After all of the discussion over the failure of Demigod and this company's inability to deal effectively with its never-ending cycles of problems and failed fixes, the fate of Elemental was emminently predictable. Too bad, I remember having some high hopes for it. There's a strong temptation to say "I told you so", but nobody's listening anyway. Next.
I've looked through all the options I'm aware of and haven't found one of those little anchor points to pull. Possible to do, or am I stuck with truncated game names (which is a minor problem with expansions, but mostly just irritating to my obsessive compulsive side). [e digicons]B)[/e]
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[quote who="Xan" reply="9" id="2259365"]I know I wouldn't want you as a customer. Nearly every post you write is bitchy and ignorant. [/quote]I don't blame you for rushing to the defense of the unfortunate Stardock. They treat their happy customers great, and when someone like me (an unhappy customer) comes along and shines a spotlight on some rough spots, it hurts to hear it, and your dismissal of me as "bitchy and ignorant" is predictable. Guys like you come with the territor
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[quote who="ThePanic71" reply="11" id="2259722"]As for Regnorvex, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's getting a little tired of his thinly veiled attacks on Frogboy. [/quote]There's nothing "thinly veiled" about my comments. I say what I mean and don't feel the need to sugar coat reality. Don't worry about Frogboy, CEOs are capable of handling criticism.
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[quote who="twifightDG" reply="2" id="2259199"]Apparantly you are someone who thinks they find one problem, apply one fix and everybody out there has no issue ever again. It's not that simple. [/quote]I know exactly how software development works and how bug triaging works (and yes, I know the difference between a publisher and a developer (rolls eyes)). I am a software engineer, I wrote a hit product, founded a software company and ran it for years before selling the company and retirin
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I understand people who say "I don't purchase publishers, I purchase products", but the truth of the matter is that I do reward publishers that I respect by giving them the benefit of the doubt and trying out their new products. At the same time, there are companies who I know from experience I will avoid until I hear from the community that their game is worth buying, and then I'll put aside my feelings about the company and try the product. I don't hold grudges against companies, lol, for m
[quote who="MrBoingy" reply="9" id="2250786"]What I find sad is that if you complain, you are called a flamer, poorly informed, negative, ignorant, bitch, whiner. Pantheon is a WHOPPER part of this game (to the extent that it's given a tab all of it's own on this website) and we all know it doesn't work and never has worked properly. When did it become ok for the customer to be flamed when he complains about things that are not working? How much should the cus
[quote]Double backdoor portal capping on cataract w/ flag locks while giants are up on both sides will turn the tide quite quickly. [/quote]I would argue that anytime you can achieve something that decisive, you're playing against lightweights. That's not a turn-around, that's your team waking up or returning from AFK. [e digicons]B)[/e]
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in a while. /signed
OMG, this needs to be fixed lol. And then, after scripts are removed, the guy who put the music in this thread should be reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, his home should be fumigated, and his computer siezed, disassembled and the parts put on the next space shuttle.
Hot damn! That's what it was all along, apparently. Once I set up a wide enough port range on the router, and then reset the ports directed to each machine, and then reset them on each machine with the supplied uitility, it worked. We played several 3x3's without incident. Thanks guys for the suggestion. I thought I'd tried everything, but obviously didn't know that port forwarding had to be done on an individual pc basis. Glad it's working, but omg I feel sorry for those fo
Ah, I was not aware that the port forwarding had to be done individually per PC. So I take it this means that I have to go into my router and set up a *different* set of ports for each of the DHCP assigned local IPs? I'm not sure what port mapping utility you're referencing. Although as it was pointed out above, we are actually getting into the lobby, connecting, and starting the game, so if that's not possible using the same ports then how are we able to do this? Where can I get this port ma
[quote who="JuareZz" reply="7" id="2243955"]POST YOUR HARDWARE CPOMPONENTS!! I cant help you otherwise... When did you play the gmae (o´clock?) [/quote] I posted my setup in Frogboy's thread that solicited input and got no response. I'll try again here with more detail. I have an Intel quad proc (not OC'd) with 6gb of ram, nVidia GTX 285 with most recent whql reference drivers, xfi with most recent drivers, Vista 64-bit fully patched and SP'd, speedtest here
I posted my configuration in another message (in the "Connection Problem? Tell me" thread), including a description of my router brand and model, firmware version, OS, our network setup here, and the nature of our attempts to connect. Even theorized why the problem. I didn't get a response to that message. In fact, the only response I've ever had from Stardock is when I've posted this type of message out of frustration and started getting critical. It's the only time I've recei
Right. Like all 6 of the players in my game tonight. I'm sure it was just a coincidence that the 5% of the player population who are having problems all wound up in the same game. [e digicons]XD[/e]
... your partner says "this flag is broken, it doesn't move!". This HAPPENED to me.
[Edited after getting some community help] [e digicons]B)[/e]
I wouldn't be surprised to see you not get flamed. It's hard to disagree with what you've said (particularly the way you stated it) and responses are at this point pretty much limited to "Why are you posting this" and "it works for me". BTW, I like your forum avatar and still have that box on my bookshelf. [e digicons]B)[/e]
Agree with most everything the OP has to say. +1 for taking the time to articulate fully how you feel. I'm glad not every post is that long [e digicons]B)[/e] but I appreciated this one.
[quote who="TiduZ" reply="21" id="2241820"]Yea another few months in development would of made a lot of sense. [/quote]Yeah, but that should have been done *before* launch. You don't usually get a 2nd chance to have a successful launch. Once word on the street is out that the product isn't working as expected at launch, that reputation is hard to shake. It happens occasionally with compelling products (and Demigod could be one) but it's rare in my experience. At one Gamestop in my
[quote who="DoKTa_T" reply="9" id="2240894"]You should contact every English teacher you ever had and request a refund. [/quote] Lulz!
You guys realize that every time you repeated his links you added to his link juice and thus confirmed that he chose the right tactic!
That's how I discovered Sacred II on the Xbox. I downloaded the latest patch and will try that out. I have to admit I was lured (again) by the dev sense of confidence in stating that the multiplayer problems are "behind us" now. Here's hoping.
The good news: it's a great game concept and really well executed game design. Well balanced, strategic, and full of tactical subtlety. The bad news: this *ain't* battle.net. Some people are facing major problems getting multiplayer games to work reliably. Read some of the Developer Journals to follow the detective work they've been going through to try and find the problems. They claim to have made progress since the launch, and some reports support this claim, while others (lik
I'm wondering why I stuck around this long in this thread when I learned everything I needed to know about it after reading someone insist that there is an intrinsic difference between "noob" and "newb".
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