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Reply to A change in development strategy means a change for this Stardock fan in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

[quote who="Slash_N_Crash" reply="41" id="3526480"] This is a function of stream. Steam will put things on sale periodically as part of the business agreement. There have been a few times where I bought something and it went on sale (or a bigger sale) the next day. Steam says all sales final. Deems the breaks. I am sure there will be a large sale for Easter/spring break. Usually at least on in summer and one in winter. I would think Stardock was serious when they said last cha

Reply to A change in development strategy means a change for this Stardock fan in Galactic Civilizations III GalCiv3 Forums

I'm with the OP on this. I'd note that at the same time this is on sale on Steam, Stardock is still selling it on its own site for $49.99. I generally don't mind paying a little more to small developers, but enough is enough. From now on, I'm buying from Steam, on sale. I have more than enough games that I don't care about having things on release day.

Reply to A speech to encourage those that have lost hope in War of Magic. in War of Magic Stardock Forums

[quote who="OsirisDawn" reply="27" id="2921953"] Quoting id_est, reply 5 Elemental is an epic fail. That unique titel still belongs to MOO3, IMHO. [/quote] Battlecruiser 3000 AD

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Guest83" reply="252" id="2919336"] But it involves promotion space. I have read reports from indie developers, that their sales drop up to 95% when they aren't on the Steam store mainpage anymore. I guess the same is true for Impulse. If Gamestop decides to promote only AAA titles on the frontpage (or even sells the space to the highest bidder), indie developers will certainly get hurt. [/quote] That's an excellent point - the indie games

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="AlLanMandragoran" reply="241" id="2919234"]I think the main point here is this: do we all think Brad would screw over the team of people that helped build Impulse? I don't think so. It appears to me Brad is extremely loyal to his peeps and they are to him. I highly doubt Brad would have sold Impulse to a bunch of scavenging vultures - those people are his friends and have families. Just don't see it. [/quote] Define "screw over"? Looks like they&#39

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[quote who="Tridus" reply="201" id="2918460"] What if they'd sold it to Microsoft to merge into GFWL? Or Valve, to poach the users for Steam? It can always be worse. [/quote] Clearly "worse" is a subjective judgement. I'd pay $50 right now to have all my licenses transferred to Steam.

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="56" id="2916175"]At the rate they're locking threads today, I kind of wonder if anything with a pony in it will be locked next. [/quote] Mmm, mostly they've been trying to keep the discussion centralized in one or two threads. We did, however, learn that Brad doesn't know what "melodrama" means.

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="jwdR1" reply="49" id="2916107"]While I understand the reasoning and I'm hoping for the best, I think it's far more likely Gamestop will screw up Impulse rather than improve it. I haven't found that Gamestop has the same ethics or concern for their customers that Stardock has. [/quote] Considering that your account was sold to Gamestop, I think the "ethics or concern for their customers that Stardock has" was largely an illusion.

Reply to Gamestop buys Impulse in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Polynomial" reply="92" id="2916089"] First Demigod. Then Elemental. Now this. What happened to Stardock? Seriously? I honestly wish all my Impulse games were on Steam now. [/quote] You and me both and a bunch of other people.

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Firgof" reply="29" id="2915837"]@Brillig: "Separately: As part of the acquisition, did GameStop agree to support the Gamer's Bill of Rights? Or have we been completely sold out?" Brad: As for how GameStop will treat the Gamers Bill of Rights, I can’t really speak to. Generally speaking, GameStop has always seemed pretty progressive in their sales policies such as with their handling of game trade-ins and such. [/quote] Thanks, I

Reply to Gamestop buys Impulse in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="54" id="2915676"]Fistalis: Impulse isn't suddenly changing come May, and as I said you will continue to be able to download and update your purchases. I think you would benefit by waiting and not jump to conclusions. [/quote] Am I wrong? And here I thought Impulse just got a new set of corporate overlords. Unless Impulse bought Gamestop, I believe that what happens to Impulse now is out of your hands. If there a

Reply to Gamestop, Impulse and Stardock in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Wow. Guess it's time to give in and just install Steam. Separately: As part of the acquisition, did GameStop agree to support the Gamer's Bill of Rights? Or have we been completely sold out?

