RavenX

[quote who="EadTaes" reply="4" id="2618732"]Well Pirating will become the HOLYGRAIL of gaming in those days for sure. No way in hell i,m gonna be able to afford that nor would I ever be willing to pay it. They just don't seem to get it that the harder they push the more people will turn to the illegal pirate sources because they simply cannot cope with the financial burden. [/quote] That's more or less it exactly. People have to pay for their cable/ISP. Then on top of that t

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="2" id="2618710"]Ubisoft DRM to the max? [/quote] To the Maxi-Max!!! With a side order of Maxiness McMaxi to go!! LoL (as the youngins would say)

Self Edit: Gamers will have empty pockets, and the companies will be laughing all the way to the bank because some dumb ass kid just paid for the same game 4 times in less then 2 years with Mommy and Daddy's credit card....

The first GW was as much a MMO as the first Diablo... MMO-Lite is more like it. One city in each area where people meet and group up, everything else will be instanced to handle Small Groups of players, maybe 20 at most. Think STO and you get the idea. Not a good MMO in my eyes. To each their own though, hope it turns out well for those who want it.

OnLive has partnered with UK telecom company BT to bring their streaming service to the UK, the cloud gaming firm announced today. Read the article Here . With this deal, plus being packaged with an ISP, OnLive is going to take a CHUNK out of European gaming come launch time. Maybe it's just me but I see Europe as a smaller area which may be better laid out with the proper "wiring" to handle

[quote who="Nick-Danger" reply="138" id="2618249"] Quoting Tasunke, reply 136 Well Tormy, an Iron mine produces 1 iron per turn. Build 1 foundry and the mine is producing 2 per turn. Build 2 foundries and the mine is producing 4 per turn. Build 3 and its producing 8, build 4 and its producing 16, build 5 and its producing 32, build 6 and its producing 64, build 7 foundries (only 1 space each) and you have one iron mine producing 128 iron per turn.Making it multipli

[quote who="Stmorpheus" reply="73" id="2618452"][Gameplay] i think it would be cool to able to create your own "monsters". i detail this idea in this thread. https://forums.elementalgame.com/382183 [/quote] That's great Stmorpheus, just like that. If you can though in the future, put it in the "Title" of the thread when you make the post. No need to go back and change your other ones, just for future reference. Hopefully people will actually glance at this

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="46" id="2618063"] With Elemental, I anticipate other freaks like me to do that [/quote] That would be Me *raises hand*

Awesome stuff. This will make custom tweaking of the AI's a breeze. :)

Hmmm, here's a quote I find interesting.... " Elemental appears to have an interesting twist on diplomacy, with the addition of things like the "family" system. What can you tell us about that? We’re big fans of both Tolkien and George R R Martin’s Game of Thrones. In both cases, the effect of familial lines (your dynasty) really matters. It matters in terms of producing powerful heirs and it matters in terms of arranging marriages and such to

I've got CS4. Honestly I can't afford the upgrade right now and I haven't had any jobs in the last year or so where I needed it. Every now and then I pick up a job doing those annoying Banner Adds you see all over the place and that's the last time I used CS4. Do you think it's worth the upgrade? Also, would it be worth it if You were the one paying for it and Not Stardock? :P

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="20" id="2616129"]I like that. Guildsmen. I also like Magistrate or something too. [/quote] Those are both great names. Maybe use "Guildsmen" for the Financiers and use "Magistrate" for Empire governors or a more powerful version of "Sages" or something?

[quote who="Shurdus" reply="70" id="2615844"]Don't know if I gave you karma for this or not. Anyway, have some more. [/quote] lol, thanks Shurdus :) Btw, All new ideas Added 5/10/2010

[quote who="Darkodinplus" reply="14" id="2608830"] I doubt I'll have the necessary free time Raven or I would consider it. [/quote] I can solve that easy, man. What's taking up your time? Work, School, Family, Girlfriend? I can always put out a "Hit" on the wife and kids...maybe see to it your girlfriend breaks up with you. I can always burn down your job or school too!!! Whatever it takes so I get the help I'll need with Python, it's all good. Just say the word ;) h

Double Post...oops. Slow ass forums... :P

[quote who="Orvidos" reply="4" id="2616075"] I think what's actually happening here is they believe in essentially "Empowerment/Power by Right\Birth" or (to steal the hell out of certain things) "Peace Through Conquest" So instead of being heavily reliant on buildings to provide their resources (IE Knowledge) they rely on strong willed, powerful individuals to bring about the will of their lords. They don't need to teach the common, filthy, powerless masses to do ma

I understand the concept of making the Empires feel different from the Kingdoms, but this seems a little...I don't know, limiting? Maybe I'm getting the wrong impression but it seems to me the Empires (if they follow this outline) will all be war-like, which isn't a bad thing necessarily, but would lead to them all playing the same with little distinction between them. Maybe I'm jumping the gun on conceptualization, it just looks that way to me. It does sound fun though provided they

Awesome Idea :)

Ouch, man, bummer. That sucks, sorry to hear that. Future Idea: you should keep a separate file with master copies of all the files you change (before and after changes), then copy the ones you want and put them in game after being modified.

[quote who="the_Monk" reply="47" id="2615248"] @ RavenX, I'm not disagreeing with you. I do think some people resort to "methods" to play their purchased software. I guess I just felt your previous statement that most people complaining were doing so because they'd paid for their software and now because of living in the sticks couldn't use it was incorrect. Further, I find it interesting that it seems with software people are ready to make a much

[quote who="LightStar" reply="5" id="2615315"]Could someone please tell me a valid reason then for sites like this to exist? [/quote] [quote who="myfist0" reply="6" id="2615319"]I just finished uploading a mod to Filefront [/quote] There's your "Reason" Lightstar. To share USER CREATED material. Maybe I write a story and I want to get it out to the population, so I upload it in PDF format to Filefront. Now anyone who wants to read it can download it and read it. Isn't tha

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="3" id="2615279"]So Rapidshare feels they have no responsibility to verify the validity of what folks upload? Since a valid copy or release of any application, game or software is available from a site that is authorized to release it, what purpose does Rapidshare serve? [/quote] Because not everything that's invented or sold has a "Site that is Authorized to release it". Some things aren't sold through web sites. What purpose does FogBugz

[quote who="LightStar" reply="1" id="2615270"]Silly me, I always thought it would be great if services like Rapidshare never even existed! [/quote] Maybe....maybe not. There are Plenty of LEGITIMATE USES for file-sharing and file-hosting services. Just look at how we submit bugs for Elemental for example. We use FogBugz and Pastebin which could BOTH be used to share copyrighted material. I could easily copy/paste a whole book in there and upload it for free for the whole world to read

Actually the term "Not Guilty" isn't accurate. They were found "Not Liable" for what people may or may not upload. The people who need to be held Accountable are the people uploading copyrighted material. Not the people who invented the system they use to do that. Should Gun Manufacturers be held responsible if someone kills someone with one of their guns? NO, of course not. People kill People WITH Guns. Guns can't kill people without SOMEONE to pull the trigger. The same applies here an

[quote who="the_Monk" reply="29" id="2614792"] You can't actually believe that? I mean really.... [/quote] Yes, actually, I DO Believe that. I believe that because I see it first hand. Go to the Ubisoft forums. Before the complaint thread was Deleted by Ubisoft Moderators there were 6 PAGES of complaints by people who didn't have a stable Internet connection that were made in under a 24 hour period. I'm NOT Saying t