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Reply to Discussion on the direction of the Elemental "community" in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="155" id="2765899"] The wii doesn't have an update system, so their games have to be pretty darn clean. It's intersitng that everyone always talks about 360 and PS3 as if they are the only consoles out there considering there are a heck of a lot more Wiis in homes than either of those two. [/quote] Well, A large part of the reason is because while there's lots of wii's out there, software sales don't reflect the numbers well.

Reply to Discussion on the direction of the Elemental "community" in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="lambdaman" reply="133" id="2763182"] Quoting Gatt9, reply 128 Suffice it to say, Gaming Journalism is very very dead. Gaming sites are just mouthpieces for the big companies, designed to look like free press. Personally, I'm *really* tempted to enlist some people and gather documentation to present to the Government arguing either payola or fradulent advertising by pretending to be Journalism. It's just way

Reply to Discussion on the direction of the Elemental "community" in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="wnmnkh" reply="116" id="2761850"] Yet these games got pretty good scores (which reinforces the fact that most game review sites and magazines are pure joke) ... You just can't blame Stardock because they don't have enough money to bribe many review sites to create hype. [/quote] You're right on the money. What makes it worse is that alot of people haven't figured out that the gaming sites are actually a pure racket. Gaming sites ma

Reply to Brad Wardell - The Hard Truth in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"]IF you continue to believe you are the only individual to blame then any other problems outside of yourself will continue to exist and most likely remain unresolved. That's the TRUTH. [/quote] We don't know what happened. That's the TRUTH. What we do know is that the direction of the game changed. Soveriegns and children show that. We know that some systems that originally worked to some exten

Reply to To Brad Wardell in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Mivo" reply="2" id="2757860"]I don't see the value in kicking people who are already down. It doesn't add any value to these forums, it doesn't make anyone feel better, and it doesn't contribute to a positive atmosphere. Brad has already claimed responsibility and admitted to mistakes. Going on and on about it doesn't really change the past, but it may very well make things worse in the future. [/quote] I'm thinking it's a troll post... 1. Com

Reply to Any truth to the rumor on shacknews? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="tevans6220" reply="160" id="2757843"] Quoting solidsmooky, reply 135 It's still bullshit how you're getting piled on by so many gaming sites though while Sega and CA was allowed to get away with highway robbery regarding Empire: Total War. No. No. No No. No. Brad and Stardock aren't getting piled on. They deserve the criticism. I don't disagree that Sega/CA got away with ETW. It's all about the eye candy there. That still doesn't

Reply to What is it about THIS game that's so important? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

It's a symptom of how unhealthy the game market is. People are tired of playing Warcraft 2/Doom/GTA over and over, they want something else, Elemental is something else, so they're willing to be passionate for it.

Reply to Patch Time Frame in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="OMG_pacov" reply="109" id="2752909"] To those that don't know how to set affinity, start Elemental then press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC ( or CTRL+ALT+DEL ->Task Manager ) to bring up the task manager, in the processes tab, find and right click Elemental.exe and choose Set Affinity... and select a single core. That's a good tip - if I'm still having horrible performance issues after today's patch, I'll give this a go. TY! [/quote] Only

Reply to Patch Time Frame in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="solidsmooky" reply="107" id="2752823"] Quoting divvu80, reply 106 Quoting Serapth, reply 103 Quoting divvu80, reply 102 Quoting solidsmooky, reply 101No you aren't. I'm with him on this. If you were in fact a "Psychologyst", you would probably know how to spell it. The possibility that I'm not an english speaker never passed trough your mi

Reply to Game changing elements from Master of Magic (PICS) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Baleurion" reply="116" id="2748384"] Quoting Serkon, reply 86 I would also pay for a MOM remake, but I doubt most of us here on the Elemental forums want Elemental to BE that game. No, we want something BETTER. Why CAN'T Elemental be better than MOM in terms of features and polish?? It should have come out of the gates besting a game 16 years old. Period. Very true.. We must realize, we live in 2010..... Thin

Reply to Something's wrong here. in War of Magic Stardock Forums

LOL, looks like someone accidently passed an array of floats, and at least some of the floats flipped bits. It's kinda fitting, funny, oops. Given Elemental -> MoM -> MOO... And Master of Orion(MOO) had a problem where it would accidently cap out an 16 bit signed number, the legendary stack of 32k ships that no one could ever figure out where the bug was at.

