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The demo that is. I got my CD in.

HOORAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now I have to dl the latest patch. that may take a while with my crappy dial up.

How good is PBW over dial up? Mine usually connects at 49.2 Kbps. conections are stable, but not sure if the game will be recognized by "activity"
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Old January 8th, 2003, 11:01 PM
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How good is PBW over dial up? Mine usually connects at 49.2 Kbps. conections are stable, but not sure if the game will be recognized by "activity"
I do it that way. It's OK. The files it has to transfer are only a couple hundred K.

An always on connection would allow you to use the PBW client. Then you would be connected as soon as a game is ready for you. That's convienent.
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Old January 8th, 2003, 11:03 PM
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Congrats! I was kinda antsy with my copy too. It came later than I was hoping, yet it's definitely "better than never"
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Old January 8th, 2003, 11:19 PM
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Connection speed isn't all that important for PBW; I only get 31.2k. I do prefer to use the text UI rather than the graphic UI at that speed, though.
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How good is PBW over dial up? Mine usually connects at 49.2 Kbps. conections are stable, but not sure if the game will be recognized by "activity"
I connect at 33.2 and PBW is fine.

The trick is, you're not talking to PBW when you play turns there. You download he files to your machine, and THEN play the game ... which means you might lose connection in the meantime. Once you're done, you upload your turnfile to PBW.
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The demo that is. I got my CD in.

HOORAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now I have to dl the latest patch. that may take a while with my crappy dial up.

How good is PBW over dial up? Mine usually connects at 49.2 Kbps. conections are stable, but not sure if the game will be recognized by "activity"
I wouldn't be so chearful if i where you. Prepare to lose tons of sleep, see your social life go down the drain, drink lots of coffee which is bad for your health and so on.
On the other hand, you get to slaughter some virtual races which can be fun
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