The Countdown begins!

[BlindOldUmp]

ORIGINAL: EXRANPO

Folks,

Any truth in the rumour that there may (just may) be a (slight) delay in publishing the game because it all has to be written and the manuals reprinted to reflect a name change from HCCE 2005 to HCCE 2007 maybe 2008?

Just jokes - nice to everyone retaining their sense of humour.

Back in my time in the RAN it would have been a case of all leave would be stopped until the game was finished and morale improved...... the old RAN ethos - if the Navy had of wanted you to have a wife and family they would have ISSUED you with a wife and family..............

Roger over under and out

Rod

Jokes ??? Do we know any jokes - I thought we were all humorless automatons around here. I did hear a couple of rumours though: Name is supposed to be "HC3 - 2010 and Beyond! " The other rumor I heard though was that they were changing the picture on the front cover to reflect the new realities:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library ... carpet.htm - Whoops - wrong picture - that's supposed to be king George II in front - sorry

Anyway - On the North Coast that saying is "The Beatings will CONTINUE until morale improves". but I'm sure it's more fun down there running around all kittywampus [8|]

[EXRANPO]

Skip,

I did think to use the "beatings" thing (we do know the saying down here) but on reflection decided that we are talking about game programmers here and they would probably enjoy a good beating rahter than it being a deterent or an incentive to push to finish the game for release.........

I guess one of things that concerns me with the deafening silence from Matrix is the ghost of games past - eg Harpoon 4 - sorta all fell over......

I do feel sorry for the guys that put the game together..........

Cheers and beers,

Rod

[ibeam81]

From the Matrix Newsletter that came out yesterday:
 
We've got some pretty rad titles lined up for October. Right now, we're tentatively planning on releasing Harpoon: Commander's Edition, John Tiller's Battleground Civil War, and John Tiller's Battlegrounds of the Napoleonic Wars in the coming weeks.

[NefariousKoel]

I'm gonna have to rob a bank.

[BlindOldUmp]

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

I'm gonna have to rob a bank.

[:-][:-] Now Now Now...... You've had plenty of warning. [8|] You should have been able to save the necessary from pennies picked up off the street! [:D]

[NefariousKoel]

ORIGINAL: Skip_Reed

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

I'm gonna have to rob a bank.

[:-][:-] Now Now Now...... You've had plenty of warning. [8|] You should have been able to save the necessary from pennies picked up off the street! [:D]

The pennies that the old lady dropped when I hit her in the head and took her purse![;)]

[Bungle]

 
One hundred thousand two hundred and thirty three green bottles sitting on the wall, one hundred thousand two hundred and thirty three thousand green bottles on the wall and if one green bottle should accidently fall...............
 
 
 
         what?

[EXRANPO]

Bungle

Do I pick up just a little bit of a cynical outlook there?

Or maybe I am just gettin old.......

Rod

[BlindOldUmp]

Rod - How could you think that - [&:] Old - .... ????? [&:] What - are you over 4500 ???? Still not as old as Lazarus Long I bet, much less Mo [;)] (OT Reference)
He's only slightly impatient now that Fall is here and the Christmas Shopping season is upon us ... [X(]

[>:]

[Bungle]

ORIGINAL: EXRANPO
Do I pick up just a little bit of a cynical outlook there?

Or maybe I am just gettin old.......

Never too old Rod, never too old. Just sing along and it will be here soon enough!

The Bungle is never cynical, pragmatist is all! Cynicism is for the week of database and paltry of scenario.....[8D]

Besides I got a shite load of tiddle your winks riding on a november release date so take your time boys, take your time, gotta get it right now you hear

muahahahaaa millions of tiddle the winks and their all mine [:D] I can almost see their gleaming plasticky goodness

[BlindOldUmp]

Is it Monday yet ???

[BlindOldUmp]

One hundred thousand one hundred and thirty three green bottles sitting on the wall, one hundred thousand one hundred and thirty three thousand green bottles on the wall and if one green bottle should accidently fall...............

after all - It IS Monday ........

[mack2]

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

ORIGINAL: Skip_Reed

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

I'm gonna have to rob a bank.

[:-][:-] Now Now Now...... You've had plenty of warning. [8|] You should have been able to save the necessary from pennies picked up off the street! [:D]

The pennies that the old lady dropped when I hit her in the head and took her purse![;)]

I'm paying for it by recylcing aluminium cans. 5c a can.

[dyoox01]

We're now in October. Any official date for the release? I've been eagerly waiting since June

[Bungle]

ORIGINAL: mack2

I'm paying for it by recylcing aluminium cans. 5c a can.

5c a can....... hmmm that narrows things down[8|]

Did you empty the cans yourself? Westend Draught or coke of the cola type (symbol of free west, nyet?) [;)]

'one hundred thousand and twenty two green bottles sitting on the wall..........'

[tblersch]

Same official release data we've been getting since June: "Soon".


Still better schedule management than my client, who three months ago scheduled a Sept 30 release of an application and announced last Friday that the application was released, prompting me to ask then "Were you planning to write it any time soon?" I LOVE government contracting.

[mack2]

Game be out for Christmas?

[Divefreak]

ORIGINAL: mack2

Game be out for Christmas?

Definitly.[8|]

It will be X-mass for us when the game gets published..... [8D][:D]

[EXRANPO]

Folks,

Think i've said it before - no one at Matrix is listening - and even if they are they are certainly not responding to anyone's request for a release date - it would appear that they will get to it when they get to it and until then are happy to bury their heads in the sand and pretend we don't exist - what a great way to treat customers!

Or maybe we will get another load of c**p about delays in printing of manuals etc that are beyond their control.

Methinks I will return to watching my new copy of the Battle of River Plate - an oldie but a goodie with real warships with real guns......

over and out

Rod

[Bungle]

Ahhhhh love is a warm cruiser v cruiser dvd eh? a handful of cl's and the odd ca.....

I agree it would do well for agsi to at least pay lip service to the forum, speaking purely from a busy nest point of view?

Then again, when you can count on a somewhat captive market the niceties of service are allowed (unfortunately) to slide, not a criticism nor defense just an observation. Its a bit of an art, being the company mouthpiece, you control very little and are expected to deliver answers to all and sundry. Still it would be nice to have a bit of berley tossed our way ocassionally, you know "feed the chooks". (chooks exranpo, proverbial "works and spanner" terminology for non oz's)


Personally I haved aimed low and expect to score a kill on the timing front [;)] ........call it a deja vu thing............. [:D]

one hundred thousand green bottles sitting on the wall and if one green bottle ................