Reply to BioWare Employee Busted in Dragon Age 2 Review Scandal in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="1Tiberius1" reply="28" id="2906714"] So, instead of calling out the trolls on metacritic for being trolls you instead join in and further ruin any usefulness the site might have? Or in this case excuse, and perhaps support, further fraudulent behavior? [/quote] Calling out trolls on metacritic would only have an effect if a ) metacritic could identify the trolls and b ) metacritic gave a damn. There's no way they can do the former and no evid

Reply to Dragon Age 2 Tonight!!! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="TorinReborn" reply="130" id="2906342"]I only like two things in this game. 1. The skill&ability tree is much more nicer and better then DAO (especially having lots of tactics slots without needing to put points into a skill which was always so nonsensical to me in DAO to need to spend character points to improve a game/UI mechanic). I like how now you got all numbers explained and abilities make more sense as well as different classes having unique talent trees.&nbs

Reply to BioWare Employee Busted in Dragon Age 2 Review Scandal in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="1Tiberius1" reply="26" id="2906510"]I'm making a huge deal out of it??? I'm explaining the principle behind it. You're trying to deflect that into a 'no harm, no foul' argument. Take, as an example, students who cheat on class work and tests in high school. You can argue that they aren't causing any harm, but the principles behind what they are doing is most definitely morally objectionable. The same goes for plagiarism and the like. The Bioware

Reply to BioWare Employee Busted in Dragon Age 2 Review Scandal in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

No worse than the mouthbreathers who started an underground campaign to lowball the game, most of them before they even played or pirated it. In fact it's probably much better considering that you'd expect BioWare employees to have actually played the game. And they honestly could have high opinions of it. Remember what Frogboy thought of Elemental before launch?

Reply to Dragon Age 2 Tonight!!! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

My latest grump: No manual. $25 Prima guide. (Not that I'd buy it when the information is available online, but still....) Methinks the two are linked...

Reply to Dead Island - Ever been deeply disturbed by a video game trailer? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/02/dead-island-trailer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 Lol. Don't get too excited. Turns out that the trailer has very little to do with

Reply to Apple boss Steve Jobs takes 'medical leave' in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="40" id="2890214"] Brillig, it's the nature of the beast that anything that befalls a person of prominence will be 'news'. [/quote] Actually, it's the nature of the beast that anything that people will watch/read/click on will be 'news'. It wouldn't be 'news' if people excercised a little restraint. You must be the change you want to see in the world.

Reply to Interview land in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

You know, I see a title like this and I'm led to wonder... What kind of answers do land-tiles give in interviews?

Reply to Apple boss Steve Jobs takes 'medical leave' in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I personally don't care for Apple products and don't subscribe to the cult of Jobs. But what I find really disturbing is this stalkerish obsession with him. He's having health issues. Why can't everyone just leave him alone? Why are people trying to make his condition news? I saw an article about some newsidiots who photographed him leaving the hospital... JUST LEAVE THE MAN ALONE! Sheesh.

Reply to New Massive Malware Outbreak on Facebook in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I thought the massive malware outbreak happened when Facebook launched.

Reply to The natives may not be friendly in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

Both "ass hat" or "asshat" can be correct, the differentiation is in how tightly it's wedged. You're welcome for the visual :)

Reply to Last IPv4 Addresses Sold: What Now? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="17" id="2884005"]^ no reason to remember that address, or any other. Jafo pointed up the absurdity of those who said "We'll never need more than...". We always end up needing more. [/quote] No reason to remember that address? How do you troubleshoot when DNS is down? Anyway, what I'm pointing out is that "we'll always need more" is a fallacy. There is such a thing as enough.

Reply to Last IPv4 Addresses Sold: What Now? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="14" id="2883981"]We'll never need more than 640k ram ....[/quote] Tired canards aside, IPv6 is ridiculously overengineered. There is enough space in IPv6 to allocate 20 IP addresses to every molecule in every human being's body. In exchange for this, we're losing the ability for humans to use IP addresses at all. People can remember 192.168.21.17. People won't remember 4d8c:77ee:0034:128f:f000:3812:a9d3:34ee. There's a reason