Malfador Machinations hits Strategy First!

Gandalf Parker · #1 June 4th, 2005, 07:44 PM

Thats why I was sharp-eyed about SEVI. In cases where a contract has included the "not yet made NEXT version" the player base has gotten photon-torpedoed. If the contract was for game N and N+1, then game N didnt do as well as they hoped or the company fell on tight times, then N+1 got put on hold. The company wouldnt develop it, release it, or free it for the developer to seek other support.

I hadnt thought about SEV (panic time). And Im not sure if the "slightly different name" thing would stand up to a hard hit by a less friendly company than Shrapnel. Maybe SEIV Deluxe is just SEIV Gold but it has to be renamed since Shrap sold SEIV Gold. But if things go sour Im not sure that Strat-1st would allow Aaron to go somewhere else and release a SEV Deluxe.

Fyron · #2 June 4th, 2005, 07:46 PM

The patch included on the SE4 Deluxe CD will be available to existing SE4 Gold owners.

Ed Kolis · #3 June 4th, 2005, 08:15 PM

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Imperator Fyron said:
The patch included on the SE4 Deluxe CD will be available to existing SE4 Gold owners.

Yaaaaay!

Glad to get that off my mind...

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The question is why wouldn't you buy SE IV Delux? I mean you will finally get a nice little box to go along with your CD, and you get all the up to date goodies to go along with it. Not only that, you will be supporting Aaron and Malfadors bid to go retail by buying the game.

Of course, seeing as Malfador will see little of the SE4 Deluxe profits, what's the point of that? Still, it's a nice thought...

Atrocities · #4 June 4th, 2005, 08:26 PM

I sincerely wish Malfador the best and am sure that Aaron knows what he is doing and by this time next year he will be in the M club.

Or at least he will have contributed to a few of the SF managers breaking seven zero salaries.

Gandalf Parker · #5 June 5th, 2005, 10:02 AM

Geee Atrocities, and I thought that I was playing the dark cloud on this one. I bow to your literary skills.

No matter where the money goes Im sure I will buy it. A friend talked me into borrowing mine with promises to purchase so I have it honorably deleted from my machine. So at the moment I consider it gone as a gift. As soon as its available again I will be buying myself another copy. (stupidly paladin of me I know, but thats just how I am)

Gandalf Parker

Atrocities · #6 June 5th, 2005, 05:41 PM

I have fun where I can. It all stems from having designed, manufactured, and then used many of my own tool designs which are not owned by my former company with many a manager getting the patent and credit for my work. Lets just say that memo isn't to far off from one I and a few other people got one day after a sneaky bastard engineer took credit for our ideas and impervised tools. We were less than happy, but there was nothing we could do. Like I said I wish Aaron the best.

jim · #7 June 7th, 2005, 01:27 AM

Someone putting out a CD for sale that includes the last GOLD patch would let those like moi get to play it. (Those like moi are their target market?!)

The remaining question for me would be if it contained all the current mods or even just the TDM Modpack.

If it does not, then I will still buy it as long as it contains the two revisions that I consider game breakers:

- warp point battle sequence NOT being by Player #, and
- AI players recognize that they are getting a bonus and plan accordingly.

Once I confirm that, I will buy it and try to get the current TDM Modpack somehow (if it is not on the CD). I will particularly like to try the AIs that have been tweaked after the Death Matches.