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Originally Posted by dosraider
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'Again' because a quick search pointed towards this
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And again.
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Originally Posted by Ozzie
Can't do anything about your first point, but does that also mean that you don't use RAR archives at all on Abandonia? Because if you would, it would speak against your third point.
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The only place where I'm aware RARs are used is in the ISO Cellar (mostly because the uploads there come directly from the users and everyone uses whichever image formats and compression methods they like)
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It's true that Windows supports ZIP out of the box, contrary to 7ZIP and RAR. On the other hand, I'm not sure how many use this function. From personal experience, I always install an unpacker when I stumble over an archive I need to unpack.
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Unfortunately, we don't only get newbs but also complete n00bs. The sort who only ever heard of Windows XP (or Vista), who only can use hardware which is 100% plug-and-play, and who have zero patience for anything else. To quote one of them: "WTF is an emulator!!! I just want to play the games!!!"
LOL
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About ECM: If you know how to burn an image or how to operate DosBox, then you should be able to execute a batch script. If not, then this nice file called "readme.txt" might help.
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*cough* If n00bs read the readmes, they wouldn't be n00bs. Most of them can't tell a batch script from their own foot.
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You don't offer noob friendly preconfigured games that come with DosBox and a special config file either, so I don't think it's too much to expect, at all.
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You'd be very disappointed how some n00bs treated the games. Like trying to run every game using the same exact commands shown in an example in one of the DOSBox tutorials.
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Originally Posted by Ozzie
Afaik every registered user has access to the ISO cellar from the start. Wasn't this changed just recently?
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Yep, it was. Of course, they go in there on their own risk.
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In the end, the only grave problem I see is the lack of support from the site code of Abandonia for 7ZIP. And I guess until this happens any further discussion is futile anyway. 
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Yes, well, that's the hard part. Our tech support is subject to Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
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Originally Posted by Ozzie
No, of course you don't have to be an old member to be able to use the search function. I neither said nor implied this!
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Don't worry, that was just ol' Raider's sense of humour in action (again). He really should need a government permit for lethal sarcasm.