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HOLY DOWNTIME
Tech13:
--- Quote from: Patman on July 28, 2018, 12:46:02 PM ---If it was someone trying to get all the covers, it may not be a horrible idea to get a torrent up of the site's content if that's not too much of a pain in the ass.
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In the past others have requested this and been met with a resounding NO!
Anyone who needs fast access to every cover on the site does not have good intentions in mind.
ShoothimNow:
Patman, why would you need that many covers. You obviously don't own have every game in existence. If you don't own them, then why do you need them.
I'm not calling you out, just saying. In over 10+ years of people crying and pleading for torrent collections, not one person has persuaded us otherwise.
PX0:
--- Quote from: Patman on July 28, 2018, 12:46:02 PM ---If it was someone trying to get all the covers, it may not be a horrible idea to get a torrent up of the site's content if that's not too much of a pain in the ass.
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I agree, that bulk downloads can make sense.
But the mayor issue with bulk downloads would be the additional cost and work it might require. Even a torrent would have to be managed and might need a paid account. This site is free and has almost no income. So compromises have to be made. ;)
Snowcone has still not managed to address the broken upload in almost half a year now. That makes it seem unlikely that there will ever be any other sort of changes to the site. :(
wiggy:
--- Quote from: Tech13 on July 28, 2018, 08:06:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Patman on July 28, 2018, 12:46:02 PM ---If it was someone trying to get all the covers, it may not be a horrible idea to get a torrent up of the site's content if that's not too much of a pain in the ass.
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In the past others have requested this and been met with a resounding NO!
Anyone who needs fast access to every cover on the site does not have good intentions in mind.
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They could be well intentioned. When I was building my white N64 covers I needed to download every available N64 cover plus a ton of raw scans and such. And I’ve downloaded a ton of other covers for personal use as well (usually to extract logos from).
Snowcone:
--- Quote from: PX0 on July 30, 2018, 05:10:34 PM ---Snowcone has still not managed to address the broken upload in almost half a year now. That makes it seem unlikely that there will ever be any other sort of changes to the site. :(
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Believe it or not, I don't come to the forums daily so sometimes things like this don't hit my radar for a really long time. I'm committed to keeping this site online on my dime for as long as possible, which for the moment is forever.