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Reply to Bears taking over my backyard! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

you have done nature a great service

Reply to Why Ironclad is so successful so quickly in Sins Developer Journals Elemental Forums

Choosing gameplay over “art” is a very unappreciated choice often times. Not in my book, it's one of the main reasons I love this little clubhouse. [quote]I admit I kind of harrumphed when I saw the Sins Dev Journals area start appearing at Elemental. I love GC2 and I don't think I'll every like real-time anything.[/quote] hehe you old grump...I know what you mean though...I love my dawn of war but I can't get into any new RTS games these days. I d

Reply to Winter 2010 Q & A with Brad Wardell in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Nice read...particularly the wall of text you linked...you're an inspiring man Mr Wardell. Salute.

Reply to Question About factions in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]You lack drow and avariel in that list.[/quote] lol...nice, keepin it real eh winter ;)

Reply to Lose to win? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]As a non-competitive singleplayer type, I very much like the general idea of being a bit fuzzy on how close a rival is to ending the game. Especially if a good intelligence network can help reduce that fuzz more or less in proportion to the intel-counterintel resource totals for you & the faction you want to know about.[/quote] Aye, I agree with your espionage focus, although I love poring over my game graphs at cup of tea time, I think covering them with research-dispeling

Reply to James Cameron's Avatar in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote]people who's wives hair can be destroyed by a ceiling fan and who have to help take the wheels of their richest relatives new house, dont have the capacity to have valuable opinions[/quote] on the contrary...I bet they would know alot about caravans

Reply to Detection of units in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Ah the old GC2 cloaking question... [quote]Make it so there is a fog-of-war, but roads in your lands give a base detection level (so you can see somethings on them like armies but a stealthy party of adventures passes un-noticed). Make a "world spell" that increases detection in all you lands. Make quests that have to be completed in enemy lands, and thus a small stealthy band of adventures sneak in to complete it. Make detection kinda like the detection system used in the 4X space ga

Reply to The Sovereign Death = Game Over Question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]Let us not make every game a regicide, please.[/quote] This is exactly why I'd prefer the choice...because I could choose 'Yes' unless my games were being ruined by a regicide dynamic, in which case I'd change.

Reply to The Sovereign Death = Game Over Question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]I gotta say that the only option I don't like is both. For cohesiveness sake you have to pick one. They can't both make sense.[/quote] Hi cephalo, can you explain that a bit more please? Why on Earth wouldn't you want the choice? Cohesive integrity, as you say, would surely be maintained if you never chose the one you didn't like?

Reply to James Cameron's Avatar in Everything Else Elemental Forums

that was pretty darn funny eh LEADER, watched these yesterday too. Man, that phantom menace one took me deeper than I ever wanted to go into that train wreck but it really did raise some baffling points, especially about how many lines of dialogue were completely nonsensical. The lack of a genuine protagonist really shocked me as well, I'd never even considered that before.

Reply to Lose to win? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]A "sneaky" Empire would be a guerrilla Empire. It would not have the forces for frontal assaults but it could face on equal foot pure militar Empires as long as it can amploy properly its spies to sabotage the enemy supply lines, poison the wells, perform selective assasinations... and obviously, fight dirty. It would require more skill for the "sneaky" player but I don't think that is something bad except for those without skill that insist in playing something they have no skill on.[

Reply to The Sovereign Death = Game Over Question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Both. More options = more awesome Though I imagine I'd choose 'yes' more often

Reply to Elemental February Status Report in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote]Players get married, have children and those children will grow up. Those children can then be put into arranged marriages with the children of other sovereigns. When negotiating the marriage, one of the elements is whose family does the couple belong to. If they enter your family, you end up with a champion which is quite powerful. If they end up in their family, you have an heir which means that if that player quits (MP) or surrenders (AI) the player with the best claim to the thron

Reply to Federated IDs are the future in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

If this happened on total scale I'd quit the internet, it would be heartbreaking to see all the interesting subjects degenerate into personality orientated garbage. Anonymity, even if simulated, is the precondition for interesting conversations in my book. God I can just hear it now : 'You've changed man...' Vomit.

Reply to Lose to win? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]people would be amassing different types of power (Adventure/Magic/Diplomacy/Military divisions being the most obvious) that would clash in interesting ways[/quote] Absolutely...but don't forget "combine" in interesting ways too :) interesting ally arrangements will only enhance this! Great OP btw

Reply to Exciting game: Distant Worlds in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]After all, we are a visaully oriented species[/quote] I think you mean "I'm a visually orientated person." I couldn't give a flying flog for gfx and neither do plenty of people I know. As long as they convey meaning they have served their purpose. Good to see the Kiwi's in the mix...good luck guys.

Reply to Is there something in nothing? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

here's some nothing, well...up to 6 mins at least...then there's...stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1xGASE6meo

Reply to FPS Genre: Is It Going Downhill? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]enough ninja for you?[/quote] hehe...though i thank you, that's not quite what I was thinking of, it really is the first person vibe I'm after. Kind of like rpg/fps balance that deus ex achieved. I don't enjoy the 3rd person mechanic, or gamepads for that matter.

Reply to The iPad is Here, Will You Get One? in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

no

Reply to How big will it be? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

The maps will be bigger than reality

Reply to Dawn of War (The first lot) in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]And then you got to paint them, read the rules, buy the core book, buy the Codex on your army..[/quote] I think that's all part of the hobby, lots of ppl love these activities

Reply to The true face of DRM in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]As to DRM, it really annoys me, especially when I am missold DRM - take Dragon Age. I was under the impression given by bioware themself) that there wasn't any horrible DRM (after the debacle of mass effect I made sure to look to see what DA:O would have) - there was only meant to be a cd check, no nasty online activation every few weeks or activation limits. However in reality you have to be online EVERY TIME you want to play the single player only game (if you use any DLC), as well a

Reply to Ugly children in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

lol...this rules so much

Reply to Movies for gamers in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote]Dark City (1998)[/quote] Damn that's a good film...

Reply to Post your ideal game ideas! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

ninja fps/rpg...I just cannot reconcile the idea that we, as a civilization, can churn out 4 call of duties, 3 battlefields, 2 deus exs, two and a half half lifes, 4 quakes, 3 dooms and yet no ninja game...fail humanity...fail