Originally Posted by zapatista

i'll yet again have to refresh your little scheming mind of the actual facts: i delayed initial purchase after seeing the major problems being reported, and it wasnt even available in my country for sale btw then. what person would deliberately go and buy something which they are forewarned has major problems, ahh , ooops, you of course a couple of months later, as reports of problems seem to only mount and increase, i was GIVEN a copy by a friend for building his new pc (and he had his copy, the great intention being to be able to do some coops online), and some months later bought my own copy when reports of improvements in patches started being reported. and right now i am on the lookout in local games shops to buy a boxed version that has the first version on CD, so i can compare the old gfx engine to the new one (as i gradually improve my pc hardware). a little different from your fantasy land isnt it