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[quote who="Luckmann" reply="8" id="2304424"]Where do you go if all you've got is ridiculous amounts of creativity? [/quote] journalism?

so... what happens if your net goes down at some point while playing. That would be enough to make me crack it.

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="3" id="2303744"] Quoting Scoutdog, reply 25 Actually, second f\to last in the Wintersong avatar block is something that LOOKS like an Elemental/MoM hybrid.... oh, btw, Winter: can I use the element-symbol border off of one of your avatars to make my own? (I always ask before using ANYBODY's stuff.....) I hold no rights over any of the images I use so feel free to do so. Oh, Swicord, do like me and read the user

[quote]No. The steamroller effect is extremely important to keep the game from bogging down in the latter stages.[/quote] I think the idea is not to remove it, but rather shorten it in such a way that when you've won, you've won without having to spend a bunch of time mopping up the enemy turf. That being said, I fear my trollish eyes start to glaze over at some point, so I have not actually read all of it. Maybe some people don't want the steam roller

I forgot about the video (its here for those who don't know know about what he is talking) I actually look much more like Charles mansan now, but I know for a fact no picture of me with my current hair-cut and beard exist on the net with my name in any sort of relation (unless it was done in secret, and in a place no google bot is able to find) yes, I look forward to meeting you at PAX

[quote]I suppose you guys are not looking for statisticians[/quote] you should apply anyway. I remember a guy from Valve saying that they have hired a guy for a position they never considered would be needed for a game company (I remember it was a very silly and extremely specific position, though I don't recall exactly what it was) but now they feel they couldn't do without him. A statistician would be very handy for balancing or helping to contribute to co

have you seen me somewhere CapnWinky (there is a picture of my back somewhere with my old hair-cut... or more accurate hair-collection since it hadn't been cut in a while in that pic. However, unlike any pic of Charles manson I've ever seen, it was down past my shoulders, and I didn't have a beard) Anyway, I'm not charles manson. I wouldn't use music to predict my killings (Right now if I wanted to rip off charles manson without using music, I'd say I'm most likely

I just hope that we have plenty of cool attachments to stick on our towers. Looking at the picture in the OP, I realize you could almost re-texture some of the ship pieces from Galactic Civ 2 and thow them in as random parts. There are 4 fin pairs at the top (you'd have to do flat edged ship-fins, then put pointy fins on the edges of the tops) with some pointy spikes part of the way down. The obolisk part I don't think could be crafted from Ga

[quote]It's better than most of the native English speakers I know, although that doesn't really say a lot[/quote] So very true. Of course, the same is for all languages. I remember when we got a german exchange student, and the german teacher kept correcting her grammar. She esaid she knew the teacher was right, she just had bad habits because she spoke naturally. She took it expecting it to be an easy 'A' but she found our teacher was stricter than she expec

Yeah, wintersong has created a few MoM / WoM hybrids. I proudly hold the most at the moment, but thats because I just duplicated the 14 characters over again with a different E:WoM element. I think my framed Sass'ra is the only one that includes MoM, E:WoM, and true personalization. (By that I mean, I didn't just merge them, I edited it as well to make it more mine, rather than just a stolen image) I may have to whip out a new batch of pictures soon, just to ensur

awww, I thought this was going to be something like the "share funny pictures from the net" or "lol cats" or whatever might ACTUALLY make me lol.

once the beta is open (that is currently planned for september) there will be a time you CAN use paypal to immidiatly jump into the beta. Its just paypal won't do preorders (order now and get charged later) so it isn't an option. When the beta is open, you get charged right away, so pay pal will be your friend. or should I say your pal?

