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"anway, u r using an exe wich is OLDER then the retail.
i donīt doubt it will work with the retail but like i said itīs old and
does prolly contain bugs. thats why itīs called BETA.
it may work for singleplayer but mostly not online."
Fair enough. As I have not played STEAM online... I never claimed it was a working crack. Just a working NOCD patch. And it does indeed work for retail to that end.
But haven't we all realized by now that BETA sometimes differs far less from a retail product than you think. These bugs which you speak of...
Many times they're still present in retail releases, hence the need for a patch... I've seen companies I've worked for since the early 90's like Infogrames, including Accolade, GT Interactive, Atari, and the latter go out the door with dozens (on occasion hundreds of bugs). And even friends at Electronic Arts, Redstorm, Maxis, and more say that they're pushing games out the door despite bugs.
Who's to say that a beta release won't behave like a retail release especially considering the frantic release schedule of games these days. Not every company can take their time or the economical risk like Valve and Id games who know that people WILL WAIT IN LINE to buy their products.
I offered a fix for something that does nothing more or less than it promises, and I got criticized for it... That's just the way I see it.
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