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Reply to Help Stardock on succession of vassal children (poll inside) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

How about this, the game allows the sacrifice of a virgin daughter, let's allow the castration of just about any male character in the game for some sort of magical bonus. I am not picky. [e digicons]}:)[/e]

Reply to What Did You Play This Weekend? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

EU 3 Complete Puzzle Quest Fallen Earth Open Beta Battle for Middle Earth II w/ exp Yes folks, I love a variety

Reply to SD plans for MP (europeans take note) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="CariElf" reply="37" id="2356878"] On another point, leaving because you dislike something is going to make very little difference. We're not going to miss one less voice in the forums or chat rooms. Staying, however, makes a difference. [/quote] You know, I really dislike this attitude. I don't think I've seen a recent launch on this forum without someone pretty much saying they could care less if someone leaves or not. Hey, I think i

Reply to SD plans for MP (europeans take note) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="TheDude37" reply="33" id="2356673"]1 MBPS upload minimum cap FTW!!! I think this feature is a good idea. I believe there was another game a while back that had a feature where people with slow connections could only play with other people with slow connections so that they wouldn't hinder the people with fast connections in any way. If you are too cheap to pay for internet that doesn't suck, you shouldn't be allowed to play with me. [/quote] It shou

Reply to Pirate Bay is gone! (Edit: Not anymore!) in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="pseudomelon" reply="151" id="2354463"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 149 Quoting pseudomelon, reply 148 Nope, didn't prove your point at all as my point had nothing to do with distribution methods and everything to do with the idea that some people have that their tastes some how trumps others. I call that snobbery. Now hold up. If you wanna listen to FoB or something, that's cool and I'm all for it. But the fact is,

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[quote who="pseudomelon" reply="148" id="2354277"] Quoting Nesrie, reply 146 Quoting pseudomelon, reply 145 You mean only bands that are truly mainstream? I trust the average joe to pick good music about as much as I trust my toaster oven to provide company while I'm in the bath. The term good is subjective and useless. The average joe or jane will pick the music he or she likes and screw anyone else who doesn't like it. Musi

Reply to Pirate Bay is gone! (Edit: Not anymore!) in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="pseudomelon" reply="145" id="2354042"] You mean only bands that are truly mainstream? I trust the average joe to pick good music about as much as I trust my toaster oven to provide company while I'm in the bath. [/quote] The term good is subjective and useless. The average joe or jane will pick the music he or she likes and screw anyone else who doesn't like it. Music snobbery is right up there with everything else snobs feel the

Reply to Help Stardock on succession of vassal children (poll inside) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="KellenDunk" reply="28" id="2352686"]I don't expect this one aspect of diplomacy to become the entire game. This discussion leads me to believe others think it will. [/quote] I don't know that anyone is saying this is going to "become" the entire game, whatever that statement actual means. But it is an interesting idea. No reason to throw it in incomplete. Besides that, a lot of fantasy worlds aren't nearly as biased as our own was/is when it comes to female

Reply to [ATTN.: Stardock] Majesty 2 (new...) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

New Info posted today at Paradox. Hi, I started a new official thread on this as I wanted to make sure you all saw this. The Majesty 2 release date has been pushed one week to ensure we can get the game out on all channels (Wal-Mart has a bit longer lead times for instance). So the new in stores release date for Majesty 2 in English speaking Europe, US and digital download is September 18. The pre-orders went up as planned though today on all

Reply to Help Stardock on succession of vassal children (poll inside) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="21" id="2352033"]Question #1 missed the best answer: they belong to whoever the family belongs to. If I marry someone off to another empire, then the children belong to that empire. If someone marries into my empire, they belong to me! [/quote] I agree. There was diplomacy involved in the marriage, so it stands to reason that if someone leaves one court to go to another and there is a child born, that child belongs to the court they

Reply to SD plans for MP (europeans take note) in War of Magic Stardock Forums

Yeah I want slow defined too. My upload is crap, and guess what, there's isn't a thing I can do about. Even the highest outrageously expensive tier for Charter stops at 1Mbps upload.

Reply to [ATTN.: Stardock] Majesty 2 (new...) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="WarlokLord" reply="40" id="2348974"]Hmmm. From the look of things the street date has been pushed back to September 18th. We should get a demo before then though. Oh well - some time in Sept. is good. [/quote] Where did you get this info? Last I saw on paradox's site was this. Tuesdays are our shipping dates in the US and Fridays are official release dates in Europe. Most US store can guarantee to have the

Reply to Pirate Bay is gone! (Edit: Not anymore!) in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="Rosco_P" reply="78" id="2349935"] My point is, breaking the law shouldn't be your goto option. And at the very least, don't act surprised when you get in trouble for doing it. [/quote] And when you purchase a game that doesn't work and the publisher and the developr brush you off, your recourse is what exactly? You can't get your money back, not from the store or the company. All you can do is not buy from them again, check, and find a way to make it work s

