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Reply to Post Your Gal Civ III Ship Designs! in Galactic Civilizations III Stardock Forums

[quote who="SF1 Raptor" reply="262" id="3484767"] Quoting Rand Johnson, reply 261 Quoting Edladner, reply 260 I started

Reply to Elemental sucks in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

I find it very difficult to disagree with Scritty. In many cases, it is the results that do matter. It will be the results that reel in a customer's confidence because a service finally "delivered." It will be results that will change the frequency or perhaps even put an end to the sprouting of endless disdain of the game's sporadic tantrums. And it will be the results that encourage players to finally consider purchasing Elemental despite so much praise

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I guess there isn't a service now that I can really invest my full confidence into. It used to be Impulse, but that's halved now, given my lack of experience with Gamestop and the anxiety that follows that uncertainty. GOG would have been my fallback, if it's Greek bank wasn't so artsy-fartsy with purchases coming from SE Asia. [quote who="Tridus" reply="133" id="2916903"] Quoting bonscott, reply 123 Gamestop - This is the o

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

One of the best parts of Impulse was its aftersale support. What exactly does this new "unit" that Gamestop have that's so much better than that?

Reply to FREE Pirate bay in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Das123" reply="20" id="2856774"]The issue with the Pirate Bay case is not that they were pirates, but rather that they knowingly promoted piracy via their technology. There are many legitimate file sharing torrents and so the authorities had to prove that the PB owners were complicit in the piracy. Where it gets messy is when you take it to an extreme. If a pirate distributes illegally obtained material via Outlook, is Microsoft also liable? Common sense would suggest not, but if

Reply to FREE Pirate bay in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

While I may not agree with many things the OP said, I do remember hearing that authorities are willing to go as far as controlling DNSes in order to curb piracy. So I don't think I can agree with the owners' sentencing without judging based on the technical concepts of what TPB actually provides. Suddenly I'm beginning to think that democracy was last millennium's fad. The last thing I want is is a government taking control of a DNS in order to block me from accessing sites in

Reply to What's a reliable firewall? (free and not-so-free) in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Well, chalk that up to Comodo's paranoia. I call Comodo's entire Internet Security as a paranoid security suite, which isn't entirely all that bad. I like it being paranoid: as soon as you think something's amiss, fire up its scanners and voila! You'll find a suspicious heur file that seemed to pass through another AV's choking grasp. Of course, this isn't without a cost in computer resources. The firewall itself will log every intrusion attempted and drop 'em like they're hot -

Reply to What's a reliable firewall? (free and not-so-free) in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Got Comodo here, too. Depending on the computer resources you're willing to dish out, it's a toss up between the IS or just the firewall. I'd recommend the firewall just so you could determine your own AV solution.

Reply to Steam Christmas Sale in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="ne_zavarj" reply="103" id="2856000"] Quoting Kilo_Bravo, reply 102 Section 8 is 4.99 bucks to me. Moun&Blade's pack is 9.99 bucks to me. But Crysis' Pack is about 15 bucks to me, though.Do you live in Canada or South America ? edit: Today's deals : Dead Space - $6.80 Plants Vs Zombies Game of the Year Edition - $4 Swords and Soldiers - $2.50 Kane and Lynch 2 - $4.99 Brothers In Arms series - Save 50 percent o

Reply to Steam Christmas Sale in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="ne_zavarj" reply="94" id="2855534"]Today's deals : Global Agenda - $7.49 ArmA II Operation Arrowhead - $19.99 or $15.99 if you own ArmA II Section 8 -$7.49 Mount and Blade/Mount and Blade Warband - $19.99 [/quote] Section 8 is 4.99 bucks to me. Moun&Blade's pack is 9.99 bucks to me. But Crysis' Pack is about 15 bucks to me, though.

Reply to Happy Holidays Brad, Derek and rest of Team in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Season's Greetings to everyone, including Stardock! ^_^

Reply to Steam Christmas Sale in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Impulse's lined up publisher catalogs finally went up. While Ubisoft's offers are this year's Hall of Shamers, there seems to be a bit of good games on Paradox' side. I finally grabbed Grand Ages Rome Gold and two other games. 3 games for 20 bucks. Steam got me 15 games for 25 bucks. I guess that's enough shopping for me, unless Impulse shells out the Unreal package again on a good discount. I missed the Puzzle Quest 1 sale, and Puzzle Quest 2 doesn't seem interesting to me ye

Reply to Sid Meier's Pirates in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

Hmm...you've got a note of what error you got specifically? You might want to let the guys at [email protected] know. And while you wait for a reply, you could also share it here. Who knows? It might be resolved.

