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Reply to The game industry’s problem with misogyny in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

I'm watching the Twitter wars.......very entertaining. Those people are so clueless. I think they actually think they're......witty. [e digicons]:beer:[/e]

Reply to The game industry’s problem with misogyny in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

It's a bit sad that more focus isn't put on the general incivility of the Internet. Men can be creeps both in real life and at a bar. The Internet just exasperates that. But the issue is a lot broader than people being abusive of a sex. Anyone who has ever posted a YouTube video can tell you that.

Reply to Three interesting things about Windows 9 in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I wonder if they'll bring back Aero. The lack of glass effects is a bummer.

Reply to OXIDE has launched! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="The_Biz" reply="18" id="3409426"] looks neat. it's a bit puzzling that something being presented as a fit for strategy or RPG games only solves a problem which would make the games less about strategy or role-playing... it's like saying Total War is a better strategy game if you have to control 10 times as many units in a battle. [/quote] I sure wish Total War games didn't look lik

Reply to Uh, did the Frog just team up with the Civ V leads? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

LOL. That's pretty awesome. So does this mean that we'll finally see strategy games that aren't treated like second class citizens graphically? Seriously, that's some great talent there.

Reply to Available digitally...but via what service? And will there be a physical version? in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I always wonder in what way they think of Steam as DRM? DRM based on what? Every Steam game I have I can play on any of my computers. I just log in and download it. That seems pretty awesome to me. What is the objection?

Reply to Good News! in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

+1 I still load up galCiv ii from time to time and the the UI is probably the weakest element in an otherwise amazing game.

Reply to Will need to show a lot more before I preorder in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'm surprised that Stardock still gets guff about Elemental. People who pre-ordered Elemental end up getting an insanely good deal at the end. I was disappointed with the original game but FE and especially LH are excellent.

Reply to This game is a friggin masterpiece in LH Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wizard1200" reply="46" id="3357064"] It is very sad, that important parts of the game like additional items, spells and quests will be sold as DLCs. I guess that the DLCs are the reason why not many new items, spells and quests have been included in LH. I thought that Stardock was one of the few developers who sells complete games, but i was wrong.[/quote] Please tell me you were joking here. </

Reply to Eternal September and the devolution of human discourse in Internet WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="3265553"]Actually, I don't think of reddit as an isolated community. Here's a forum that's so toxic that I won't visit it anymore. Deranged doesn't even begin to describe it. I'll occasionally see their referrals and realize they're stalking another blog I've put up. They are really obsessed. http://brokenforum.com/index.php?threads/brad-wardell-stardock-sue-employee-for-one-million-dollars.3087

The consolidated forum discussion list in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Let's put together a list of websites that are discussing the game. After the negative reviews WOM got, I bet a lot of people are on the fence and could be helped by actual players telling them their experiences. Here's some of the sites I lurk on. Please add yours. QuarterToThree.com: http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=65318 Rock Paper Shot gun: <a href

Reply to The Metacritic Prediction Thread in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

Of those, I've only played Torchlight 2 and XCOM. It's so hard to judge FE to those games because they're so different. I do remember Civilization V got scores like 90 and FE is better. I hate guessing but it shouldn't get anything lower than an 85. So I'll say 87 only because the reviewers these days tend to be kids looking for explosions and won't appreciate the vast amount of hours one can get out of this game.

Reply to Is Fallen Enchantress the best strategy game of modern times? in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="Glazunov1" reply="13" id="3252654"] Yet if you define "modern" as games that are only a year old, there are more than a dozen strategy games you missed that are published by Shrapnel Games, and other companies like it. And that should also include Paradox's Crusader Kings II, East vs West, and Sengoku, all of which are roughly a year old or less. If you meant to ask, "Is FE the best strategy game of the last year?" they all fit the conditions you set.&nb

Reply to Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Release Date Set for October 23rd in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Congratulations! And, if I may be so bold, good on you guys for being so careful to make sure the game is absolutely ready for release. As an old Master of Magic hand, I am delighted that I have, at last, found a new home. Good job.

