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Hugo Rune posted 09-25-99 06:49 AM ET
Do you have any ideas for games that should be made? You know, any designs lingering in your mind? I would appreciate as many of them as possible. Post them at The Open Forum for Gaming Ideas...
I thought the service was needed, that's all.
Darksider posted 09-25-99 09:29 PM ET
What idiot is going to post their (perhaps) valuable ideas for games in a public forum?
Hugo Rune posted 09-26-99 01:32 PM ET
Anything you post in a public forum counts as being "published" (My lawyer friend assures me). Therefore, you automatically recieve the copyright to that idea... Anyway, what would you rather do? Keep the idea in your mind, almost certainly ensuring that it will never, ever get published.
laurens posted 09-27-99 09:50 AM ET
Darksider -
I like that. You are very practical.

BusterMan posted 10-01-99 04:57 PM ET
I have an excellent idea: 7 distinct factions breakaway from a fusion powered unity. they land on a foreign planet called chiron which orbits one of the centauri systems stars, has this been taken?
sir_penguin posted 10-01-99 06:16 PM ET
Yeah, and then you could put a bunch of bugs into it to keep interest going, and then release an expansion so that people can complain that the factions are almost the same as the originals! Great idea! Hey, how about a sequel to Civ 2? You couldn't use the Civilization name, but how about getting Sid Meier in on the deal? Or Brian Reynolds? Or Jeff Morris, he'd be a good PR manager! Wow, get on it!
SP
BusterMan posted 10-01-99 06:20 PM ET
hahaha, my thoughts exactly
BusterMan posted 10-01-99 06:21 PM ET
oh but CTP wasnt a sequel, it was kindof an enhancement by a diffrent company
sir_penguin posted 10-01-99 06:38 PM ET
Hey, here's an idea--SimGov. If you made it a really hard and complex game, you might get some funding from the government. Then, since the government is involved, you could release it a year or two late. Then, you could have time on prime time TV to advertise, like the government.
SP
Beta1 posted 10-02-99 04:25 AM ET
How about a millenium dome simulator where you design a completely pointless structure, then even when its clear noone wants it keep throwing money at it until its finished (just after the millenium) - you could have bonus points for having to close more than 5 hospitals to pay for it.
Then you could have a bit where you realise you dont have anything to exhibit in it.
And as a grand climax perhaps it could be taken over by a mysterious alien force and blown up on new years eve when its full of politicians.
Beta-1
JohnIII posted 10-02-99 05:24 AM ET
We can but hope...
John III
threeover posted 10-02-99 11:58 AM ET
too bad it's down
Darksider posted 10-02-99 10:37 PM ET
I've loads of ideas for games but I don't want them ripped off! The artillery in SMAC was my idea!
Seriously I sent a mail to Microprose suggesting it (b4 Sid left) but god only knows if it was read or not. This would be a thorny legal issue with long pedantic arguments over where ideas come from.
JohnIII posted 10-03-99 05:08 AM ET
You mean you were the only person to consider having long-range firing? One of the things that bugged me about Civ 2 was the "artillery" needing to engage in close combat.
Sorry for thinking your idea.
John III
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Author	Topic: Gaming Ideas
Hugo Rune	posted 09-25-99 06:49 AM ET Do you have any ideas for games that should be made? You know, any designs lingering in your mind? I would appreciate as many of them as possible. Post them at The Open Forum for Gaming Ideas... I thought the service was needed, that's all.
Darksider	posted 09-25-99 09:29 PM ET What idiot is going to post their (perhaps) valuable ideas for games in a public forum?
Hugo Rune	posted 09-26-99 01:32 PM ET Anything you post in a public forum counts as being "published" (My lawyer friend assures me). Therefore, you automatically recieve the copyright to that idea... Anyway, what would you rather do? Keep the idea in your mind, almost certainly ensuring that it will never, ever get published.
laurens	posted 09-27-99 09:50 AM ET Darksider - I like that. You are very practical.
BusterMan	posted 10-01-99 04:57 PM ET I have an excellent idea: 7 distinct factions breakaway from a fusion powered unity. they land on a foreign planet called chiron which orbits one of the centauri systems stars, has this been taken?
sir_penguin	posted 10-01-99 06:16 PM ET Yeah, and then you could put a bunch of bugs into it to keep interest going, and then release an expansion so that people can complain that the factions are almost the same as the originals! Great idea! Hey, how about a sequel to Civ 2? You couldn't use the Civilization name, but how about getting Sid Meier in on the deal? Or Brian Reynolds? Or Jeff Morris, he'd be a good PR manager! Wow, get on it! SP
BusterMan	posted 10-01-99 06:20 PM ET hahaha, my thoughts exactly
BusterMan	posted 10-01-99 06:21 PM ET oh but CTP wasnt a sequel, it was kindof an enhancement by a diffrent company
sir_penguin	posted 10-01-99 06:38 PM ET Hey, here's an idea--SimGov. If you made it a really hard and complex game, you might get some funding from the government. Then, since the government is involved, you could release it a year or two late. Then, you could have time on prime time TV to advertise, like the government. SP
Beta1	posted 10-02-99 04:25 AM ET How about a millenium dome simulator where you design a completely pointless structure, then even when its clear noone wants it keep throwing money at it until its finished (just after the millenium) - you could have bonus points for having to close more than 5 hospitals to pay for it. Then you could have a bit where you realise you dont have anything to exhibit in it. And as a grand climax perhaps it could be taken over by a mysterious alien force and blown up on new years eve when its full of politicians. Beta-1
JohnIII	posted 10-02-99 05:24 AM ET We can but hope... John III
threeover	posted 10-02-99 11:58 AM ET too bad it's down
Darksider	posted 10-02-99 10:37 PM ET I've loads of ideas for games but I don't want them ripped off! The artillery in SMAC was my idea! Seriously I sent a mail to Microprose suggesting it (b4 Sid left) but god only knows if it was read or not. This would be a thorny legal issue with long pedantic arguments over where ideas come from.
JohnIII	posted 10-03-99 05:08 AM ET You mean you were the only person to consider having long-range firing? One of the things that bugged me about Civ 2 was the "artillery" needing to engage in close combat. Sorry for thinking your idea. John III