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ORIGINAL: Greyshaft

Chill out dudes... Have you checked out how long it took Michelangelo to do the Sistine Chapel?

I loooooove WiF but my personal happiness doesn't hang on whether we get this game before 2020.

If you think you can do a better job then feel free to step up to the plate and have a go.

Hehe, funny you should mention Michelangelo. As I recall, he had an idiot Pope who came around every few weeks, whining "Is it done, yet?" Never mind that the artist was working 80+ hours a week, and the Pope wasn't. He still felt entitled to complain about it.

Of course the Pope was actually funding the project, which can't even be said about some around here regarding MWIF...

ORIGINAL: Ubercat

ORIGINAL: Greyshaft

Chill out dudes... Have you checked out how long it took Michelangelo to do the Sistine Chapel?

I loooooove WiF but my personal happiness doesn't hang on whether we get this game before 2020.

If you think you can do a better job then feel free to step up to the plate and have a go.

Hehe, funny you should mention Michelangelo. As I recall, he had an idiot Pope who came around every few weeks, whining "Is it done, yet?" Never mind that the artist was working 80+ hours a week, and the Pope wasn't. He still felt entitled to complain about it.

Of course the Pope was actually funding the project, which can't even be said about some around here regarding MWIF...

There is Parkinsons law to consider which is a pessimistic view that the work remaining on a project will shrink or expand to fit the time available.

In this case, since there is a theoretical unlimited time available, it will never end but a great deal of work will be performed. [X(]

I think he was shot by dissidents.

ORIGINAL: David Heath

Hi Guys

Look Steven is running the show and I feel has more then kept everyone in the loop. If you are unhappy with how long its taken that is fine and I can understand it. The bottom line is its done when its done.

David

oy vey David I am trying hard to be a clam but you Matrix guys make it hard for me not to comment but I will bite my tongue for another 6 months[:-]

Bo

ORIGINAL: vonRocko

ORIGINAL: Joseignacio

ORIGINAL: CrusssDaddy

Hahaha, outstanding thread! Ah, the glory days of five years ago when the Matrix guys last bothered to post. Nothing from them since then, a void that speaks volumes about their interest in the project. Yet the same, silly old daft codgers leap to their defense...

No, definitely, you are NOT a Troll.

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Fanbois of a computer game that doesn't even exist yet. With 24 posts in 6 yrs.,CrussDaddy is the King of Trolls![:D]

Fanbois. Where??? Here everybody has a wide scope that allows any input to be made, except for those by people whose only posts are simply to bash Steven and insult those who want a game with an AI.

If that is to be a fanboi in your opinion, you should visit some other games forums...

ORIGINAL: BallyJ

I am 63 so 2020 is a tad far of from my point of view.
LOL[;)]

I am older than you but I started looking for a nursing home that has internet when the last due date was put on hold [:D]

Bo

7 years?[&o]

So what? To me it looks like that someone with Matrix made a small error by buing this. Trying to make things right, they stumbled across one madman (sorry Steve...) who is trying to make things work. According to the things I'm seeing here, that madman (together with a lot of other crazy persons here) is making progress to make WiF work on a computerscreen.
IMHO there are two wargames which really stand out in the world of boardgaming. One is (advanced) Squad Leader. The other is WiF. The first I play regularly, since you can compleet a scenario in one or two days. The other is gathering dust in the attic, since I have a wife, kid and cats roaming around in my house and no space to place the boards for a longer periode of time...
In a year time you say "8 years". It may even become nine or ten. If that is what it takes, then we have to be patient (even if I'm not...).
I've always believed that is was impossible to make one of those games to work on a computer. It looks like the impossible is going to be possible.

ORIGINAL: Centuur

IMHO there are two wargames which really stand out in the world of boardgaming. One is (advanced) Squad Leader. The other is WiF. The first I play regularly, since you can compleet a scenario in one or two days. The other is gathering dust in the attic, since I have a wife, kid and cats roaming around in my house and no space to place the boards for a longer periode of time...

Mate,
I'm currently playing 4 games of wif (well 3 games of wif and one of patif) with not a single board setup in my house (bugging the dogs/wife/kids/etc). A cpl of years ago I discovered the joys of PBEM WiF using Cyberboard (feel free to try Vassal as well) and haven't looked back. I play the turns at my leisure, and get plenty of WiFness just about every day. Seriously you should look into it!

Civil War by Victory Games is excellent as well.

I wonder...is the original poster from 2004 Samsonite still around, or did he pack it in?

ORIGINAL: J P Falcon

I wonder...is the original poster from 2004 Samsonite still around, or did he pack it in?

See post #147. He showed up for his annual query about two weeks ago. [:)]

Just finished a ftf wif that took 5 months to play.  PBEM might be ok, but it may allow too many games to be going on in my head at one time. [:)]

ORIGINAL: 38special

Just finished a ftf wif that took 5 months to play.  PBEM might be ok, but it may allow too many games to be going on in my head at one time. [:)]

I know someone who was playing 4 Wif campaigns at a time with PBeM and Vassal. [:)]

ORIGINAL: micheljq

ORIGINAL: 38special

Just finished a ftf wif that took 5 months to play.  PBEM might be ok, but it may allow too many games to be going on in my head at one time. [:)]

I know someone who was playing 4 Wif campaigns at a time with PBeM and Vassal. [:)]

4? snort. You don't get your gold frequent flier card until your running 6 at once.. The beauty of PBEM.

ORIGINAL: HansHafen

Civil War by Victory Games is excellent as well.

I used to have a copy of this and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a few hundred miles away at a friends house now. We played one epic campaign with the random leader set-up; Stonewall Jackson showed up in Missouri in place of the forgettable Rebel generals over that way and proceeded to drive on Chicago early in the war.

Anyhow, I don't understand this post. Does the game make for a good CyberBoard game, or is there a computerized version out there to play somewhere?

I wonder what version of Windows we will be using when this game is released (if it's released).

ORIGINAL: MikeS369

I wonder what version of Windows we will be using when this game is released (if it's released).

You think Microsoft will still be in existence by that time, and that Windows will still be in use?

[:D][:D][:D]

Phil

ORIGINAL: aspqrz

ORIGINAL: MikeS369

I wonder what version of Windows we will be using when this game is released (if it's released).

You think Microsoft will still be in existence by that time, and that Windows will still be in use?

[:D][:D][:D]

Phil

I think it's safe to say (without violating the Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed) that we'll have this out on the shelves long before a neural jack (located behind the ear) is the standard computer interface used by the majority of the populace. [;)]

There is a Civil War computer game out there. I actually think I have it here somewhere but I have never played it. I have only ever seen one listed on Ebay. I bought it. Let me know if you are interested in it. I'm not using it as I have some local guys who like to play the boardgame version. woohoo!

ORIGINAL: brian brian

ORIGINAL: HansHafen

Civil War by Victory Games is excellent as well.

I used to have a copy of this and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a few hundred miles away at a friends house now. We played one epic campaign with the random leader set-up; Stonewall Jackson showed up in Missouri in place of the forgettable Rebel generals over that way and proceeded to drive on Chicago early in the war.

Anyhow, I don't understand this post. Does the game make for a good CyberBoard game, or is there a computerized version out there to play somewhere?