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Reply to Elemental Alpha Plans in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="1" id="2244052"] I've decided I hope the alpha doesn't have an NDA. It will not That much is a fact now.[/quote] Much obliged, Annatar!

Reply to Impulse: Road Map in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="Izibaar" reply="12" id="2242337"]Is there a date for Phase 4? I don't need an exact day, something like "mid june" or "first july week" would be nice to hear.[/quote] I believe Brad mentioned it would be around the 1 year anniversary of Impulse (has it only been a year?!). I believe that's July some time. Now, whether Impulse Phase 4 has been pushed back because of Demigod, too, remains to be seen...

Reply to Elemental team dinner in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

~13 people- that's a nice size. Enough to have multiple people working on specific areas. I hope the dinner was good. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall in that restaurant when you all went there!

Reply to Elemental Alpha Plans in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Thanks for the updated plan. Bummer things will be so selective, but I completely understand and will hope my purchases and help might get me in the door. How long until Beta 0 do you think? And will those in the Alpha group have to sign an NDA, or can they share their impressions freely?

Reply to Would you choose a pure Pull Driven Economy over Camp#3? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I didn't realize this until later, but there's a Camp #4 that was updated as part of that post. I don't have the time to fully analyze it in compairson with what's described above, but perhaps they're similar or a mix of different ideas?

Reply to Impulse Tips and Tricks #4 in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Hooray! Thanks, ID.

Reply to What do we talk about the most in Elemental Ideas? in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

FYI- the link above is missing the l for "elemental", as right now it points to "elementa". I don't like the new cloud- I didn't see the word bear in there anywhere! FYI- I believe it's only taking the info that would be present in an RSS feed, so replies don't count, just post titles and perhaps some info in the descriptions.

Reply to Impulse Tips and Tricks #4 in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Could these get placed as stickies in the Impulse forum, too? It would make sense to have info on using Impulse in the Impulse forum.

Reply to Elemental: Internal debates made external in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I'm happy with Option #3, with a few caveats: 1. Not requiring units to upgrade to take advantage of new research has some pretty serious strategic impacts. If I have a unit across the world, why should my research into Short Sword +1 automatically upgrade them? You may be able to "rush" research right before a major battle to gain the bonus benefits. I'd suggest looking at only auto upgrading units as they are inside your realm of control. If they're out

Reply to Elemental: Internal debates made external in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Another larger point to consider- what's the lure of having caravans at all? From my understanding: *They allow resources to be attacked/captured *It could add a visual element to identify why/how resources take so long to transfer from one location to another Anything else I'm missing here? It seems like the caravans, while adding the benefits above, also introduce a LOT of additional complexity that could be added behind the scenes. Here are the

Reply to Elemental: Internal debates made external in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

If I had to choose between the two options, I'd vote Option #2. Here's why: *I'm playing a fantasy strategy game where resource management is but ONE aspect of the game. I'd also like to devote time in varying degrees to combat, unit creation/placement, research, diplomacy, and general strategy. *Option #1, while conceptually is really cool and would be genre-defining, seems to be one of the bad aspects of GalCiv 2 (no more sliders, please!) *Option #1 also

Reply to Questions for Frogboy in War of Magic Stardock Forums

And BoogieBac has been pretty quiet, generally letting Frogboy do his posts. Hopefully we'll get another update from the dev team on their progress/ideas with Elemental soon! I just hope Demigod hasn't sapped out all of their progress. At least they were ahead of pace with Elemental before that whole unfortunate mess started. I'm hopeful this all will only make Stardock a better company and Elemental a better product.

Reply to Questions for Frogboy in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Considering Brad's still tied up in Demigod-land, I'll attempt to answer some of these for him (expanding on what Landisaurus said): 1. No. BoogieBac will. 2. I believe around 10. That doesn't include temporary or outside contractors. 3. Lots of ways. Read the dev journals. Some topics I can think of: a sophisticated economy system, created for modding, allowing for player-created content and sharing, sophisticated multiplayer includ

Reply to Not having a fun time in Blogging Stardock Forums

Brad- That is really crummy having to focus your work in areas with little expertise or enjoyment. I take heart, though, knowing that if anyone can pull something together, it's the Stardock team. And while your sacrifices in time and money likely won't be fully appreciated by people, your goodwill, hard work, and pursuit of customer service is much appreciated. It's a blessing and a curse to actually care about people you provide a service for. Hopefull

Reply to Will there be a OS X (Mac) version? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Normally, I'd say the chances are zero, and I think at this point in the game that may be the case. But ever since Brad returned from the Game Developers Conference, he realized that getting your game out to as many platforms as possible is a really good thing. Now, this is likely more a case of PC vs. game consoles, but perhaps that could include OS X. But Stardock wouldn't likely be the ones to do that since they have little expertise with OS X. It'd have to be farme

Reply to Save $5 on Demigod in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Interesting. I thought DHL exited the US market. Guess not!

Reply to Save $5 on Demigod in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Really? Hmmm... I guess it depends on when you place the order and where you live.

Reply to Save $5 on Demigod in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

You still need to pay for shipping, though, although I suppose you could choose SuperSaver if you don't mind waiting a few weeks.

Reply to Impulse Now Walkthrough in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Can this be pinned to the Impulse support forum? Would make sense to be there, too.

Reply to Story Generator in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I bet the event log would also be useful for trouble-shooting, too. If games were crashing, you could consult the event log to see if somehow the event triggered the crash.

Reply to Story Generator in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Huzzah! Thanks, Boogie.

Reply to Impulse: Road Map in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

This really needs to be pinned/stickied into the Impulse forum! Thanks for the detailed write-up, Brad.

Reply to Story Generator in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

BoogieBac- My one takeaway from the failed Epic Story Generator would be to allow the software to at least log events, and then allow the users to filter out that data for posting screenshots/graphs/data later. Could this at least be included (or maybe it already is)?

Reply to Why does Elemental need a cool looking world? in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

The game Dwarf Fortress has been brought up several times in the Elemental forums, as it sounds pretty sweet. But one of the reasons I won't be getting into it is because of the graphics. I'm not one to require the greatest and best, but I'm finding it too hard to go back to the 1980's again, even if it has superior map generation, character creation, history, etc. This isn't meant to bash the game, but to reflect my gaming preference- I think it would be great to model afte

Reply to Some thoughts on being an Entrepreneur in Business Stardock Forums

I imagine, ironically, that a lot of entrepreneurs end up crafting a system that is their undoing- either they fail and start up something else/give up the dream or they are wildly successful, create a huge organization in which they end up having little control over in the end, and then either give up or are fired and go do something else. I'm not an entrepreneurial type myself, so this is speculation, but I can see things working out that way. I bet the number of entrepreneurs t