I put $25 down already on your game.  Interesting, underserved time period.

Damn it! First an FE Expansion and now this.  TAKE MY MONEY. 

Great to hear some solid game designers/developers are going back to Indie development shops. 

Hopefully game designers are also learning to tune out the idiocy of this online generation. 

enoeraew37 is someone that I have learned to not take very seriously. This is the poster who has brought us such brilliant discussions as "If a game violates core values is it ok for other people to play it? Other are enablers of said broken values and thus enemies of gaming?" and "Please change salted pork to salted fish or meat".  

There have been a lot of people on the paradox forums asking for a time period between the fall of Rome and the middle ages, I know there is a desire for a game in this time period.  

I hope this goes well, and if it looks good, I'll give you some cash.  

If the kickstarter doesn't do well, will Frog give you your job back? 

God I hope not. This man was at best a failure in his position as lead on civ 5 (which was fixed up and after quite a bit of effort is now a good game) and at worst a dishonest sell out who damaged one of gaming's best franchises. It prob was a good business decision by stardock to pick him up in case he had some rescuable talent...but it doesnt speak volumes to anyone else that he wasnt put back in a position of authority and Stardock isnt supporting his next project? He's not fit to be lead on anything and if he wants his career back he needs to start back at the bottom and not try to fly soloy on name recognition. He doesnt belong in the lead of anything and certainly hasnt done anything to earn your trust or money..but whats the cliche? Those who ignore the lesson history..blah blah..something gamers are dumb, have no values and ten second memories.

Your opinion means shit.  Who are you in the field of game development?  No one.  You are just a loud mouth idiot who thinks his opinion is truth.  You are nothing.  Your opinion is meaningless, and you are just spewing meaningless vitriol.

I am in

In this way game developers are like public school teachers. No matter how bad the kids turn out or what they are caught doing they never get demoted to office clerk or recess attendant.

I dont need internet folklore. I judge Jon Shafer on what Jon Shafer says and does. Jon Shafer said things that turned out to be misleading and false about civ 5 pre-release. Jon Shafer did zip for customers who bought a game he recommended that was crippled and buggy. Jon Shafer stuck his head in the sand while other people cleaned up the mess that happened on Jon Shafers watch. Jon Shafer hasnt done jack since then that might show he is worthy of running a studio.

You say he is a perfect angel and claim everything that happend while he was in charge is 100% other peoples fault. I say hes a douch. The truth tends to be in the middle. 100s of aspiring developers deserve a handup so that their vision can be realized. Why does this failure deserve our money over someone who hasnt failed? Rather than because hes done x,y, and z your answer is because your gay for him and enough time has past in order for people to forget. That not accountability.

IN!

Jon - Best of luck with new project.  After reading about it I think it'll be a strategy gamers idea of fun.  I signed up for the alpha group so I'm really hoping you make your target $.

Looking forward to this. I put in $25 as well.

But isn't Kay the new art lead on Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes? I'm a bit confused of this whole thing... is she in both teams part-time, or was the art lead gig on FE a short lived thing?

Surprised that people like Salted Pork Guy dont get banned. He's lucky this isn't my forum.  

I work full time at stardock. I do the at the gates stuff in the evenings after I come home

Well on MY forums, I'm not going to have Jon being trashed. That's what SomethingAwful.com was invented for. Go there if you want to personally attack other people.