Supreme Cmdr

So how did this go? Who won?

Yeah, VOL2 was awesome!! ....and I still haven't seen VOL1 in full yet. Too violent for my liking.

Dunno. And I can't speculate the outcome. Fact is, a LOT of smaller publishers are in trouble right about now and its the third-party devs who are going to suffer the outcome.

I'm not going to reveal Rober Coffey's (the reviews editor) email to me - for privacy reasons - but below is my first email and the second which was my reply to his response. He basically said that they stood by the review, that he didn't want to get into a "protracted argument" about it etc . What I found ludicrous was this excerpt; and I only mention it here to provide clarify to the reference to it in my reply below. "To have reviewed this game without acknowledging its history/origins we would have been as remiss as a movie reviewer who failed to address the other issues inherent in Farenheit 9/11 or Passion of the Christ (though obviously your work isn't that controversial or emotionally freighted so let's not go there--it's just a simile)." You can temporaritly find the scanned review over here quote: Hey Rob, just got to read the October issue of the mag in which Eric Wolpaw (!) reviewed the game. He spends the first part writing about non-game issues, thereby wasting valuable space in the review. He didn't even review *any* aspect of the game itself. And this, to me, read like an opinion ed. So much for pairing such a complex and intricate game with a credible reviewer. You get what you pay for I guess. Oh well; it could've been worse I suppose. cheers DS quote: Robert, I'm not sure where you got the idea that the email I sent was designed to be a "protracted argument". I thought my email was simple, direct, clear and to the point. Maybe not. So please, don't turn my email into something its not because I'm sure this is not the first time you are getting emails from a dev, publisher or reader in relation to a review. Further, it is just plain silly for you to compare the review of a media artform (e.g. Fahrenheit 9/11) to gaming as it relates to content, context and premise. My POINT (which you clearly missed) was that the gamer has no goddamn interest in whether the developer sleeps in the nude, rides the bus or eats chocolates for breakfast. Its not like the mag has all that space for such nonsense; or does it? There is a damn good reason why readers tend to trust a certain pedigree of reviewers - and mags - over others. And there is also a damn good reason why one magazine has a higher readership and credibility than another. By that very token, my games cater to a niche audience and thats why they continue to sell and I continue to develop them. Soooooo, the history has NOTHING to do with the quality, presentation or playability of my works. Erik Wolpaw is a drama queen (not unlike me, some would say - but I'm king, so there) and we have some sort of history back when OMM was actually funny and worth reading; hence the exclamation point in my previous email. The several references to "Dr. Derek Smart" was just one his several jabs based on a tired old tale that nobody gives a toss about; except maybe the stalker. And I'm not the first dev to sue a publisher either. It just so happens that other indie devs who are getting screwed seemingly on cue, don't have the resources to do it. And when they do, its not news. WHAT relevance does that have to the review of a game?!?!?! I get it, just because its Derek Smart, so it bears relevance? Thats just nonsense. Pure. Utter. Nonsense. And its the kind of crap that Eric lives for. The entire two paragraphs - of rubbish - at the beginning of the review, could have very well been allocated to discussing the [de]merits of the game. I mean, its not like it got a one star rating or such. Frankly, I don't give a toss about star ratings and they are pointless and purely subjective. As long as the review is well written and conveys a review to the reader, nothing else is relevant - especially the score. I didn't say anything about his writing abilities or lackof either. Giving him my game to review, is not only a conflict (?) of interest, but it would be like - to use your rather inappropriate example - having Michael Moore give George Bush a reference for his next job. My point being, given Eric and me the quintessential target, I can't blame the poor bastard for being unable to excercise restraint and just write the damn review about the game and not about Derek Smart. The review was rubbish. The score, as I've said, is irrelevant. I'll take a well written and honest review any day, over a shoddily written review. There wasn't a single GODDAMN paragraph that said ANYTHING constructive about THE GAME. Even the screen shot about a bitmap city, is nonsense. He is on the outskirts of the mzone and at an altitude at which the objects are not yet visible. And thats not a city. Its a base. Cities have different site textures. ...but I digress. Sure, I expect you to [stand] by your review and my email was not an intent to sway you from that. My email - the first ever to CGW about reviews of my games - was purely to express my dismay at having Eric - of all people - write a review of a Derek Smart game. For example, when Denny Atkin wrote an excellent review of the game for CGM and gave it a 3/5 star rating, I simply sent him emails discussing what to do better next time. Same goes with Andy Mahood who reviewed it for PC Gamer with a 75/100 score. You see, they "get it". Thats why I specifically asked you not to assign the game review to someone who wasn't competent enough to review the game, given its sim-like complexity. I am quite certain that had Jeff Lackey reviewed it as originally intended, even if the score were the same, it would have been a well written and objective review. Thats all I'm saying. But no, Erik Wolpaw it had to be. I'm sure that somehow, I was supposed to burst out laughing when I saw that; but for some reason, I was purely astonished and speechless. I don't want to get involved in any controversy about this; and thats why I cc'ed Jeff (whom I have the highest regard for) on my email because I know how third-party information tends to blur; especially where Derek Smart is concerned. So please take my email for what it was; nothing more and nothing less. cheers DS

