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Today ends here in 2 hours, and in Japan it's already tuesday. Prophesising fail :P

[quote who="Servius" reply="1" id="2371138"]Yes it is today. [/quote] [citation needed] [e digicons]XO[/e]

Well, the beta will just not be a complete game. Dwarf Fortress isn't either. The start is fun, but the later game stages get boring. As for Elemental, it's called "War of Magic" but Beta 1 won't even have magic. [e digicons];)[/e] So yeah, you're playing an (majorly) incomplete, buggy game with simple graphics. It might just be that some people don't find that fun. However if you do, more power to you [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

On the upside, he said 'next week', which doesn't necessarily mean the first day of the week. So the last day will now be saturday instead of sunday, meaning it will be here earlier than you previously thought :P

In most computer calendars nowadays the start of the week is configurable. Also, the Java Calendar class looks at your location to determine what day is the first day of the week. Sundays for US, Mondays for Europe :)

[quote who="SnallTrippin" reply="21" id="2370166"]*ahem* I thought of answering like this, then I thought for a second (giggle) - The supply = Only they have it, so they have ALL the supply, doesn't matter that it's an INFINITE supply. [/quote] Physical shops have supply too, and that's the problem. Downloads can't be priced higher or noone gets them and they can't be priced significantly lower than a real box because then noone would get a box anymore.

[quote who="Zoomba" reply="7" id="2368762"]The Gamers Bill of Rights (what you're likely referring to) or our numerous statements regarding the efficacy of DRM solutions have only ever been in reference to the products we develop or publish ourselves.[/quote] Which is probably why Brad said in his blog post on Edge (second to last paragraph): [quote who="Bra

[quote who="aLap" reply="31" id="2369127"]EA Comes to Impulse's North American customers! Fixed teh thread title... [/quote] Indeed. Europeans are second rate customers. I guess we're used to it. They'll probably sell it to us for €50 in half a year or so...

Maybe some office software company didn't like it other people were using the orb too :P

[quote who="SavageBananaMan34" reply="49" id="2365973"]I would totally buy an Elemental towel. [/quote] Elemental TP? Or does that give the wrong impression? [e digicons]o_O[/e]

I had preordered through this site instead of Impulse, and one Melissa in Stardock Support told me: [quote] The beta for Elemental is due this summer, so your order is being held until the beta is opened. When this happens, you will receive your serial number so that you can gain access to the game.[/quote]

[quote who="SnallTrippin" reply="33" id="2363559"] I just figured I should use my impulse email. [/quote] Yep, I did as well. But it didn't indicate as such, so I'm not 100% sure.

AFAIK you will get a mail at the address you entered when preordering, with a code to enter in Impulse. Since I didn't get to enter any Impulse ID when preordering I don't think it will magically show up there :) Also, Metereological Summer has already ended... [e digicons]:-"[/e]

I think Soft 75 looks the least 'harsh', and the dark side is appropriately gloomy. The grassland however looks like it's gonna rain any moment and could use a bit of sunshine [e digicons]:sun:[/e]

[quote]we plan to close the beta shortly after PAX and it will remain closed for some months[/quote] I don't understand this line, what does "closed" mean? Not able to play, no new people? I didn't get into the alpha, but I do have the game preordered, so I should be able to beta test come september until the game is released? (Sorry, I can be a bit anxious about these things sometimes [e digicons]:blush:[/e] )

Ooh I'd definitely be in Camp 1, any long resource chains get me going :D PS It seems the links on the images are the same, though I get the picture :)

Of course. Many linux distributions are downloadable by torrents, as are freeware games, fan-made movies etc. Piracy is not the same as torrents ;)

7) People think Starcraft II might fail and Blizzard thinks it's funny to implement a self-fulfilling prophecy once in a while ;)

[quote who="psychoak" reply="13" id="2153316"]Considering the actual pirates that crack and post the games don't bother with DRM free games[/quote] And you know the most ironic thing? Those actual pirates have to actually buy the game before they can crack it :P

I think there was just miscommunication in the previews. The game was being advertised as an "RTS with RPG elements", which will attract people from both those camps who are used to having story modes and campaigns. So I guess that could have been more clear before the game was released. And no, TF2 doesn't have a story mode but Unreal Tournament (2003 at least) *does* and so does Street Fighter 4, and how much more multiplayer can it get eh ;) A tutorial is always good, because yes y

Third time's a charm of course :P

I don't think the games are really comparable. Sins is an RTS game and X3 is an open ended RPG like Oblivion or even GTA4 if you will. If that's your kind of game then give it a go :)

[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="1" id="2135869"]FYI: "Off-Topic" is split across all of SD's forums, which are linked. The Demigod forums are linked to the Elemental forums are linked to the Sins forums are linked to... etc etc. It's all one database, and I can view this from Sins, Elemental, Galciv, and more.[/quote] A fact that should be advertised a bit more imo :) @OP: Indeed you can better post this in the on-topic Demigod forums, because well, it's on top

Welcome to the forums :D See ya again in a few days when you finally got some sleep after playing GalCiv2 for too long :P

[quote who="Tamren" reply="1" id="2129471"]I just hooked up a new WRT45GL and its been working flawlessly so far. I was reccomended it because its sort of the "going standard". There are tons of worse routers and a few better ones. But as far as price goes it sits in the sweet spot.[/quote] I second this. Also I use the Tomato firmware, which has a few more features. :)