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[quote who="Pfizzyhead" reply="56" id="2588080"]No need to apologize, the marketing for all of these services implies what you (and I read that article) thought. They wanted us to believe the tech was there so they could get a market share at time of launch...they will have some angry investors in about six months though. [/quote] Agreed. That article was New to Me as well. Kinda makes my whole post a Moot Point without the technology being there. It really makes me wonder why th

Downloaded, installed, crashed once so far.....locked up once so far....restarted my Comp since I didn't do that after the updated install, haven't crashed again since. Still undecided on stability though, will know more tonight.

Ooh, glad I saw this. I haven't checked on the availability of being able to upgrade. I'll get my upgrade ordered tonight :) ( I kind of expected a announcement or something, *shrug* maybe I missed it )

So I started a game of Beta 1Z. Not long into it Lady Procipinee comes to my city and I get the standard friendship greeting. I end the turn. The very first thing the begining of next turn she declares war on me... This Hoe's....gotta Go!!! Hang Her!!!! Maybe after my Sovereign does...some stuff....to her...er..um...Kill that backstabbing Hoe!!!

Note: Before I talk about the Documentary I just watched I would first like to say (for those who don't know what it is) that the website called "Fancast" ( Here ) is a perfectly Legal site. It's owned by Comcast Interactive Media and shows TV shows and movies online in association with the studios that made them and stations that air them. Many of the links to shows they have go straight to the TV station's own websites where They host the s

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="14" id="2587739"] I see your point there, but, you have to remember in proper implementation of this, you won't be getting these "staggeringly rare" items every game. You might find 1 in every 10 or 20 games you play. 1 in 10 or 20 games doesn't seem staggeringly rare to me, just rare; but that's a quibble. It isn't the frequency that's a problem for me, it's that I think it better to have the game treat each map as a unique story/instance

That's ok. I popped on here the other day, I don't know what was going on, forum work, bad connection, something, but I could only get to the General Elemental part of the forums. I couldn't see the categories of the other sections of the forums. Oddly enough though I could get to the other sections by going through the "My Replies" links at the top of the page. Later that afternoon when I came back to the forums all was normal. When it happened I went to other sites, Gamespot, a few

[quote who="SwerydAss" reply="1" id="2587643"]Steve jobs took it for making fun of the ipad [/quote] I wouldn't doubt it...LoL.

I can definitely see why a lot of people don't like the traditional End Game or Mop Up phases of games. After a while, when the winner is clear, it gets boring. But... There are some people out there (like me) who rather enjoy the end game phase. Playing the game and getting to the "I Win" ending is the challenge and fun of these games. Being more powerful then the other Empires on the map, is the reward for being a great player. The proper thing to do is to find a balance tha

[quote who="PoPsuX" reply="32" id="2587813"] Actually, they charge you when you are granted access to the Beta. Technically you pay for the game then, so I'd make sure you have the money in your account when you pre-order. Ok, thanks for the clearification Raven X. I must have missunderstood how that part worked out when I pre-ordered.. Didn't write it down in my check-book.. haha. But yea, sorry if i confused anyone about that. Conclusion: Have enough money on your acco

[quote who="PoPsuX" reply="29" id="2587678"] And sweet, I'll hopefully pre-order before April 15th!! They won't actually charge you until the game releases. So that's cool! Anyways, i can't wait to play the beta 1Z! But take your time Stardock. Cuz, nothing is better then a polished beta. Oh, and the weekend is comming up. So it's time for some hardcore, beta-testing! [/quote] Actually, they charge you when you are granted access to th

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="108" id="2587204"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 84 stager: yes. There will be a pacing option but it'll be different than what we've done in the past. You'll be able to change it mid game back and forth to suit yourself (kind of like in Sins where you can hit + or -). Pacing option? Hm, this sounds a bit weird to me, but maybe it will be a helpful feature. We shall see. [/quote] I think by "Pacing Option" Fro

So I know for the last few weeks I've had 30 "Karma". Tormy- gave me Karma this morning and now I have 26? 4 of it seems to have gone AWOL. I'm not concerned with my "Karma" count really, but I thought I'd point out that it looks like it's doing something funky.

