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This is one of the most exciting times of the year for a sports fan. Just finishing up is the NCAA March Madness Tournament, with only one #1 seed advancing to the Final Four. The 2013 season of Major League Baseball (and the Cleveland Indians) is now underway. Coming up is the Masters Tournament (April 11-14), featuring defending champion Bubba Watson. The always highly anticipated NFL draft begins with round one on Thursday, April 25, with the Browns currently holding the 6th pick in the first round. And the end of the month is the start of the playoffs for the NBA (April 20) and the NHL (April 30).
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The Browns and Indians certainly have had interesting off-seasons, with lots of activity to get the fans talking. Whether you like the moves they made or not, at least the front offices did something to stir things up. The sports talk shows on radio and TV sure haven't lacked in topics for discussion recently. The Tribe is up first to show us how successful these trades and acquisitions were to the team.
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Gausman faces Rays looking for third straight win
Cobb takes on O's in rubber match coming off 11-strikeout performance
Kevin Gausman will look to make it three straight wins when he takes the mound for the Orioles against the Rays on Wednesday afternoon at Tropicana Field.
The 23-year-old will make his fourth start of the season and first on the road. Gausman, who has allowed two runs over his last two starts combined, has been pitching so well since being called up from Triple-A Norfolk on June 7 that he's got the club going to a six-man rotation, at least temporarily.
"Very seldom do the waters part, and come hell or high water you are pitching every fifth day," said Orioles manager Buck Showalter. "As long as we think we have the opportunity to win consistently with him as one of the starters, we will do that."
Gausman got the better of the Blue Jays in his last outing, going six innings while allowing one run on five hits.
He's faced the Rays once in his career, taking the loss on June 8 last season when he pitched 4 1/3 innings, giving up eight hits and seven earned runs along with three walks and six strikeouts.
He'll go up against Rays right-hander Alex Cobb, who had one of his better outings of the season in his last start at Houston, giving up one run on three hits while striking out 11 in six innings as he snapped a three-game losing streak. The win moved Cobb to 2-4 on the season with a 3.99 ERA.
"I was more controlled, and that allowed the arm angle to catch up and have a good direction toward my target," Cobb said of his last outing.
Cobb is unbeaten in four career starts against the Orioles, going 3-0 with a 1.73 ERA. He's 2-0 with a 1.17 ERA and 19 strikeouts in two career starts against the Orioles at Tropicana Field.
"I think that the Houston Astros are a younger version of the Baltimore Orioles," Cobb said. "A lot of good hitters with a lot of pop. I think Baltimore is a little bit more experienced. You can't keep repeating the same pitches to them -- they're gonna make adjustments throughout the game.
"So it's something I'll be aware of -- really make sure that I'm not becoming too repetitive in my pitches and being too predictable, because they take notice of those sorts of things.
Rays: Choppers problematic at the Trop
The "Baltimore chop" came into play in Monday night's 5-4 victory over the Orioles, when Nelson Cruz drove home the tying run in the eighth inning with a bases-loaded chopper.
Jerry Sands' two-run pinch-hit home run in the bottom half allowed the Rays to overcome the downside of Monday night's chop, but Rays manager Joe Maddon hopes to eliminate said hops at the Trop.
"We've had a lot of [Baltimore chops]," Maddon said. "It's turning into the Tampa Bay chop or the St. Petersburg chop. We have to figure out a way to get rid of that chop. That's been a part of the game recently for us and that's something we're not used to."
When asked about the cause of the hard pan in front of home plate, Maddon shrugged.
"I don't know if it's a mixture in the dirt," Maddon said. "They've watered it like crazy. But it's played a lot differently this year.
Orioles: Rotation to stay on turn
The Orioles will stay on turn for the upcoming rotation in New York, meaning the team will go with a six-man rotation for now.
"It's not six," said manager Buck Showalter, who has been hesitant to use the term six-man rotation and cautioned reporters it's temporary. "We got the doubleheader coming up [June 27]. We are going to need another pitcher for that day anyway. So that makes it six, I got it."
Coupled with Thursday's off-day, the Orioles will now have two extra days' rest for Ubaldo Jimenez -- who will pitch Friday's series opener in New York -- along with Bud Norris and Chris Tillman.
