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Title: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: martiño on 19 June 2004, 16:12:58: We are receiving lots of visits these days, and they don't come from internet referrers, can you please tell us where did you hear about glest (If it wasn't on the internet)?
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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 19 June 2004, 18:37:53: Well, as you know, I am a huge fan of RTS games. So I went to my favorite freeware site www.gamehippo.com (http://www.gamehippo.com) and looked at the RTS section. I somehow found my way over to this site and I have been hooked ever since.

I just realized you said "If it wasn't on the internet"
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Post by: Andrewinator on 23 June 2004, 13:48:32: I procrastinating continuing my OpenGL 1.4-rendered First Person Shooter (well, the world editor for it, at least), while I was browsing the OpenGL news at opengl.org. I came accross an item that was somthing like "OpenGL game Glest adds 3D texures...."
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Post by: Ph3lan on 8 August 2004, 16:09:29: i found glest here:
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[url=http://www.drload.de]http://www.drload.de[/url]
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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 8 August 2004, 20:11:52: Is the one you got off the disc the latest version? If it isn't I suggest you download it.
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Post by: jjejj87 on 9 August 2004, 10:35:06: I was searching for free engines at Google and then i found glest...
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Post by: Tux on 6 September 2004, 18:24:34: --> http://www.chip.de/downloads/c_downloads_12253898.html (http://www.chip.de/downloads/c_downloads_12253898.html)
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Post by: Ropi on 7 September 2004, 16:39:01: It was on the cd from a Hungaryan PC magazin.
You did a great job, congrat. :)
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Post by: Lt.Rochus on 5 October 2004, 17:48:01: I found it at WWW.Freenet.de (http://WWW.Freenet.de) too.
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Post by: wyking on 6 October 2004, 13:52:45: I did find this site on the internet... but am happy I did and am looking forward to evaluating the gameplay.

Regards,

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Post by: Joost on 20 November 2004, 19:07:00: I found it at
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[url]http://www.idnes.plnehry.cz[/url] in section RTS
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Post by: Gunthahaha on 20 November 2004, 23:12:47: I found it on Google too!

I tipped something like "RTS+freeware"...
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Post by: Hande on 22 February 2005, 16:43:19: Se refiere a un post en hardgame.net :D A ver si puede jugar y nos comenta que le ha parecido.
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Post by: triplepoint217 on 6 March 2005, 22:11:47: Told about it by a friend, I think he saw it on happy penguin
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Post by: enveloop on 12 March 2005, 13:18:58: sugoi! ^_^
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Post by: dominus on 28 March 2005, 10:41:27: osgaming.com
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Post by: enveloop on 28 March 2005, 10:55:09: isnÂ´t it osgaming.net?
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Post by: dominus on 28 March 2005, 12:02:04: yargh, tis true. a bad habit of putting bloody .com at the end of every url.
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Post by: GTivvyBathurst on 30 March 2005, 10:12:06: I heard about glest from my good mate dominus!!!
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Post by: Vikthor on 31 March 2005, 19:07:13: I found mention about glest by chance on forums.gentoo.org
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Post by: rdb on 5 April 2005, 12:07:56: On google when searching for freeware RTS games.
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Post by: 3ARRANO on 7 April 2005, 17:07:21: osgaming.net
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Post by: gattschardo on 12 April 2005, 18:24:01: A friend of mine sent me an e-mail with a link.
he always does nad he always gats to strange places on the internet and wants to make me play all these games like freeciv or how they're all called. i never tried one of them. but GLEST sounded interesting enough to try it, and I really like this.