Heh, when you get into the 4 digit numbers in terms of distance it almost becomes easier to fly than to take a road trip. ... almost You should totally take a road trip! (scoutdog, not luckmann... Luckmann, you should just swim) You should go to Illinios, and hop on route 66 (which isn't an actual road anymore, so you'll have to follow the signs) and see the country on your way west. It wil be TOTALLY out of the way, since it goes

@plang: That is why I don't let friends see the homepage when I'm trying to 'sell' the game to them. ^_^ I just point to the forum and say "it should be here soon, play here until then" and most of them say "ah, I'll look into it when the 1st round of betas are out." And I really cant' argue wit their logic I've gotten a number of people excited about it.

It would certainly be fun to hang out. (though, if Denryu is going to be there I'll have to avoid him. Apparently he now wishes to kick me) I suspect that provided this thread remains near the top a list will form itself. Though, I'm not sure under who's authority will be it "official" I mean so far we have: Tamren Sparhawk2k ckessel Landisaurus (myself) We'll just keep adding to the lis

Denryu, I fear that my selective memory will likely cause me to forget to remind you that. Come now, it isn't that bad. I mean the clip was from a show safe for kids (at least PG, maybe PG-13 ... see the happy elephant?) I mean 1st off, he's got an awesome mustache. And 2ndly he is censored for all the children out there that would otherwise be scared (including those who may be faint of heart) so it can't be worth a kick. Maybe a link to a r

Well, looks like we have a date upon which we can schedule our avatar swap. (it was August 6th for those who missed it) I know I'm excited.

I'm curious to hear what Ironclad is cooking up for the next main project (or perhaps as the next major part of the Sins project?) is the alpha the same as beta 0? I thought they would be different (adding yet another stage), oh well. I guess August 6th really isn't that far away. Only problem is it means my current job may be going into overtime to get release in time for christmas, and I'll have less time to chat about the alpha. speaki

I do hope the maps are well made. The ones in the picture I'd count as very solid maps for sure. They certainly are not as 'square' as generic Civ 4 maps. I'm excited to see the maps too, and more over I'm excited to see the map generator grow from the whatever-boogiebac-throws-together in the alpha to the tested, improved, and retested map generator that we will see in the final.

arstal's "Sword-type, Spear-type, Axe-type, Exotic-type" is likely fine, except its missing "mace-type" (morning stars and flails would be under this. They are WAY too common to be "exotic", which I'd reserve for things like the Klingon Batleths, if you didn't include those as swords, which they often are) There are many mix type weapons, like do you consider a halberd to be a spear or an axe? At the same time, I'm not sure why we really

[quote]Are nipples a key component to channeling ability?[/quote] They are for this guy. (yes, he is casting magic with his nipples) <img src="http://landiscasner.com/images/stuff/ranttime/nipple3.jpg" a

I'm going to be there. I wouldn't normally go, but I've got my reason to do it this year. I've already filled out the time-off paperwork and purchased by tickets. (haven't purchased my hotel yet though, so if somebody is looking for a hotel roommate, let me know. I plan to get that done by the end of the month when I have funds again, but before I'm happy to talk economy ideas) I'm not sure what kind of tricks there are to share, since I suspect the beta may b

Basically, play the game and note whenever something goes wrong. It is best if you can explain " what went wrong" ( what needs improvement) " When and where it went wrong" ( How to see what needs improvement) " How do you reproduce it? if possible" ( Why it needs to be improved) If you can provide answers to these questions

yeah, you can say "this looks like crap" when refering to one's own work (and many artists will say something like that for everything that isn't "the best" in their art gallary) But you don't walk up to others and say "your work looks like crap." Especially after they already achnoledge that there is still work to be done. Developers have feelings too! After I spent hundreds of hours making something look playable, I'd call somebody who said otherwise a troll too,

Chaos channels had the 'swirling chaos energy' animation that resulted when the spell was cast, and from there if you actually opened the units status they gained an ability that was basically a shadow of the unit with whatever special feature. It however, was nothing spceial since the icon for the chaos channels was just recolors from other ability icons (firebreathing > chaos channels fire breathing, ect.) It did not "change" any graphics. (for example, other than on th