Yes, I've been refreshing every 10 minutes since yesterday to see when the announcement would be made. I enjoyed reading through all of the entries.

Some of the concepts submitted are so interesting that they've inspired some new features to be added to the expansion pack.

We like features!

Because there were so many good entries, we're going to expand the prizes beyond what we had originally said so that there will be more people receiving prizes. Also, because some of the ideas are so good and interesting, I'm seeing how much of the story can be altered and adding some new specific features in order to put them in. Some of the concepts submitted are so interesting that they've inspired some new features to be added to the expansion pack.

Sweet! After that math exam I just took, this is some most excelent news. More prizes, more features, more of our stuff going into the expansion pack. Just awesome! Also way to go us for inspiring our favorite developers!

Yes, I've been refreshing every 10 minutes since yesterday to see when the announcement would be made.

The tension is killing me.

Same here on both accounts. I can't wait! My eyes will be glued to the site for the rest of the night.

I have literally been refreshing the page every 5 minutes for the past 2 days...I cant wait for the results. Its always nice to be a contribution to a big game

You've decided to incorporate the giant space-arse with tentacles that I suggested, right? I knew I was onto a winner there. Awesome!

Aw man... Now why didn't I think of that.

Nah, it's based on a short story I wrote about my college lecturer years ago. He was a demon with penis-tentacles and the entrance to his realm was a giant arse. That's why in the comp thread I called it Bob. It's an old idea though, they did it in Shadow Raiders and the old Transformers movie too.

okay, that right there makes me hope they did NOT put that one in. My policy is, no tentacles, no furries

Unfourtionately we won't find out what they did or did not put in until they finally announce the winners. Which will hopefully be soon. They did say today at the latest.

Ouch. Hope you feel better though. The waiting is killing me to. They must be having some real discussion going on over the entries if they are taking this long. either that or they are concentrating on their work. Either way we will get the results. We just need to be patient, though it is hard at times.

Tom Petty was right... the waiting really is the hardest part.

But it's easy to forget that Stardock is not EA Games. The GalCiv team is (IIRC) six or seven developers in the middle of a massive expansion, and probably already burning the midnight oil. And now reworking a storyline and deciding if new features can/should be implemented. A challenging task if ever there was one, especially with October looming.

But since we're all here (and checking the forum every 30 minutes or so ), I'd like to say that, after reading through all the entries, I was struck by how creative and intelligent the fan base for this game is. Everything entered was really creative and well thought out (in this layman's opinion). And good luck to everyone who entered!

Cheers,

Shane

EDIT: Ah... deadline changed to end of day Friday. That's cool... we'll know tomorrow.

Well, now we get to wait another day! Oh well, Its just nice knowing how much effort they're putting into these decisions

For the record I would be all for it. It may delay the releace for a bit but if it makes the game better for everyone how could I said no. I believe I saw some others asking for a beta on another thread to.

Take your time. In my years as a gamer, I've seen too many games rush to production, cuting important features or needing massive patches.