-WhiteElk

Cut the cable years ago and have no regrets. Most networks host at least some of their shows online. Some networks like CBS are very good at it. Their stream quality drops at times (in my region) but shows are often available within an hour of airing. Adverts went from one per show to like 12 or more. Clearly there is growing market for online viewing. But some dolts don't host their shows online. Or they show just the latest episode.. delayed for one to four weeks after airing.

Another thought is that the AI is smart and thinks that being webbed ought mean the archers can't fire, and that beguiled archers would be confused to shoot at their mates. ;) But if this were the case, the affects might ought last no more than a turn, maybe two. Perhaps longer for units within melee range?

[quote quoting="post"]I think it’s safe to say that Fallen Enchantress is the start of a beautiful new fantasy game world.[/quote]Agreed. Am glad you speak of further development. Is good game. Becoming an interesting game-scape. And shaping up to revolutionalize TBS. Few reviews but high usage speaks well of the power of product word of mouth in the internet age. Products speak for themselves. Loud-mouthed internet does the rest.

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="16" id="3269660"] Quoting Frogboy, reply 13No mouse cursor, no mouse equivalent. The Surface supports external input pointing devices. There are many tasks that a big finger on a screen just isn't precise enough. I use a stylus... works fine.[/quote]hmm this got me thinkin down a broader tangent.. i wonder about the effects of Metro on the evolution of external pointing devices. PCs merge towards ever smaller form. Legacy pointing

Thanks for the review, i've been curious. Am looking at a notebook as main computer for living off-grid. Do as much as i can on the lo-power machine. i've a Biolite cook stove which harnesses heat to power usb charged devices. And a 10 watt backpackers solar panel from Goal-Zero. With just these two i can already power the lights and have a work days worth of tablet use (or a few days with a few hours use each day). Use the tablet for most things (social, movies music games, reading w

[quote who="joeball123" reply="14" id="3269463"] On the other hand, if you're 300 points behind the leader and someone else is 150 points behind the leader, then an alliance between you and the guy 150 points behind the leader will at least bring the sum of your power ratings closer to the leader's power rating, and may even surpass the leader's power rating[/quote]An interesting line of thought you bring up. Some dynamic diplomacy might be achieved by summing the p

[quote who="Uvah" reply="10" id="3269237"]Unsold! I'm still gonna keep 7 'cause all the toys work![/quote]Toys not working right is why i'm so keen to upgrade. Am running winXP 32-bit on a system with 64-bit hardware. Increasing the computing power for $40 would be easy decision if not for the jumped shark. But SD is on the case, so i'm poised to do it. $90 for a modern OS with a user customized UI. Is hard to pass up at this moment in time. Big difference from winXP to win8it

Nope, not a "deliberate mistake" / difficulty level handicap. Just a 'mis-feature' from the days of E:WOM. In the case of the spiders where there are no enemy archers, the AI will web a unit, then cast Beguile on it. AI is just dumb about this.

[quote who="Zubaz" reply="3" id="3268770"]We plan on updating more of our software as time goes on. At the moment, Start8, Fences 2, Multiplicity 2, Tiles (beta), and WindowFX 5 (beta) all work with Win 8.[/quote]Sold! Now i can upgrade :-) Might be good to add a page to the SD store to highlight the aspects of OD that work with win8.

How about a master links list being the first most prominent sticky? Closed to posting. When users see a new post icon afore the stickied thread, they know new info has been added.. cuz only SD peeps post there. User seeks info, comes to the links sticky and follows the hyperlink appropriate to their query.

Been playing for a few days. Mostly on Cloth Map as my 32 bit system can't handle this game. But i been playin anyway :~) Is quite fun. i'm enjoying all the new aspects. E::FE adds new stuff to 4X TBS. And does the basics well. Outposts and city specialization are nice. Is cool to see Essence return in a relevant way. There's more. Lots more. The game is near great. Some tweaks and changes ..and i think this game is well in the running for game of the year. The

My AV flags a virus and auto-deletes the patch. I might tune the AV to stop doing that, but thought SD would like to know your files are being flagged as malicious again.