"I don't know how long we'd be able to stay six in the 'pen, we could use one of the starters in the 'pen too," Showalter said. "We'll see. In a perfect world, we would stay until the doubleheader. But I don't know if we will be able to. The opposition will have a say in that."
Given how well Gausman has pitched in his two starts since being promoted, the Orioles are in an interesting situation, in that the two guys who have been the most inconsistent -- Jimenez and Tillman -- are the only two who do not have Minor League options remaining. While Jimenez will get an extra work day, certain guys, like Norris, could be available as a long man on designated nights in between starts.
Of course, all it takes is one or two short starts to change things.
"If we have to keep our bullpen fresh between now and then we will do it," Showalter said. "Could happen in New York. We got some people eligible to come back that weren't eligible a couple days ago."
Worth noting
• The Rays have started running Spring Training-type drills, like bunt defense and double-play turns, before games. They usually start the refresher drills around the All-Star break, but manager Joe Maddon said the team needs to shore up its fundamentals sooner rather than later.
• Rays right-hander Jeremy Hellickson made his third rehab start on Tuesday night for Triple-A Durham. He allowed 12 hits and four earned runs over 2 2/3 innings.
Jamie Ross is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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so yeah, do whatever you want. bring up threads from three years ago but let me tell you, my absurd actions and atomika's pleading for sympathy are so unlike each other you'd be proving nothing.
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also qoorl i don't know what the hell your problem has been recently but i've let your stupid comments slide long enough. shut the fuck up with your undeserved negative posts about me that you slyly make in public and the next time you have a problem with what i say, address it instead of trying to impress people.
because guess what, you two. this isn't 2007 anymore. i'm regarded as a cool guy and that's mostly because i'm a lax guy but if you two keep this up, my passive nature could turn aggressive. i'm not taking it anymore. i really couldn't care less as to what you two think of me but i'm not letting you drag me down on the forums just so you can self-validate yourselves.


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One more review that does the rounds currently and which heaps criticism especially on the installer:
Phoronix: Alan Cox Calls Fedora 18 "The Worst Red Hat Distro"
Alan Cox, the venerable Linux kernel developer presently employed by Intel and an avid open-source enthusiast, has lashed out against the recent release of Fedora 18. Cox calls the new Fedora release, "the worst Red Hat distro I've ever seen." Alan ended up switching to Ubuntu as a result of his disastrous experience with Fedora 18...
One more review that does the rounds currently and which heaps criticism especially on the installer:
I definitely agree that what they did to Anaconda is horrible. The installer is a steaming pile of dog feces in its current state.
The anaconda installer has got the gnome-shell syndrome in UI design. Fedora gets much right, but they have made some strange decisions..
Too bad Cinnamon is not available in the Ubuntu repository.
Too bad OpenSCAD does not have syntax highlighting.
If someone wants stability, he shouldn't use Fedora to begin with. It's a test bed for Red Hat.
I'm very happy with Ubuntu, except for the two facts: I can't boot 12.04.1 because of my GeForce GTX550Ti and the fact Unity made my PC unusable for my mom. She never gets used to the fact Unity unnecessarily hides the windows menus and close/maximize/minimize buttons. It's hard for a user to assume they have to hover the upper bar to find those buttons. Why hide them in first place?
And I agree with him on the orange color. It's horrible. I seriously don't know what Ubuntu's design team was thinking.
It just occurred to me how dumb the name "Spherical Cow" is. What is wrong with these people?
Cox's prominence as a developer doesn't mean his critique of F18 is any less anecdotal or any more significant than any other opinion.
My own equally anecdotal experience has been considerably more positive. I installed several alphas and betas. The new Anaconda was flaky at the point, as I would expect. Still, I was always able to complete my installation and use Fedora. (Manual partitioning with multiple partitions on 4 drives.)
I installed "for real" with RC2. I had zero issues with the new Anaconda. I've had zero issues with using F18.
The new Anaconda is not at all like the old Anaconda. Many of us are very experienced with the old Anaconda, and that often translates into assertions that it was "intuitive". It wasn't, of course, we just knew how to use it.
