ETA on SE5?

Possum · #1 September 28th, 2004, 01:10 AM

I know, a gauche and insensitive question, but I checked the FAQ first, and it wasn't in there

Seriously, what's current status? Is Aaron giving us a rough ship-by date yet? Or is he imitating my heroes at idsoft and just saying, "when it's ready"?

Fyron · #2 September 28th, 2004, 01:12 AM

The current status is that the game is in development. There is no firm date, as the game has not even neared the beta testing stages yet.

Possum · #3 September 28th, 2004, 02:04 AM

Hmmm, ok.

Thinking back to what I remember of the SEIV development cycle, that sounds like (pulls a number out of his ear) 9 months to a year.

hmmmm

Raging Deadstar · #4 September 28th, 2004, 05:34 AM

The General Rumour flying around is it should be completed and shipping around Summer-Winter 2005.

Thats If i'm remembering this correctly

David E. Gervais · #5 September 28th, 2004, 07:57 AM

FYI: The 'Beta' is still targeted for January 2005, How long after that untill the game goes on sale will depend on the speed and quality of great beta bughunt. I would guestimate late summer-fall 2005.

Cheers!

spoon · #6 September 28th, 2004, 01:09 PM

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Possum said:
...(pulls a number out of his ear)...

Didn't you lose an ear Last time you tried that?

Possum · #7 September 28th, 2004, 08:28 PM

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spoon said:

Didn't you lose an ear Last time you tried that?

Bahahahahaha!

It's always nice to meet someone with an appreciation of History, even if it is only Art History

As I'm sure you know, the story is that ol' Vince chopped off one of his ears and gave it to a "lady of the evening". What a truly unique gift, eh? Alas we have no record of how she received it.

There's actually an old film called "Vincent" that really surprised me. It consists of shots of his paintings, interspersed with current photos/video of the scenes portrayed in those paintings. This while a narrator reads his letters to his brother, who was his sole financial supporter and only confidante.

I know, it sounds incredibly stupid and boring. It's not. I had to be dragged kicking and screaming to see it, then I sat rapt for the whole film. It works far better than it sounds.

Anyways, back to the nominal subject of this thread.

Ahem.

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David E. Gervais said:

FYI: The 'Beta' is still targeted for January 2005, How long after that untill the game goes on sale will depend on the speed and quality of great beta bughunt. I would guestimate late summer-fall 2005.

Uhh, so in other words...9 months to a year!

Raging Deadstar · #8 September 29th, 2004, 05:17 AM

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Possum said:
Bahahahahaha!

It's always nice to meet someone with an appreciation of History, even if it is only Art History

Never say that when there is a Fine Art Student on the forums.

It's like walking up behind the proverbial lion and kicking it in it's behind.

Of Course if the Proverbial Lion was an Art Student it would probably sleep through it

dogscoff · #9 September 29th, 2004, 12:12 PM

Re: Van Gogh references-

I have a great joke that I pull out of the bag whenever anyone mentions Van Gogh. Best told with a completely straight face. It goes something like this:

Stooge: Blah blah blah blah blah Vincent Van Gogh Blah blah.

Me: Oh yeah? I met Vincent Van Gogh you know, in a pub.

Stooge: Bollocks did you, Van Gogh's dead.

Me: That's what I said. I said 'you're dead', and he said 'no I'm not.'

Stooge: *raises eyebrow incredulously*

Me: ( babble on regardless, maintaining straight face)So I told him I was a great admirer of his work and offered to buy him a pint, but he said "no thanks, I've got one 'ere."

Geddit???