The Haunted Apiary (Let Op!): Interaction-Responses

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 06:36:16 +0000

I know people are annoyed, but you have to see it from their perspective. They were employed to produce a game that would help advertise Halo 2, and were probably given a set amount that could be spent on the Live Events plus DVDs.

In all likelihood, they did take the names of people who contacted them, and probably went back to the Bungie/Microsoft to attempt to get extra money to cover the costs of producing a new DVD batch. However, as Halo 2 came out shortly afterwards, and since the soundfiles were available on the ILB site, and the DVD image can be found on the web (with their full blessing no less!), I think they would have had a hard time convincing Microsoft of the need to spend more.

After all, from Microsoft's vantage point, they already accomplished what they set out to do.

I'm sure they feel bad about not being able to go that extra mile, but the reality of the situation is that they almost certainly had their hands tied.

I recommend that you either contact some of the generous people offering to burn a DVD copy for people (for the cost of DVD plus postage of course!), or just remember we got ~6 hours of brilliant radio drama, and several months of a great experience for free :wink:

PS. Many apologies for the run-on sentences. It's a habit I'm not trying very hard to break :lol:

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 03:59:01 +0000

I have been able to reach Jane McG (dana) by email at 4orty2wo, but I doubt that she is in charge of this process - you might just try emailing the bizdev address on their site and asking about it.

or you could win the name the bee contest that Kristen Rutherford is sponsoring on her site.

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:25:27 +0000

Yeah. Looks like Melissa forgot about her crew. Or Dana forgot about the people that helped her. Whatever.

Negative. Our Operator has transceded metastasis. Conventional hardware is no longer sufficient for her processes. Be advised that crew members interested in aquiring firmware records of our voyage should reference the carbon unit Kristen Rutherford as she has a special version available here .

Ensign Random

"who ya think brought u tha DVDs, tha ILBs & the honey bug who's sound ends in 3 Zs?"

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:25:21 +0000

Yeah. Looks like Melissa forgot about her crew. Or Dana forgot about the people that helped her. Whatever.

Is it just me, or do I sense just a tinge of anger and disappointment on the part of Lt. Bingo Clamshell?

Has there been some announcement that DVDs are definitely not going to be distributed?

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:55:03 +0000

omg

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:44:52 +0000

omg

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 01:17:10 +0000

Yeah. Looks like Melissa forgot about her crew. Or Dana forgot about the people that helped her. Whatever.

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:53:25 +0000

This is SO disappointing. Here, I saw activity on the "Interaction" forum and got so excited. Did Melissa come back to visit?!

Nope. No such luck.

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:46:13 +0000

So... um...

NOW can I start assuming that Jane isn't going to get back to me about the DVD I e-mailed her about nearly three months ago? :)

-DS-

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 21:47:55 +0000

Hope you didn't buy it on eBay

...

I will say nothing. :(

Edit: If it makes you feel any better, if I actually DO end up getting a copy officially, I'll be giving it away.

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 04:09:21 +0000

I hope they get around to, at least, sending out the email confermations that we WILL be getting one within the next year or so.

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 23:16:26 +0000

[quote="vpisteve"]They WILL be sending them out, but it may take them a while to get it done. The point of them getting made was, after all, to be a gift to the players.[/quote]

That's good to hear. I was really bummed when I went to the location they posted, and the theater didn't have any because they never GOT any.

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:53:15 +0000

Again, the PMs told me that this was a *very* high priority for them, it's just that the logistics of it all are very complicated at this point. They WILL be sending them out, but it may take them a while to get it done. The point of them getting made was, after all, to be a gift to the players.

Also, the DVD is indeed available at FilePlanet, and has had over 6,000 downloads last time I looked.

http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/147587.shtml

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:49:06 +0000

I have it on good athority that GameSpy's File Planet service will have the DVD available for download. If it's not already there, it will be soon.

See, that's cool and all, but I think I'd rather have a hardcopy or no copy at all. I already have every small .wav file and the humptydumpty .wavs on my computer, so it'd be kind of superfluous to download a DVD with all of that content onto my computer. I'm hoping that sometime within the next decade our addresses are processed and our DVDs are sent :)

[INFO] responses to request for DVD from Dana

Gestas@forums.unfiction.com — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:15:33 +0000

I have it on good athority that GameSpy's File Planet service will have the DVD available for download. If it's not already there, it will be soon.