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Thread: Starcraft Sweden Political Tournament19 Jun 2014, 20:06 PM The negative connotation of the word "pirate" is not in line with the historical business of priveteering, where acts of piracy are performed through authorization of a given government by means of a letter of marque, somewhat comparable to all those current private mercenaries operating in Iraq and Afghanistan under a legal U.S. mandate. Whether the founders of these political parties are aware of this and/or use the current controversy of the word "pirate" to their advantage, I do not know. In: Scrap Yard
Thread: Starcraft Sweden Political Tournament19 Jun 2014, 18:51 PM Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2014, 17:12 PMDanielD It is perfectly conceivable that, in the future, a true once-in-a-generation creative mind ends up at a video game studio and creates a game that changes the way people think. Games like Black and White arguably have done it to some extent in a small percentage of people. Video games are a unique medium in that the player shapes his or her own experience; this may make video games ultimately more influential on people's lives than any other form of art. And while we're talking about other forms of art, let's not forget that a lot of video games have original scores. Most of them are not that great yet, but as less and less people care about the Opera, the new composers will have to go somewhere else, and why not Relic? The notion that one form of art is superior to another is elitist nonsense. Let's not forget that the contribution of video games on the "collective of people's lives" is mainly negative. In this particular example, these politicians link themselves to Starcraft, which might be a good tool to increase their share of potential voters amongst young people that are allowed to vote, but does not go well with solving the various issues surrounding video games. However, imagine these politicians would link themselves to the most popular game in Sweden: CS:GO. A politician cannot uphold his/hers integrity while promoting a violent video game and take a strong stand on the current situation in the Middle-East. There are political parties (Piratpartiet in Sweden, Piratenpartij in The Netherlands) where one of the main political goals is to increase the rights of the average internet user. This is a much better way to combine video games and politics. In: Scrap Yard
Thread: One week from release and still no official okw gameplay19 Jun 2014, 18:17 PM Jump back to quoted post19 Jun 2014, 15:53 PMInverse You don't look too confident in your product as a developer if you're trying so hard to stifle discussion and downplay software issues (through the NDA and alpha naming respectively) so close to your launch date. This is true, as Relic has valid reasons not to be confident about the upcomming expansion, given the similarities to the previous (failed) expansion. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: 'Random Army' Button19 Jun 2014, 18:04 PM Jump back to quoted post18 Jun 2014, 07:07 AMMarcoRossolini Huh? I just want an interesting game, whatever the side. And the percentage of people queuing isn't everything either, nor do I want to be forced to change every five seconds... Random factions makes perfect sense as long as there is more than one faction. Given the way the search system works, you are going to have to stop-start the search every other minute if you want an interesting game. Switching faction is a 1-click action. In: Lobby
Thread: 'Random Army' Button17 Jun 2014, 10:24 AM Jump back to quoted post16 Jun 2014, 13:21 PMMarcoRossolini Never understood why it hasn't been in there from the start. I'd happily play Germans all day, but given a choice I'd rather go Soviets because I can get a match easier... It hasn't been in there from the start, because it makes little sense with just two factions. If you are searching Ostheer and the Ostheer search percentage is over 50%, you can simply switch factions, and vice versa. In: Lobby
Thread: CELO - Company of ELO13 Jun 2014, 18:14 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Jun 2014, 18:09 PMNeffarion if replay is being recorded I doubt anybody has turned this off in their game options, so I still do not get what this CELO adds to the current tools at my disposal. In: Modding and Tools
Thread: CELO - Company of ELO13 Jun 2014, 18:10 PM Are you implying that it is a possibility I cannot save the game after it is finished? In: Modding and Tools
Thread: CELO - Company of ELO13 Jun 2014, 18:05 PM By watching the loading screen I can gather: -Faction -Steam Nickname By minimizing and checking Recent Games on Steam I can gather: -Steam ID -Ranking (Ladder) What 'other data" does it provide that I cannot gather now? In: Modding and Tools
Thread: Relic - Please lift the NDA11 Jun 2014, 19:39 PM Jump back to quoted post11 Jun 2014, 19:27 PMDucati I can't draw any conclusion from an absence of information. I can not say if more information would persuade me to pre-order. My decision would be based on the content of the game and whether I find value there. The benefits of sharing more information; are you asking from my perspective or Relics? I can't answer the last question without making a bunch of assumptions. Given the NDA, my second attempt . If a used car salesman would try and sell you a bad car, would he share every piece of information regarding that particular car? Would you still buy the car after you were able to assess the poor quality of the car? Would it benefit the used car salesman to share all information? Would a less informed buyer be more likely to buy the car in comparison to a fully informed buyer? In: Lobby
Thread: How many people on this site came from Gamereplays.org?11 Jun 2014, 19:25 PM Only just noticed this. I wonder who stole his nickname . In: Scrap Yard