PS: i think too, this game is more like warcraft than AOE but i like AOE more. i'll buy AOE 3 for sure as it comes out in germany.
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Post by: polrus on 18 April 2005, 10:54:59: Code: [Select]
[url=http://www.happypenguin.org/]http://www.happypenguin.org/[/url]
and i've just posted a news about Your game on www.linux.pl (http://www.linux.pl)
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Post by: FiSyNL on 18 April 2005, 11:44:25: I have seen it at http://www.linuxcenter.ru/games (http://www.linuxcenter.ru/games)
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Post by: geg220 on 14 May 2005, 23:44:18: I found it in magazine called chip and in google
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Post by: Dr. Doog on 19 May 2005, 19:11:25: happypenguin.com had an update for it, I looked at the screenshot and AoE nostalgia flooded me. I immediately downloaded the game.
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Post by: Falk5T on 29 May 2005, 10:06:54: There was an very old glest version on the screenfun as you know im german, so i bought it, and i saw it, the i wanted to look in the internet, so im here
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Post by: DanN on 4 June 2005, 00:00:34: I think I heard about Glest ages ago, but didn't download it because it was windows only at that point, but I think I can more fairly attribute my knowing about it to
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[url]http://www.happypenguin.org[/url]. Thanks Glest team for the awsome game (and MatzeB for the linux port).

Dan
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Post by: FDS on 4 June 2005, 01:36:46: I bought an old version of it in a magazine here in Brasil. The game didn't work with my video board, but I looked at the site and found a new version that worked. :P
Title: Kinda Fell Here...
Post by: Beserker on 14 June 2005, 00:20:59: Hello Everyone,

I Was looking for a 3d engine for the new version of magiknights (current one is magiknights 2d rpg) and just kinda surfed around and kinda fell here. Downloading the game it is perfect for what i am looking for. I envisioned magiknights '3d' like this, i also play a game called soul blighter and wanted a similar view.

Anyway now downloading the source and looking at the potential.

Regards
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Post by: josepzin on 19 June 2005, 10:55:11: This was my first contact with Glest:
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[url=http://www.3dpoder.com/foro3dpoder/showthread.php?t=6136&highlight=glest]http://www.3dpoder.com/foro3dpoder/show ... ight=glest[/url]
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Post by: Shekmethon on 3 July 2005, 19:02:14: i found this at
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[url=http://www.online.sector.sk]www.online.sector.sk[/url], ain't this free? :confused: i heard that someone said "i bought it" ?

Thanks allready!
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Post by: enveloop on 3 July 2005, 19:23:29: Glest is completely free.
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Post by: @kukac@ on 8 July 2005, 15:33:00: hi,

firstly i heard in the Chip magazine (the v0.7.1 was in the CD when i hadn't got internet) secondly (when i had net) on the PC Guru online (if you don't understand me very wise, sorry, but im not english). on the 071 i defeated easily 3 computer players (they were very idiots, but its now too. the AI is very poor.) a question: when will the multiplayer relased?
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Post by: geg220 on 12 July 2005, 13:58:38: As @kukac@ I found the 0.7.1 version in the Chip magazine.
And not just you, we all are waiting for the multiplayer.
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Post by: Cironir on 12 July 2005, 17:41:02: I learned about Glest at the Happy Penguin site. I'm glad that open source games start to become serious alternatives to commercial titles. Great job, guys. :)
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Post by: Ka on 19 July 2005, 20:13:33: sourceforge, browsing through strategy game tree...
ka
Title: Abandonia
Post by: coetzeriw on 31 July 2005, 19:36:07: Hi All

I found out about glest while browsing through the games at abandonia.
Have been browsing the stuff on www.abandonia.com for a while now, but this time I was redirected to a 'newer' abandonia version:::

www.reloaded.org

abandonia reloaded listed GLEST!!! :D
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Post by: Cybetron on 28 August 2005, 19:31:46: here http://machines.ma.funpic.de/start.html (http://machines.ma.funpic.de/start.html)
i got it from a friend on that forum of machines
section screanshots > crusader
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Post by: Dingo on 29 August 2005, 20:14:55: I fan of RTS games, and else I like build myself something (if posible).
And I was write in the "www.google.com" so :
RTS strategy developer, (exactly not remember)
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Post by: sulfuras on 30 August 2005, 03:47:56: http://www.download.com (http://www.download.com)
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Post by: alexjustdoit on 4 September 2005, 16:21:53: Google typed free online rpg nd i came up with this unfortunately i was in china on vacation so i couldnt play cause there xp is bad. :D
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Post by: vierfingerjoe on 9 September 2005, 23:15:11: I had read about glest on http://www.holarse.de (http://www.holarse.de)
Its the best website for all german speaking linux gamers.
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Post by: nath on 16 November 2005, 20:27:33: Got it from happypenguin.org back when it went Free Software.

