Great news everone!

NTJedi · #1 September 26th, 2006, 05:58 PM

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Johan K said:
Some news from the Dominions demo front. The Windows version of the demo has been completed and is ready for beta testing. Hopefully it works ok (it did for me at least) and then only a Mac and Linux version remains to be done before Shrapnel can put it all up on their site.

Bummer... 97% of us have to wait longer for the Dominions_3 demo because of the 3% which use Mac and Linux.

I really don't think the Mac and Linux users will lose sleep if the Windows version demo is released a few days earlier.

B0rsuk · #2 September 27th, 2006, 02:46 AM

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NTJedi said:
Bummer... 97% of us have to wait longer for the Dominions_3 demo because of the 3% which use Mac and Linux.

I really don't think the Mac and Linux users will lose sleep if the Windows version demo is released a few days earlier.

How much money are you willing to bet ?

DominionsFan · #3 September 27th, 2006, 07:48 AM

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B0rsuk said:

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NTJedi said:
Bummer... 97% of us have to wait longer for the Dominions_3 demo because of the 3% which use Mac and Linux.

I really don't think the Mac and Linux users will lose sleep if the Windows version demo is released a few days earlier.

How much money are you willing to bet ?

Well it is for sure that most of the people are using Window$. However 97%-3% is a bit hardcore, maybe its like 75%-25%.
Anyways, Im pretty sure that the demo will be out on this week.

Nerfix · #4 September 27th, 2006, 08:07 AM

Hmm, I think it will be out either by oct 2nd or a bit after it.

st.patrik · #5 September 27th, 2006, 11:28 AM

from JK's post I deduce not so much that the windoze version is ready to be released, but ready to be tested. This gives some time for the Mac and Linux versions to be put together. I doubt that they'll come out at different times.

N.B. I speak as a rational being rather than as a beta tester (which is not to imply that you can't be both

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NTJedi · #6 September 27th, 2006, 01:08 PM

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B0rsuk said:

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NTJedi said:
Bummer... 97% of us have to wait longer for the Dominions_3 demo because of the 3% which use Mac and Linux.

I really don't think the Mac and Linux users will lose sleep if the Windows version demo is released a few days earlier.

How much money are you willing to bet ?

That's the same as preventing an entire kids soccer team from having cookies and cake just because two kids are allergic to chocolate and thus everyone has to wait while the raisin cookies and vanilla cake are made.

I know I wouldn't mind waiting while everyone else is having a great time playing the demo while I waited... guess some people are not as caring and generous.

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one."

Nerfix · #7 September 27th, 2006, 01:14 PM

I wouldn't mind Windows demo coming first.

Cainehill · #8 September 27th, 2006, 01:33 PM

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NTJedi said:
That's the same as preventing an entire kids soccer team from having cookies and cake just because two kids are allergic to chocolate and thus everyone has to wait while the raisin cookies and vanilla cake are made.

Bad analogy imo : Imagine that the kids soccer team is having cookies and cake, but two kids on the team aren't, but are told "We know you can't eat chocolate, in three days you two can come get some raisin cookies and vanilla cake, in the meantime try to have fun watching the other boys and girls eat."

NTJedi · #9 September 27th, 2006, 01:47 PM

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Cainehill said:
Bad analogy imo : Imagine that the kids soccer team is having cookies and cake, but two kids on the team aren't, but are told "We know you can't eat chocolate, in three days you two can come get some raisin cookies and vanilla cake, in the meantime try to have fun watching the other boys and girls eat."

So you're saying even tho all the kids want cake and cookies it's better to make ALL of them wait two or three days.
As I said earlier... I wouldn't mind waiting while others enjoyed the demo, but I guess not everyones is as caring and generous.

SafeKeeper · #10 September 27th, 2006, 03:11 PM

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So you're saying even tho all the kids want cake and cookies it's better to make ALL of them wait two or three days.
As I said earlier... I wouldn't mind waiting while others enjoyed the demo, but I guess not everyones is as caring and generous.

It's called "solidarity"

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I suppose it's also a practical issue. Any bugs found in the Windows version will also be found in the Linux and Mac versions. So it's better to fix as many bugs as possible while the demo is in one piece, than to release it as three versions (Win, Mac, and Linux) and then have to fix each issue three times (one for each version). Could that be it?