That was the address I sent my request to. I don't mind not having been selected for the beta testing, it was being kept waiting in suspense all this time without a response that was bothersome.

Eva,
I'm glad to see that you're back[:)] Your mod is just too cool for words -- I WANT THIS!!! Make it happen and I will name my first child after you, even if it's a boy[:D]

I hope the beta is not in progress as I took the time to volunteer my services when our help was asked, it would be pretty damned rude not to have gotten at least the courtesy of a "thanks, but no thanks" reply to my original e-mail.

Looks like the new art is definitely worth the wait! Way better than the cartoonish looking old stuff.

Getting rid of that irritating alarm noise is probably the main reason I originally checked out this modding forum. It's hard to believe that its never been officially replaced.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Is Birth of Rome an expansion or a new game? - It isn't clear on the product page, as it never mentions having the original game... <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/>
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It's not a DLC if that's what you mean. Birth of Rome does not require ownership of Alea Jacta Est as it ...

<== That's what my girlfriend is doing in hopes that I don't get selected.

"Just give me twenty more minutes and then I'll turn the game off... I really mean it this time."

<t> I think a lot of the reputation part of the game needs to be reworked as it doesn't really make much sense. It seems like you can get away with a lot of insanely capricious behavior just so long as you use the legal fig leaf of declaring war first as a precaution. If I were President and decided ...

Depends...
Ruins & abandoned ships: I always check these out right away.
Abandoned bases where there might be space creatures close by: make note of the location & send in a warship or two to check out later.

<t> Eva,<br/>
I love what you did with the Space Creatures! I usually play DW with space creatures set to "Few" or "None" as I find it totally bogus that my ultra high tech space fleets could be getting destroyed by stuff that looks like a jellyfish, a lobster or a cotton ball. Your mod looks ...

<r> Martian,<br/>
This is such an <B><s>[b]</s>awesome<e>[/b]</e></B> mod[&o][&o][&o] <br/>
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I really like the new icons and those landscapes & improved planets are absolutely brilliant! I hope you’ll forget all the henpecking that has been going on here and return someday as this game was ...

Can long-time lurkers who have been in the shadows here join? If so, count me in.