By the way: Anyone here who learnt about it from Linux+ magazine?
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Post by: thefinalstrike on 9 December 2005, 11:17:59: Found it on a friends website.
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Post by: Darkziel on 3 September 2006, 22:20:21: i found it on a game download site
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Post by: HomerJ on 4 September 2006, 10:07:09: On chip.de, german computer magazine website in a "best of open source" special.

Greetz
HomerJ
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Post by: borisbovkun on 7 September 2006, 12:38:52: I was bored one day and i googled
Free flash RTS
After surfing on that subject i found glest >.>
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Post by: Jbouille35 on 12 September 2006, 20:11:46: framasoft
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Post by: andyglest on 1 July 2007, 16:17:42: from croatian computer magazine (on CD)
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Post by: Jakatak on 13 January 2008, 21:53:07: From french :
http://www.framasoft.net/article4072.html (http://www.framasoft.net/article4072.html)

Thanks again for that game, i spread to my friends ...
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Post by: Jamesgamer on 20 January 2008, 17:01:15: Google.
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Post by: orion on 24 January 2008, 21:04:14: I can't remember exactly what website I found it on, but Glest was listed in the "top 5 games" category. So I downloaded it.
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Post by: daniel.santos on 26 January 2008, 02:11:54: browsing the Gentoo portage tree :)
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Post by: titi on 30 January 2008, 09:13:13: from the forum of www.ubuntuusers.de (http://www.ubuntuusers.de)
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: modman on 27 September 2008, 16:54:08: I found Glest on downloadfreegames.com. I downloaded it, but I didn't realize its moability until I went to glest.org.
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Post by: mictes on 27 September 2008, 18:46:06: sourceforge.net
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Post by: John.d.h on 27 September 2008, 20:50:41: Download.com

It's currently their #5 most popular fantasy game.

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[url=http://www.download.com/Glest/3000-7484_4-10421123.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10809454]http://www.download.com/Glest/3000-7484 ... d=10809454[/url]
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Post by: erandur on 7 October 2008, 19:38:03: I googled free rts engine, heh. Didn't understand how to mod Glest, but somehow started playing...
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Post by: Pumpkinhead on 12 October 2008, 13:53:16: Maximum PC Magazine : "25 Best Open-Source (or Freeware) Alternatives You Need To Download"

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[url=http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/25_best_opensource_or_freeware_alternatives_you_need_to_download?page=0%2C3]http://www.maximumpc.com/article/featur ... page=0%2C3[/url]
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: horusofoz on 8 December 2008, 12:18:16: In the request forum of http://portableapps.com (http://portableapps.com)

Since then after playing Glest and considering how good it would be in PortableApps Format I have requested it here :p
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Post by: hailstone on 9 December 2008, 13:09:40: Glest is already portable (just copy the files to your device and run) but to be a proper PortableApps program the installer would need to be setup (step 4). Also reducing the size if it's possible. (step 5)

http://portableapps.com/development (http://portableapps.com/development)

If you want to continue discussion you should create a new topic in General unless someone thinks it should go elsewhere.
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Post by: dannylee on 5 January 2009, 16:38:09: I saw it on my fedora game download list.
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Post by: battle machine man on 7 February 2009, 15:57:24: hi i DID find it on the net!I GOOGLEd free RTS and glest was 2nd ;D
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Post by: Geek Squad 2gb on 7 February 2009, 17:41:09: Quote from: martiÃ±o on 19 June 2004, 16:12:58
We are receiving lots of visits these days, and they don't come from internet referrers, can you please tell us where did you hear about glest (If it wasn't on the internet)?

