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Excellent...that's very good to know. Thank you, Brad. :) I do live in the U.S., but when I'm anticipating a new game I like to get it and start playing it as soon as humanly possible. Unfortunately, unlike with CDs and movies, stores don't put out new game releases at midnight on launch day (for those stores, like Wal-Mart) that are open anyway. Also, since I routinely stay up until 4 or 5am, downloading it at midnight on the 26th and then playing all night is a very attractive opti

Reply to About downloading the game (answers) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

So, what are the real chances that many people are going to be able to actually download the game at midnight on the 26th? What I mean is, are your servers going to be overwhelmed by a ton of people all trying to get it at once? How much do you think you can handle? :) Just somewhat worried that if I go with the direct buy and download route, it'll take hours and hours either due to a "line" (like at FilePlanet) or due to only getting a small fraction of your total bandwidth. <br

MOO3 to end up boosting GalCiv sales? :) in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Hey everyone, I'm completely new here....I just found out about this game on Monday. Want to know how? Yep, you guessed it...I bought MOO3, played it for about 6 days, realized I wasn't having any *fun* playing it, continued to read on the IG forums about the many people not having fun with it, and finally stumbled across a thread along the lines of "I'll be waiting for Galactic Civilizations." Curious, I read the thread and then followed a link to this site. I continued reading, her