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="10" id="2587122"]I still don't know if this might be the first game where I try multiplayer seriously, but the idea seems bad for solo games. The whole point of something being staggeringly rare is that it will help make a given map truly memorable when you actually find/acquire it. Being able to retain something very special for every single game after I got it would make it seem less impressive with each following game. [/quote] I see y

[quote who="DeCypher00" reply="51" id="2587437"] Just like STO was a rousing success like you predicted, right? Haha, I kid, I kid. But seriously. People buy DVDs of TV shows. TV and Radio are the same thing: you buy an expensive piece of equipment to be able to access a mostly free service (with cable coming later on in the TV's life, which is like buying a console and then a streaming service). You keep assuming that hardware costs will rise and make cloud gaming cheaper, bu

[quote who="DeCypher00" reply="49" id="2587381"] You also keep ignoring the fact that people, kids especially, want the latest and the greatest. Why buy a BMW when a Civic gets you from point A to point B? Because you can afford it, and it's a better car. [/quote] I'm not "Ignoring it' as much as I'm thinking the way things are now will simply change. The "latest and greatest" will in fact be the services them-selves and not the high end model of "car" or PC or what have you

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, there's Always.... Tomorrow, it's only....a day....away..... /End theme song from "Annie" .

[quote who="arstal" reply="37" id="2587342"]Expansion material though, right? (It's ok to save some things for an expansion , you guys gotta make $110 off us, not just $50) [/quote] DO NOT encourage the rich evil business types to make themselves even richer. They don't need help finding new ways to milk us of our money!!! [quote who="Frogboy" reply="38" id="2587358"] Quoting arstal, reply 37 Expansion

[quote who="DeCypher00" reply="47" id="2587366"] Many games these days are barely 4-10 hour experiences, too. I'm talking AAA titles like Bioshock 2 and God of War 3. Netflix is exactly like WoW. You can get unlimited hours of entertainment out of it every month, and that is what you pay a fee for. If you want a computer to play WoW, it costs $60 to add the graphics card to your current computer. If you owned no consoles and wanted netflix, the stream only box is $80 (similar to what OnL

[quote who="DeCypher00" reply="45" id="2587314"] But then what exactly is the point? Until we know exactly what works and what doesn't, how can we predict anything? If everything works, but the price point has to be raised, then that changes everything about that prediction. The creator of OnLive got plenty of funding for WebTV. That went will, didn't it? [/quote] When it comes to that part of the discussion, the "Point" is trying to determine what will happen in the industr

[quote who="strager" reply="32" id="2587247"] Personally I'd like to see at least ONE non-human Kingdom, and at least 4 unique races in the fallen (for a total of 5 non-human races), but it appears that we will have to rely on modding for this (which is fine in the long-run, but many people will want to play the stock game, and I personally feel having a limited race selection really limits the possibilities for the game... It's still possible to get an A- in my book, but with more races

[quote who="aeortar" reply="41" id="2587199"] The company that provided support for modders and mods would likely be more popular than the one that didn't, meaning there would be an incentive for them to make sure modding was still possible in some way. I think it'll happen faster than that - games that don't make enough money will be cut as soon as possible due to the ongoing cost of having them provided on which ever service I disagree, especially wit

Excellent ideas All, especially RikazeMA , I like where you took that with the Multiplayer. Now we just need a little SD Staffer attention... *starts jumping up and down* Yo!!!!!! Frogboy!!!!!! Boogiiiiiieeeeee!!!!!!! *waves arms* Over Here!!!!!! Looooook!!!!!!

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="3" id="2586861"] Not that I'm against (well done) collectibles, achievements and the like. Just sharing why I don't see it working (without actually offering solutions... ). [/quote] Then by all means, Please, Offer Solutions. :) Help me refine it. The details in the end would be all about how to balance the Time-frames. Multiplay aside, it comes down to the rate of Games Played = Collected Items. Games Played = Total Amount of Game bot

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="1" id="2586842"] How cool would that be? Awesomely awesome, that's how cool that would be!!! From certain points of view, surely. But not from all the points of view. This gives the player a reason to play multiple games The player should already have plenty (and more important bunch) of reasons to play multiple games... Fail Game if not. Not that I have reasons against more reasons to. You might find a Rare Item of Power onc