RonLugge

[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!

[quote]A player masses troops on the AI border. What should the AI do? Now, your first (reasonable) reaction is "build a huge army! Prepare to defend!" and thats what many of us would do, but its going to break the AI quickly. Why?[/quote] You forgot the major 'those forces are there to hide them from the guy I'm [i]really[/i] launching them against' I've run into in GalCiv2 a few times... Or, also from GalCiv2, is the AI's occasional reading of my nodal defensive fleets (

[quote]"Eye candy" is not about selling the game but about making the game far more enjoyable.[/quote] I'm sorry, but no. A moderate degree of graphics are necessary for a good game, yes. But photo-realistic graphics are neither called for, desired, or necessary for this kind of game. My single biggest complaint with older games has more to do with clumsy UIs than their actual graphics.

[quote]generally featuring Daleks[/quote] EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! I, too, generally play for the sandbox games, but the idea of a 'new' campaign aproach might change my opinion. Look at Imperium Galactica II and it's 'campaign' mode. Essentially, it's a sandbox onto which a semi-dynamic campaign has been grafted. You have teh standard sandbox 'here's a few cities, now build your empire', but random events pop

[quote]Demigod had the absolutely worst opening sequence ever. It was a bunch of pictoglyphs that went from simply stone to glowing lines with some James Earl Jones wanna-be voice yelling about becoming a god. I could have done it on my Commodore 64 when I was 10.[/quote] Fail. Just... epic fail. That opening cinematic was [i]good[/i]. I've watched it several times, and it's just [i]cool[/i]. Is it flashy? No. Is it

[quote who="Hadberz" reply="27" id="2329278"]Who is the author? Will it be published in paperback? Hardback would be cool too. [/quote]Mobipocket e-book!

[quote]Do you own stock in Starvault? [/quote]How could he, it's not a publically traded company. It's Brad Wardell's private domain, and no one dares interefere with the Frogboy!

[quote]Coming from you, that photo does not seem so innocent.......... [/quote] Oh, come on, it's not like it's got a massive phallicly shaped object resting between it's legs... Wait... [i]SPARTAN![/i] [quote] That was my first thought. Maybe i am just a perv(ect) as Aahz would say.[/quote]Isn't that pervert?

[quote who="Lord Reliant" reply="19" id="2327493"] Thanks for the explanation, Ron. I figured it was something to that effect. My concerns is the stuff left out along the way. Kryo's attention to threads is amazing, but if recording info is still a manual process on his part, that's a TON of posting that needs to be monitored/sifted through.[/quote] He is Kryo! Faster than a speeding flame, able to leap entire forums in a single bound..

[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="6" id="2327076"]I am assuming he means a campeighn with a ton of lore and lots of complex, interconnected missions.[/quote] Well... bleh. I don't play those when they offer them in 4X games, like evah. I prefer my sandbox. I wanna build [i]my[/i] empire, not play a silly 'escort ther ing to mount doom!' game.

Based on past experiance... Kryo, essentially, will run through the threads and note any discussions and comments of worth, and sum them up in a running summary thread. Ocassionaly this thread will get truncated, because otherwise his enourmouse, overgrown OP causes the forums to break. Lets say that thread XYZ has a useful post "Bla bla de-blah, bla bla". Kyro will note it in his own thread with <link to XYZ "XYZ" <

[quote] 5} Rich & Deep Campaign[/quote] BZZZ! Buzzwords! Please try again!

[quote]Also, I doubt there is anything in the NDA banning you from lying to deny being selected[/quote] The NDA probably doesn't prevent you from lying, no... but honesty and honor does :P

[quote who="Lord Reliant" reply="14" id="2326812"]Will there be a specific forum just for bug report posting? (not that some people won't post non-bug reports in there, anyway, but still...) [/quote] Probably.

[quote]Or they could lie.[/quote] True, but the only reason a person would [i]refuse[/i] to answer is because they are under NDA [i]and[/i] don't like lieing. (Not counting eets, who would refuse to answer just to stir up trouble...)

[quote who="landisaurus" reply="20" id="2326601"]do you think they'd stop posting because they are too busy playing, or because they fear they may accidently break the NDA?[/quote] I know why [i]I[/i] vanished when the Sins gamma occured, and it was only have because I was busy playing. Ever since, I've made it a habit to stay out of dangerous waters when I'm under NDA.

[quote who="Paradoxnt" reply="17" id="2326511"]Once the Alpha comes out, I suspect that some people might disappear from these forums. If the Alpha testers want to remain International Men/Women of Mystery, they better keep making regular appearances here with the rest of us.[/quote] You just [i]had[/i] to say that; now you've locked every single Alpha person into sticking around like it or not!

[quote who="Paradoxnt" reply="18" id="2326506"]Anybody have any idea how many pre orders Stardock has for Elemental so far?[/quote]Lots.

[quote who="BoogieBac" reply="25" id="2326383"]Sorry for anyone that didn't get in...'Damn you, random number generator!!!!!' [/quote]At least we aren't going to get into a save-reload cycle until it comes out right! :D

[quote]since the form of life magic is based on good or evil, I'd say good would be more defensive, just because evil is more aggresive by nature. [/quote] O RLY? So good guys can't go on the offensive to take out the bad guy? The best defense [i]isn't[/i] a good offense?

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="9" id="2326202"] Actually, I think someone else already said it's via e-mail... Well then someone else violated the NDA Or they heard it would be e-mail from a Stardock employee, and I'm just babbling nonsence[/quote] You nonsense babbler you!

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="1" id="2326163"] Quoting Hawawaa, reply 22Nevermind its email... ill shut up. I'm pretty sure you just violated your NDA by admiting you're part of the alpha[/quote] Actually, I think someone else already said it's via e-mail...

[quote]It's not that it is just cartoonish, but that it's extremely minimalistic.[/quote] Hrm, you make it sound like minimalistic is supposed to be an insult :P Sometimes, being minimalist / impressionist can actually improve the impact provided by an art piece. (For example, a story I wrote garnered some very good e-mails pointing out the fact that the minimalist approach I use on details really worked for the story)

[quote who="Bingjack" reply="8" id="2326050"] Quoting NTJedi, reply 7 Perhaps you are just cleverly saying that because *you're * in the Alpha... I'm on to you.[/quote] And obviosly you're only saying that to hide that [i]you're[/i] in the alpha! I'm watching [i]you![/i]

[quote]That has potential to be great but remember that Master of Orion 3 did something similar to that and in the end that didn't work out too well for them. [/quote] More like changing publishers 3 times, with 3 different visions for the game, and a [i]way[/i] overambitious design idea didn't work well for them :P