Pre-Order Civ4 from Chips&Bits and get free APOLYTON PLUS

MarkG · September 12, 2005, 09:14

Our Chips&Bits affiliate stats show that people are starting to pre-order civ4 and I'd like to remind them (and everyone ) for our "Chips&Bits/Apolyton Store" offer

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It's simple: we give you or friend of yours a free month(or more!) of ApolytonPLUS for every purchase you make from the Apolyton Store or Chips&Bits

The process is easy:
a) make the purchase through the links listed above
b) contact us with the following details: order id, date, item(s) you bought. Dont forget to tell us if you want to add your free month to your existing subscription or if (especially if you're a Lifetime member) you want to make it a gift to a friend.

What you get:
1) On Apolyton Store purchases, 1 month of PLUS subscription for each item purchased
2) On Chips&Bits purchases, 1 month of PLUS for each 20$ spent (so purchasing a 40$ game will give you 2 months of PLUS)

Civ4 pre-order link
http://www.chipsbits.com/cgi-bin/ord...1&add=CIVI4.IR

For single orders of civ4 which currently come at $49, we'll round the.... 2.5 months of our offer to 3

Note: Chips&Bits doesnt offer the "black box" special pre-order edition, but the retail one

MarkG · September 12, 2005, 09:18

and yes, since this offer is not new, if you have already bought something from our Chips&Bits links, you should be pm-ing me right now with your order id, date and item(s)

Drakan · September 12, 2005, 11:16

What about those of us who preordered at EB games using Poly's link ?

MarkG · September 12, 2005, 11:23

we havent had much success in tracking down orders from their affiliate reports, but we can try. pm me the title, date and any transaction id you might have

Drakan · September 12, 2005, 11:37

Pm you the games.

MrFun · September 12, 2005, 23:25

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Originally posted by MarkG

For single orders of civ4 which currently come at $49, we'll round the.... 2.5 months of our offer to 3

I'm impressed by your generosity . . . . . . .

NOT.

Theseus · September 14, 2005, 11:01

I just ordered through the Apolyton link... please confirm the order when you can.

MarkG · September 14, 2005, 12:22

i see a sale today on the chips&bits report. pm me your order id

MarkG · September 15, 2005, 01:24

new subscription expiration date: 2006-01-21

Oerdin · September 18, 2005, 01:50

I honestly don't think I will pre-order Civ4 since so many people who pre-ordered Civ3 got burned. They were told certain features would be in the game, they bought the game based upon those promises, then key features which are expected in every modern game (like multiplayer) didn't end up in the release version. That's just wrong so I will not preorder anything from this company.

Locutus · September 19, 2005, 06:03

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Originally posted by Oerdin
I honestly don't think I will pre-order Civ4 since so many people who pre-ordered Civ3 got burned. They were told certain features would be in the game, they bought the game based upon those promises, then key features which are expected in every modern game (like multiplayer) didn't end up in the release version. That's just wrong so I will not preorder anything from this company.

To be honest, the absence of MP was announced well ahead of release, giving people plenty of time to cancel their preorders. But I can certainly see your point, I never ever preorder anythng myself. In fact, I never even make the decision on whether or not to buy a game until it's been out for a while, Civ4 is the only exception (CtP2 would've been as well, except that I got my copy for free so I didn't have to decide anything

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sabrewolf · September 21, 2005, 05:09

darn those >20$ shipping costs for overseas is just not worth it

any chance of somebody in the US ordering the "bible-editions" and sending it to us euros?

andyiam · September 22, 2005, 21:29

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Originally posted by Oerdin
I honestly don't think I will pre-order Civ4 since so many people who pre-ordered Civ3 got burned.

I'm still a bit wary about the fact that so little 'hard' information is out about Civ4 so close to its release - it smells so much like a rush release, but maybe they're just playing it cool and keeping things close to their chest to surprise everyone.

Of course, every time I think that before I've been wrong

But in any case, you can be sure they'll patch it until it works right.

I just hate that $49 price tag - should be $39 like everything else. If they weren't milking the Sid name you can bet it wouldn't sell for $49.

MarkG · September 23, 2005, 01:41

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so little 'hard' information

little?
http://civilization4.net/3/74/

sabrewolf · September 23, 2005, 03:29

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Originally posted by andyiam
I just hate that $49 price tag - should be $39 like everything else. If they weren't milking the Sid name you can bet it wouldn't sell for $49.

of course they are profiting from the "sid" brand, but most games for 39$ can be played within 50 hours - some FPS games are done by the best players in less than 20. civ4 will give us several hundred to thousand hours of gameplay.

think about all the rainbow six games. they are basically the same each time just with a few new levels and weapons. that's rip-off to me!

as for civ4: i would probably pay up to 200$ for civ4 + all patches + all addons. probably even more! that's something around 1$ for 10 hours of gameplay for me

MarkG · September 23, 2005, 05:10

imagine civ without modding and firaxis charging for new maps

Darkstar · September 28, 2005, 15:33

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Originally posted by sabrewolf
of course they are profiting from the "sid" brand, but most games for 39$ can be played within 50 hours - some FPS games are done by the best players in less than 20. civ4 will give us several hundred to thousand hours of gameplay.

