When Was The Last Time

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When was the Last time you played SE IV all night?

I can remember playing it all night for many nights in a row. All in all, next to Tribes 1 and Tribes 2, SEIV is by far the game that I have played the most all nighters of.

In fact I played it most of the night back in 2001 at the TribesCon 3 event in Portland. I think I made a few sales for Shrapnel and Malfador that night.

But it has been a long long while since I have actually stayed up all night playing a game of SEIV. I don't know why, perhaps burn out, purphaps RL stress, or just maybe something else.

I can remember the hours of endless "one more click" game play that drove me to consume mass amounts of caffeen and cold pizza.

Today I was wondering about why I don't play it any more, and I guess the answer is simple, with all things, no matter how much you enjoy and love them, comes a point when you must simply say enough is enough for now and move on.

The epicness of this game is a wonder to behold for sure. Oh yes it could be greatly improved with more indepth game play and lots of eye candy and new features to make it more addictive than it currently is, but that is for another time, and hopefuly another game such as SE V.

It would be nice to have trade routes, commodities to trade and sell, better AI, better political and diplomatic game play, orbital habitats, star gates, and tons and tons of other goodies in SE IV, but I know they will never happen.

SE V is what I am excited about now. I am very excited about the potential that that game will bring to the table, and how it will set the standard for many more all night games.

In the future, and perhaps sooner, many of you will begin to think ahread to SE V as many of us already have. The great thing about SEIV is that it is one of the most addictively fun games I have ever played, and I despite not having played it in a while, I still enjoy coming to these forums and reading the post by new players who have just discovered the game.

SE IV is by far one of the best games ever made, and I dare any one to stay up all night and play it.