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[quote who="Istari" reply="25" id="2138548"]If you wish to carry on a Dota vs. Demigod discussion ad nauseum please find another forum. The issue has been debated endlessly here for months already. Some people who like Dota will like Demigod. Some people who like Dota won't like Demigod. And vice versa.[/quote] It is unfortunate that a representative of Stardock is incapable of fully appreciating the situation and chooses instead to ask paying customers to stop talking abou

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Jerkzilla" reply="19" id="2138526"] second'ed. you seem way to entrenched in your arguement for anyone to really make any headway. therefore, enjoy the forums, while i enjoy my game.[/quote] Seems to me that nobody has attempted to make any headway as of yet, or if they have, they have singularly failed to do so by not providing any counter-argument. The argument that people simply 'do not care' seems a little transparent. Indeed, people seem to care rather a lot.

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Xinoxlx" reply="17" id="2138519"] Every community has jerks my point was DoTA just had the highest volume of them in comparison to my experiences in other games. Although you're probably right on the cause. It's a shame as it was kinda fun when I played it but I just couldn't stand the people anymore.[/quote] B.Net DoTA is perhaps the worst thing that gaming has ever spawned and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Playing DoTA with friends or as part of a small gaming commu

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Cehan" reply="13" id="2138512"]Exuse me for not reading all the posts, but thread starter is wrong in his very first sentences, and i rush to point his mistake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkness_and_Light_(video_game)[/quote] Perhaps, in that case, you may wish to point out the actual mistake. Quoting it is generally a good start. I assume you are referring to this title as proof that Demigod is not the first attempt to monetise the push-map genre. Sadly, si

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Unknown924" reply="10" id="2138500"] Take a look at the significant post-release improvements in games Stardock has developed(GCII) or published(SINS) and combine it with the fact the Stardock and GPG have commited to at least a year of updates.[/quote] I would argue that Stardock has not published enough games to provide a sufficient precedent. GPG in particular, has a poor history of supporting their products after release. Supreme Commander is a prime example of th

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="PossiblyImpossible" reply="7" id="2138494"] Ooh, he makes the classic mistake. Logic and internet forums don't mix well, my friend.[/quote] That depends. If one is looking to provoke an emotional and irrational response, then logic is the perfect weapon. There is little more frustrating to those who let their emotions drive their communication on the internet, as someone who exhibits none.

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Jaradakar" reply="1" id="2138479"] Your opinion which is what all your posts are as well are no less subjective than mine. Please don't try to devalue my posts over yours, we both have opinions and we're both entiled to them. [/quote] Unfortunately this is clearly not the case. The difference between my posts and yours is your inability to stick to facts, reason and logic. Opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one, they all stink, and none of t

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="lord ebonstone" reply="23" id="2138473"]Total, your I-own-a-thesaurus posting style is both obnoxious and a transparent attempt to make your points sound more intelligent than they actually are. I know the freshman english teacher at your highschool heaps praise on you for smothering every little phrase in adjectives, but that's not how real writers write. Your tone makes you sound like there's a greased flop of black hair over your left eye and a bunch of razor scars

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Xinoxlx" reply="21" id="2138459"] Part of why WAR3. CS, Starcraft, and other's are successful is the competitive scene. WAR3's orginal game did not have that potiential for a good competition, DoTA supplied it better then the actual game. You say millions play DoTA but let me ask you this. How many still actually play the original game in comparison and how many of them play both? I'l guess (that's all I can do on the information given thus far) more people play DoTA or only

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Ralsar" reply="17" id="2138448"] LOL! What a maroon! [/quote] A maroon. Interesting, never been called that before. [quote] Why am I required to try and convince you that Demigod is a good game? Just because you chose to come to these forums and bash a game we like doesn't put us under any obligation to defend our enjoyment of the game. Your schoolboy pouting, while amusing, is just sad, my friend. What does

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Demi-Guy" reply="15" id="2138434"]Thanks for pointing out how DoTA players will come and go .... probably for the better anyway... I'll take a well educated,thoughtful DG community over a childish,immature Dota community anyday...[/quote] It is interesting that you should condemn the DoTA community so readily, when the representatives of the Demigod community have so far, in this thread, shown no capacity for rational, constructi

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="VoodooKing" reply="13" id="2138422"] Why... why... Emm... Why are you here?[/quote] Last I checked I was a paying customer and pre-ordered very early on. If the purpose of these forums is simply to lavish praise the developer, as opposed to presenting constructive criticism, then that should be indicated upon joining the forums, preferably in large, red crayon.

