(Shocking) News!!!!!

[Tim Brooks]

Hi Will:

Sorry, didn't mean that as a slight to Shrapnel.

No offense taken.

Anyway, just ordered Starfury and Gold...

Thank you for supporting us. That will help Aaron with development costs. Enjoy!

I was going to throw in Dominions as well...

This is a great game. My favorite. Maybe after the semester is over...

Besides, DomIII is coming out Soon(tm), right?

Late 4th quarter of this year.

And I'm assuming that's a "No Comment" on the IPO, eh?

Soon.

[Kamog]

Well, I'm going to buy SEV when it comes out in stores later this year.

narf poit chez BOOM said:
I hope my heart isn't made out of gold. I'd die!

That's good, I couldn't stop laughing!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Thank you. Comments like that just make my day.

[Atrocities]

Thanks Tim and Malfador for the posts and the information.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Thank you very much everyone who posted here. Thank you Aaron for creating such a marvelous game as SEIV. Thank you Shrapnel for publishing it and for this forum. And also thank you Shrapnel for retaining this forum and customer services when Malfador leaves.

And Aaron, good luck with S1st.

[Ragnarok]

Thermodyne said:
Well, I surprised. But I’m also sure that Mr. Hall is doing what he thinks is best for his business...

Why thank you, I certainly am doing what I think is best for...oh wait...you mean the other Mr. Hall! I always knew having the same last name as the developer of SE series would cause me problems.

Hmmm...maybe we are related...nah, I highly doubt it as I have no family from CA.

[AMF]

Joachim said:
...From my postion, I only see gain, we will get more players for SEV (and if it flops then for SEIV), we get to keep the fine forum here and thus be kept up to date with other great niche games from Shrapnel. ...

Yeah, it definitely seems like win-win for the fans. I think it's safe to say that we all seem to love BOTH the forums and the game, and I would like to heartily thank Shrapnel for being as cool about this as they are being as well as Aaron for making an outstanding game. And, I think it makes good sense business-wise and game-wise for Aaron to go the route he thinks will gain SE4/5 the greatest distribution/publicity/fan base. Kudos to shrapnel, kudos to Aaron, and I intend now to go buy Dom II to show my support...(and I am going to buy another copy of SE4, since, if stocks really are going bye-bye I want a backup or one to give to a friend...)

Off MY soapbox...

Thanks,

Alarik

[Thermodyne]

Ragnarok said:

Why thank you, I certainly am doing what I think is best for...oh wait...you mean the other Mr. Hall! I always knew having the same last name as the developer of SE series would cause me problems.

Hmmm...maybe we are related...nah, I highly doubt it as I have no family from CA.

What? You are not one and the same????

[Thermodyne]

atomannj said:
Hey have any of you ever heard of Galactic Civilizations? That is thru Strategy First as well and it was a great CIV3 in space game. I'm not worried. I can't wait for SE:V. Just make sure that what ever you do you do not cheese out like MMO3.

Ya, I heard of it, even bought a copy. I was not impressed! I still have an account, and IMHO the game sucked. But then my opinion could be biased because of the Space Empires series.

Personally, I think that their forum system was a PITA. And I doubt that they are in any way prepared for the kind of fan support that Space Empires will bring with it. I think we will be in for quite an adjustment.

[Instar]

I kinda suspected this for a while now...
Hopefully everything will work out.

My question is when we can expect SF to make an announcement...