Is anyone having fun with this game?

[HoneyBadger]

Gandalf, to aid you who seem an optimist, in your own personal persuit of true happiness on earth, I offer you this observation: There are two kinds of people who frequent forums dedicated to niche turn-based fantasy strategy games. The first is the one who hasn't got enough of a personality/philosophy/life/social network/hugs from mommie and daddy, and doesn't really enjoy anything except by despising it, eating and drinking spite, hate, and bitterness, and then vomiting it out onto anything flawed that anyone else may find pleasure in. That sort of person should in my opinion be dropped into the heart of Sol as soon as convenient to the rest of us, in order to provide additional fuel so that we may continue enjoying the beautiful Earth past the looming 5 billion year mark.

The second sort are the ones who see that a thing is flawed, but love it anyway, not by ignoring the flaw or by being blind to it, but reveling in what the thing they love is, flaws and all. I feel that a thing's worth, atleast as it is discussed on a forum such as this one, is in the type of people that thing attracts. Here in this forum, I find myself surrounded by those I want to continue living on my planet, sharing my Earth. So in conclusion: Yes, I'm having fun. Yes I *****, yes I complain, yes I want more and better into the very heights and depths of infinity, but I want those things for Dom 3 because I'm in love with this game, joyfully, gleefully, past all point of reason. And I think that fact, not that I spend all my free time playing the game-and I do, believe me-but the fact that I spend all the *rest* of my time here on these boards, surrounded by the people I want to be surrounded by, discussing the thing I want to discuss, proves that I'm having fun. We all are.

[Recruit]

Looks like HoneyBadger has been into the "happyjuice" again..

[Agrajag]

HoneyBadger said:
That sort of person should in my opinion be dropped into the heart of Sol as soon as convenient to the rest of us, in order to provide additional fuel so that we may continue enjoying the beautiful Earth past the looming 5 billion year mark.

Let me just point out that the sun is fueled by Hydrogen fusion, and thus supplying it with the body of a human can only do it harm by absorbing some of the heat energy into incinerating that person.
It would probably be more useful to bury them for nutrients for plantlife to supply us with a less CO2 rich air.

[LeSquide]

Astral Travel not working makes me sad; the spell sits there, taunting me with its promises of army movement.

It lies!

I see it a lot, as every free moment not involving my loved ones gets eaten by the game.

I love the game, don't regret the money I spent on it, and recommend it to my TBS-liking friends.

[Johan K]

It works fine for me, give it a try.

[HoneyBadger]

mmmmm...happyjuice

Actually, I was just coming off a 12 hour workday, including 6 hours answering phones. It was either take it out on you guys or strangle a co-worker. I couldn't find a co-worker within strangling range.

[BigJMoney]

I love the game. I don't think there is too much negative hype here on the forums, but I'd say that the people who have been around for a long time probably assume we all know they still like (and find value in) the series despite their critiques. People in general are quicker to critique than to praise because they think ciritique will get them what they want, but they don't see the value in praise. So, let it be a reminder that there are many new people here and we should not forget to praise what's worth praising.

That being said, I think we should also understand that the very nature of the genre means that a large portion of the playerbase is going to be analytical and critical. Shutting down threads won't change the way people think and communicate. The best thing is to just to suggest people remember to pair criticism with praise, even if it seems like the praise would be redundant. That's what I'll try to do. Honestly, I think the most practical help to this whole thing would be multiple forums. If suggestions could be kept to a suggestion forum, then the main Doms 3 forum wouldn't be cluttered with things that might be negatively interpreted by newbies. Newbies must be properly cared for in a newbie nursery....

Aha! So that's the solution. We need a forum called the "Newbie Nursery". Okay, I'm just joking, but truly I think suggestions should be taken out of the main forums. Also, make a thread called, "Why you like Dominions." and sticky it when it gets full. I think people will be more inclined to post their positive thoughts in one like that, since it is less inviting of criticism than "Is anyone having fun".

My $0.02

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[Gandalf Parker]

Hmmm good points.