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ORIGINAL: m10bob

I cannot think of a single courier service which has not screwed me in some way.

ORIGINAL: IronWarrior

ORIGINAL: undercovergeek


why?

and why?

if you dont mind me asking

1) His sig and avatar are references to Stephen Colbert, a political satirist. Although it appears that political satire and sarcasm do not translate well overseas as T seems an unlikely Colbert fan (IMO). [:D]

2) I don't support sweatshops and am against Globalization. I'm sure that's as far as I can go into the subject on here unfortunately.

ORIGINAL: undercovergeek

good lord im woefully uneductaed - the back of Terminus's head is satirical?

and thanks for replying - im a digital download fan but thats because im impatient not because im anti sweatshop but as you say lets stop right there!

ORIGINAL: undercovergeek

ORIGINAL: IronWarrior

ORIGINAL: undercovergeek


why?

and why?

if you dont mind me asking

1) His sig and avatar are references to Stephen Colbert, a political satirist. Although it appears that political satire and sarcasm do not translate well overseas as T seems an unlikely Colbert fan (IMO). [:D]

2) I don't support sweatshops and am against Globalization. I'm sure that's as far as I can go into the subject on here unfortunately.

good lord im woefully uneductaed - the back of Terminus's head is satirical?

and thanks for replying - im a digital download fan but thats because im impatient not because im anti sweatshop but as you say lets stop right there!

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: undercovergeek

ORIGINAL: IronWarrior



1) His sig and avatar are references to Stephen Colbert, a political satirist. Although it appears that political satire and sarcasm do not translate well overseas as T seems an unlikely Colbert fan (IMO). [:D]

2) I don't support sweatshops and am against Globalization. I'm sure that's as far as I can go into the subject on here unfortunately.

good lord im woefully uneductaed - the back of Terminus's head is satirical?

and thanks for replying - im a digital download fan but thats because im impatient not because im anti sweatshop but as you say lets stop right there!

Let's see how wrong that other poster was. The back of my head, including the cartoon eyes, has nothing to do with my sig, which I chose because I thought it was funny when he said it.

Oh, and why would I need to have political satire "translated"? [8|] I'm just ever so slightly better than averagely well informed on US and world events.

There's nothing political about any of it, and you CAN'T TALK ABOUT POLITICS ON THIS FORUM. THE END.

ORIGINAL: byron13

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Look, I posted just a couple of weeks ago saying we were probably looking at a July release based on the timeline of the printed manuals. For the last two months there has been constant AAR activity from the test team here as well as about a quarter of the manual being posted as a free preview. This to you constitutes "zero to no buzz"? Wow.

I also gave a very narrow ballpark for the price (less than WITP but not by much). I also said that delays at this point would be weeks or days, not months.

When we're prepared to post a release date and final pricing, we will. All I will say now is that a July release is the date we are aiming for and we are currently working with the AE team on a release candidate. The manuals are on the boat and depending on when they arrive in our warehouses (which we'll know more about as time goes on) will allow us to know when the release date will be exactly (yes, we don't know for certain yet either).

The only way that we would miss July is if Customs decided for some reason to sit on the manuals for a few weeks. Nothing in the actual game development/release candidate/gold master process looks like it is going to need more time than that.

Oh and for the record, there are no "corporate types" at Matrix, at least in the way people usually intend that particular phrase to be taken as something other than a compliment. We are all wargamers and heavily engaged in the games we publish.

Regards,

- Erik

<grins at Erik's apparent naivete>

Erik, Erik. You've got it all wrong. Give us more credit. We're just . . . . negotiating. Kinda like the Iranians and the North Koreans. We whine enough and you give us something. Now, I shouldn't be giving our secrets away, but here's how it works:

Tomorrow someone designated by the collective will start a thread questioning whether the game really exists. Others that understand the process jump in with similar concerns and rumors of rumors (for the Commonwealth folk: rumours of rumours). Then somebody says, "If we could see the rest of the manual posted, THEN I would believe it isn't vaporware!" And to shut everyone up, Erik posts the rest of the manual. Simple.

Now it doesn't have to work this way. We can do the whole pointless build-up as called for in the script, or we can just cut to the chase and you can post the entire manual. But, of course, you can't give us everything we've asked for, so you'll agree to meet us halfway and post another, say, quarter of the manual. And with the July 4th weekend coming up (that is a worldwide holiday, isn't it?) you'll be a hero posting it beforehand so we'll have an excuse to not go to the in-laws' bbq.

It's inevitable. Don't fight it. Just post it. And don't take us too seriously.

And for the English: you can have us back if you'll agree to take on our national debt. I'm ready to be a member of the Commonwealth; it sounds so . . . friendly. Being the Great Satan is getting old. But only if we can keep football. Real football. You know: American football. And you agree to call the other game soccer.

ORIGINAL: TheOx

We're gettign off-topic! Wheres the game?!

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

Going as fast as we can guys not delayign deliberately

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Actually, you might as well hear it now. AE IS finished, but we've decided to delay releasing it until the autumn. Sometime in late October, early November probably. Nobody really wants to play it over the summer anyway...

I've taken up croquet and Warhammer Online in the meantime...


Why not wait till Christmas? We can wait......[:D]
























[:'(]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Actually, you might as well hear it now. AE IS finished, but we've decided to delay releasing it until the autumn. Sometime in late October, early November probably. Nobody really wants to play it over the summer anyway...

I've taken up croquet and Warhammer Online in the meantime...

ORIGINAL: Lützow

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Actually, you might as well hear it now. AE IS finished, but we've decided to delay releasing it until the autumn. Sometime in late October, early November probably. Nobody really wants to play it over the summer anyway...

I've taken up croquet and Warhammer Online in the meantime...

I knew it. It was all part of an evil complot in order to keep WitP AE in sole possession of beta testers, so noone ever get to play it. And I'm pretty sure the story about manuals coming from China is a fairy tale as well. [:(]

ORIGINAL: Lützow

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Actually, you might as well hear it now. AE IS finished, but we've decided to delay releasing it until the autumn. Sometime in late October, early November probably. Nobody really wants to play it over the summer anyway...

I've taken up croquet and Warhammer Online in the meantime...

I knew it. It was all part of an evil complot in order to keep WitP AE in sole possession of beta testers, so noone ever get to play it. And I'm pretty sure the story about manuals coming from China is a fairy tale as well. [:(]

ORIGINAL: stuman

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

Going as fast as we can guys not delayign deliberately

We know ( at least the vast majority do. ) Heck, I am amazed that we have such a large and talented group working for as long and hard as they are FOR FREE on a game I am enjoying.

And since I still do not know how to play stock well, I do not even care that much when AE comes out. ( oops, maybe I should not have mentioned that ).