No. There is NO guarantee that the station will have all the spare parts or that they will even give them to you. Read the manual.

Probably as part of the ucHTL distribution so that it has backward compatibility with UC and ucHTL.

OK, am all over it. It may be that this crept up because of the code change to allow the AE in the Commander career to switch to any asset other than his own. This is the only change related to this, that I made in the 2.00.12 patch.

The CGW review appears in the October issue on p82 and with a 2.5/5 star rating. You're NOT going to believe who reviewed it. None other than, drama queen, Eric Wolpaw of OMM fame. I had no idea that he had even started writing for CGW until I read this today. I sent email to Robert Coffey the CGW reviews editor expressing my surprise and indignation at the choice of reviewer. To the extent that I told him that, giving Erik a Derek Smart game to review, was like George Bush asking Michael Moore to give him a reference for his next job. Foolish. Just foolish. The review (which I will scan sometime tomorrow), says NOTHING about the game. I kid you not. He spends several paragraphs talking about the Derek Smart history and the rest of the review, well, I can't even describe it. You just have to read it for yourself when you come across it.

Cool!!! I'll check it out!! oh, welcome, lurker

quote: Originally posted by Takvah: and cheered when the one Pred, swung that Alien into the pillars of the temple. That was CLASSIC. Yeah, that was totally kick-ass. quote: This was not highbrow, this was not the graphic novels or even the video game. This was different and I didn't feel as if I had been cheated.Exactly. This movie apparently pre-dates the earlier movies and the games; so they had to make it different; and I like how they did it. quote: The male lead in this film was an assembly of Predators that were engaged in the hunt as a rite of passage.Yeah. And I liked how they were totally bad-ass. I did'nt like how the predators started killing the humans though. It didn't make sense, given the back story. quote: The only thing that blew in my opinion was the ending and I just thought it was weak from a perspective of feasibility and plot. If they can detect aliens within bodies by looking and scanning they obviously KNEW that their fallen comrade was infected.I too thought it was odd at first. Then it occured to me that with the site on Earth now wiped out, they now had an alien they could seed elsewhere. So they actually knew that he had an alien in him. Which means that if there is a sequel, it could start on the ship or at their destination. quote: ALSO what was ith that STRETCHER? They should have simply dragged the body of the fallen Predator onto the ship... I *snickered* when I saw them hussle him off on that stretcher.They did the same thing in Predator 2 I think. And again, that too ended with the predators leaving Danny Glover alone (not harming him, I mean). quote: Don't look for great insight into the lore of Aliens or Predator... all this movie is about is KICKING BUTT and fulfilling our wish of seeing our "What if?" scenario on the big screen. YEAH!!!! I'm going to go see it again before it ends its runs. ps: Who else thinks the predator's ship looks curiously like a Stormcarrier? EDIT: I think Rebecca Murray said it best IÔÇÖve seen the ÔÇ£AlienÔÇØ movies (liked the first and second, hated the third and fourth) and I liked the first ÔÇ£PredatorÔÇØ film. But I just didnÔÇÖt understand what got the geek boys all shivery when it came to any mention of ÔÇ£Alien vs. Predator.ÔÇØ I wasnÔÇÖt anxiously awaiting its release. IÔÇÖve never in my life launched into a lengthy discussion of why the ÔÇ£AvPÔÇØ action takes place in a pyramid hundreds of feet below Antarctica. And I really didnÔÇÖt care about any potential plot holes or storyline incongruities that may emerge in ÔÇ£AvP.ÔÇØ To me, itÔÇÖs just a movie. Stupid fanboys.

