So the Marshall doesn't mind your screaming. That's great. But I didn't miss your boat, I think your boat is the wrong one. If you think matrix needs to enlist the public to find simple operations bugs (such as the suspected incorrect order of showing troop strengths before picking your chits), they're in way more trouble than any of us can imagine.
Screenshots are nice, but I could make you some screenshots of the game that would make the Guard turn tail and run! What will matter most is how the game plays, and we won't know that until someone reviews the game or we fork over our hard earned greenbacks (and brownbacks, and redbacks, etc...). Bugs? Oh, there will be bugs. But it's going to be up to the qa department (and if you're hiring, look me up) and the beta testers to make sure they've created a playable computer version.
You seem to be advocating what some in the computer gaming industry have been doing for years -which is putting out games that are riddled with bugs and errors.
I'm not advocating anything. It's just a fact of life. I haven't met a developer who can spell let alone type flawlessly. And the more complex a program is, the harder it is to figure out what will affect what. As the Marshall pointed out;
We cannot continue to modify elements in this horrible never-ending loop of change-test-fix, change-test-fix, change-test-fix
No sense in arguing your TONE, but you've got TONE! And I felt the urge to step in for my fellow software testers.
denisonh
Yea, yea, you need the cheez-wiz for some folks, but a good game, with PBEM and a EASY TO USE interface are more critical than if the Ottoman Vizier has the right kind of beard or Infantry units lookin EXACTLY like the EiA counters.
What the counters are doesn't matter to me. I'll adapt. I'm funny that way. Just so long as it's a nice smooth piece of work. That's all I ask for.
But more screenshots? What more can they show? Diplomacy? Economics? Builds? [font="Tahoma"]No more screenshots![/font] I want a DEMO!!!!! (just kidding. I can wait.)
