How can we get MM to answer a simple question here?

jpinard · #1 January 11th, 2001, 05:54 AM

There are a couple of real simple questions that I'd like MM to "OFFICIALLY" answer. It would take about 2 minuites of their time, and there is nothing bad I want to ask, just game related.

Anyone know how we can get their attention?

Do they answer stuff on this forum?

Psitticine · #2 January 11th, 2001, 06:10 AM

Yes, he does, but he also recently went on holiday and had such a mass of e-mail that the MM e-mailbox choked and stopped receiving new mail.

I'm sure Aaron is doing his best to get caught up on the e-mail backlog but obviously he also needs time to actually get some work done on the game. When you add in the high level of message traffic here lately, it may be awhile before he can participate here again the way he has in the past.

Atrocities · #3 January 11th, 2001, 10:43 AM

I would bet top dollar that as soon as things settle down at MM following the holiday vacation, they will respond to issues on brought up over the time they have been off.

Remember, its only a two man crew at MM and only one of them is the programer. Every Email I have ever sent them has been responded to in due course.

They have a great product here, and there is are a lot of people interested in talking to them. Right now, if it was me, I would be concentrating on the bug reports for the next patch. I am sure they had over 1000 emails to repond to, so give it some time friend.

Sooner or later, they will get around to us too.

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Nyx · #4 January 11th, 2001, 08:32 PM

I heard from Aaron this morning and he is sick in bed with the flu. Don't expect much out of him for a few days.

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HAL · #5 January 11th, 2001, 08:37 PM

Can you imagine the torrent of email he must be receiving? Yikes!

Of course I don't seem to be as anxious as some, but I attribute that to having very little spare time to actually play the game. (sigh)

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Jubala · #6 January 12th, 2001, 01:54 AM

Then lets all wish hima a speedy recovery.

Baron Munchausen · #7 January 12th, 2001, 01:58 AM

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Originally posted by Nyx:
I heard from Aaron this morning and he is sick in bed with the flu. Don't expect much out of him for a few days.

Waaa! And here I wondered when the next beta was coming out! I guess it will be a while.

he must be sitting in his bed with a laptop trying to keep up with all the email...

Psitticine · #8 January 13th, 2001, 06:23 AM

I hope he feels better soon!!

Atrocities · #9 January 13th, 2001, 07:02 AM

I read about someone sending them hate mail? That is just sick and wrong! SE IV is as good as it gets for 4X games as of yet. ANYONE sending them hate mail can just go play Reach For The Stars, and leave SE IV alone IMHO!

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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Patric Stewart as Captain Picard
UCP/TCO Ship Yards

Mephisto · #10 January 13th, 2001, 12:12 PM

Hate mails?!? Maybe the sender should seek a doctor.