[quote who="Annatar11" reply="5" id="2348752"]We want preorders! We want preorders! *pickets outside Stardock HQ*[/quote] :( I hate loosing my job, I don't think I can afford to pre-order unless I skip Elemental. And I ain't doin' that!
Each beta cycle is more a 'time window' when people can get in; multiple builds will come out with varying frequencies.
[quote]I find that a contradiction in terms! Google is an ad company! Its primary source of income comes from ads, so why would things have changed? Google would not cut off its nose (income/revenue) to spite its face (bank balance).[/quote] Things would have changed precisely because of the way they were annoying people like you?
[quote]Yeah, god knows I've had my share of threads I've wanted to bump, but just the fact that I was the last posted keeps me from doing so. I didn't find the OP rude, though, not sure what you're getting at.[/quote] Some of us find that kind of bump annoying, and consider it rude in and of itself :D Plus, to be honest, I think I was just in a bad mood (read tired) when I wrote that, I could have phrased myself a lot better.
[quote]Best screenshot yet in my opinion. Even if it's just a mockup.[/quote] What makes you think it's a mock up? Staged, yes, but a mockup? I don't think SD would do that, not after strongly implying that that was the graphics engine.
b1ue, there's a kind of ettiquete involved in online forums. Bumping a post which isn't even off the first page is, to most people, innapropriate behaviour. The devs will, or won't, read this forum. Your bump was unnecessary, and [i]most[/i] bumps are considered 'rude'. You can occasionally get away with it when the thread in question has become re-relevant (for example, if a new thread makes it clear the information in it is important and overlooked), but in general i
B1ueman, odds are you aren't going to get a response, especially since you're being so rude (bumping the thread).
[quote]So you can't order during beta to get into the beta?[/quote] SD process usually goes as follows: Preorder group 'A' -- preorders before beta 1 is available. Beta 1 -- for a small window, usually 2 weeks, all orders are processed in the order recieved (this includes pre-orders). At the end of this period, the transactions are closed and no new orders are accepted. As a result, Preorder group A is in, along with anyone who
[quote]Magic should have rules that keep it internally consistant... however... if you do manage to gather up enough crystals... you should be able to blow a hole in the planet and end the game....[/quote] Don't forget essence; we don't know how it works but you need essence as well as mana to cast spells.
[quote]No, I think it will be less than a demo, at least for a while. I mean, the first couple months will be only cloth map.[/quote] LOL
[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="21" id="2339177"]We're getting pretty close IMHO...I have shots of a fire shard from the newest build that blow https://www.elementalgame.com/Screenshots/Empire_Fire_Shard_1280.jpg away. It actually makes me a little queezy thinking that that is the graphical fiedelity people are arguing over. Bleh![/quote] So, show us the new build? :D
[quote]Just need to keep learnin and soon enough we'll know how to CSCI jargon too.[/quote] That's only comforting if you're a Computer Sci major in his senior year, about to graduate in two semesters (oh please, let me be right on that!).
This conversation has devolved to the point where it is [i]completely[/i] over my head. Either it's been too long since I've had to really [i]use[/i] my CSCI vocab (possible), or you're using concepts in ways I haven't been exposed to. I'm leaning, sadly, to the later. School: I go there so that people can teach me what I need to know when they hire me.
[quote]The alpha testers could attest to this right now except they’ve all lost consciousness (the smart ones anyway) due to passing out from it.[/quote] ROFL; I love it! Now, give us a beta ETA... pretty please with sugar on top?! :D
[quote who="SavageBananaMan34" reply="7" id="2336989"]bwahahahahaha this is the most retarded thing I've ever seen [/quote] No, I've seen worse. God help me, I've seen worse.
[quote]It would only seem fair to assume that Stardock employees are eligible for an Alpha slot. Although I don't think they would have to sign a NDA. [/quote]More like, 'they already signed an NDA'!
[quote]Slider espionage is trite and boring. [/quote] And yet... I almost prefered that approach in GalCiv2 to the new, 'agent' based approach.
[quote]Lol That reminds of another book i read years ago, it had this very powerful wizard whose explaination of magic was the process of manipulating ultra tiny things he called "stuff" (or atoms as we call them). mostly this involved pulling an orange out of sack on a regular basis (he made portal through sack to a large barrel of oranges as a regular food source).[/quote] Nakor would be [i]most[/i] upset at you calling him a 'very powerful wizard'.
[quote]Actually, exactly two people responding with "I am that idiot", so I am guessing they took the survey - hope they got a chuckle out of it.[/quote] Do you really think they wouldn't have chimed in here? Upset that we dare call them by their right names?
[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="38" id="2330022"]I dion't need to be a dev to know a little bit about general programming, and while it would be doable, seperate-unit spies are sipmler, and can be more easily modded.[/quote] This post was fail, even before Boogie's comment. You were assuming too much about the general structure and form of the underlying engine, without data.
[quote who="Campaigner" reply="24" id="2333210"]That was funny. Question 4 was entertaining. Would be fun to see if those guys have seen it ^^[/quote] That would require them to notice this thread, which assumes they pay attention to anything other than their inane, repetitive demand for more glitz over gameplay. Demands which, no doubt, will quickly turn towards 'gearing the game towards a wider audience' once they start playing. Edit: yes, I don't
Fun survery!
Fun survery!
A bit of Oblivion, mostly imperium Galactica II
[quote]Last Thursday I was able to finally grab the Windows 7 RTM off of MSDN and get it installed without any issues.[/quote] Lucky SOB! I soooo want that!