End of Action Report Module

Has this been done on any other game?

I am pretty sure this has never been done before but wanted to get some feed back from others and perhaps put a bug in the ear of the devs. I think we all enjoyed the after action reports we were getting early on. I also think that most of us play this and other games like it for the "role playing" or imagination aspect of the game. I work for a hospital information company that has a software application suited for physician charting. Essentially, as the physician checks off certian actions and options while while he or she talks with the patient and the program will create the charting narrative in the system based on his entries. I would absolutely love if this game or any other like it could take key actions and events during the game and create a narrative (with all of the sci-fi humor etc that we love to read in the game now) after action report that could be generated at the games end. This narrative could be in .txt or word or what ever and then saved. Then it could be uploaded to StarDock and shared with others. Let's be honest, what is better than playing the game other than sharing our victories and defeats with others...that's half the fun. BTW, I know people could probably go to the effort of manually creating such a report but most do not have the writing skills or the time to do so. I know this is very much pie in the sky stuff but game features greater and more involved than this had to start somewhere. Thought?
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ah come on guys...no comments on my absolutely stupendous idea?









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While it is a good idea, asking for this is like asking for an automatic best-seller book writing program based upon a few check points. This seems a little much to be asking from a game. Besides, even if it could generate the text to describe the situations, it would get very boring after the first few reports are posted and everyone starts to see the same text only rehashed in another form.

IMO, writing things should be left to the writers...
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Who is asking for a best seller? It would require more than just basing it offf of check points. Anyway I am not asking for it and stated it was pie in the sky BUT I think if anyone ever tried to implement this it would be cool...and I do not mean just this game. I have seen this done professionaly so I know it can be done. Besides, long ago when games first started, narratives were very much part of the gaming experience...they just were not created on the fly. Any hoo...back to gaming.
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So... its going to be similar to the civ3 endgame showcase?

it sounds like a gimmick - just like the combat viewer.

But, i like reading, so if you get this right i will probably enjoy reading about my exploits...

good luck
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sorry, wrong post. i followed your link GCFL....OOPs