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[Supreme Cmdr]

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Originally posted by XOR:
hey common man stop messing with my head

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LOL!!!

[Bandus]

ROFLMAO. Sounds to me like your coffee machine is working just fine SC. :-)

[Supreme Cmdr]

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Originally posted by Bandus:
ROFLMAO. Sounds to me like your coffee machine is working just fine SC. :-)

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heh, I had to give it a solid kick

[Banquet]

Those screenshots look amazing!

Can't wait for the release.. gonna need a fortnight off work!

Cometh the hour.. cometh the battlecruiser!

[Supreme Cmdr]

Well, the publisher's sale team, decided to send a new box art to EB, forgetting that this closely kept and highly controversial secret (since July actually) would leak before the official announcement (initially supposed to coincide with the demo due out in 2-3 weeks) was made.

Then today I get email telling me that despite PR's attempts at suppressing it (heh), GameSpot had gotten wind of it, done IP searches (e.g. www.universal-combat.com, www.universal-combat.net) and was going to post a news bit about it tonite. Thereby, in one fell swoop, catching a percieved scoop. All before even before Dreamcatcher's UC branded website (due to be finished next week I was told) was finished and ready to roll.

Go figure.

And no, I'm too pissed to take ANY questions at this time. You will see my official comments in the upcoming joint press release (which, as things stand, I won't be surprised if they released it tomorrow), interviews etc etc

What a pain. And I told them back in July that this would leak once the retailers (who are, funny enough, jumping for joy at the new action focus) were advised of the game's rebranding and new direction.

And in case you were wondering, the answer is

• yes, Dreamcatcher convinced me to re-brand the game. In the end it made sense because, as of BCM, the series stopped being about "a Battlecruiser" and "a pure space sim"
  
• yes, I was pissed about it then and I still have some reservations about it (given the history of the franchise etc), but I'm over it. I think.
  
• yes, I still own the IP (Intellectual Property), brand name etc etc. And if this pans out, the UC brand will be a new franchise, while Battlecruiser will continue on with Battlecruiser Online as was originally planned.
  
• yes, the game has been modified in a LOT of ways in order to cater to both the die-hard fans and the action crowd we're supposed to be attracting.
  
• And yes, while I still consider it to be a goddamn pain, I think that my re-design will appease both camps and keep Dreamcatcher from giving me grief about not wanting to maximize the sales potential of the game.
  
• yes, if you were wondering if this is why the game slipped from Q3 to Q4. And no, its not a major slippage because its mostly interface, gameplay and some innerworking revisions, coupled with some engine revisions.
  
• please suppress the urge to yell ...Derek you sellout b*tch! because nobody paid me to do it. And I specifically turned down the offered funding for the additional development resources. Opting instead to stick with my existing project budget. They'd better sell a ton of units.

[ 09-18-2003, 07:55 PM: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]

[Forever Light]

Good luck SC. Im sure things will turn out alright.

I for one am confident everything will be fine as long as the game itself is one that you would want to play and are satisfied in the end result. Names mean nothin as long as the game is what you want it to be.

[Most]

damn...at least your keeping us updated on the situation. the new screenshots were enough for me though. No questions...just a lot of crossing my fingers waiting for it to release. Sorry about the leakage.



drink something...u might feel better man.

[Epsilon 5]

"click here for all 1 screenshots"

LMAO

[Spindoktor]

I don't care if you call it "Barbie's excellent space adventure", I'm still game.

[Supreme Cmdr]

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Originally posted by Spindoktor:
I don't care if you call it "Barbie's excellent space adventure"

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LOL!! The thought never crossed my mind

[Forever Light]

Despite the name change or even various gameplay changes im sure it will be fine. This still is SC's game afterall and he always takes pride in all his products. The idea of change hasnt dampened my interest and if anything im curious as to what various modifications are being made.

[Marvin]

Just please, please don't let it be third-person (where's the Instant Graemlin that's saying a prayer?).

[Supreme Cmdr]

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Originally posted by Marvin:
Just please, please don't let it be third-person (where's the Instant Graemlin that's saying a prayer?).

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Don't worry, its nothing silly like that.