lol i herd about it from my c++/java teacher in skool...

we are gonig to make a game like glest =)
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Post by: cameron522 on 2 April 2009, 22:56:44: I found it on google, looking for a free rts game. :)
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Post by: MirceaKitsune on 2 June 2009, 09:11:41: I found it while googling for a free opensource strategy game.
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Post by: ElimiNator on 2 June 2009, 16:11:12: I have linux. I found it on add remove. (prety handy you just brows the games and check out the ones you want and click apply changes 8)
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Post by: -Archmage- on 6 June 2009, 02:51:37: same as ElimNator

i'm surprised, i thought i posted in this topic, but i haven't ::)
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Post by: assassin on 6 June 2009, 09:29:04: same as above, found it in synaptic (ubuntu package manager), and thought it was so good that I came to the website.
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Post by: DVD on 23 June 2009, 07:29:11: well... I'm not sure what pulled me to the site...
I had just installed Ubuntu on my laptop, then I put the Enlightenment (e17) desktop on it.
it was too cool for school. but it needed some games. so I searched.
I have always loved RTS, such as: Warcraft, Age of Empires, Battle Realms, C&C Generals, Star Wars - Galactic BattleGrounds, and Empire at War.
so I browsed the web for open source RTS games.
I found Glest. at first I thought it was ...eh... but the more I played the more I loved it.

So I guess I really found out about Glest on the Wikipedia directory of Open Source games.
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Post by: GlestNewb on 23 June 2009, 17:09:35: friends at school
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Post by: Adel415 on 6 July 2009, 02:29:46: what brought me here is my burning desire to make maps, scenarios, and models. :P

How did I find this game...a wrong name put into search on google. :D
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Post by: Omega on 11 July 2009, 10:39:08: Thinking one night, I realized I never shared how I found Glest. It's been too long. I can't remember! I think I was looking for free games on Wikipedia or something and there was a picture...

Hmm, maybe there never was a picture, as I can't find anything like that. I think it was from the 'list of open source games'. I was just randomly picking games that sound gooded (by genre) and seeing if I should download. Glad I did!
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Post by: drescherjm on 19 July 2009, 02:24:14: I found it browsing the packages in my distribution (gentoo).
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Post by: Wiredbomb0 on 5 August 2009, 09:32:29: I found Glest while researching on finding an engine that I could use to create a 3D RTS. And this was the best one to show up, so yeah. That's how I found Glest (which for some reason I keep thinking it's Glent ???)
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Post by: kazakore on 18 August 2009, 11:35:15: Looking for a freeware RTS on Wikipedia to play across LAN with my housemate. Still not had a multiplayer yet but enjoying the game and community.

Only other one that even looked worth the download was BosWars and haven't even installed that one yet. Was only a couple of days ago though...
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Post by: Trajnn on 1 September 2009, 20:23:57: got linked to it as advice from the tw forums for people looking forward to soemthing a little lighter\more casual then EB. he also pointed me to spring.
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Post by: Kamen on 27 September 2009, 12:17:47: I got Cd with old version of Glest when I was 9 years old.... i think. I was very long time ago
EDIT: 5 or 6 years i think
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Post by: Scenariole on 29 September 2009, 07:44:03: I was searching some site for some free rts games and found an old version of glest and when i placed buildings it lagged until I got the newer version..
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Post by: Tonypantz on 28 October 2009, 01:42:41: I found it on Abandonia Reloaded.
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Post by: Richard Blank on 24 November 2009, 02:02:53: Quote from: Darkziel on 3 September 2006, 22:20:21
i found it on a game download site

me too. solid find on the internet.

