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Atrocities February 22nd, 2005 01:32 AM
Proof Positive!
 
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Here is proof positive that word of mouth does make a differance. Game Spot Page (LOOK AT THAT RATING!)

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...7-gamespot.PNG

SE IV Golds Rank has grown by 67 in the last 24 hours. Thats proof positive that the game is more than what people first thought it was. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif PLAYERS NEEDED!

narf poit chez BOOM February 22nd, 2005 01:51 AM
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Woot!

Atrocities February 22nd, 2005 01:53 AM
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One word responses are appreciated, however more detailed posts would go a long way toward alievating everyones suspisions that you just post one word posts to boost post count. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Bad Mouse, bad. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif But indeed, Woot!. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

EaX February 22nd, 2005 02:02 AM
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how do you think he reached 6253 post?, hehe, jost jocking.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif, by the way Se4 it's a very good game it's deserves that ranking!

luke_slovakian February 22nd, 2005 02:36 AM
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Hey how did you guys think i learned about the game other than gamespot or gamespy. good stuff

narf poit chez BOOM February 22nd, 2005 02:47 AM
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I am a man of many words, stretched over a long period of time. Indeed, it could be said that I am temporally loquatious; that my innane babble is spread throught the dimension of the fourth; in other words, my transient thoughts meander through time, becoming verbalized only at locus of interest. It is therefore evident that I am in no way monosyllabic; but that, in fact, other peoples temporal perception is, in fact, too crowded.

Sufficiently wordy? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Atrocities February 22nd, 2005 04:05 AM
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Narf is one of the many reasons I keep coming back here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

narf poit chez BOOM February 22nd, 2005 06:07 AM
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Thanks, but Alneyan was my inspiration for that one. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Alneyan February 22nd, 2005 08:43 AM
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Of course not Narf! There wasn't any glowering whatsoever, so it cannot be me. Now, since mice aren't undead... Mind Thrust!

Atrocities February 22nd, 2005 08:59 AM
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Back on topic, Gamespot has done an ill thing to SEIV. They actually have two SEIV's listed, with Gold getting the very short end of the stick.

They have Space Empires IV, which they reviewed with a marginal acceptance, and then they have Space Empires IV Gold which they have not reviewed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

I am beginning to think that perhaps gamespot is drive by money and not by excellence in game play.

DeadZone February 22nd, 2005 09:17 AM
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errr... most sites like this are mainly driven by money
oh and the fact that they often get alot of the games for free for review

Atrocities February 22nd, 2005 09:47 AM
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DeadZoneMDx said:
errr... most sites like this are mainly driven by money
oh and the fact that they often get alot of the games for free for review
The capitolistic bastards. I'm envious. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

geoschmo February 22nd, 2005 10:04 AM
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Tim has said in the past that some of those magazines wouldn't even do a review of SEIV (Or many other Shrapnel games for that matter) because they didn't have a box and weren't sold in a store.

Atrocities February 22nd, 2005 10:23 AM
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geoschmo said:
Tim has said in the past that some of those magazines wouldn't even do a review of SEIV (Or many other Shrapnel games for that matter) because they didn't have a box and weren't sold in a store.
Oh that has to be one of the crappiest excuses I have ever heard. I will bet that if Tim had offered them a grand or two they would have reviewed the game.

Tim if you read this, please post the name of those magazines so the rest of us will not make the mistake of buying them.

Makinus February 22nd, 2005 05:22 PM
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Maybe no one sent them a free copy of SEIV? If they are run by money (thatīs obvious) they would not buy games (spending money) but maybe do at least a small review if they received a free copy of the game...

The way the review in gamespot is made looks like they reviewed the Demo (free) and not the full game...

or maybe they canīt stop playing the latest FPS to play a good turn-based strategy game...

DeadZone February 22nd, 2005 07:35 PM
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I'm really starting to think that someone needs to do a proper preview/review (type of that we are talking about that is) site dedicated to RTS and TBS games as they are the most under advertised genres (especially TBS) in the industry

Hell, I need a new project with all my current ones now finished, perhaps that could be it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

AgentZero February 24th, 2005 09:20 PM
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Atrocities said:
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geoschmo said:
Tim has said in the past that some of those magazines wouldn't even do a review of SEIV (Or many other Shrapnel games for that matter) because they didn't have a box and weren't sold in a store.
Oh that has to be one of the crappiest excuses I have ever heard. I will bet that if Tim had offered them a grand or two they would have reviewed the game.

Tim if you read this, please post the name of those magazines so the rest of us will not make the mistake of buying them.
Me Tim? Or different Tim? I don't remember saying that... That being said, I know PC Gamer (US) reviewed both SE4 (80%) and SE4:Gold (89%) and even Starfury (82%). Which is why I love those guys.

Fyron February 24th, 2005 10:35 PM
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Tim Brooks, president of Shrapnel Games.

Atrocities February 25th, 2005 05:53 AM
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Atrocities said:
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geoschmo said:
Tim has said in the past that some of those magazines wouldn't even do a review of SEIV (Or many other Shrapnel games for that matter) because they didn't have a box and weren't sold in a store.
Oh that has to be one of the crappiest excuses I have ever heard. I will bet that if Tim had offered them a grand or two they would have reviewed the game.

Tim if you read this, please post the name of those magazines so the rest of us will not make the mistake of buying them.
Me Tim? Or different Tim? I don't remember saying that... That being said, I know PC Gamer (US) reviewed both SE4 (80%) and SE4:Gold (89%) and even Starfury (82%). Which is why I love those guys.
Tim as in Shrapnel's Tim. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

AgentZero February 25th, 2005 07:40 PM
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Oh, that Tim. Clarity would be helpful. There aren't many Tims so whenever we hear our name we automatically assume we are the Tim in question. Still:
[SE4 Gold Review]
http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/archi...02-12-31t.html
[Starfury Review]
http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/archi...04-02-16o.html

I think it's pretty cool that one man (with a weeny bit of help) can create games that earn high marks in a magazine that normally reivews games with multi-million dollar budgets, designed by dozens of programmers and artists and distributed by massive publishers backed by marketing departments with bigger budgets per annum than Malfador has had in it's existence. Sweet, no?

Renegade 13 February 27th, 2005 04:26 PM
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Look at this! Up over 800 spots since yesterday! Average rating went up too. http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...20gamespot.png

Puke February 28th, 2005 05:13 PM
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yes, but is it on topic?

geoschmo February 28th, 2005 05:21 PM
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Oh, that Tim. Clarity would be helpful. There aren't many Tims so whenever we hear our name we automatically assume we are the Tim in question.
Actually, you can safely assume that anyone here posting a referance to Tim means Tim Brooks, not you. If we are refering to you we will say something like "Agent Zero". I doubt very many people here knew your name was Tim until you mentioned it. And as far as I recall the only other username with a "Tim" in it is Timestone and he is usually able to sort out when we are refering to him. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Renegade 13 February 28th, 2005 06:55 PM
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Puke said:
yes, but is it on topic?
Ah yes, I guess I should have included visual 'proof' that the previous image was, in fact, referring to SEIV. Well it was, I can post the entire image if you'd like once I get home. However, I think their little "rankings" (for example, the "38847 out of 298867") are bull**** since shortly after taking the screenshot, the SEIV ranking claimed it had gone down by over 1500 places. Go figure.


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