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I would like to suggest for Assist to be available for download at http://www.desura.com/

I don't think it is so much about telling them than it is about sending them to install files, and I don't have access to that

I would like to suggest for Assist to be available for download at http://www.desura.com/

Do ya thing August

Blue, I havent contacted anyone. I havent even tested the software.
To be completely honest, I believe any interaction between Assist and any other download sites, reviews sites, hosting sites and so forth should be done at the administrative level. Besides the obvious technical reasons (access to files and so forth), it looks much more professional when it is done thru official channels. In addition, it has much more chance of getting approved if it is done thru official channels.

Spanky, no disrespect, but I think you are missing the point. Doesnt matter if it is a clone of Steam or another software. Any program and any site that has users is good for Assist.
And it is not about having a 3rd party downloading a 3rd party. The idea is to have the install available directly on their site/software and be available as mirror download/optional download.
The official download will always be here, however one of the main ways to expand the player base is to also expand the download locations. So what you would do on the download page is indicated:

Official download- links
Mirror Download- links

Just as example of a few other options:

download.com
bigpoint (or whatever it is called)
steam

and so forth

And yes, I can contact them too. Lets first see if Blue hasnt already

And this could be a true mirror. You would just need to send them direct files and show it everywhere that people can download it from there

I have to look at the mirror situation before I contact. Like Spanky says, alternate mirrors need to be coded into Assist (or we may find another way), so I need to see how that works before I talk to them. I don't want to let them down if we find out something doesn't work correctly