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Post by: Zero on 21 December 2009, 08:51:13: Well i like RTS games and searched RTS games and when i saw glest it was an unusual name so i downloaded it and started playing
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Post by: Carl the Great on 28 December 2009, 12:46:13: I found this game when I browsed in a games database.

Thanks! ;)
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Post by: Loronal on 28 December 2009, 17:41:27: Found it looking for a heroes 3 torrent ?!!?
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Post by: IElia on 30 December 2009, 09:07:51: I found this game while googeling for "free RTS".

I am new to Glest and I have just signed in to this forum. I really would like to thank all the people who have created this great free game. It is better than all the free RTS games I have ever played. It is user friendly and the graphics are just right.

I suggest Starting a Topic guiding me and other new Glest users with Installation of the game and especially addons installation (ex. Mods, tiles etc..).

Keep up the good work.

Sincere regards,

I. Elia
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: -Archmage- on 30 December 2009, 13:06:56: The Wikia (https://docs.megaglest.org) should be able to help you. ;)
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Post by: ultifd on 1 January 2010, 02:04:42: Was looking for some games, and then I found glest. :)
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Post by: quakeIV on 17 January 2010, 03:14:31: reading the bay12 games forum, looking around in the other games section, and found a 'anyone know a good free rts' thread. Yeah, guess what i found. ;D
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Post by: TheGameHog on 3 March 2010, 02:37:26: i thought of a random name which was called glest ::) and i just got bored and typed in my address bar:

glest.com
glest.net
glest.tk
glest.co.cc
glest.org <-- :D

I happen to stumble here :D
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Post by: volkswageos on 25 March 2010, 04:43:30: Quote from: martiÃ±o on 19 June 2004, 16:12:58
We are receiving lots of visits these days, and they don't come from internet referrers, can you please tell us where did you hear about glest (If it wasn't on the internet)?

I was told by my friend with the same target to learn game programï¼Œand i kown it on Google and Baidu!
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Post by: xxcatmysteryxx on 6 April 2010, 00:21:56: My friend played this and he told me about this game and thats how I found out about this game.

So I didn't really "find" this myself
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: ElimiNator on 6 April 2010, 05:33:52: Well just to tell you guys again, I found it on the Ubuntu add remove.
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Post by: ultifd on 12 April 2010, 21:55:09: Yeah...well...
anyways, I actually "saw" Glest while looking for other games, not really from google... ::)
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Post by: bigsam on 4 May 2010, 09:25:54: My friends told me about Glest and I don't know where they know about glest
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Post by: Zoythrus on 16 May 2010, 22:00:10: for me, it was wikipedia!
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Post by: wyvern on 16 May 2010, 22:50:12: I googled free rts games and found glest
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Post by: Gwafu on 17 May 2010, 05:21:44: Well, I make maps in wc3, mainly altered melee maps, and they are all converts from game. Not that convert, my I just stole the techtree from rts games and make it in wc3 (I already made wc1, wc2, and sc2 (still in alpha phase)).

I came across this game called Armies of Exigo, another RTS, and I searched for free cracked downloads, and the google give me a link on this in wikipedia, and it's.....FREE :D.
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Post by: Travco on 19 May 2010, 23:17:41: I found it while skimming through the mass of free-ware games on the web
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Post by: rosasafes1250 on 25 May 2010, 05:17:57: i found glest at google...hiiii im new on these forum
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Post by: ElimiNator on 25 May 2010, 05:57:32: Hi, and wellcome. :)
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Post by: ultifd on 25 May 2010, 06:57:33: Ah yes, Google is a good source...I guess
when you google
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free real time strategy
1st for now...
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free rts
4th for now...
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And welcome and hi ::) :)
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Post by: xxcatmysteryxx on 25 May 2010, 10:37:26: Quote from: rosasafes1250 on 25 May 2010, 05:17:57
i found glest at google...hiiii im new on these forum