Reply to Steam Christmas Sale in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I missed the Puzzle Quest and Defence Grid one as well. Right now, all I'm eyeing are the indies. I love indies. Also UNREAL DEAL. *drool* Can Impulse have an Unreal Deal too? Just like for an hour or so? ^_^

Reply to Steam Christmas Sale in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

I wish Puzzle Quest would go for cheap at Impulse. I'm really itching right now...it's unbearable! O.o

Reply to [DT]Star Player's Take on Sins 2 in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Well, I usually don't go online because of the incessant latency. It's a geological thing, I suppose (which means I'm just too far from ICO). Which is the same reason why Starcraft 2 and possible Diablo 3 is a no-go for me. I often play SoaSE over LAN, however, if that helps. And keep going until someone wins or we desync - whichever comes first. As for surface combat, that really appeals to me. I'm a plan-from-the-bigger-picture type of guy (ala SupCom and TA), and meting out the log

Reply to [v1.1] My initial exhaustive thoughts on Elemental in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Thanks for the input. It's comments like these that help me weigh a purchase decision. Been wondering what Elemental was all about. I can definitely wait longer for improvements.

Reply to 2011 PC Gaming is dead in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]2011 PC Gaming is dead[/quote] Funny. They said that in 2007. They'll keep saying that even after they dumped their PS3s and Xbox 360s for the next model and never admit that gaming for their dumped platform "died". Isn't it great that the "PC" can transcend generation after generation, changing in components, brands, and power, AND still be called "PC"? Exquisite.

Reply to Kings Bounty: Crossworlds in 1C Stardock Forums

Okay, I've finally took the initiative to test it out myself. It seems that while the number of activations are limited, so are the number of deactivations. I'm now down to 2 activations and 9 deactivations. Yes, my activation DID NOT get re-claimed as people would say. Activations decrease every time you activate. Deactivations apparently decrease every time you deactivate. So apparently this game's utility ticks down each time you happen to install a service pack, or opt to

Reply to Kings Bounty: Crossworlds in 1C Stardock Forums

Thanks for replying Aesir. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you see it), I'm still eyeing the Pack everyday in some hope to finally find the courage to purchase it and find out what the activations/deactivations actually mean. I've been tricked by EA before (Crysis: WARHEAD, SPORE, etc.) and I'd really wouldn't want to lose a single activation/deactivation for the games that I purchase. I look forward to seeing a concrete explanation of this Starforce pro

Reply to Kings Bounty: Crossworlds in 1C Stardock Forums

Okay, you said that there's 3 activations with 10 deactivations. How exactly does that work? I mean take for example, if I purchase the Platinum Pack and install it, I already use 1 activation. If I happen to uninstall it at the same day, I use up 1 deactivation. So after all that, I only have 9 deactivations left? If so, you just lost another customer.

Reply to SoaSE is Gametrailers.com's strategy game of the year in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Congratulations to Stardock and Ironclad. Also, SoaSE got into the top 30 games of EDGE magazine. Took the 13th spot.

Reply to Vote for Sins at Gamespot! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Personally, I can't really care for what Gamespot chooses. After all the rap they took last time, plus their new selections for Special Achievements (MGS4 beats Crysis Warhead in Technical Graphics department, they say), this is really not the best site to get an honor from. Although another "Best of 2008" badge on Sins of a Solar Empire wouldn't hurt, even if it is from something as bogus as Gamespot.

Reply to Sins claims 4 awards at IGN in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

IGN also forgot to mention that it cost less than $1 million to develop, took on a totally new idea and name (didn't have a franchise to lean to), and yet earned them a good share. It didn't have DRM, and neither did it whine about piracy. All that in a year where everyone argued PC gaming is crap? For those achievements alone, it deserves being the PC Game of the Year. The little company that could? More like the little company that DID. Congrats Ironcl

Reply to What is the point of Vasari Phase Stabalizers? in Strategy Sins Forums

So that's why the Vasari can reinforce their fleets in minutes. In the words of EviliroN, DAMN. Truthfully, I could care less about the costs - reinforcements coming from nowhere is worth all the money put into it as long as it saves my frontline from the enemy. Imagine the losses you incur from losing the planet to the enemy, plus the amount you invest just to take it back. Seriously, I gotta try Vasari next time. That is o