i heard a rumor that founding members get 1 free game purchase...is this true?

i got an invite but it says it needs a credit card #...i have one but im not liking the idea of giving my credit card # to something i hardely know...

the games I want, I already have them on Steam lol, I don't even know if that option is there. this would be a good way to play games for 30 minutes to see if I'm interested, obviously going to stop the service a year from now since I'm not going to spend 5 bucks a month to play demos.

apparently you do get a free full game pass so that's pretty cool (after checking a bunch of other sites)...

im still not liking the idea of giving my credit card # to this thing. im pretty sure it legit but being the cynic that i am im not to sure about this...i wonder if they'll accept just a debit or something...

so what is your opinion of Onlive so far?

there is a tiny latency, video quality blows, it even gets blocky sometimes on high motion or sudden change in picture, opened up batman aa and did a circle thing on the camera to see the ceiling and behold, artifacts. and this is on a 400-700KB downstream at 720p with what looks like older divx quality. not good in the eyes of a PC gamer, and I say you can easily get better quality on consoles than OnLive since I don't even see AA.

Very good write-up on Eurogamer-http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vs-onlive-article?page=1

Too expensive, uses too much bandwidth and not enough quality for me. This paragraph from the conclusion is particularly damning-

"Of course, in terms of overall value for money, OnLive says you don't require any specific gaming hardware and you'll never need to upgrade, so this in itself sounds like you're making a massive saving, but the fact is that the PC required to run the system isn't insignificant. Unless you're running on a laptop, upgrading it with a relatively inexpensive graphics card will offer an overall gameplay experience that effortlessly beats OnLive on quality and response."

I usually game on my (30 month old) desktop which runs just about everything at 1680x1050 in medium-high detail, but I also have a business laptop and even that is more than sufficient to run shedloads of games off GoG along with HL2. OnLive really doesn't make sense to me as a PC gamer. The only reason I can see for using it is for PC game rentals, but I'd want my ISP to be far better than they currently are first. Maybe in ten years time.

Looks like they are doing some specials. I got an e-mail for 50% off batman arkam asylum. if anyone is interested the promo code is "BATSALE"