Welcome!
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Post by: rosasafes1250 on 26 May 2010, 05:05:56: thanks for welcoming me....
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Post by: -Archmage- on 26 May 2010, 05:35:39: Welcome, download some mods, and have some jolly good fun! :)
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Post by: ultifd on 26 May 2010, 05:37:01: Welcome...BOT? :|
Maybe not...spokesperson? :|
Kinda weird...
I just googled
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rosasafes1250
hmm... ::)
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Post by: xxcatmysteryxx on 26 May 2010, 09:52:59: Quote from: ultifd on 26 May 2010, 05:37:01
Welcome...BOT? :|
Maybe not...spokesperson? :|
Kinda weird...
I just googled
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rosasafes1250
hmm... ::)

yes very weird.... alot of forums
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: John.d.h on 26 May 2010, 19:36:10: I thought the signature was a dead giveaway.
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Post by: ultifd on 27 May 2010, 00:42:01: Yes, well, some people just want posts...bots and people alike ::)
Well...oh well, if you deleted all the bots that registered on this forum, at least 1/4...probably around a little bit less than 1/2...of the member population would go down... ::)
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: xxcatmysteryxx on 27 May 2010, 01:28:57: Quote from: ultifd on 27 May 2010, 00:42:01
Yes, well, some people just want posts...bots and people alike ::)
Well...oh well, if you deleted all the bots that registered on this forum, at least 1/4...probably around a little bit less than 1/2...of the member population would go down... ::)
I think we should
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: -Archmage- on 27 May 2010, 13:06:03: Wow, I can't believe I missed the signature. :o Nice catch John. :thumbup:
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: ultifd on 20 June 2010, 07:01:47: http://cgi.ebay.com/Awesome-new-real-time-strategy-PC-Game-Fantasy-Battles-/180522172396
Now I guess you hear about it on ebay? :|
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/584/ss228.jpg)
:thumbup: Cool. Already great that Glest and GAE is "already there"...
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: Gabbe on 20 June 2010, 11:27:08: uhm...notice how all of "their" games are free on internet...atleast the ones i looked up..
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Post by: ultifd on 20 June 2010, 23:24:15: Quote from: Gabbe on 20 June 2010, 11:27:08
uhm...notice how all of "their" games are free on internet...atleast the ones i looked up..
Yeah, I did...was being somewhat sarcastic...
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: kingnothing on 22 July 2010, 14:33:02: well look at the bright site
search his/her name will give you all the foss games
rps/rts/fps and other in one search
you should memorize that name

as for me where i found it..............
yeah i was searching for foss games and came across freegamer.blogspot.com which had a gr8 article about Mega Glest
and an interview with tit and softcoder ..............hehehe hope i didnt blow his cover or something
yeah found about it recently
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: ultifd on 23 July 2010, 04:09:05: Quote from: kingnothing on 22 July 2010, 14:33:02
as for me where i found it..............
yeah i was searching for foss games and came across freegamer.blogspot.com which had a gr8 article about Mega Glest
and an interview with titi and softcoder ..............hehehe hope i didnt blow his cover or something
yeah found about it recently
Yeah, that was a great article. :thumbup: Got a good number of people at least...
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: choxar87 on 10 October 2010, 16:39:36: Greetings!

There's a database site called Acid-Play.com. It's my favorite collection of freelance games. I'm glad that I found Glest, even my 7 years old brother plays it. :D

Cheers.
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: Chakravanti on 13 December 2010, 04:11:58: Ubuntu's repo
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: BruceM on 26 July 2011, 16:00:35: hi my name is bruce, this is my first post :)

