[dogscoff]

Well, I'm very excited about it and I will definitely be ordering. I do have some questions though:

1> For the community: Now that TCP/IP is out, will I still be able to gt PBEM opponents? I won't ever have the time to sit and play TCP/IP for 6 hours straight, but I can spare an hour a day for a PBEM / PBW game. DOs anyone else share this concern?

2> I've read all the threads and press releases, but I haven't seen this one clarified, so this question's for Shrapnel: Let me get this straight, 1.49 is the Last ever patch that can be applied to the non-gold game. Is that right? The Version history listed on the other thread applies to Gold-CD owning players ONLY.

3> Have the Gold CDs gone into print yet? What Version wil be on the CD? 1.55? Later? If the CDs go into print soon, but the game doesn't ship until Feb, will that mean there will be a patch on the website by the time the game's released? Or shall we let Aaron enjoy Christmas without bugging him for features?

4> Richard, you said there's still time to update files which are to be released on the CD. How much time?