this afternoon (Pacific Time) and just got a 'file not found' message  for the manual (akamai.cdn.ea) patch.  The MTS Patch Downloader didn't seem to find it, either.

If you get "Invalid File Error" try getting the 650mb download as this seems to fix the problem for most people.

Edit: And honestly, I would much rather the tombs reset once you go home and come back, even if it means you have to start a tomb over that you were in the middle of. Because as it is, only one sim can explore a tomb and solve its puzzles for that save. Ever.

The idea that treasure RESETS when you leave a tomb is STUPID. THe entire point of tomb-robbing is that it is first-come, first-serve. You cannot simply go back to a tomb you just looted and expect to find more treasure! If they had really wanted to make the gameplay renewable like that, they should have procedurally generated, random tombs. Full of demons. That you hack up with your sword. And stuff.

Cousins, nieces and nephews do not show on the tree. Strict generational line from progenitor to progeny only, with immediate siblings. Click on the spawn to get their tree.

Torrent delivery time is 8hrs 17 min from start of download. Should be a bit less, because things go faster in the wee hours of teh morning...I usually notice that real download time is about 80% of first estimate. Rapidshare file is in 26 parts. Each part has a 3 min waiting period before download starts. Approximate download time is 13 minutes (plus 3 minute waiting = 16 minutes). 26 parts * 16 min/each = almost exactly 7hrs. 80% of current torrent estimate is 6.6hrs. Add to that the fact that Rapidshare likes to crap out and say you can't download for another hour, plus requires more finangling on my part, and torrent always wins for me.

Unless you have a private tozza account, I'm pulling it off mine,, and max speeds, mind you Australia speeds are shit all compared to everywhere else. LULZ!

I'm not interested in the leaked game, but I am curious about the .632 patch.  Does anyone know what the filesize for the patch is and whether or not it can be obtained separately come the release day (I'm assuming that if you're able to get it now, I suppose you can.

This is reminding me of the Beachcomber story in which the twelve red-bearded dwarfs sued themselves.

I don't know a whole lot about legal intellectual property issues, especially being that there are probably multiple jurisdictional problems, but I would imagine that if it came into court that they used the very service to download that program that they are later suing, there's a good chance that they could convince a jury that they were just doing that for PR purposes, etc.  But I seriously doubt they are going to sue anyone over this; cf. Spore, haven't heard any lawsuits over that.  Suing people over the internets is really difficult; it's easier just to whine to internet providers and get internet service suspended/shut down.

(can't steal from yourself)

No way to know for certain until it really does come out, but I think they're fiendish liars.

You can also plant eggs and cheese, 'cause we all know that they come from a bush in real life too.

Do you buy the seeds or do you find them like with the bugs and crystal rocks?

The Associated Press has a comment from EA:

"EA said the pirated version "is a buggy, pre-final" version of the game.