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bobthedinosaur
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filefront is closing

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http://farewell.filefront.com/index.html

so look for alternative mirrors if you need to (that is if you have anything on file front)
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KDR_11k
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And nothing of value was lost...
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Jazcash
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Suspiciously close to April fools...
Warlord Zsinj
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Re: filefront is closing

Post by Warlord Zsinj »

Yeah, a company wouldn't risk it's financial well being for the lulz
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1v0ry_k1ng
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no way! not filefront! it was the only source of patches and mods that didnt make you wade through about seven pages of bullshit and "sign up for free to download, just insert your credit details.." and ques and all that crap. xbox has killed pc gaming :cry:
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SwiftSpear
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1v0ry_k1ng wrote:no way! not filefront! it was the only source of patches and mods that didnt make you wade through about seven pages of bullshit and "sign up for free to download, just insert your credit details.." and ques and all that crap. xbox has killed pc gaming :cry:
http://store.steampowered.com/

I SAEVD PC GAMENG!
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Peet
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1v0ry_k1ng wrote:no way! not filefront! it was the only source of patches and mods that didnt make you wade through about seven pages of bullshit and "sign up for free to download, just insert your credit details.." and ques and all that crap.
Are you kidding? I went to its main page and got one of those irritating full-page ads instead.
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lurker
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So what if it has some normal ads, as long as you can get the download started in 5 seconds.
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Jazcash
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It's only recently had ads to generate some income to keep the site supported.
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1v0ry_k1ng
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lurker wrote:So what if it has some normal ads, as long as you can get the download started in 5 seconds.
JAZCASH wrote:It's only recently had ads to generate some income to keep the site supported.
lurker wrote:So what if it has some normal ads, as long as you can get the download started in 5 seconds.
JAZCASH wrote:It's only recently had ads to generate some income to keep the site supported.
lurker wrote:So what if it has some normal ads, as long as you can get the download started in 5 seconds.
[quote="1v0ry_k1ng"]nooooooOOOooo[/quote]
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clericvash
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Anyone know why they are dissapearing?
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Pxtl
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Post by Pxtl »

Probably the same reason that CanWest and other media companies are dying - with the economy tanking, everybody's clawing back their advertising money. Companies that don't sell anything but ad space are feeling the pinch.
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lurker
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Jazcash
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I hereby declare this topic, a lie. BAN HIM!
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bobthedinosaur
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Re: filefront is closing

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fuck you
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