I 'm interested in bee keeping. As hobby and harvest. But a family member is mortally allergic to their sting. What are you guys raising them for? Hobby or harvest, or pollination of your fields or a clients? Or? [quote who="RedDwarf999" reply="1" id="3138834"]Are bee populations still crashing or has that problem been solved? In the news I hear confli

[quote who="Uvah" reply="40" id="3138555"]Look at what I found! WOW!! http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bamboo+keyboard&id=0B71754AFDD41503D3D069B92E3713AEA8911869&FORM=IQFRBA [/quote]Nice! I'm not seeing the kind of mouse I'd like. I've considered making one before. No better fit than to craft it yourself. I also would like to

[quote who="AceMatrix" reply="27" id="3137989"] Quoting WhiteElk.... "I imagine an Oak Burl Knob. Carved to a roundness ideal for the hand. Ergonomic fit, warm to the touch, and having the intricately swirled look of burled wood. Sand and polished to a splinter free, warm shine." wow ! I was actually feeling a tingle reading that ! [/quote]LoL. I just got a shiver after rereading, upon seeing the commercial influence in that home-spun pitch. What exactly

[quote who="Sinperium" reply="23" id="3137953"]I'll need a half-coconut wireless mouse to go with that.[/quote]I imagine an Oak Burl Knob. Carved to a roundness ideal for the hand. Ergonomic fit, warm to the touch, and having the intricately swirled look of burled wood. Sand and polished to a splinter free, warm shine.

[quote who="Uvah" reply="13" id="3137871"]And how much ya wanna bet some dildo brain will try and smoke it like they did with hemp. Gross![/quote]I thought this ridiculous till I came upon this news from today... Teens Getting Drunk On Liquid Hand Santizers http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244536.

[quote who="tazgecko" reply="12" id="3137867"]I have bamboo socks on Bamboo is becoming the new hemp ... a fast growing, biodegradable resource.[/quote] Spam removed - Admin

This excites me. It's a long time in coming that someone should commit to this. It is inevitable. Earth peoples will need off planet resource. Either that or we learn alchemy and transmutation. Is good to explore off planet. We are bound to find new elements and ores. New building blocks for humans to play with.

Mary Ann for the win! I'd love to use that keyboard if it fits my fingers. The feel of wood vs plastic would be nice.

[quote who="Elrhamlin" reply="202" id="3137086"]I suspect that Stardock's idea of game balance is to remove everything that is fun.[/quote]I recognize you! Your the poster who posted the "racial bias" thread.

I'd like to see indications of the land being altered by monsters, magic, men and mayhem. Like spider webs becoming visible in the trees, as a spider colony grows more populous. On the world map, player notices webs atop a few trees in a nearby forest. Overtime the webs thicken and the canopy expands. The threat grows. If you leave it over-long, the forest dies and the spiders mass migrate to new homes. Six groups of ravenous spiders, each lead by a monstrous sister queen; walking

[quote who="Ausland" reply="82" id="3135932"] "bologna' ously meet." Can you pronounce that?[/quote]LoL. Hmm. bo-low-knee-us-lee ? ( but then I grew up hearing an E at the end of bologna, your pronunciation may vary )

[quote who="Ratatosk7" reply="58" id="3135816"]Unfortunately it seems everyone agrees but those that matter I don't know why I bother posting if I only get ignored or told I should play a different game. Anyone can say everything you do is great but what sort of help is that in a BETA where I could only assume constructive criticism is the entire purpose. [/quote]We don't know that they don't agree. And we haven't heard from the designer Derek. Nor do we know

[quote who="jshores" reply="68" id="3135857"]Want to give the player a difficult choice? Have founding a city gobble up a champion (Governor). Now that is a real choice.[/quote]Another interesting thought. Though perhaps One Champ governs three cities. To build a fourth city, player must retire an adventurer to help govern. Learn a tech, retire an adventurer, gain access to a building (1 per every 3 cities) which decreases corruption and what not, to make it more feasible to found