And besides - those of us who are looking forward to Political Machine '08 want our game already. You all were the ones who wanted them to keep adding features into TotA or it would have been out last November, remember?

We wanted more. They gave us more. No need to bitch about it because you don't like the way they gave us exactly what we asked for.

Personally I disable the Ascension victory. This victory condition isn't my favorite. What usually happens in games where it isn't disabled is about the time I am switching over from colony rush to tech advancement, I all of the sudden I need to go into war mode with whomsoever has chosen to ascend. While this may be as intended, it isn't what I play the game for.

Which is why I love the guys at Stardock so much. They make customizable games for my taste.

Can anyone imagine how good MOO3 would've been if it were nothing but an absolutely straight remake of MOO2 with prettier graphics?

I'd buy that game. Heck, I'd buy that exact concept every few years.

Barring that, I'll settle for the exceptional coolness of GalCiv.

Now, where's mah patch?

Or how about this: Normally the company sends over a repair person to fix the washing machine, and it usually takes 15 minutes to arrive and 10 minutes to repair your machine.

Well, this time a part needs to be replaced that the repair person doesn't have on hand, and he'll have to drive to a nearby shop to pick up the part. He tells you it's going to take 35 minutes because he has to drive there and back and it'll take 5 minutes to find the part and buy it. He even says forget any extra charges, he'll pay for the part himself. You agree, and he heads to the shop.

10 minutes after he leaves, you call him and tell him he's fired.

You then call a different company that says they'll have a technician in your area in about a week, and after a month you find out they're only fixing new machines they've created in the last three days.

Then you call the original company back saying you've made a mistake, and demand you want your washing machine finished in five minutes, ignoring that the technician is now working on the washing machine of another customer an hour away.

. . . oh, the arrogance of it all.

It's a very awkward metaphor to try to use, though: I really don't think a washing machine is comparable to software.

I'm a customer you idiot. Stardock isn't doing me, or anyone, a FAVOR by patching a broken game. They aren't a stranger stopping to help me change a tire on the side of the road. They're the manufacturers of the tire sending out a recall 2 months after it blew up - because it's THEIR FAULT.

Do they have to patch it? No, but that'd hurt them more than it'd hurt me. If a developer doesn't patch a game, they're worthless assholes. If they do patch it, they're doing what they're EXPECTED to do. I fail to see the point in showering them with praise after two months of a broken, worthless game. If they release a patch jammed with content as well as large updates, that's praiseworthy.

You dare call us (yes, I considered the game utterly broken. I play immense / very slow research and focus on research) selfish and ungrateful? Why should I be on my knees praising Stardock for FINALLY fixing a bug they threw in via an untested, undocumented launch-day patch that us beta testers knew nothing about? Why should I be grateful that the RELEASE version is finally nearly as playable as the BETA version was? Please tell me!

In the end, and here's a lesson about life for you, negativity ultimately promotes change. Optimism will never change anything. People like you make me sick.

Uranium - Bravo!

I couldn't agree with you more on every single one of your points.

Thanks for the INFO Boogie !!!

Now no one say any thing bad !!!! at least he said some thing !!!
Nasty

So, Uranium - 235,

You are talking of rape ? About a bug that hasn't been fixed for 5 weeks ?
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Wow. That's... I'm speechless.

And with that, your analogy leaps boldy off the slippery slope. Seriously, comparing a bug in a game with sexual assault? TA could erase your entire hard drive and fry your computer, and the comparison would still be ludicrous.

Guys, relax - It's Uranium. He's basically made himself the comic relief at this point, albeit a Jerry Springer style of comedy. More sad than anything else.

A style to be sure. I would not limit it to Springer. I find most comedians today have to resort to sarcasm and cursing to elicit a laugh. If that fails then they bring out the bathroom humor (fart jokes).

I am bummed as everyone else. And yes, the off estimates and delays are new facet to Stardock. Clearly they are busy and doing everything they can to keep their heads above the water. I am sure adjustments will be made even if that means communicate less detail so the disenfranchised have less ammo. I for one know that when they do patch things up it will be a good patch.

Neither promotes change.

You see, a pessimist complains about the wind. An optimist hopes it will change.

A realist adjusts the sails.



Tell me about it. A former coworker of mine played some "comedian" who spent half the skit whining about how people don't like his skits (and how he doesn't care), and the other half filled with the worst humor I've ever heard in my life. No thanks, I'll pass on that stuff and listen to reruns of Bill Cosby instead.

BTW, what is GPG?