Author Topic: PSA: Pay attention to your emails. (Read 9487 times)

NWR_insanolord · « **on:** September 11, 2014, 04:57:43 PM »

I found I won the Back-to-School Sweepstakes from Aspyr, one of the bigger Mac game publishers. This prize includes every one of their games and a fully-loaded MacBook Pro. And I very nearly missed it entirely because I skimmed over the first email they sent telling me I won.

So two lessons: 1, enter every sweepstakes you can find, because you might actually win, and 2, for the love of god, at least read part of the emails you get before deleting them.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #1 on:** September 11, 2014, 06:45:51 PM »

Can I have your old MacBook Pro?

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #2 on:** September 11, 2014, 07:44:54 PM »

I've still got some things I want to do with the old one. I bought a 2 TB hard drive for it recently but can't get it to work right, and I'd still like to get that working. I may just use it as some kind of media server or something. It's also not in particularly good shape; the fans are buzzing very loudly most of the time, the battery holds pretty much no charge, etc.

nickmitch · « **Reply #3 on:** September 11, 2014, 09:27:07 PM »

He would probably just fix those things himself.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #4 on:** September 12, 2014, 03:16:36 AM »

lol Mac gaming

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #5 on:** September 12, 2014, 07:00:30 AM »

Mac gaming's come a long way in recent years. Most big titles are there, and especially indies. And hell, I could boot the thing into Windows to play games that aren't there.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #6 on:** September 12, 2014, 09:47:50 AM »

....come along way to still being second fiddle to Windows. But the price was right, I guess!

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #7 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:07:10 AM »

I'm not much of a PC gamer anyway. The one thing I really care about in the near future is Civilization: Beyond Earth, and that's coming to Mac day and date with the PC release, so I'm good.

pokepal148 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:33:23 AM »

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #9 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:39:55 AM »

Yes, fine, keep up all your ignorant jokes about the state of Mac gaming. I'll be over here, playing tons of great games on my Mac.

UncleBob · « **Reply #10 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:43:22 AM »

Ignorant? I dunno man... that picture was pretty funny...

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #11 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:48:34 AM »

He's not a PC gamer, but he'll be playing tons of great games on his Mac.

To be fair, if he has Windows installed as well as OSX, then he's got (potentially) more games at his disposal than a Windows PC user.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #12 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:50:09 AM »

You may think you're cool because you won a free $1500(?) computer, but *I* found ten bucks on the sidewalk yesterday!

Ceric · « **Reply #13 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:52:56 AM »

I can't find the comic but, there is one that has a Mac Gamer in a museum stored in Tube from about 10 years ago.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #14 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:56:01 AM »

Quote from: Brandogg on September 12, 2014, 10:48:34 AM

He's not a PC gamer, but he'll be playing tons of great games on his Mac.

As I said in the opening post, in addition to the MacBook Pro (and the very important t-shirt) I also got every game of theirs that they're still currently selling, so I've got several dozen new PC games that I might as well play.

Quote from: Brandogg on September 12, 2014, 10:50:09 AM

You may think you're cool because you won a free $1500(?) computer, but *I* found ten bucks on the sidewalk yesterday!

Depending on their definition of "fully loaded" it could be as much as about twice that.

Quote from: Ceric on September 12, 2014, 10:52:56 AM

I can't find the comic but, there is one that has a Mac Gamer in a museum stored in Tube from about 10 years ago.

That's kind of odd since the Mac gaming scene has improved dramatically in the last decade. The increasing user base and switch to Intel has resulted in a lot more things coming to it.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #15 on:** September 12, 2014, 01:09:07 PM »

I'll trade you this $10 that I found, which you say is possibly worth $3000, for your fully loaded MacBook Pro.

pokepal148 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 12, 2014, 01:48:24 PM »

Yeah, having a mac as one of your primary gaming rigs is ridiculous but you shouldn't have any issues with it as a side thing.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #17 on:** September 12, 2014, 04:33:15 PM »

It does everything I needed to do and as Brandogg's pointed out it's easy enough to boot into Windows at which point there's effectively no difference. I'll likely end up doing that once Galactic Civilizations III comes out.

Quote from: Brandogg on September 12, 2014, 01:09:07 PM

I'll trade you this $10 that I found, which you say is possibly worth $3000, for your fully loaded MacBook Pro.

That's a tempting offer. You never know when $10 could come in handy.

Ceric · « **Reply #18 on:** September 12, 2014, 04:34:44 PM »

Quote from: NWR_insanolord on September 12, 2014, 10:56:01 AM

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Quote from: Ceric on September 12, 2014, 10:52:56 AM
I can't find the comic but, there is one that has a Mac Gamer in a museum stored in Tube from about 10 years ago.

That's kind of odd since the Mac gaming scene has improved dramatically in the last decade. The increasing user base and switch to Intel has resulted in a lot more things coming to it.

The Comic was about 10 years ago.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #19 on:** September 12, 2014, 04:37:40 PM »

Well then yeah, that's about right. For a stretch there you had Mac-specific developers like Bungie (at the time) and Ambrosia (I <3 Escape Velocity so damn much) putting out some great stuff that was Mac-only, or at least Mac-first.

Khushrenada · « **Reply #20 on:** September 12, 2014, 05:05:13 PM »

Quote from: NWR_insanolord on September 12, 2014, 04:33:15 PM

Quote from: Brandogg on September 12, 2014, 01:09:07 PM
I'll trade you this $10 that I found, which you say is possibly worth $3000, for your fully loaded MacBook Pro.

That's a tempting offer. You never know when $10 could come in handy.

That's true. Much better than a MacBook Pro which is never handy.

Shaymin · « **Reply #21 on:** September 12, 2014, 10:26:58 PM »

Mac has Shovel Knight native now.

pokepal148 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 12, 2014, 11:34:04 PM »

Well the Mac is actually pretty good at running games, all jokes aside, heck look at this demonstration of the Mac's oft overlooked gaming capabilities.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #23 on:** September 13, 2014, 01:03:22 PM »

Here's a better example (seriously)

Or this

pokepal148 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 13, 2014, 08:29:37 PM »

no seriousness allowed in the funhouse.

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Author Topic: PSA: Pay attention to your emails. (Read 9487 times)