i find through free-ware games
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: lazyanttu on 8 September 2011, 22:37:44: I was looking for a rts engine, so I put something like "free rts game engine" on google (I don't remember exactly what I typed) and found this.
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: tomreyn on 15 September 2011, 09:59:58: Welcome to the forums, lazyanttu, and thanks for reporting. Sp which game did you come across first (Glest, MegaGlest, or GAE), and where did you go from there?
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: Omega on 15 September 2011, 18:13:35: Quote from: tomreyn on 15 September 2011, 09:59:58
which game did you come across first (Glest, MegaGlest, or GAE), and where did you go from there?
I couldn't get links to MegaGlest or GAE at all by searching combinations of such terms, only Glest (note that you'd have to use a "clean" PC, as most search engines track you to give you searches better based on what you've visited before; so a huge Glest player who has googled lots of Glest related stuff is more likely to see Glest higher in the results than someone who has not).
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: tomreyn on 17 September 2011, 20:17:31: For what it's worth, MegaGlest is currently on position #5 when you search for 'Glest' on Google without country resolution, without geo localisation (which was lately introduced as yet another automatism), with Google Instant (default when Javascript is on), with duplicate filtering (default) and with moderate safe search setting (default).

To reproduce, start Firefox/Iceweasel or Chrome/Chromium in private browsing / incognito mode (restart the web browser if it's already running in this mode), visit http://google.com/ncr (http://google.com/ncr) then http://google.com/search?query=glest (http://google.com/search?query=glest)
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: Omega on 18 September 2011, 05:38:54: Quote from: tomreyn on 17 September 2011, 20:17:31
For what it's worth, MegaGlest is currently on position #5 when you search for 'Glest' on Google without country resolution, without geo localisation (which was lately introduced as yet another automatism), with Google Instant (default when Javascript is on), with duplicate filtering (default) and with moderate safe search setting (default).

To reproduce, start Firefox/Iceweasel or Chrome/Chromium in private browsing / incognito mode (restart the web browser if it's already running in this mode), visit http://google.com/ncr (http://google.com/ncr) then http://google.com/search?query=glest (http://google.com/search?query=glest)
I tried that, and very interesting. Still, let's be honest here, nobody searching for a new game will search for "glest". Instead, they'll be searching things like "free", "game", "rts", etc. After all, they haven't found Glest yet; the goal is to grab a player looking generically for games, as rather few will know exactly what they're looking for (in which case, most of them likely will go to the first link).
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: tomreyn on 19 September 2011, 23:08:01: While a lot of people still do look for Glest, for example because they have it available in their Linux distribution, or because they read about it on another website. you're probably right about way more people looking for generic terms. And we (MegaGlest (http://megaglest.org)) still have a long way to go there. Here's some positions for such searches:

Search term:
free real-time strategy
Position 6 for Glest, 37 for MegaGlest.

free real-time strategy game
Position 11 for Glest, 59 for MegaGlest.

free "real-time strategy"
Position 6 for Glest, 27 for MegaGlest.

free "real-time strategy" game
Position 8 for Glest, 38 for MegaGlest.

free RTS game
Position 16 for Glest, MegaGlest doesn't show up.

free RTS
Position 14 for Glest, MegaGlest doesn't show up.

For what it's worth, lately (August), MegaGlest's most common search terms were:
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1 1225 67.64% megaglest 2 170 9.39% mega glest 3 31 1.71% glest
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: Kiko on 21 January 2012, 15:38:44: Being a new GAE & MG user (about 4 days now I think, but I've lost track due to game time!) I just Googled "freeware strategy game" and spent hours hunting through websites for something decent and playable. I ended up at Sourceforge and the Glest Wiki, then discovered the two main forks and tried both.
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: GunChleoc on 4 April 2012, 09:14:45: http://www.chip.de/artikel/Die-besten-Open-Source-Spiele-2_18599830.html

My Google search was "Open source games". I was looking for games to translate for the Gaelic speaking community, since we're still scarece of computer games in our language. I have a German language operating system and that's what Google latches onto insted of my browser locale, hence the link to German language content from an English language search :|

Their download is for Glest 3.2.2 and I did a bit of playing and translated it. Then I found that the technology trees couldn't be translated and came here looking for info. So now I've started work on all three branches :)
Title: Re: Where did you hear about glest?
Post by: Zhook on 29 August 2012, 14:37:57: I saw it in ualinux.ru 's repository.