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Robot Arena => Discussion => Topic started by: moonbear on June 23, 2009, 12:47:21 AM

Title: About the source code.
Post by: moonbear on June 23, 2009, 12:47:21 AM: I hear some have emailed Atari, asking for it to be released, but with no response. I was thinking, RA2 being a game that is realitivly unknown, and has a very small following, they may be more.... open to the idea of releasing it, if given a nudge. So, what if a huge amout of people (realitive to the game's following) send in emails, or called or made a petition? Maybe all 3. Is it a waste of time, or is it worth a shot? This site alone has over 3500 members, perhaps we could make a dent?
Title: About the source code.
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on June 23, 2009, 02:35:40 AM: I say they would be likely to sell it, because they are a business. So I highly doubt that they would just release it.

Edit: The only problem I see with a petition, though, is that that usually requires signatures. Signatures would be pretty hard to get from 3500 people from all over the world.
Title: About the source code.
Post by: tankcat on June 23, 2009, 03:58:13 AM: Quote from: HurricaneAndrew;45992
I say they would be likely to sell it, because they are a business. So I highly doubt that they would just release it.

Edit: The only problem I see with a petition, though, is that that usually requires signatures. Signatures would be pretty hard to get from 3500 people from all over the world.

Online Petitions do not require a physical signature, only that you verify that you are indeed a real person with an email address and first and last name.
Title: About the source code.
Post by: Urjak on June 23, 2009, 12:34:33 PM: Are you sure most of those 3500 people aren't spambots?
Title: About the source code.
Post by: roboman2444 on June 23, 2009, 01:33:32 PM: we could have a paint sig or a scanned sig.

we could mod a different game. like Garrys mod did. only more robot combat style.
Title: About the source code.
Post by: RedSawn on June 23, 2009, 01:43:21 PM: Quote from: moonbear;45984
This site alone has over 3500 members, perhaps we could make a dent?

I looked at the post counts of very one of those 3500 members (OK, I sorted their total posts and looked at the numbers.)

There are 114 pages of members on the Members list. 96 of those pages are full of members haven't posted once, or otherwise had their posts deleted.
Another page is half filled with people with the same amount of 'activity.'

So, 96x30+15... 2895 members who haven't done sh** on this site.

That leaves 505 members who atleast posted once. Let's not filter it even more.

Oh what the heck, I'll filter it more anyway
Of the 17 and a half pages of members who did something, Only 6 pages (minus one person) have posted 10 times. That leaves 179.
Title: About the source code.
Post by: roboman2444 on June 23, 2009, 03:44:38 PM: ok so it probably wont leave a dent
Title: About the source code.
Post by: moonbear on June 23, 2009, 08:12:35 PM: SO... How should we go about asking? Ideas. Now.

Edit- wow I just realized I spelled source wrong in the title.. Tired last night haha.