VERSION 2: End of August Deadline: TMs Please Check-In

[loinburger]

Yin,

COMBAT summary should be done and posted by 1:00 A.M on September 3rd at latest. Anybody out there remember Differential Equations well enough to help me with my homework?

By the way, can you lock down the Units v2.0 thread as well as the Units v2.0 Summary on the Summary/About the List forum?
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[Jon Miller]

Hi all

I took Dif Eq last semester

got an A, I don't like doing homework though

nice to see fellow physics students

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

Hi all again

I have an idea

we should point out the good ideas in smac and the civ2 (and ctp) and the bad ideas in those games so that firaxis knows what to work on

so how about it

Jon Miller

[yin26]

Jon,

If you help techno with his homework, we'll let you work like a slave for no pay and start that thread.

Actually, it might be helpful to approach it from your angle, but it will take time to work it through, certainly not a list 2.0 but maybe a 2.5 or 3.0 thing. And it would also be easier to keep things clear: A "good things" "bad things" split would help a great deal instead of mashing them all together.

Well, what do you TMs think? Jon, watch this space for a day or two to see what people think. Of course, you could always start on the general forum and transfer it here later if it takes off...

[Ming]

I'm running a little late. I hope to get it to you this weekend.

[loinburger]

Jon:

That sounds like a good idea for a thread. Out of the three games you've mentioned I've only played SMAC, but with that game alone you could fill a novel (or at least I could, although most people would settle for a few pages) with a "good idea, bad idea" list. And that's not counting C:CTP, which from the horror stories I've heard could fill an entire novel with the "bad idea" list alone.

[mindlace]

Urm. Umm... the customization thread got like 16 posts, almost 10 of which were mine, and the AI thread got about 4 new posts since last time around.

Do you want a writeup of that?

~mindlace

[yin26]

Mindlace,

You can't squeeze water out of a rock...unless it's a really wet rock, I guess.

If there's nothing to add, don't worry. Maybe we could use your expert abilities on one of the other threads?

Yin

[don Don]

My Resources/Support segment of Econ/Trade is still a work in progress… Movement/Supply is on hold until that is done.

Caffeine! My kingdom for caffeine!

[EnochF]

Okay... the summaries of Terrain and Wonders are now up and as final as they're going to get. For now, anyway. I'm not usually one to play for sympathy, but I have stayed up all night to meet this deadline . Ye gods, I'm so tired, I'm actually using emoticons...

[loinburger]

technophile has failed to meet deadline. I sit here now, 11:45 at night, I'm still less than a quarter of the way through the summary, and I've got a test tomorrow. So, I'll have to finish this weekend--Sunday night at latest, barring any unforeseen setbacks. Sorry folks, but I'm going to bed.
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[yin26]

EnochF and Techno:

I feel your pain. When I decided to revamp the entire version 1 list (for the 3rd time), I looked at the 180+ page count and thought: "What the hell am I doing? This is sick. Just send it already." But I couldn't. I just couldn't. I ignored my wife and baby for a few days, sleeping just a few hours, and generally became an ass at work (more than usual) and a ghost at home (more than usual, but my wife is used to that when a new game I want comes out).

I guess it's a sickness. But let me just say: Thanks. Get it to me and Shiny as soon as you are ready...by the way, if you are sleeping now or in any way preparing for a test, I would ask you to please rethink your priorities.
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[don Don]

Must turn off computer. Can't work on it this weekend. Try to finish Sunday night.

[loinburger]

AHHHHHH!

I finished that stupid Combat summary, and now I can't post it! You don't know how hard I have to control myself in order to not put my fist through my computer screen.

Anyway, I'm sending you the goods, Yin. Hope you get them, otherwise they'll go up on the forum tomorrow.

[yin26]

techno:

My friend punched his computer screen once (he was working on a difficult math problem and couldn't get the answer to work). I came into the room with him huddled over a broken monitor. Crying.

It was one of the saddest displays in human history. Not only that, it reminded me of all the times I punched my computer screen but managed to catch it before it fell.

Of course, I wasn't solving a complicated math problem. I was trying, no doubt, to beat a computer game. Anyway, don't punch monitors. Punch things that don't matter--like the floor and small rodents...