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Reply to I don't... I cant... but why?!?! in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="BionicDance" reply="3" id="3717224"] Anyone who doesn't love Star Control eats yellow snow. [/quote] Note to self, don't accept a lemon snow cone from you if I don't like a certain movie you enjoy :) [quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="3717222"] I wish I had news I could publicly share on Sins of a Solar Empire today but right now the focus is on Star Control. [/quote] It's confirmed Reformation of a Solar Empire Devil confirmed for 2020!

Reply to A few thoughts on E3 and Star Control in Star Control StarControl Forums

@frogboy my thoughts on why they were focusing on multiplayer more than single player is as follows... A lot of developers have started along the path of shoehorning in short Multiplayer matches and/or co-op game play so they can fit the perceived shortened attention span or lack of time of modern gamers. This being said, people are focusing on the social aspect or the ability to pick it up and put it down like a mobile game on a cell phone more and more these day

Reply to Q+A regarding Star Control and Paul and Fred in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="GMOrz" reply="492" id="3717632"] - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4385486-2635-000-P-2018-02-22-17-Counterclaim.html Page 62, Exhibit 4, addendum for Star Control 4 (which was never published) Again reinforcing that the names, characters, plot, and setting were to be considered the property of Paul. [/quote] Star Control 4 was a rudimentary Flash game that was hosted on Atari's page for a short while but was enou

Reply to I don't... I cant... but why?!?! in Star Control StarControl Forums

I think Star Control has beaten Sins in waiting for a good sequel by a few decades. For over 25 years I've been waiting for a good sequel to Star Control II, Star Control Origins will fit the bill nicely. Just because something is top priority to you doesn't mean it's top priority to everyone, who knows Sins may announced next E3 *shrugs* who knows.

Reply to Star Control: Founders BETA 1 in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="GoEndo" reply="47" id="3716183"] How do we add SCO to Steam? [/quote] If you log into https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products with your account it will have the key for it within there so you can add it to your steam library :) once you have done that you can go back to the first post in this thread for unlock info for the beta itself. Happy flying, hope to see you

Reply to Tab Atkins Jr. is a creepy little man in Personal Computing StarControl Forums

I saw at least a few people saying Google and all other search providers hand over their source code to the government and/or competitors for review. I for one think that's an absolutely horrible thing to suggest as it'd be like telling @Frogboy he has to give the source code to all his games to say the US Government or EA for review. What I believe needs to happen is the laws that protect us from discrimination "Gender/Race/Sexuality/Religion/Political Stance" should be expa

Reply to Origins: Which aliens from the original series do you want in? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="anderson387" reply="59" id="3714744"] 1 vote for none. I'd like to see this product shine on its own merits. [/quote] Agreed, it'd be nice to see the game become established on its own and only truly introduce the races in DLC/Patches/Sequels at a later time. :) but my answer is still Taalo for the first introduced race.

Reply to Origins: Which aliens from the original series do you want in? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Alverez" reply="44" id="3714665"] I was very clear that I supported Stardock because of the way they were going to handle the previous games. They lied. Simple. [/quote] No, they didn't lie, things changed, however you're welcome to your opinion yes but create a new thread for it instead of polluting various other threads with off topic replies. What you're doing is no different than screaming fur is murder at a non-vegan restaurant. Ser

Reply to Origins: Which aliens from the original series do you want in? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="SWVRoma" reply="35" id="3714580"] I'd like to see the Syreen. [/quote] Ooh good call, but instead of the Syreen we know, possibly have them on their home world with their full population in tact and at their normal levels of sex drive, not the nearly 100 years with a minimal complement of males in their population.

Reply to Q+A regarding Star Control and Paul and Fred in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="442" id="3714540"] Best example there is....online medical diagnosis....input any symptoms you like....and it's a hiding to nothing you will 'have cancer'.... [/quote] Hey now, no joking about that... lol, I know a woman who self diagnosed herself with Testicular Cancer and was a sobbing mess right up until there was a room of people who facepalmed and groaned when they finally got it out of her what type of cancer she said she had. -- Yeah not

Reply to Q+A regarding Star Control and Paul and Fred in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

Elestan, you answered everything of your in your last sentence... [quote who="Elestan" reply="431" id="3714481"] I believe that their actual meaning was [/quote] You don't have all the facts, I don't have all the facts, P&F don't have all the facts, hell not even Frogboy or his team of Lawyers has all the facts, the court case has not gone through every bit of discovery. Do try to remember the analogy about stories and a 3 sided sword, there's The side of t

Reply to Origins: Which aliens from the original series do you want in? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Another alien thought to keep it on subject... What if you introduced the Umgah prior to their rampant genetic engineering used to rebuild their bodies for reason X.

