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Reply to What do you think of Free To Play? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I like non-profit games that are by-the-people, for-the-people the best.

Reply to Do people know when King's Bounty Crossworlds will be available on any service without activation limits? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Crossworlds on special today. The whole KB Platinum Edition on sale for eight bucks. I've been waiting for this one for awhile. Hello Princess Amelie.

Reply to HOMM2 open source mod project - new features, later features, more to come! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I looked at it over the weekend and it didn't compile on Linux. I think it's the SDL libraries. Are the data files necessary to compile? I haven't looked yet to see if I still have my HOMM2 discs.

Reply to HOMM2 open source mod project - new features, later features, more to come! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

This is totally cool. So this is done primarily in Visual Studio, I guess? I'm a Linux guy, so I don't know. ...HOMM2 needs to go on Linux, doesn't it? I will take a look over the weekend. I hope I still have any old HOMM2 discs lying around.

Reply to I hate my job... in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

My problem with work is that it distracts me from Civ IV.

Reply to Game Development Organization in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

These org charts don't look all that unusual to me. Only one thing I don't get: Libraries? Under Asset Support?? What kind of libraries are these? The libraries I think of go under Programming Lead.

Reply to Live changing PC games in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I still have the original box, disk and manual of Wizardry:Bane of the Cosmic Forge, but it's because I did NOT play it. Since I played all the Wizardry's up till that point, I was going to keep that around until I finished playing it. Turns out I've just been keeping it for 20 years.

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Based on those qualifications, I think you should be the next Bachelor on ABC.

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Then our panel of 3 judges are going to have to put you through a rigorous interview process. First, we need to see how far you can jump. Second, we need to assess your ability to catch bugs from 4 inches away with your tongue. Third, we will need to reference check all your childhood friends and see if they and you could breathe underwater. After that your resume will be entered in our database and if a match comes up we will surely contact you.

Reply to Stardock hires Civ 5 lead designer Jon Shafer in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I am looking forward to the day when Frogboy announces he hired the Geico gecko as Stardock's new official spokesman. Or did he hire Stanley?

Reply to Do the fans ask for too much? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I should be able to ask it out and date it, without anybody in the restaurant looking at me funny. And the AI should be able to pass my Chemistry exams for me.

Reply to Do the fans ask for too much? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Oh and another thing if the game requires you to register then it should ship with a router bundled in.

Reply to Do the fans ask for too much? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I want Stardock to make me a Venti Frappuccino, Raspberry Mocha, no decaf, with whipped cream. Is that too much to ask? It is Stardock, isn't it?

Reply to Do the fans ask for too much? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I had a developer take my suggestion once and it worked wonderfully. It was a role playing game, and I suggested that he implement a drunken sword. It's a magical sword whose bonuses get better and better as you get more drunk. So basically you're supposed to chug down lots of beer and then go kill monsters. The developer was like, "Hey! That's a good idea!" and he did it. It worked out great.

Reply to Do the fans ask for too much? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]Fans can never ask for too much. Developers, on the other hand, can definitely promise too much.[/quote] That's not always the developers' fault. It can be hard to be honest with your boss sometimes. It's like the manager comes to you and says, "I want this change that I don't realize will touch every single file in your build, by tomor

Reply to Do the fans ask for too much? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Would it hurt to ask for a 6-digit job at Stardock?

Reply to Do the fans ask for too much? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Yes, the fans ask for too much. But, carry on.

Reply to There's too much cursing on this forum.... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

If you think the cursing is bad on a forum talking about a game, you should see some of us actually playing it on a high difficulty setting. [e digicons]:annoyed:[/e]

Reply to There's too much cursing on this forum.... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I curse too much period. Not just on this forum.

Reply to Who is worse, Fallout fanboys, TF2 fanboys, or Civilization fanboys? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]I can add I hate people that use the term "bucko"...especially when I am a grown man of 35.[/quote] A man of 35 hating the term "bucko"? But that's what Richie Cunningham always said on Happy Days! It should be those young stinkers who hate the term bucko. Not the generation who grew up on the Fonz.

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that could do great things for elemental??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

One valuable life lesson I learned from my dog: if you've got old s***, at least it's easier to pick up.

Reply to These forums are suprisingly civil, and I think it's because... in War of Magic Elemental Forums

You also need to watch out for that giant bronze statue of a frog in front of Stardock headquarters. The eyes have hidden cameras in it. Oh...Diar, if you're having any problems with that IV drip, I know some really awesome doctors that can help you. There's this one Dr., his name is Conrad Murray. He's famous. He was Michael Jackson's doctor. You calm now?

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that could do great things for elemental??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]How many python programmers do I know who are really good? Lots. Ones that you would hire? Probably not any of them because they don't have "industry experience". You'd see 25 years of Unix admin work and think nah but they would probably run circles around whatever you threw at them. The way you framed that statement that no one could do what he can for you using python almost sounded a bit like a cult of personality.[/quote] Ain't that the truth. That's exactly wh

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that could do great things for elemental??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]laying off most of the staff and basically the entire QA department[/quote] That pisses me off. Why do the QA people always get the shaft? You want to know why games suck...it's because the QA people are constantly treated second fiddle to the developers. It's a people problem. Lay off the developers who suck--not the QA who found them out.

Reply to And you decide to hire the guy that could do great things for elemental??? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

So in Civ V I assume being the first to research Bomber and then pounding the tar out of those stacks of doom is out? [e digicons]X([/e]