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Jaradakar" reply="10" id="2138407"] DotA, I hate neutral creeps (hated in War3, then again I overall hated WAR3). To me DotA is an "okay mod" one that saved WAR3 from failure. [/quote] Your subjective opinion has no bearing on whether or not Warcraft 3 was an objectively good title. To somehow claim that WAR3 would have failed were it not for DoTA is an outlandish and terrible inaccurate claim with no basis in fact. Warcraft 3 was a blockbuster title with

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Xinoxlx" reply="7" id="2138398"] Quoting revlazaro, reply 2Sounds like all the DoTA guys are just wanting to establish we're noobs and they're Gods. See you guys in the Pantheon. The lack of surperiority complex in the community is why I will play Demi-god over DoTA. A game is only good as it's community and in that sense DoTA is one of the worst games in existence.[/quote] This is only true when one does not have their own community/group of fri

Reply to It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Istari" reply="1" id="2138351"]Almost the same words were used to describe Galactic Civilizations versus Space Empires IV. People who loved Space Empires did not necessarly love Galactic Civilizations or vice versa. Same will be true of Demigod vs. Dota. [/quote] The difference being that GalCiv was another entry into the long-established 4X genre, whereas Demigod is the first attempt to monetise the push-map. There are two potential demographics you

It's for those who haven't played DoTA in Demigod Demigod Forums

Over the next few days, expect a flood of chatter from DoTA/Tower-push map WC3 players. As one of those, and having followed and pre-ordered Demigod before the beta, allow me to pre-empt some of what you're going to hear. You are going to get these comparisons because Demigod is the first attempt to monetise a genre that has previously only existed in user-created custom maps. Similar to the attempts to monetise the tower-defense genre with games like Defense Grid and the upcomi

Political Machine 2008 won't install in Games Support Stardock Forums

After registering the game on my account and attempting to install, I relogged in to find the the game had disappeared from my account again. Repeated attempts to install have resulted in the same problem. Is it anything to do with the fact that I registered this particular title under a different email address to my actual account? If so, can this be remedied? Also, Impulse itself claims 'one or more problems while updating' upon installation. Perhaps that might have something to do

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire Is Inspired (And Inspiring) in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Pax Imperia 2 was a great game in many respects (shame the multiplayer was so buggy otherwise I'd still be playing it today). Ship design was fantastic, as were defenses (could take a cue from those guys Ironclad..). However, the game did not have real-time battles as such, it slowed down the entire game in order to do the battle sequences. It's diplomacy was awful (though Sins' isn't much better), the UI was clumsy in places. Regardless, a good title, ahead of it's time and

Reply to Feel like I'm out $40 in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Expecting a developer to guarantee that you will personally like the game is about as naive as you can possibly get. Sorry fella. The resources were available to you to find out everything there is to know about the game short of playing it. Despite that, you bought a game that you clearly had very little chance of enjoying, and now you want your money back. How about no. Take some responsibility for your own actions, quit blaming everyone else, and use some judgment next time

Reply to The voiceovers done by a stoned 15-year old? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]You've probably heard these '15-yr olds' hundreds of times in your lifetime They are well-respected industry professionals. [/quote] Really. 100 bucks says myself and the team we're putting together for a TEC re-recording mod can do better :>

Reply to Let us know what you'd like in v1.03 in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

All I want is the multiplayer crashing fixed. We can make our own fun from there-on in :)

Reply to Minidump crtash at exact point in MP game in Technical Sins Forums

We have had similar issues, after receiving the crashes intermitantly and then finally, consistently at the same point, though only a couple of players actually crashed. We've sent in minidumps.

Reply to My feedback regarding ship damage / destruction effects in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Definately going to agree with that one. See Nexus : The Jupiter Incident, for examples of good explosions/debris.

Reply to Very Dissapointed? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

This clearly is not the game for you. Move on. There's no such thing as a 'quick' 4x.

Reply to Pirates: The Worst (or Best) Part of the Game? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Pirates are fine, easy to deal with, even in large numbers. Their ships may as well be made of paper and are easily repulsed by even a small defense fleet with a cap-ship. TBH, learn2play.