Hmmm, my original email account was hacked and lost. How do I change it to a different email?

AHAHAHAHAHA.... so what is this, now!??!

I just got the email.

I truly hope that Stardock delivers what it set out to with Elemental:WoM. It was very generous to offer Elemental:FE free of charge to those who trusted enough and wished to desire new voices in the game industry to buy WoM relatively early in its beta.

I'm not lying when I say this: I had concerns with WoM from the start. Why? Because simply there wasn't anything equivalent to a clear rubric to demarcate the vision the designers had in mind for the final game.

What was the result? Unfocused, ad-hoc development. Features that were added because maybe "they seemed cool" but derailed other aspects of the game or stuck out like a pimple, unable to incorporate into the structure of the game as a whole.

Demigod was designed in much the same way. The final product turned out to be alright, certainly not as great as was advertised, but still that was fortunate. I suppose in some ways its style of game was more forgiving of unfocused development than 4X style game Elemental was panning out to be.

So, my LOUD, RESOUNDING ADVICE TO STARDOCK, IN BOLDED CAPS:

KEEP DESIGN FOCUSED TO A PARTICULAR VISION. ALL THE GAME'S DESIRED FEATURES SHOULD BE DELIBERATELY CHOSEN FROM THE START AND INCORPORATED IN AN OVERALL, FRAMEWORK DESIGNED FROM THE BEGINNING, ONE THAT MAGNIFIES EACH FEATURE'S POTENTIAL AND MAKES THE WHOLE DIRECTED TOWARDS A PARTICULAR GOAL, MUCH STRONGER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS.

WHY WAS DEMIGOD ONLY OK? WHY DID ELEMENTAL:WAR OF MAGIC FAIL?

BECAUSE BOTH GAMES WERE DESIGNED WITH AN AD-HOC PRINCIPLE THAT ONLY CONSIDERED HOW FEATURES WERE TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND THE UI AFTER THE FACT WHEN IT WAS TOO LATE

ALSO MAKE SURE USER INTERFACE CONSIDERATIONS COME FIRST, NOT LAST!!!!! THAT'S WHY TRUE GENERALS FAILED IN DG!!! THAT'S WHY ELEMENTAL:WOM WAS A MESS!!!!!

Thank you, and I sincerely look forward to your FUTURE SUCCESS IN ELEMENTAL:FE.

ok so my stardock account shows my pre-order purchase at PAX in 2009, no email. Checked my stardock downloads page, doesn't show anything.

Thanks, woot!

Hmmm... sometimes an ad-hoc can be a refreshing approach and can develop into very unique designs (see most indie games). The problem is when there is a first time engine without enough background in designing a particular type of game (going from space to ground environments).

A company like EA would be a great example of planning everything out ahead of time and not really doing much else.

I just checked details. I payed $50 bucks. wow, what a ripoff

What a day of expectation that was And what a let down the release was..

And now they have gotten our panties in a twist again...

Downloading the installer at full speed.

Let's hope this goes better than EWOM...

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T'was the old game

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Are you sure you're not redownloading wom? No FE on my download page yet. I am eager to see it.

I gots E-Mail . Where me game? Bizzaro wants play game!!!

er...wait a minute, been watching too many cartoons, my bad. I did get the E-Mail though

Well I expect the game to fail at a lot of things. Mu curiosity is how much better it is compared to the first.

So I got mine on the 28th of August, but it still says [pre-order] in the invoice, so I should be getting an e-mail today? Do I need to e-mail stardock or something? Is there a cutoff date for what pre-orders count?

Wow, must say I love Stardock Central. So practical and straight forward. Thumbs up. Can't wait for the download to arrive!

(Damn, it's hard to live in Norway when Stardock follow eastern US time...... still 3.5 h to go I guess.....)

Thank you Skittles.