Starkillr

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

Those emails to the patent office were pretty enlightening. Not sure why there's all this extra discussion around copyrights when it looks like all they got is the code, which is frankly worthless. This case is feeling more and more open and shut. Oh and I wonder when P&F stop paying the PR firm bills how many anti-Stardock posters vanish. Has that started happening yet given P&F's cry for $$ to support their legal bills? I guarantee you those guys have done little outside of discussi

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

[quote who="GMOrz" reply="596" id="3721299"] Stardock is trying to impose a licensing requirement where previously none was required. Paul and Fred published a game titled "The Ur-Quan Masters", using all of the classic race names (Arilou, Orz, Pkunk, etc.). This was all done without any license from Accolade/Atari. Given that the contracts refer to the race names as "Reiche's Intellectual Property", it seems clear that this was intentional, not them flying under the radar. St

Reply to Realism vs. Fun in Star Control StarControl Forums

I like fun takes on realistic things. So we have the stars mapped out and roughly know what's in certain solar systems, but we don't know the specifics of any given planet. I think that's where you take liberties in what that planet is like given it's proximity to the star and any other factors you want to account for. I definitely enjoyed exploring worlds in any system I visited in SC2 - never knew what you were going to find (unless you were using a guide).

Reply to No, you don't have to be the hero... in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="Rhonin_the_wizard" reply="6" id="3719989"] Quoting Starkillr, reply 5 Ehhh, I'm not sure the blow them up part is very in-line with Starcon IMO . Asides from selling people as slaves to the Druuge (which you eventually get heavily penalized for), you generally don't do anything like that on a wh

Reply to No, you don't have to be the hero... in Star Control StarControl Forums

Oh I see, that's one of the options you can select. That makes more sense. I thought that was the only option, my bad. Yeah I agree with that.

Reply to No, you don't have to be the hero... in Star Control StarControl Forums

Ehhh, I'm not sure the blow them up part is very in-line with Starcon IMO. Asides from selling people as slaves to the Druuge (which you eventually get heavily penalized for), you generally don't do anything like that on a whim. Honestly, I'd change that to be a little more light-hearted than implying genocide for entertainment.

Reply to Future of Star Control Origins in Star Control StarControl Forums

As long as it's not a gacha-type business model, I'll play SC on mobile. If it let's me fight my brothers in space battles like the good old days of SC1/SC2, then it's a win for me.

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

[quote who="Taslios" reply="533" id="3717938"] Brad, can you just ignore the rabble-rousers and focus on posting stuff in the catch all question thread that you created earlier in the month. this topic is a dead horse. Honestly I'm shocked you've not just locked this entire thread as it does nothing productive for Stardock. I'm excited for the new game. I want that news... not more rehashing about some fan

Reply to Star Control - making a modern classic in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="14" id="3714418"] We do actually have that map. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AuBwidOf1nOuioMwILwi_Tjlf2pfig [/quote] This is awesome....I suspect in this day and age there won't be a physical copy, but perhaps there is and we'll find out at E3. Have to say I'm feeling the excitement build as I read about the progress with the

Reply to Star Control: Origins - May 2018 in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

This is awesome. I'm really stoked to play this game! I was out of the country on vacation, but if you still need folks, would love to play the game. I also don't live too far from the studio in MD if that makes any difference :D Edit: On second thought, I don't want to ruin the story for myself lol. I want to play that perfected experience >_

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

[quote who="Taslios" reply="341" id="3713988"] I donno... I can see why they would not want to use the engine from SC:O as then they would be dependent on two outside developers (Stardock and Oxide) But perhaps I don't fully understand the roll publishers often take in the development cycle of games.. I know SD pulled the plug on Servo because it seemed the development was not happening at

Reply to Star Control - making a modern classic in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="10" id="3713597"] Quoting Starkillr, reply 9 I would love to have a nicely laminated star map to go with the game (i.e. something that won't fray or tear like the original SC2 map). Useful physical items like that and lore books were some of the coolest things from back in the day. I still have

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

[quote who="Sir_On_The_Edge" reply="680" id="3713366"] That's the entire point... he doesn't give an opinion. What people who understand this are trying to hammer into others with no luck is that opinions mean nothing.He goes over the documents submitted and explains what they mean in layman's terms so that we understand what the law jargon actually means. As I said, which seems to be ignored here, is that our opinions don't matter till the evidence gets weighed in cou