Reply to Origins: Which aliens from the original series do you want in? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Robinicus on Discord voted Slylandro "not the probes"

Reply to Origins: Which aliens from the original series do you want in? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I'd say... and don't shoot me for this, the Taalo. As we know the Taalo were attacked but possibly some of them escaped into a different dimension, possibly escaping to here. I was thinking what if those weird drawings in the caves in Ceres were actually tribal tattoos worn by unlucky escaping Taalo who merged with the rock faces while breaking through the dimension into our dimension. One other possible history for the Taalo in this dimension, what if

Reply to IGN's first look at Star Control: Origins Adventure Mode! in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="fruitcake693" reply="5" id="3714352"] When he said "Go to the Blue planet" as a colorblind person [/quote] Very valid point, maybe they can put in a hover over tooltip box with a bit of info for situations like that.

Reply to Broad question about "Star Control" organization in Star Control StarControl Forums

The corporate overlords had detected a trend in reduced profit had decided to invest in creating a space exploration and mining venture to increase their bottom line. :) probably not that but it's a viable answer.

Reply to Difficulty levels in Star Control StarControl Forums

I did make the suggestion of different types of hazards with configuration options for it, if implemented either in the base game or via mods that could help :) Just think of the strategies you could come up with if you tossed in some wormholes and collapsed it while the enemy is in it or fire through it to give em a broadside :D

Reply to Q+A regarding Star Control and Paul and Fred in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="tingkagol" reply="296" id="3713799"] After reading through this thread, I've learned Stardock won't (or can't?) take down UQM since it is not engaged in commerce. Does the same also apply if the UQM project was actually named "Starcontrol 2: The Ur-Quan Masters"? I am curious because it seems scrapping the SC mark from its title seems to have done NOTHING per Stardock's perspective. [/quote] From my understanding and what I remember, Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan M

Reply to MS's Spring Creator's Update is Apparently Very Buggy in Personal Computing StarControl Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="2" id="3712938"] Updated my lappy...and Edge no longer works. [/quote] So... no loss in daily driver functionality than? :) So far so good on my personal PC & roughly a dozen work PCs on my end.

Reply to Founders Status: April 2018 in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="SabreRunner" reply="7" id="3712138"] Wait, Arilou? How does that work [/quote] Seeing as they were almost 100% literally the aliens described as visited the Roswell New Mexico area their appearance most likely is now open domain property, as for the whole name of the race and associated lore, I believe that transferred when Atari sold the assets via auction which was purchased by Stardock. However outside of what's said by Frogboy or comes directly from the

Reply to SUBMIT your Star Control intro idea in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Ooh Edi would be nice :D -- Hunam, if they got Tricia Helfer they would absolutely have to get Seth Green as well.

Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

You need to check your sources... not a single thing about 3 years Direct from the USPTO - https://www.uspto.gov/about-trademarks How long does a trademark registration last? A trademark registration may remain in force for potentially unlimited consecutive ten-year periods as long as the owner meets the legal requirements for post-registration maintenance and renewal and timely files all

Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="Elestan" reply="524" id="3711750"] Three years of non-use is enough to establish a presumption that a trademark has been abandoned, absent evidence to the contrary. [/quote] No it's 10 years between renewals. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+long+does+a+trademark+last

Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="Elestan" reply="522" id="3711747"] It would make the old trademark invalid. The argument for saying it should be cancelled was that Atari renewed it on false pretenses back in the early 2000s (trademarks have a requirement to be used, so if they weren't using it or planning to use it, they shouldn't have been able to renew it). One counterargument is that the games started to be sold again (with everyone's permission) on GoG in 2011. I'm not qualified to say

Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

No what I'm saying is without showing that was a ruling that has set the precedent for X all you're doing is standing on a soap box beating your chest, even when there's a president for X I know of no lawyer who'll talk in true certainty and will tell you if you have either favorable or unfavorable odds in something. At this point we there are FAR too many unanswered variables to be able to answer the equation. Yes Paul & Fred or Stardock would say they have the case in t