New Generation

[EJ]

Sounds great! If I had software programing skill I would be one of the 1st to volunteer. Hopefully Andy or Don will consider your suggestion and maybe do it....

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by EJ

Sounds great! If I had software programing skill I would be one of the 1st to volunteer. Hopefully Andy or Don will consider your suggestion and maybe do it....

Err - no we won't, sorry.

Should we ever decide to do a ground-up remake, it will just be us. Maybe one or two people we know personally and can trust might be involved.

However we have zip-zero use for hippy-happy fluffy-bunny volunteers. Been there done that and got the T-shirt and gift mug. Never, ever, again. Herding cats is much more fun.

Andy

[hoplitis]

Andy,
miaao....prrrrr.....
can I join the herd?

Seriously now,
I totally agree with you on this.
The level of commitement required to fullfil such a kind of project is very high indeed. And rarely seen on a simple "buddy" basis......

[hawk66]

Originally Posted by Mobhack

Should we ever decide to do a ground-up remake, it will just be us.

Uh, than there seems at least the possibilty that there might be a new version in the far future (That does not mean that I am unhappy with the current one).

I've always thought about if there will every be a similar game/sim with such a big scope and variety. I think from a financial point of view this is suboptimal since today's business model seems to be to build core games and then offer expansions.
So, I would not expect such a game from any mainstream publisher.

[EJ]

Don and Andy,
You tried the idea before and the volunteers involved created a fiasco? What was WaW? It was a flop? I imagine it takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to stick with continuously improving the game where avg "hip-happy" volunteers would probably butcher it. As a 90-91 Desert Storm vet I know something about intestinal fortitude. Living in a hot *** warehouse and taking "cowboy" showers for 6 months was rough. Eating chow while fighting off "Kamikaze" horse flies was also fun. You guys have done an outstanding job as a 2 man team over an 11 year period. If you ever decide to do a remake I will gladly buy it. I'm a loyal fan of the series. I already have both winspmbt and winspww2 on cd.

@Skirmisher,
Dude no need to rain on my wishful thinking...LOL!

[Skirmisher]

Originally Posted by EJ

If I had software programing skill I would be one of the 1st to volunteer.

Heh , If I had a million dollars I'd be a millionare. lol

If you had programming skill you'd also need about 18 hours a day, everyday to get anywhere.