I stated this elsewhere, but I'll do so here as well.  I'm not seeing a coordinated attack on Stardock.  All I see are exactly two people with agendas and bad manners doing a bit of trolling. 

Then there are those who disagree with Stardock or don't like one aspect or another, but that's hardly an attack.  If someone doesn't like Impulse, they're entitled to that opinion.  Wrong as it may be. 

Overall, it looks like the customer satisfaction is incredibly high.  In at least the 90+ percentile range.  Probably higher.

I'd say congratulations to Stardock for maintaining such a loyal and happy customer base.  You're doing something right.

Personally, I have no complaints regarding any of my purchases. Our corporate users are even getting cool stuff bundled with some of their new Dell systems, of which I exclusively buy for our non-process users.  (Sorry, but only custom builds on the production line).

Even some who don't like one thing or another keep coming back to buy stuff here.  That has to count for something, no?

I certainly don't mind Impulse... of course, I have a stable internet connection (if a bit slow) so Goo doesn't make itself noticible. Still, a one-person attack is better referred to as a troll, and not some sort of massive internet coup.

Charvel are you really that retarded that you need a program to keep games updated and organized? Also i WANT a cd i want a real object in my hand that won't get screwed up that won't somehow "forgot" my purchase. And it is Intrusive i don't want to have a useless program that only serves to update my game and "keep them organzied" I mean seriously is it that hard to host patches here or keep you games organzied. Charvel when you actually find something useful to say please by all means, but please calling me a "big baby" isn't going to change anything.

Maybe I'm the only one who doesn't want extra crap on my computer doing things that i could do better and faster. And even if this is only 1 program there are so many other games that require other "slave" programs for them to be played mulitplayer or updated. And i frankly am sick of tired of the crap. I don't care if Impulse is really the most amazing program ever made until it can mow my lawn and do my work i don't want it.

Except for the inability to have an update queue, which has been put in at least informally as a feature request, it's more efficient.

Why should I waste time running the individual updaters for every game that I own, and coming back to run them one by one so they don't all rape my bandwidth and get nothing done, when a program can do that for me?

Put in a feature request, then.  I don't know how SD could manage that, but they're good people; if there's a way for Impulse to mow your lawn, then by God, they'll find it.

Ditto.  I also like the idea that if I lose my CD/DVD and computer in some unforeseen incident, (fire, flood, burgulary, evaporation, etc.), I can simply log on with another computer and download everything I ever bought with Impulse.  That's a level of security that I can appreciate. 

I'd like to make that an official feature request.  I'd even pay a $60.00 fee to download the lawn being mowed per use.   

Then I'll have another post to rip to shreds!  I can even get reference material, I've been in a multi page flame war with Jafo, and told Frogboy some comments were beneath him without getting banned or threadlocked!

Today has been so boring with both of the entertaining threads locked.

I agree sooooo much with this simple noble phrasing that it's re-assuring to know membership here has what it takes to strive beyond silliness & interruptions to the ongoing VALUE of our Forums.

Here's to Liberty -- without confrontations.

Flames burn until they runout of oxygen or get watered down. However, lawns can use both.

Personal pride excluded, i'd say we're just all a weird bunch of Grasshoppers running to the next lake. And wrecking havoc because we are Intelligent and communicate to warn about the fires on our tails or rain in our backs.

Somehow. In a blink of an eye, it can happen to you.

Here's something useful to say: Quit crying you big baby!!!

By the way, some of the features that Impulse has that may interest you:

1) Keeps all your games (Stardock and others) organized in one place

2) Automatically sends you an update when there is one available for your game

3) Wipes your nose for you when you're crying. Just wipe it on your computer screen and Impulse magically picks it up.

4) Turns your computer on when you aren't aware and uses your webcam to take pictures of you crying and sends those back to Stardock so they can all get a good laugh.

5) Tracks all of your online purchases and sends a log back to Stardock.

6) Keeps track of your personal and financial information and sends it, in an encrypted package for your security, back to Stardock for their safekeeping.

7) Tracks all of your online browsing and sends you advertisements for Stardock products.

8) Locks up your computer if you try to accidentally uninstall anything from Stardock.

9) Alerts Stardock when you've been away from the computer for too long for personal/family or business reasons so they can send a rep to your house to fix the problem for you.

What is there not to love about this tiny program?

However Orwellian (1984, the big bro'paranoia) the above may seem to the many, i see no correlation whatsoever to the discussion at hands; remember, we're invaded by Trolls?

So, in all good OP's given copy_rights and obligations i must stress to everyone listening that this thread IS a form of protest to all that threatens our freedoms - including behavioral flaws shown by anyone (including me) that could indicate, i'm sorry to say, personal insults undeserved.

This particular thread isn't exactly monitored by Moderators & won't ever get locked UNLESS trolls win the war.

Unless - of course - William Gibson himself would object to the cyberspace present here in punk slunk dunk pieces, at times.

Peace, brothers.

Remain Neutral (or not) and have at it, it's yours.

omg, whatta incredibly useful option just magically jumped below our posts; **WE can view Edits*. (My typos have just been revealed for all to witness how much i care about being clearly understood!)

I didn't even notice until i read this.

How embarassing, everyone will see my typo.

This could be a baaaaad thing. Why it was added I can't imagine. part of being able to edit is to get rid of something that is unwanted in your post. Better watch what you say the first time...

Pretty much for that. So that people couldn't just edit their posts and make all responses below it nonsensical.

See this thread for reference: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/344765

EXACTLY CHARVEL I DON"T WANT IT TO DO ANYTHING I DON'T NEED IT! Did you seriously even read my post. Why don't you just go around wearing a shirt that says " i impulse." But it doesn't look like your up to an actual arguement so im done here until you come up with actual reasons you can keeping spamming your posts. My arguement is with the fact YOU HAVE to install it people who want to can go right ahead but why is stardock forcing everyone to download un needed program.

You don't have to install Impulse. Dowload the game then uninstall it, or just go to BestBuy and pick up whatever it is you are looking for the old-fasioned way. Although I think Charvel has better things to do with his/her bandwidth than go around insulting everyone, I have to agree that you should probably tone it down a little.