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I've given up on the torrents, and gone for rapid share too. Should have it within 2 hours, as opposed to 2 days.
Problem with places like rapidshare for games is you need to have it downloaded yesterday. The files get deleted so fast. I hate RapidShare, though. I always get one file and it tells me to wait an hour. Plus, the last time I was there, it wouldn't take the letters they make you type in the box no matter how many times I tried.
I'm getting around 55 KB/s but it's still saying 1 day or more to finish. I might have to go to the RapidShare one. I have a premium account since we download alot of movie series, movies and software. Saves an incredible amount of time so it's worth the money.
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I've got 7 rar files downloading at once, each getting 180kbps. Some times I think torrents are hit and miss, if you can get a seeder then great; if not, you're screwed.
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Why do all of these downloads appear to be different sizes? Mininova is 4.8 gigs; Demonoid is 5.6 gigs; the Rapidshare ones with sizes listed are around 5 gigs.
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Skadi
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Some are rarred, some are zipped, and some are neither.
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Ahh.
I think I'm just going to stick it out with Mininova; I'm in no hurry.
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LFox
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I've got 7 rar files downloading at once, each getting 180kbps. Some times I think torrents are hit and miss, if you can get a seeder then great; if not, you're screwed.
I'm getting between 400 to 500kbs all up. Not to mention my stupid net keeps fluctuating so its going fast and slow. I think i need to redownload a few files. There's always some of these stupid files that stall out near 90% and never continue again.
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ShortyBoo
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I got impatient and grabbed the torrent from TorrentSeed. I'm getting speeds from that one between 500-600 kb/s. I hope EA kept their word and didn't put SecuROM in the game.
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J. M. Pescado
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Cake is a lie, NFO says SecuROM.
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.
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Well, I'm definitely not installing it for a while, but since it seems legit and my neighbors have kindly left their wireless unencrypted, why not? Mutorrent says it should be finished downloading in just five short weeks! ![Roll Eyes](/smf/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif) Does your father know you are indulging in this kind of unmitigated internets and copyright violation? What would he say? FOR SHAME!
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It really has SecuROM? Damn. I was really looking forward to playing tonight. But I ended up wiping my entire hard drive and reinstalling Windows the last time I got rid of SecuROM (I already had to do this to install a new motherboard and processor) and that's not an option again. And I don't know how to remove SecuROM the normal way because I don't want to mess with the registry. I certainly don't want it again, though. I ended up having to replace a DVD burner already after installing BV.
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rohina -
He knows I mooch other people's bandwidth, and doesn't seem to care - after all, he's not paying for it. If he has a problem with my illegally downloading TS3, I don't care. I'm not in his house, I'm not using his connection, I'm not using his equipment. He has absolutely nothing to do with what I do in my own apartment on my own computer.
ShortyBoo, I believe the torrent comes with a no-CD crack. Use that instead of the exe - tada! No SecuROM.
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It really has SecuROM? Damn. I was really looking forward to playing tonight. But I ended up wiping my entire hard drive and reinstalling Windows the last time I got rid of SecuROM (I already had to do this to install a new motherboard and processor) and that's not an option again. And I don't know how to remove SecuROM the normal way because I don't want to mess with the registry. I certainly don't want it again, though. I ended up having to replace a DVD burner already after installing BV.
Registry editing is the only way.
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What, are you dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am? I'm the goddamn Rhayden.
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ShortyBoo, I believe the torrent comes with a no-CD crack. Use that instead of the exe - tada! No SecuROM.
Thank you. I'll check that out. The last two TS2 EPs I downloaded didn't have the No CD cracks right away (I got them later at GCW) so I figured this would be the same way. @Rhayden: Actually I did get rid of it after wiping my hard drive and reinstalling Windows. But I wouldn't do that again because backing up all my files was way too much work. So editing the registry isn't the only way. I don't have SecuROM on my PC now, thanks to No-CD cracks.
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The last two TS2 EPs I downloaded didn't have the No CD cracks right away (I got them later at GCW) so I figured this would be the same way. Well, as Pescado is apparently already running the game and giving his expert opinion on it, I think that is a pretty clear sign that there is a way to run the game right now without invoking SecuROM. When AL came out, on the other hand, I think it was a while before there was a no-CD.
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@Rhayden: Actually I did get rid of it after wiping my hard drive and reinstalling Windows.
That's a terrible way to get SecuRom when there are far easier methods. AFAIK, SecuRom is installed when you install the Sims; using the no-CD cracks prevents it from being installed AGAIN.
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What, are you dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am? I'm the goddamn Rhayden.
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I thought it was installed by running the game using the EAxis executable - at least, I installed AL, used only a no-CD, and have noticed no signs of SecuROM on my computer, without ever having to clean any registries.
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Alrighty, so this thread is officially over now that we have some real horror to gaze upon. And remember, THE GOGGLES, THEY DO NOTHING!
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