I voted Steam aswell, I do not think the 5$ restriction is very important since Steam is quite useless if you do not own games from its store.
This restriction was mainly added to prevent bot accounts and frauds regarding in-game items and cards you can trade.
May I also add, since the "paid skyrim mods" events, some people decided to build their own independent free and open-source software, they are still in heavy development, you can learn more at their website here : http://www.projectascension.io/

EDIT : Do not mind this comment, my question was answered.

Same goes for me, I'm thinking about building a PC, because my current laptop will certainly not be able to run SWBF.
There's this community on reddit ( https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc ) that might be helpful.
I still can't wrap my mind around the differences between an i5 and i7 processor.

Thank you Viathan!

Be careful, shutting your computer down resets your queue position. I went from #688 yesterday to #2329 this morning.

It could also create a lot of content for a potential SWBFGamers Youtube channel.

Oh man farewell Xfire.
I guess their competitor Steam took the upper hand.
They are using some sort of queue time to retrieve user's files, so maybe you didn't access to the page because too much people were trying to access the archives.

QuotePlease wait - Your archive is being processed...

You are #1105 in queue
Note: You can close this window and visit later; Your data is still being processed in the background.

En gros c'est pas un problème grave, ça t'empêche juste à des joueurs qui ont une configuration différente, mais c'est rare, et par utilisé fréquemment. La seule chose que ça apporte, c'est que t'as une fenêtre qui vérifie ta connexion qui sera plus rapide. Donc pas de souci, c'est un problème qui n'en est pas un.

FAQ from GameRanger : http://www.gameranger.com/support/network/?i_ip=1520281539&x_ip=1520281539&r_ip=0&rt=3&pp=0

"You will still be able to connect with the majority of players, but not with those who have Symmetric NAT Routers (which are not that common, fortunately). One advantage of fixing this problem is that the "Preparing Connection" window will complete much faster."

well I just discovered this one, the yodeling is quite surprising hehe

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NGaVUApDVuY

I am not sure if my results count since I am a European resident and most of these servers are located in USA.


Location   Capacity    Your ping   Example IP

Atlanta (Internap)   20000 Mbps   123 ms   64.94.238.13
Chicago (Internap)   30000 Mbps   139 ms   216.52.148.4
Dallas (Internap)   20000 Mbps   155 ms   66.150.214.8
Denver (Internap)   1000 Mbps   162 ms   72.5.102.10
Frankfurt (Internap)   20000 Mbps   45 ms   31.186.250.100
Los Angeles (Internap)   20000 Mbps   177 ms   66.150.188.101
New York City (Internap)   20000 Mbps   118 ms   63.251.20.100
San Jose (Internap)   10000 Mbps   184 ms   66.151.138.9
Seattle (Premium)   50000 Mbps   190 ms   208.146.44.100

I'm in no way as skilled as our modders but I believe theres a line you can modify in the sides odf files.

b-but it was intended!
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Great idea! I played both lucasarts games.

You can add BW to the joining list !
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