The intended workflow through the new Anaconda is different and not always entirely clear. If you jump into the new Anaconda expecting it to work like the old Anaconda, you will have problems. Manual partitioning is handled in a way that is very different than in the old Anaconda. Drive identification can be confusing in one display. So, there is work to be done.
When faced with an unfamiliar installer/partitioner. I usually chalk up the first couple run-throughs to experience.
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Stephen Strasburg suffered his first loss of the season this afternoon.
The lore of Stephen Strasburg includes a 14-strikeout debut. It includes a triple-digit fastball and a knee-buckling curveball. And it includes, to date, a wildly successful recovery from Tommy John surgery.
It may now also include the case of the unfortunately placed ointment.
As if the top of the first inning of today's 6-1 loss to the Padres — featuring a routine fly ball falling between three Nationals fielders, a sudden deluge requiring an eight-minute rain delay and three San Diego runs — wasn't strange enough for Strasburg, manager Davey Johnson suggested afterward his young ace was also bothered by the misapplication of some heating balm.
"I can't really tell you what the problem was, but some hot stuff got misplaced," Johnson said in cryptic fashion. "It was on his shoulder, and evidently … I don't know how it got to where it got. But it wasRead more »
- Sunshine_Bobby_Carpenter_Is_Too_Pessimistic_For_Me - May 15, 2012 at 11:17 PM
Happens in our bathroom all the time. Jesus, here's the solution:Ben-Gay on the top shelf.Toothpaste on the bottom shelf.NEVER get them mixed up.
- Mr. Doggett - May 15, 2012 at 11:30 PM
Why do I get the feeling Stras is trying his hardest not to burst into hysterics? "Tough conditions all around?" Are you kidding me? He might as well come out and say it :)Gio would
- baseballswami - May 15, 2012 at 11:32 PM
This last week has just been weird on so many levels.
- Swift Eagle - May 15, 2012 at 11:38 PM
I guess today Stras really was a "Fire-balling pitcher"
- SFNats - May 15, 2012 at 11:42 PM
The lesson here for you kids at home is: Always scratch yourself before you apply the Icy Hot.
- peric - May 15, 2012 at 11:42 PM
Okay has to be the most hilarious post ever! Of course if they said that Henry he would still get skewered along with Gorzelanny. ~wry grin~
- SonnyG10 - May 15, 2012 at 11:42 PM
If Stras's ointment got to where I think it got to, he has my sympathy and admiration. That happened to me once when I was a young lad and I remember I was in agony. I sat in a bathtub of ice cold water trying to turn the heat down. I can't imagine trying to pitch a ball game while going through that.
- baseballswami - May 15, 2012 at 11:45 PM
Do you ever wonder what a day in the life of Steve McCatty is like? Has he really seen and heard it all?
- Sunshine_Bobby_Carpenter_Is_Too_Pessimistic_For_Me - May 16, 2012 at 12:03 AM
Post of the day candidate:Swift Eagle said… I guess today Stras really was a "Fire-balling pitcher"(Fill in your own joke here.)
- NatsLady - May 16, 2012 at 12:11 AM
Cueto getting shelled in Atlanta, where no outfielders let fly balls drop in and it's not raining (can't speak to the Hot Stuff). These Aces–just can't be trusted.
- peric - May 16, 2012 at 12:12 AM
Davey's lesson of the day: Use your head for something other than a hat rack or your easily avoided errors get aired in public.
- peric - May 16, 2012 at 12:13 AM
Yes aces are as bad as closers they can't be trusted. Only long relievers from Ohio.
- waddu eye no - May 16, 2012 at 12:22 AM
maybe stras should change his walk on music to some buster poindexteror make sure that the fly goes in the ointment, not vice versathat's enough. i'm getting on my own nerves already. glad i was there for the HR, though. and back tomorrow.
- Section 3, My PFB Hitterish Sofa - May 16, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Wait, so the strawberry ointment doesn't actually go ON your strawberries??
- Section 3, My PFB Hitterish Sofa - May 16, 2012 at 12:40 AM
Maybe he can have some new walkup music.
- NatsLady - May 16, 2012 at 1:03 AM
Leon really could be back in four weeks? Hard to believe, but if true then there is no reason to make a panic trade, is there?