Beta 5: Looking really REALLY good in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

In no particular order. === the good === Feels faster The fonts are much nicer, thank you thank you The early game cost, pacing feels good Finally got some random events! ==Requests== Late game starts to slow down, please either make things not keep scaling in expense whether it be tech or imps/units or keep providing us ways to keep making our ability in this area keep up Quest of Mastery is tedious. I don't l

Reply to The Internet isn’t real life in Business JoeUser Forums

On the Internet. Everyone is a lawyer except when they call tek support. Then they're an IT professional with decades exp.

Reply to [0.912] AI Suicide, Death By Monsters in FE Beta Elemental Forums

AI coding is a very specialized skill set. What was the last game with GOOD AI that you've played? You make an interesting post but calling out Brad is exactly the reason his participation has been waning. Most of the things you mention are due to the values in the game's XML. I suspect one of the modders can verify this. You don't think the game hard codes what spells it should cast when do you? It's a good post but the editorial is off putting.<

Reply to I need a good hiding place… in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Lonemessiah" reply="174" id="3143398"]There is a post on the Warlock forum in steam that is knocking E:FE. "I've played Warlock - it's excellent. I've played the first Elemental. It was one of the dullest things I've ever done. I've yet to play Fallen Enchantress so it's impossible to reach any conclusion but the odds sure favour Warlock at the moment. I shall revisit this question when/if Stardock release a demo. I sur

Reply to Great job, huge improvement over elemental in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

This is looking a lot more promising than War of Magic. I really had high hopes for Elemental but always thought they weren't giving it enough time to bake. The final game felt half baked to me. It looks to me that they're doing things right this time.

Reply to [1.09t] has anyone had any crashes at all? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="esc923" reply="113" id="2843535"]It's already 'out there' in the form of the gradualy improving betas. If your reasoning is merely to have something better than the previous release version, then use the beta - there is no advantage to 'being patient' and not playing the beta.. If you find the current beta version too raw, then guess what your 1.1 is going to be no matter what it's called? Changing the name of .9x 'beta' to 1.1 'released' is not going to mir

Reply to [1.09t] has anyone had any crashes at all? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

It's time to put this out there. Some of us haven't been part of the beta and have been patiently waiting for over 2 months for an update. Hearing people say it should be delayed because text changes should be made makes my blood boil. The only question you people should be asking yourselves is this: Is it better than what's out there for us now. If the answer is yes then it would be inexcusable to make your fans, like me, wait through Christmas. My Christmas break is wh

Reply to So Civ5 is out... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'm pissed off. How could both Stardock and Firaxis fuck up a sure thing like this? Civ V is pretty but devoid of depth. It leads you by the nose whether you want it to or not. Elemental is pretty but devoid of depth. It dumps you in a world with no idea what to do. In the long run, I think Elemental will be my favorite because Stardock is more likely than Firaxis to make that changes needed to make their game a classic.

Reply to Comprehensive Elemental Book Review Thread. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

If you liked the book you might want to review it on Amazon . I don't know if any of you saw that earlier thread but a bunch of the lunatics at Quarter to Three.com who stalk Brad around the Internet got together to trash the book and harass people who gave it positive reviews.

Reply to Civ5 Release day crash troubles in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I agree that Elemental had more problems out of the box than Civ V had. But Elemental didn't average 9 out of 10. I can't even Alt-Tab out of Civ V and units stutter like crazy. I have also yet to complete a game of Civ V without it crashing at least twice. If you want to talk about white washing, talk about the press that gave Civ V a pass on things that they knocked Elemental on. Elemental was atrocious on release and it paid for it in reviews. Civ V got a pass. And don't get me sta

Reply to Any reviews of Destiny's Embers? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Jam Sandwich" reply="113" id="2749542"] She "announced it" on the site that mostly inspired her to make the site in the first place. The site that has previously enjoyed her other reviews and where several people know her personally. It's also the perfect audience - everyone on QT3 knows Brad, everyone on QT3 is aware of Elemental. And please, provide some goddamn proof that she participated in "shitting on the book on amazon", because all anyone knows is that Matt post