Not to be a rotten apple in the barrel, but some of us long time civ fans did not find Civ3 to be worth the money we put into it. Certainly not on the scale of Civ1 or Civ2. That's why many old timers will not be pre-ordering this game.

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as for civ4: i would probably pay up to 200$ for civ4 + all patches + all addons. probably even more! that's something around 1$ for 10 hours of gameplay for me

BITE YOUR TONGUE! We'd better hope Firaxis or especially that its publisher does not see that! Egads!

Think of our wallets!

sabrewolf · September 28, 2005, 16:05

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Originally posted by Darkstar
Not to be a rotten apple in the barrel, but some of us long time civ fans did not find Civ3 to be worth the money we put into it. Certainly not on the scale of Civ1 or Civ2. That's why many old timers will not be pre-ordering this game.

i'd consider myself an old timer too. i was 14 when civ1 came out and that "one more turn" syndrome meant for me that i nearly failed school back in the days.

but yes, i also enjoyed the those games very much and was initially disappointed by the quality of civ3 (although i bought it after patch 1.06 was out) and especially PTW addon.

BUT... the big BUT... only because civ1 and civ2 belong to the best games of all times, does not make civ3 a bit game. sure, it had flaws and was buggy, but the game itself was nonetheless a worthy successor. at least that's what i believe.

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as for civ4: i would probably pay up to 200$ for civ4 + all patches + all addons. probably even more! that's something around 1$ for 10 hours of gameplay for me

BITE YOUR TONGUE! We'd better hope Firaxis or especially that its publisher does not see that! Egads!
Think of our wallets!

if we expect 2 addons + the shipping costs, it's already 160USD for me. that's not far until those 200USD

AeonOfTime · September 29, 2005, 04:18

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Originally posted by sabrewolf
darn those >20$ shipping costs for overseas is just not worth it

any chance of somebody in the US ordering the "bible-editions" and sending it to us euros?

I second that.

@MarkG: I'd be willing to get another year of PLUS if it were somehow possible to order via PayPal. I only have a german account I can pay with (no credit card)

Any ideas?

MarkG · September 29, 2005, 06:12

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Originally posted by AeonOfTime
@MarkG: I'd be willing to get another year of PLUS if it were somehow possible to order via PayPal. I only have a german account I can pay with (no credit card)

Any ideas?

i presume you mean WITHOUT paypal?
you can do via our store
see this http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...21#post4032421

AeonOfTime · September 29, 2005, 06:26

No, actually I'd love to order it WITH paypal, as that's the only way I can pay using my german bank account...

AeonOfTime · September 29, 2005, 06:28

Oh, by the way, the "Store" link does not work here in the forum, it links to http://apolyton.net/forums/store, that does not exist

MarkG · September 29, 2005, 06:53

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Originally posted by AeonOfTime
No, actually I'd love to order it WITH paypal, as that's the only way I can pay using my german bank account...

well paypal IS our main way of paying

just go to http://apolyton.net/plus/ and click on "proceed"

MarkG · September 29, 2005, 06:55

which store link?

AeonOfTime · September 29, 2005, 07:10

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well paypal IS our main way of paying just go to http://apolyton.net/plus/ and click on "proceed"

Oh, sorry - I think we misunterstood each other (argh). I already have a PLUS subscription, and I ordered that via PayPal. What I was trying to say was that I would throw in another year of Poly PLUS if you could tell me of a way to oder a copy of Civ4 via PayPal

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which store link?

On top of the page, right above the path navigation, in the links collection: 3rd line, the one starting with "hall of fame" and "civgroups", right at the end (hope this makes sense)...

MarkG · September 30, 2005, 10:03

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Originally posted by AeonOfTime
Oh, sorry - I think we misunterstood each other (argh). I already have a PLUS subscription, and I ordered that via PayPal. What I was trying to say was that I would throw in another year of Poly PLUS if you could tell me of a way to oder a copy of Civ4 via PayPal

ah well, you could make a paypal payment to Dan and I'll make a credit-card order via Amazon.de

pm me to arrange the details

Robert Plomp · September 30, 2005, 12:58

I ordered through this link, will this provide me the special pre-order edition?

MarkG · September 30, 2005, 14:52

I'm afraid not, C&B is not on the official retailers list that was made public today
perhaps we could (both) mail them to get on the program....

Robert Plomp · September 30, 2005, 16:57

Where should I mail to?

MarkG · September 30, 2005, 17:00

sales@chipsbits.com
info@chipsbits.com