- Section 3, My PFB Hitterish Sofa - May 16, 2012 at 1:26 AM
sorry, wadddueye, meant to credit you on the walkup music
- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 1:32 AM
And we totally have to get McCatty on a wired Wednesday. I'll bet the two mound visits today were classics. :-)Seriously, Stephen did seem to be having problems getting a grip in the first. Should we be worried about why he was using the ointment to start with?Re. our offense, I wasn't here in those days, but it reminded me of stories I'd heard about the Senators of Frank Howard's day. The Nats lost, and Harper homered.That was a dopey rain delay. It did cause us to strike up a conversation with the gent next to us, though. I was joshing about the umps not hustling back onto the field afterwards, and he somewhat sheepishly revealed that he was an ump. Kinda cool to have one's own personal ump sitting nearby. I kept asking him stuff. So, what do you think of that guy's strike zone? Shouldn't there have been an error there? And so forth and so on.
- Faraz Shaikh - May 16, 2012 at 1:47 AM
nice pick, sec 3. good way to keep non-nats fans away from park.
- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 1:53 AM
ohnevermind. They just use it to limber up before a start.
- waddu eye no - May 16, 2012 at 1:55 AM
sec 3 – credit or blame?btw – daughters bday party in sec 115 row bb tomorrow. anyone around? it would be nice to meet some of my anonymous friends there. but there won't be cake.
- Ghost Of Steve M. - May 16, 2012 at 1:55 AM
"I can't really tell you what the problem was, but some hot stuff got misplaced," Johnson said in cryptic fashion. "It was on his shoulder, and evidently … I don't know how it got to where it got. But it was uncomfortable, to say the least."WASH HANDS WELL BEFORE YOU GO TO #1
- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 2:01 AM
Or scratch.Oh, I meant to ask. Do they always list "Ferris Bueller, Central High" among the scoreboard announcements for day games on weekdays? Can't recall seeing it before. Funny.
- ehay2k - May 16, 2012 at 2:06 AM
Hmm… what about "White Heat, Red Hot' by Judas Priest? Or Snoop Dogg's "Drop it While it's Hot"?Maybe best would be MIMS' "This is Why I'm Hot"In ten years, Strasburg will laugh about this. But on Sunday, he will plan to take his frustrations on the O's.
- peric - May 16, 2012 at 2:12 AM
Courtesy of Luke Skywalker … er Erickson at NationalsProspects.com:Top Prospect Anthony Rendon update from Houston, Texas
- peric - May 16, 2012 at 2:24 AM
His walk up music should almost certainly be "Great Balls of Fire".
- Section 3, My PFB Hitterish Sofa - May 16, 2012 at 2:51 AM
Interesting twist on "He pitches like his hair is on fire."
- naterialguy - May 16, 2012 at 3:39 AM
- That old-school, prestigious way of Scooter - May 16, 2012 at 4:39 AM
1a, I heard that Ferris saw 1776 the other night. I guess he's in town; maybe he was there today? Seems someone here prolly woulda heard about it, though.
- NatsLady - May 16, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Since we have a series with the Barves (that's NOT a typo) coming up, I just had to post this link:an-absolute-sick-burn-on-the-braves-and-mlbhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/15/quote-of-the-day-an-absolute-sick-burn-on-the-braves-and-mlb/
- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Could be. Dude has tons of energy, as sick as he is.That old-school, prestigious way of Scooter said… 1a, I heard that Ferris saw 1776 the other night. I guess he's in town; maybe he was there today? Seems someone here prolly woulda heard about it, though. May 16, 2012 12:39 AM
- 320R2S15 - May 16, 2012 at 11:19 AM
It concerns me that everybody is talking about the weather,atomic "balm", stuff like that, why do we need to go there at all. The Nats lost, Strasburg had a bad day,let's move on. Everyone needs to shut up and play. The center fielder needed to take charge on that texas lgr. The Shark had no business taking the blame for that, again, just stop all the talking and play baseball.
- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Seeing as how have almost 12 hours until they play, I vote for continuing the chit-chat.
- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 11:24 AM
But if we're going to assign blame, there was also the little matter of the Nats bats.
