I played tons of other games, but missed the original MOM, but because of hearing good things i looked it up, and played it on dosbox about a year ago, it was awesome!

And btw... I am 24 and I started playing at age 6. so 18 years now

Well, if you can, do yourself a favor and dos-box it.  Especially if you're in the long haul here so you know why we want this game to be made.

And participate in the contest! 

I'm in. I first had to get a credit card, because until now, I didn't have one. But elemental is a good reason to have one...

Hmmm. My Impulse had some problems. Now I ordered it 5 times... Hopyfully, this can be undone.

"Pre-Ordered and in it for the Long Haul: Sound Off"

Sorry, can't.  It's not the best time to tie up disposable income.  But I wanted to at least sound off on my support for the dev efforts, as this is a game that I'm looking forward to playing.

I just pre-ordered today, very much looking forward to it.  Curious, Impulse lists a release date of February 15th and yet the blogs on the website say beta will come out in June.  Any ideas on what the timeframe for a beta is?

Re "promised us," don't take that too strictly. No contracts are involved, and the more often us peanut-gallery folks call a dev forum post a promise, the fewer such posts we're likely to see.

Plus, one of the reasons I'm a very loyal Stardock game customer is that they seem to stand alone in their "Sell no wine before its time" attitude. They are not afraid to slip a release date because they are good at deciding when they'd get even more grief by calling bits gold when there's still some serious lead in the alloy. That's fuzzier for a beta, but even there I'd expect them to postpone if, for example, the pre-beta process had inspired some significant changes that needed a couple-few more weeks to polish.

I have of course preordered this game.

I'm in. Stardock + MoMish game? Yes please.

I don't think I've ever been more excited for a game.

I'm in... And hungry for every bit of information...

Its true!  Truely a piece of art.   I'd buy a second copy if I could just so I could give it to people, sadly nobody sells it new.  On a mechanics level it still almost stands up to modern games, though lack of things like multiplayer or predictable AI seriously hurt it.   I know that if a *good* (good is the keyword) multiplayer version of MoM came out today, then it would likely sell very well in the indy market.  (mainstream wouldn't take to it, but the type of people happy to pick up a $10 title with AAA gameplay at sacrifice of graphics)  This shift-eyed man who isn't me is by no means suggesting anything that would go against any rules of this forum, but rather just making the statement in case any people are interested.

*shifty-eyed character approches* 

"Do you have an uncle named Jeff" he asks.  (monkey island reference)

(reguardless of what you answer; he'll tell you that with the power of google and dos box you can obtain a copy of Master of magic.  Its largely considered "abandon-ware" meaning that it is effectivly public domain in terms of some copyright laws.  It isn't entirely public domain, since atari still owns some of the rights, but when it comes to distributing the original 'abandon-ware' there is apparently nobody able or willing to claim it.  So no FBI warning or anything like that.  So... if you're interested in it, you may have it at your finger tips.) 

I pre-ordered this game a looong time ago (within the first couple weeks of the announcement, I think) but I don't think I ever posted here.

I figure this would be a good last post!

Just so people don't think I've given up on the game or anything I'm going to be traveling for the next 3 months, so no elemental discussions for me

On the plus side, the beta should be right around the corner by the time I'm back!