs that became unregistered for others but are still fully registered on my computer.
However there was one exception... i-Sound Pro, an audio recording program. It indeed "became" unregistered, which turned out to be a mistake that the developer (Abyssmedia) corrected for all GAOTD users who downloaded i-Sound Pro. (There's a thread on these forums about it.)
There is one important difference in how I use i-Sound Pro as opposed to any other programs that came from this site. I use it to record streaming audio from a couple radio shows that are broadcast from where I used to live, but are not accessible from where I live now. (i-Sound even has a scheduler for such tasks so I can record while not at home & transfer to a portable device, great program.) That means I must use it while the computer is actively connected to the internet, in order to access the streaming audio.
However, any time while using any other program from here (as well as any app that is not specifically for net use) I shut down the internet connection on my computer. This is a matter of routine for me and has been long before GAOTD even existed. Like any control freak, I want to decide what programs are going to be doing any "phoning home" rather than have those decisions made for me, especially if it were to happen without the program asking or at least informing of it's intentions. You would be shocked just what (and how many) programs access the internet that seemingly have no business doing so.
My guess is any programs that were indeed successfully activated, then later "became" unregistered, were programs that "phoned home" without notification. That does not mean any sort of spyware was involved, as again this "phoning home" (with or without notification) is quite common and is done by many legitimate programs. (Too common if you ask me, but then I like to be in control of my electronics and programs rather than have them control me.)
Sometimes there is an option to shut off "phoning home" in programs, other times there is not. Be sure to look for and shut OFF any options in GAOTD programs that say things like "automatically check for updates" or "check for new versions when program opens", etc. Again, some progrms will not have any option to shut off "phoning home" even though they may indeed do so anyway, possibly without your knowledge.
It's entirely possible for modern programs to have "registration checkers" that phone home periodically to be sure your registration is legitimate. Nothing wrong with that considering how many people pirate programs, but it could pose a problem for programs from here. Many of the registration codes are specific to this site, meaning they will not work after the give away date which is again perfectly understandable.
But that means if a program phones home and compares your registration code with active ones in it's home database, it's possible the time-limited ones from here will be flagged as not legitimate if there's no way for the home site's database to recognize time-limited registration codes. Phoning home for purposes of registration checking is normally only done periodically as opposed to every time a program is opened, which explains why some were fine for days or even weeks and then suddenly "became" unregistered.
I would suggest only using programs from here while NOT actively connected to the internet, unless it's impossible like in cases of programs that are net specific. One easy way to do this is to simply shut off your modem before even opening any non-net specific programs. Another way is to dowload and install the free version of Zone Alarm, a firewall program with has an easily accessible option to temporarily stop all internet activity. If all internet activity is stopped then nothing can phone home.
But what if you forget to engage the option to stop interent activity, or forget to shut off your modem if you prefer to do it that way? No problem, Zone Alarm will inform you of any program's attempt to access the interent, you then have the option to allow or deny. Again, you would be shocked how many programs attempt internet access without informing you, these are flagged by Zone Alarm so you will always know and be given the option to allow or deny.
There are other free personal firewall programs, some may interfere with activation of GAOTD programs, Zone Alarm will not. It simply tells you each time that "activate.exe is trying to access the internet" and from there you may click "Allow" or "Deny". (Of course you would click "allow" for activate.exe)
The freeware version (free for home and non-profit users) can be found at these sites:
http://www.download.com/3000-2092-10039884.html
http://www.filehippo.com/download_zonealarm_free/
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