- 320R2S15 - May 16, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Yea, where the heck is Zimmerman? any body know why he only uses the inner half of the plate?
- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 11:51 AM
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- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Just saw this on the Nats site. Atta way, Bob! (And this is the perfect opportunity for Billy to start partaking of that tasty red Nats beverage – right, Michele? ;-)) "Nationals TV broadcaster Bob Carpenter will be doing the play-by-play for the Nationals-Orioles game for FOX this Saturday at Nationals Park. His partner in the booth will be former Major Leaguer Billy Ripken. Carpenter, who has been the TV play-by-play voice of the Nationals since 2006, will also do the Nationals-Orioles game on June 23 for FOX when the teams play at Camden Yards. " May 16, 2012 8:13 AM
- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 12:17 PM
On another note, interesting tidbit for anyone who is in search of a media guide. As usual, early in the season I check at stores and stands to see whether they're in. As usual, no dice so far. But yesterday a gal at the team store on the club level said that they had been "lost in the stockroom" and that another batch had to be printed up. (How do you lose a shipment of media guides in the stockroom?) She couldn't say when more would be available. Oddly enough, I just checked and the guides are showing up for sale on e-bay from a number of different sellers. Things that make you go hmmmm….and it just happens to be the Bryce Harper rookie year guide. I'm just saying, "lost in the stockroom"…
- Brother Juniper - May 16, 2012 at 12:31 PM
We should try the ointment on Henry – give him something to think about other than that guy he just put on first.Funny that Davey just had to tell the story.
- MicheleS - May 16, 2012 at 1:25 PM
1A.. Billy said he would start drinking the KoolAid if the Nats were still in it by the AllStar Break. Don't worry, I plan on holding him to it.Brother Juniper. For Henry, I was thinking a garter belt, or something so he can breathe through his eyelids.
- ehay2k - May 16, 2012 at 2:14 PM
Oh, I see a branding opportunity for the makers of Kool-Aid – put a Curly W on the packets and watch the sales go Bang! Zoom!On second thought, you're probably only talking about 20K-30K additional sales, which probably won't cover the printing costs.As you were, Mr. Kool-Aid.
- Tcostant - May 16, 2012 at 2:21 PM
I think this was a prank go wrong, why else would Stras want to "keep inside the clubhouse". If Gilbert can poop in a shoe, doesn't mean that someone wouldn't put icey hot on a jock.
- hokiepokster92 - May 16, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Tcostant,I think you hit it on the head. This was a cllubhouse prank gone awry. If so, it was stupid because it probably cost them yesterday's ballgame.If you want to prank Stras before a spring training start, that's fine. But why would you do it prior to a regular season start? This club is already dealing with enough issues. When your ace takes the mound, you have to take advantage and lock up a win, especially when facing one of the worst teams in the NL.
- natsfan1a - May 16, 2012 at 3:48 PM
Maybe they were trying to prank someone else and accidentally targeted the wrong, um, equipment.
- ehay2k - May 16, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Davey's postgame clubhouse rant: "It's supposed to be a hot FOOT!"
- Tcostant - May 16, 2012 at 8:33 PM
Thanks. I couldn't agree more. If you must do something like this, make it after POST_GAME shower.


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so sind die koffer schon gepackt?jetzt werden noch die letzten stunden genossen.ihr werdet sicher gut erholt und mit vielen neuen eindrücken nach hause zurückkehren.eniesst die verbleibenden stunden.wir freuen uns riesig auf eure rückkehr.viel spass und gute heimfahrt-liebe grüsse carmen
Beautiful old village
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Where I stayed
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We had to take the tender boat to get on land. While we were planning on walking to the right towards the new town, 2 other passengers suggested we walk to the left towards the old town. It is only about 10 minutes walk, slightly uphill. Not really what I like best. So when I saw a car coming from behind I decided to hitchhike. The nice Greek lady (Fotini) offered to take us all 4 with her in her little Fiat. How kind of her and how great for us.
Monemvasia means something like "one gate only and one street only". And that is how this village is built. You walk thru a gate and then you are in this beautiful village with many little alleys with shops, bars and restaurants. Very nice. There are a lot of cats around. I think even more cats than inhabitants. You could also walk up to the top of the mountain, but we didn't. But we went to the shop of Fotini. She made us try honey wine, wedding sweets and other stuff.