Reply to Pirate Bay is gone! (Edit: Not anymore!) in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="41" id="2349371"]Way back behind the scenes here at Stardock there's a small bunch of people dedicated to the policing and eradicating of piracy of [our] software. Every now and then there'll be a comment 'got the bastards - closed another one' - in reference to the ending of criminal activity that threatens the REAL viability of sites such as this one...yes, the one you all merrily expound upon regarding the virtues of piracy. No matt

Reply to Pirate Bay is gone! (Edit: Not anymore!) in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="10" id="2349195"] I've pirated numerous shows that were suggested to me in order to see those first shows, earning the producers a new legitimate viewer. By pirating the TV shows you deny the advertisers their audience...and ultimately up the chain the actors in that show you like/want to be a legitimate viewer of. It doesn't matter how it is spun....piracy is piracy. [/quote] I had to use a crack for the Guild

Reply to Software Pricing: Are We Doing It Wrong? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Savyg" reply="12" id="2349004"] This argument could go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and probably will (with different people arguing) much like Intel vs AMD or ATI vs NVIDIA or any other retarded forum argument. It's a subject with much depth and since we don't have the actual stats on things, pretty much everything we say is meritless. [/quote] Terrible. Terrible comparison here. You are talking about two differen

Reply to Software Pricing: Are We Doing It Wrong? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="11" id="2348994"]Digital Distribution has two paths it can head down. The first path is where it was promised to go, that is providing great games at cheaper-than-retail prices which results in more games sold for both the Publisher and the Developer as well as allowing smaller companies to reach a much larger audience and thus promote competition which should - theoretically - increase the quality or diversity of gaming immensly. Digital Distributio

Reply to Software Pricing: Are We Doing It Wrong? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Savyg" reply="9" id="2348930"]Not directly, but there have been estimates. I don't remember where I read them though, so I can't give them to you. IIRC digital still only amounts to somewhere between 10 and 20% of gaming purchases. It is a service. You get the game, you never have to hunt for a patch or worry about what condition your CD will be in five years down the road, usually the only DRM involved is logging into the account. They do the wo

Reply to Software Pricing: Are We Doing It Wrong? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Savyg" reply="7" id="2348191"]Unfortunately the digital market isn't really so profitable as you'd think. With Steam for example (as I understand it,) after Valve takes their cut, the developer/publisher aren't making much more than they did off retail. It's one of those things I really haven't been able to figure out, but by and large you won't see pricing diverge from retail until over 50% of games are sold digitally. Pissing off retailers right now would destr

Reply to Galactic Civilizations: The case for no multiplayer in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

[quote who="ROCKET350" reply="518" id="2347598"]I registered just to post on this topic. I bought this game because it does not have MP. Period. I have been looking for a good SP experience and am glad I found this. I like knowing I don't have the option to go online. I have several games that the MP is so different from the SP that I get really frusterated with both. [/quote] So you bought the game because it doesn't have multiplayer and that is the ONLY reason. I

Reply to Software Pricing: Are We Doing It Wrong? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Maxpower179" reply="4" id="2344600"] I think Valve did it right - both with the original pricing, and the aggressive sales. [/quote] I disagree. Pricing is all over the map and isn't directly link to production costs. Still waiting to start saving on digital distribution, you know the part of the deal where publishing costs are cut (no box, no disc, no manual, nothing physical) but it still costs the same. Also if you can get the same o

Reply to A feminists complains about StarCraft in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="wraid" reply="115" id="2343986"] Bob is a computer programmer, Alice is a tennis player. Do I make Alice write a heuristical pathing algorithm? No, she probably does not even know what any of those words mean. Do I make Bob play in a tennis tournament (not on wii, but an actual turnament)? No he would probably hurt someone or himself. People should be treated differently in regards to what they do, their gender etc. Yes, equal rights for everyone, that seems

Reply to Don't chintz on the opening videos and trailers in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="onomastikon" reply="103" id="2342964"]Making high-end cinematics is very, very costly. In addition, high-end cinematics do not enhance gameplay enjoyment, at least for the vast majority of users. For a great cost, there appears to be little in the way of return; yet they can, as the OP indicates, be used as a form of advertisement -- but for which target group? I think Stardock would be right on track by investing their budget in things in which they are specia

Reply to A feminists complains about StarCraft in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Primal Zed" reply="83" id="2339261"]What you should be asking is if I would hold the door open for a man the same as I would for a woman. The answer is no, I would not (except for, as previously stated, extenuating circumstances).[/quote] I hold open the door for a lot of people if I notice them behind me. I go out of my way for the elderly, people with chil

Reply to A feminists complains about StarCraft in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Primal Zed" reply="72" id="2338678"]wait in minute, isn't that what we call a contradiction? ...well it is ironic in that "feminists" want to be treated with respect and when guys DO, the poor shmucks get accused of being a male chauvenist pig with his brain behind his fly (abliet the latter part is probably true).Which was my point. Holding the door open or pulling out a chair for a feminist both receive a haughty response of "I can do that myself, thank you!" And heaven forbid y