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Ignoring everything Scriv said, then go see the movie for what it is. A LOT of fun. I just saw it. Its a LOT of fun and making it PG13 doesn't ruin anything. Sure, its not the best movie you will see this Summer, but its certainly not the worst movie of all time. The scenes were believable and the hapless humans are portrayed as just that, hapless. Why? Because the damn movie is not about them. While I don't buy part of the story about the relationship between the early humans and the predators, it doesn't detract from the movie. Its a lot of fun; and yeah, most everyone in the theatre were cheering. I did'nt see any alien Kung-Fu. What Scriv said is total bollocks. The aliens are just very, very agile; as they've always been. I didn't see any human jumping across a 20' chasm. It was more like 6-8'. An average human; especially for Alexa who is a fit climber, can easily jump 3x their height laterally. ** SPOILER alert - Highlight the text to read it ** The last predator jumping across the chasm with Alexa, did in fact land ahead of her. And while she did drop; he didn't. Besides, he had an alien inside of him, he was injured and a bit banged up. Makes sense to me that he won't have leaped much farther than she did. The part where he makes her a spear and shield (from an alien's head), was well done. This smart predator figured that he was on his own; and if you buy the human/alien relationship in the story, you can see why it was an easy decision for him to help Alexa. Especially when in fact she made the first gesture of friendship, by giving him the only Plasmacaster available. 9/10

If you can reproduce it with a new game, I'll investigate it.

quote: Originally posted by Shingen: Will there be four servers still up or two or one or what? They are my four servers now (I have purchased them, in addition to several more for our MMO server cluster). DC was just paying part of the hosting fees for the four month period as a marketing expense (the same way they did for Painkiller - which flat out sucks on net play anyway and they're dropping those servers I am told, since net play is not popular for the game). I have checked the bandwidth usage and I will probably leave the three servers as is as long as the bandwidth does not exceed my current budget expenditure; since DC is no longer paying for the bandwidth ($1,000 per month) costs. At any rate, once ucHTL goes live, all those servers will be switched to that game, while the others will be running GCO. Both of these games will only be accessible via the battlecruiser.net frontend anyway.

I'm to go see it this afternoon; as long as I have a backup movie (e.g. Open Water) in case I'm really, truly mad at the end of AvP.

Welcome back!!

Now thats a responsible commander. Let us know how it goes!

Dunno anything about it. In fact, I have no idea what those codecs are.

Today is the day.

Welcome Stargazer!!! quote: Originally posted by Admiral Tigerclaw: QUICKLY! BEFORE THEY FIND YOU! REGISTER! REGISTER AND PUT A LINK TO THE REGISTRATION INFO IN YOUR SIGNATURE! THERE IS NO HOPE IF YOU DON'T! THEY ARE COMING! THEY ARE COMINNNNNNG!!!!! LMAO!!! All n00bs get a free day pass.

quote: Originally posted by garvoid: Can someone please direct me where I can get a dl of the tutorial pdf file? The link at the start of the thread does not work, and I can't find that file anywhere on the site ??? Thanks! garvoid The direct link to the tutorial is no longer available because the tutorial is part of the most recent patch. quote: Originally posted by KevinG: I'm trying to run through this tutorial and have hit a problem. Everytime that I try to ZOOM-MISSION ZONE-EMP/MIL-CENTRIS00[sBASE} the game crashes. I'm running V2.00.12. Any suggestions? Please do NOT post tech support issues in this thread or ANYWHERE else on the site (since these issues are already covered). The problem you are having has NOTHING to do with the tutorial. If you applied the patch incorrectly, you will have a problem.

Read this. Effective 08-15, no new fleet member applications will be accepted until further notice. So, if you are not in a fleet by then, you won't have access to mp servers. FLs, please do NOT approve ANY new fleet members after this date. On this date, the server passwords will be changed and only made available to FLs for distribution to their members via the bulletins section in the fleet dB.

Read this. Effective 08-15, no new fleet member applications will be accepted until further notice. So, if you are not in a fleet by then, you won't have access to mp servers.

NOTICE: On 08-15-04, the mp servers will go dark and will no longer be accessible to the public. The four month free period funded by Dreamcatcher from April 1st to July 31st, has now elapsed. Public servers are a marketing expense funded by the publisher for a certain period of time, not the developer. So, we're not paying for it. If you have any questions, please contact Dreamcatcher. EDIT: After 08-15-04, the mp servers will only be accessible by current fleet members. [ 08-12-2004, 11:32 AM: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]