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[quote]Also one other thing, they're only approving recent ones.[/quote] That was most of it. I've corrected the two recent ones that were overlooked in the mass of older ones.

It will charge at the correct price. If you have any other questions or issues about the checkout process please contact [email protected].

Paypal will be available for a while (usually a week or two) after Beta 2 begins during the time that preorders get charged instantly. Paypal does not handle delayed transactions so we cannot accept it while orders are going to the queue rather than immediately charging.

See here.

[quote]How do we know what digg articles are submitted by Island Dog? On the Digg site, I didn't notice any articles submitted with that name.[/quote] http://digg.com/users/IslandDog [quote]I did Digg his most recent ones. Here in June, and they were rejected. And the rules aren't updated to reflect it. [/quote] I just went through your previous submissions (the admin tools were just now updated to permit tha

They haven't even been manufactured yet (the game's not done!), so rest assured there will be plenty for the preorders and for post-release orders for a good while after release.

[quote]I'm going to point out, that you also need to update and change the rules again then because when we HAVE submitted reward requests, for posts by Island Dog, they've been rejected as well. Which is not cool.[/quote] You were most likely trying to get credit for ancient posts which have no realistic chance of benefiting from being dugg (and would be kinda pointless even if they did make it to front page since they're outdated info). As I've noted in a number of digg rejection no

[quote]still in progress[/quote]

[quote]Well I guess I should ask before the beta comes out (because god knows how many threads there will be on this when it does come out) but what ports do we need to forward to play Elemental online (if any)?[/quote] AFAIK none, in theory.

No limit.

Make sure that the beta display is still enabled in the options.

See #34 above. You'll have a while in which you can use paypal after Beta 2 opens.

As an addition since it has come up several times, please do not try to get points for wishlists on both EBGames.com and Gamestop.com. Both sites are the same company and share the same database, so you will only get credit for one or the other.

The actual public page is much preferable over a screenshot.

[quote]This, sir, was cruel.[/quote] You can kindly rest in the knowledge that he won't have it until late Friday his time at best (If we do it tomorrow).

[quote]What if points were added at the end of each month for karma and posts? The forums participants with the most posts and karma at the end of each month and those who have posted the most often, that way it's not just a bunch of posts in a single day, but continuous participation over time?[/quote] The karma system really isn't in such a condition that we could integrate it in such a way, and it probably wouldn't be the best idea anyway since users could just start giving each ot

We've gone through the top users and those who've posted more today, and will check back on more as the admin tools are further developed over the next few days and the process for doing so is simplified.

[quote]If it was any other developer, it would be on both DD sites. [/quote] Most "any other developers" don't have their own major DD outlet where they don't have to pay a cut to a reseller. While Steam fans tend to say that they buy everything there and don't know anyone who doesn't do the same, traditional retail still outsells DD by a huge margin. The war's just starting and it'd be plain silly to start handing Valve our money at this point when it'd be a losing prospect a

[quote]Off-topic question. Can I use my beta to make vids and use screens from it and show it to public?[/quote] Yes. If you were under NDA you'd know it.

Generally speaking it means that if you see a story on digg and you digg it, you'll only get points if Island Dog or someone else from Stardock posted it (it'll usually be him, though). We understand that there are people who have honestly submitted stories about elemental to digg (and appreciate it) but this is the simplest rule to go by to prevent people from submitting lots of dupes then all digging each other's dupes too.

[quote]but if you can sell it there(while may be for less of a profit than via impulse)[/quote] It's extremely unlikely that the additional sales (many of which might come at the cost of direct sales) would be enough to outweigh losing a huge cut of the revenue to Valve. And as Brad has said, we will not support the creation or growth of a monopoly in the DD market. The only winner in such an arrangement would be Steam.

We haven't had to pack boxes for some time, all that stuff gets contracted out :p

We're working to improve the moderation tools to make detecting dupes and spam much easier, and ironing out guidelines for same. And yes, we will be going back and revising point allocations for people who've spammed or exploited shortcomings in the moderation tools to slip past the same thing multiple times. If your stuff gets rejected make sure to read the moderator comment. It may be that you've just provided the wrong link. We need to be able to see stuff in context to tell what s

I was replying to the post immediately above mine. As was already noted by previous posters, the window is generally a week or two but we don't have any definite plan just yet.

You can download whenever you want once you've been charged. It doesn't shut off.