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My experience of gamespy is a little different to what Im reading here. For me it is or was some bit of software that got installed that I never ever asked for
by alan_cx 14y ago
My experience of gamespy is a little different to what Im reading here. For me it is or was some bit of software that got installed that I never ever asked for or wanted. To me it was some sort of evil spyware I never asked for, a bit like being forced to install a tool bar in my browser. I'd get rid of it only for another game to replace it. When I first saw it, I looked it up and realised it was not dangerous or evil, so in the end I ignored it as an irritant not worth worrying about. Its still there in my start menu now.
First thing I thought when I saw the headline was, good. So, Im finding it fascinating that today I see a thread full of people who use(d) and love(d) it. I really never knew it had value to any one, let alone some fondness.
- axusgrad 14y agoWay back when everyone played Quake, there was no central server list, and GameSpy was how you found new servers. I installed it and kept it upgraded a number of years, until I no longer needed it.
- mattmanser 14y agoYes, it didn't start out evil at all, it started out awesome, Gamespy was how you found servers to play on for games 10 years ago before games had their own match making. It became awful when it tried to be both. It just morphed over time.