After that we also went on the other side of the bridge to see the new town. It is nice as well and has a cute promenade. But there were no tourists and everything was closed.
In the afternoon we watched for the last time the riggers setting the sails. Then the whole crew (all dressed up) gathered for a group photo. It was fun for us to watch until everyone was in position.
During the afternoon tea & coffee (with crepes) one of the other passengers showed us some fruit and vegetable carving. He is chef in a hotel in Cyprus and famous for his carving. It was interesting watching him. He was really fast.
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Oh god. Well, couldn't say didn't see this coming.
*Please note that the games are Windows-only and require Steam to activate and play.
It has finally happened. The latest Humble Indie Bundle is not indie, it is not cross-platform, it is not DRM free, and it is certainly not humble.
Was the millions of dollars that they had generated by sticking to their ideals just not good enough for them? Was all of the passionate support they received so meaningless to them that they felt they could just cast it aside like this? I am not even really angry yet, just completely numb...
Oh god. Well, couldn't say didn't see this coming.
*Please note that the games are Windows-only and require Steam to activate and play.
I have been worried about this for some time now. The question now is, what should we do?
It's quite sad but also the quality of humble bundles has lowered with still unreleased games and non-resolved bugs...
Well boycotthumblebundle.com seems to be available. I don't know if that is a correct response but I am seriously considering a boycott now that the Humble Bundle name is completely, totally and utterly meaningless. On the other hand I am considering getting this for the games, in which I case I will give $0 to THQ and $0 to Humble Bundle, Inc.
This is the email I sent to the "Humble" Bundle guys:
Hi I am writing this to let you know that I am very very disappointed that the Humble Bundle brand is no longer any kind of guarantee that games will be DRM free and multiplatform and that by agreeing to THQ's terms you have lost all the leverage in your negotiations with development studios with regard to getting them release their games in a DRM free, cross-platform state.
They will just tell you that since THQ was allowed to release their games in a Windows only, Steam only fashion they too should be allowed to do that. I am seriously worried that this means the Humble Bundle will have produced its last DRM free debut and its last Linux/cross-platform debut.
Well, I'd say "calm down".
While I agree, it's sad having no Linux/Mac ports - be fair - at least it does not contain the "Indie" part in the title.
So this is a different type of bundle and at least the games seem to be quite good.
OTOH, I'd be really disappointed if we see a lot more of these bundles instead of the cross-platform, drm-less ones.
But, unless this happens, I'd say it's "ok" to save THQs a** for some days/weeks at least.
As I do not see the point in rewriting my arguments for multiple different forums, I will just repost what I already posted on Gaming on Linux:
Well, if the defence is that the HIB is just operating as a business, then we need to apply the same lens to THQ. If they really hope that the Humble Bundle is going to save them they should have put the effort in to make themselves work with the Bundle. As it stands, they did nothing to make it compatible, not even detaching their product from Steam. Their money troubles is not really a reasonable excuse. They are using them and they are using us.http://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.p...onfirmed.1454/This weakens the movement the Bundles contributed so much too, and places them on weaker grounds when negotiating with other developers. One thing that stings me about this is that it is also very unfair to past developers who have put so much effort into making their games fit the Humble Bundle rules. It is like I said back during the LIMBO/CrossOver controversy, it just seems so fundamentally unfair to the other game developers that put the effort into releasing fully native ports of their games for some developers to be able to cheat/dodge their way into the benefits that the Bundles offer. This is even worse, as they did not even decouple the games from Steam, let alone port to Mac or Linux. It is not just us who have been hurt and betrayed by this, they have been to, only they have a much better case to complain. I wonder if any of them realize it.
A good article from ars technica on the subject:
We got a DRM free Linux version of Psychonauts as a result of the Humble Bundle's and that is just one example. That will NEVER EVER happen again. No company will give in to demands like that to be in a Humble Bundle since they want to be treated equally with THQ. So their may still be Linux games in future bundles, even DRM free ones but we will NEVER get a Linux and/or DRM free debut with the Humble Bundle's again. All the Linux games that will be in future bundle's will already have Linux versions.


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