Reply to Star Control - making a modern classic in Star Control StarControl Forums

I would love to have a nicely laminated star map to go with the game (i.e. something that won't fray or tear like the original SC2 map). Useful physical items like that and lore books were some of the coolest things from back in the day. I still have my Pools of Radiance copyright translation wheel (which was really cool if you were a D&D nerd) and when I got them from GOG I printed out the manuals because they were just chock full of lore, little sketches, and other awesome little tidbit

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

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="677" id="3713345"] It's been commented on before. He doesn't really give an opinion, he just reads each side's claims. [/quote] Yes, this. I was really bored with those videos because he just read documents I could've read for an hour or two and doesn't even postulate an opinion, which I thought was the whole purpose of his videos.

Reply to Star Control - making a modern classic in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="4" id="3713304"] What I mean is that many of the deep crevices of the game will likely require some out-of-game teamwork to figure out things. The main story lines and even most side stories are pretty reasonable. But we also want to have stories that require a great deal of subtle thinking. This isn't a game for people who want bread crumbs. [/quote] Ohhh I gotcha, cool. I can't remember having to deal with stuff like t

Reply to Star Control - making a modern classic in Star Control StarControl Forums

When you say it's massively single-player, what does that mean exactly? Do other players playing the game impact the universe you're playing in? Or are there specific events that are unique to the community at large and are impacted by the community's contribution to that effort? Super excited to see what we get end of summer! I'm slowly trying to burn through my massive backlog of games (working on Banner Saga 1 right now...) and it's slow going. I keep getting distracted by "old fai

Reply to What makes Star Control...Star Control? in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Using no more than 5 descriptors, what do you think is the most appealing thing about Star Control? I'll start: 1. Non-Linear story - The ability to wander however you wanted, only limited by your fuel, was absolutely awesome. Giant quadrant of the galaxy with lots of mysteries! "Fast travel" you could "find" later and worked very seamlessly into the story/universe. 2. Great writing - The fact t

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

I have to admit I'm getting tired of seeing Elestan post here. I thought you made a separate thread to vent your anxiety over UQM by grasping after everything and anything that assuages your fears? I don't really know what your involvement is with UQM, but let me say this: UQM was never yours or anyone else's in that fan community. It has always been something that existed at the suffrage of the trademark holder. Whatever benefits you see yourself deriving from the project are nonexistent. If

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

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="206" id="3711016"] One thing that someone brought to my attention: The sheer arrogance to suggest that Galactic Civilizations "borrowed heavily" from Star Control II. The two games are nothing alike. For guys who made a stink about the accurate statement that they did not create the Star Control trademark (Accolade did) they sure have no problem trying to take credit for other people's work imo. [/quote] Yes, I will attest t

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

[quote who="JerkClock" reply="434" id="3710572"] Quoting Timmaigh, reply 433 So lets say i said i dont believe that Star Control mark is worth the price. It was more complicated than that but whatever. Brad actually took his time to respond to my posts, but instead of referencing any such study he has at h

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

[quote who="Jafo" reply="428" id="3710406"] Juffo-Wup! [/quote] Sorry...only reason I replied was because when I saw your forum ID I immediately thought Juffo-Wup. I'm pretty sure someone already took it but....juffo-wup!

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

[quote who="eride" reply="424" id="3710381"] Timmaigh, just out of curiosity... between yourself and Brad, the CEO of a software company, who do you think knows more about this subject? It feels surreal sitting here reading posts where you argue with Brad over whether or not a trademark has value from identifying the software product to the public. I don't even think your opinion reflects commonsense, that of course a "brand" name has value. If the Star Control mar

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

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="410" id="3710243"] @Starkillr: Agreed. My opinion on these things is well known. For instance, we bid on the Master of Orion IP too. If we had got it, you can bet that we would have developed a Master of Orion game that was a natural evolution of Master of Orion II. I am one of the die hard fans of Star Control. But I've now had 4 years of talking to fans and the % of them who actually finished it is tiny.&nb

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

Honestly my expectation is that Star Control: Origins will be in the same style as the original series. Same great story, adventure, quirky dialogue, great gameplay, amazing music, and good graphics. Sounds like once the drama gets sorted, we can have a return of the races we remember from SC2 that will have the same personalities as before, but in a new storyline (if I've understood previous posts around where the lines get drawn on what Stardock believes they'll be able to use). That to me