Reply to Game changing elements from Master of Magic (PICS) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="mastroego" reply="53" id="2745509"] Quoting Akka, reply 52 I also share the OP's thoughts about MoM. But then the problem is : basically, the more I think about it, the more I simply realize that I wanted "MoM 2.0". Basically a graphical upgrade, rebalancing and maybe adding some perks. I'm not sure that I do EWoM justice, because I've a hard time judging it on its own merits and not just comparing it to the "MoM 2" I wanted to get

Reply to the update that wasn't in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="thisisretarded" reply="3" id="2742765"]I suppose i should clarify. if impulse tells you there is an update available DO NOT install it if you already have the 1.6 update. it will render your savegames unplayable. [/quote] That's intentional. People weren't updating, they were still getting bug reports from everything from beta versions to 1.06, so they just killed all saves prior to 1.06 so they can get real data on the state of the

Reply to -28 Open Tiles to Build? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

I've got a captured city that is permanently stuck at level 1, and the AI built a bunch of cities nearly on top of one another. One set is literally within 5 squares of the next. I've also got cities that can build a Construction Yard, and some that can't without any indication why. None of my cities can build the Tower of Iziz(I think that's it's name), and my construction techs seem to do absolutely nothing. A Hedge Wall takes me 20 turns to

Reply to Love Elemental? What other games have tickled your fancy? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Great games? Master of Orion 1 & 2, Fallout 1 & 2, Ultima series, Bard's Tale 1-3, Jagged Alliance series, Panzer General 1&2, Fantasy General, Starflight, Star Control series, Wing Commander series, Tie Fighter, Privateer, Half-life 1&2, Doom 1&2, Warcraft 2, Starcraft 1&2, Asheron's Call, Heroes of Might & Magic series, Might & Magic series, Baldur's Gate series, Icewi

Reply to Tom Chick's "review" in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="surlybob" reply="4" id="2740383"]It's a sad day when games are proclaimed unfocused mish-mashes because they don't play or function like every other game in the genre. When a game that introduced zero innovation to the genre (SC2) gets praised and a game that is trying to shake up the genre (4X) is criticized for lack of "focus", how will game developers react? More innovation or more cookie-cutter crap? Game innovation is like stand up comedy, you gotta take risks and sometimes y

Reply to Doh! (looking at reviews) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="tlvs" reply="4" id="2740056"]Meh he should shut up about the graphics already. It's not like his opinion was the only truth in the world. I for one find Elemental very pretty, and would not find it as luring with realistic Anno style graphics. [/quote] Interesting bit of history... -1up was originally a spinoff of Computer Gaming World and Gamespot, after CGW went south following Johnny Wilson's departure. -Gamespot allegedly fired reviewer

My v1.06 bug/issue report in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Hi all, I've run into numerous issues with v1.06, none gamebreaking, but felt I should report. -In combat, I've a huge delay between one action and the next. Ie. if I attack, there's a 5 second delay where clicking does nothing and I'm stuck waitng. If I'm attacked, there's a 5 second delay until I counterattack. -Unable to flee. With 1.06, moving into the fog no longer lets me flee -Resources spawn oddly.&n

Reply to Holy. Crap. My daughter is terrifying... in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="DrGuppie" reply="16" id="2734035"] Quoting Raven X, reply 14 Quoting unacomn, reply 9I'm curious if whoever balanced the reproduction system was a Dragonball Z fan. Because in that context it would make perfect sense. LoL nice reference. Except then we'd have entire hours of her staring at her opponent [/quote] Funny you should say that, because after the 1.06 patch today, when som

Reply to Rock Paper Shotgun: Stardock Rescind Own Bill Of Rights? in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Cryptomancer" reply="59" id="2730486"]ALL games which are released have bugs and crashes : all of them (except, perhaps, a few simplistic indie games). It's the price you have to pay, in the gaming-software industry, for increasing complexity to have richer content -- compatible with gamer systems that become more and more complex (such as : the high sophistication of recent, videocard electronics, architecture and drivers). The Big Boss of Stardock (forum nick "Frogboy

Reply to PCGamer warning in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Viperderby" reply="210" id="2732106"]I didn't read through all 200+ replies to this thread, so forgive me if this has already been said: The following quote from PC Gamer is hard to dispute: "But putting junk like this in a box and charging money for it is not okay, however rapidly you try and patch it afterwards. It punishes you for being a fan, it punishes you for buying on day one, it punishes you for pre-ordering, and it punishes you for having faith that a great c

Reply to PCGamer warning in War of Magic Stardock Forums

In my experience... Most game companies today review based on the size of the company's advertising budget, not on their game. Gamespot's controversy a few years back is a very good example. I've been informally keeping track, and watching how certain sites make sure "User reviews" below a certain threshold...disappear. One day I'm going to compile a mountain of data and start sending it out to demonstrate modern day Payola, which is actually a cri

First impressions and feature requests in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Hi all, You don't know me, but I've lurked these boards for around a year now. I've been a gamer for decades, played MOM on release, and I *love* these types of games. So... Impression: The game has alot going for it. Exploration is well done, with the addition of roaming NPC's and I believe random items on the map that appear based on research. It's got a hint of Civilization in it's map specials, which is a very nic