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Thue posted 12-18-98 08:41 PM ET
they jumped the timer from about 10.000.000 to about 45.000.000 , a jump of about 4 days. This means the demo will be out dec 24 (going to work on fitting it under the tree)1.00 in the morning in Denmark (CET, thats dec 23 19.00 in washington DC)
I wonder if my family will miss me for x-mas?
By the way, I just saw that I am no. 1 in the ealpha centauri zone quiz contest
Lee Johnson posted 12-19-98 01:04 AM ET
December 24? Happy Birthday to me! :-)
Brian Reynolds FIRAXIS posted 12-19-98 01:31 AM ET
We sent the demo off to Origin earlier tonight (Friday); I expect they'll test it over the weekend and you should see it up sometime early-to-mid week.
Brian Reynolds
Alpha Centauri Designer
FIRAXIS Games
jdwells posted 12-19-98 01:37 AM ET
Thanks for the note Brian.
The end is in sight! Or is it the beginning of the end. Or the end of the beginning? Or the....
(jdwells wanders off aimlessly muttering, a sure sign of a SMAC attack.)
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-19-98 10:33 AM ET
Haha!! I love it!! We'll soon be playing the demo, while our families drink egg-nog, open presents, & drink hot chocolate while watching the Clinton impeachment thing!! Brilliant strategy....Maybe I should drink some of that egg-nog while playing the game
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Kurn posted 12-19-98 02:58 PM ET
No, then you might choose some Faction like the Gaians or something! Egg Nog and Rum for all!!!
Legoean posted 12-19-98 03:43 PM ET
Just think of it this way people will be exparmenting with new factions like The North Pole.
Starting base- The workShop
Units-Chris Kingle, Rudolf, The rigndear.
Specal abilities-Producses An alarming rate of toys...
Roland posted 12-19-98 04:25 PM ET
Yo, no egg-nog. You will become an egg-head, join the UoP and write stuff like this:
"If one examines Habermasian discourse, one is faced with a choice: either reject conceptualist rationalism or conclude that society has objective value. Several narratives concerning postsemanticist discourse exist. Therefore, the subject is interpolated into a Habermasian discourse
that includes reality as a reality. Foucault's model of the textual paradigm of context holds that language is used to exploit the Other."
Do you really want that ?
Jimmy posted 12-19-98 04:38 PM ET
I just had a dreadful thought: what if the people at origin who play ,oopps meant to say test, the game get completely hooked and can't stop, and we never get it.

Centaurion posted 12-19-98 04:45 PM ET
WHAT?? THE DEMO WONT BE OUT THE 20th???
DAMN!!!
I�ve made plans on visiting my schools LAN for the download. And I�m going to austria on the 25th! I wont be playing SMAC before 1999! Firaxis...how could you???
Centaurion posted 12-19-98 04:47 PM ET
Oh by the way, Thue, where in Denmark do you live?
Roland posted 12-19-98 04:53 PM ET
You're going to Austria ? Aha...
Centaurion posted 12-19-98 07:54 PM ET
aha what?
Pudz posted 12-19-98 10:43 PM ET
waaaaa, i have to wait longer
Thue posted 12-19-98 10:58 PM ET
>>centaurion: Frederiksberg (Copenhagen)
Fluke posted 12-19-98 11:19 PM ET
Where be all these Danes coming from (beside Fredriksberg an Nr. Sundby)?
I was here first
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-20-98 01:35 AM ET
Jesus Roland. You're from a foreign country & you know more English then me!! What kid of Alta Vista translator do you have?? I think you don't even live in Austria! You live in the States, but deceive us, just like you all made us think you were a Morgan!! It's all coming together, I'm on to you Roland. Also, what Euro would volunteer himself as a Canadian!! You're days are numbered 'Rolly'!!!
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
AUH20 posted 12-20-98 01:47 AM ET
Oh, God no, Roland. That's how my school papers write. No wonder I get beaten up in P.E.
BoomBoom posted 12-20-98 01:21 PM ET
Boohoo, I came into work especially to download the demo, andnow look what. I came for nothing. Damn, I knew I was sad, but this has ruined my day. Ah well, have to get it at home then. my folks are not going to be happy.
SnowFire posted 12-20-98 04:19 PM ET
Yes, what's wrong with that Roland? Where'd you get that lovely piece of verse from?
AUH20: Fall over dramatically, you can draw a foul and get the other guy kicked out for a short period of time, assuming it's a game like that you're playing (unless they flagrantly beat you up and not even try to conceal it as a check within a game).
Helmut posted 12-20-98 04:27 PM ET
It's cold, drizzly outside, the wind is howling, what a day to spend indoors and play SMAC!!! Oh well, I guess another Christmas present like this can't be too bad!! Please hurry!!!!!!!!!1
AUH20 posted 12-20-98 05:32 PM ET
They don't even pretend that it's a game, and my teacher invariably gets there ten or fifteen minutes after we get out of the locker room, so I'm defenseless.
Roland posted 12-21-98 06:00 AM ET
Centaurion: "aha" meant to imply the question: where in Austria and what for (skiing ?). Just curious...
Yo, you got me. I've always been a Canadian and I'm hiding somewehre in the US in a dustbin with internet access. But you'll never find me !!! "What kid of Alta Vista translator do you have??" Tried the babelfish on altavista ? It's so ridiculous, it makes me cry...example: "Which does not kill you, makes only harder you!" The german original would mean: "Things that don't kill you only make you tougher!"
Which "verse" ? The habermasian stuff ? It's from an essay on the conflict of methods in science...
DCA posted 12-21-98 06:15 AM ET
Ha! The Habermasian stuff looks like it's created by one of those thesis autogenerators... Y'know, linguistic programs which put together lots of fancy words, creating quite impenetrable essays which tend to mention Foucault more than what would be strictly necessary..
Try "The automatic complaint-letter generator" at http://www-csag.cs.uiuc.edu/individual/pakin/complaint, it's a similar thing.
I heard there is one creating bogus mission statements as well - some US students were given the task of creating a mission statement for their university. One guy turned in an autogenerated one, and did of course get an A.
DCA,
I don't know just where I'm going
Zan Thrax posted 12-21-98 07:04 AM ET
Check out dilbert.com for the meaningless mission generator, and some (possibly true) stories about it being used with good results at some US universities.
MikeH II posted 12-21-98 07:12 AM ET
What the hell was this thread about anyway, I've got to the bottom and I have no idea.
Roland posted 12-21-98 07:51 AM ET
DCA, you got me there... it's such a bunch of rubbish, it almost hurts physically...
Roland posted 12-21-98 07:55 AM ET
A similar thing, though created by a human, even made it into a journal:
Alan Sokal, Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity, published in Social Text.
A great hoax...
Zan Thrax posted 12-21-98 08:02 AM ET
I thought that was the point of off-topic conversations. If you know what's going on, then you haven't been paying attention. :-)
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Author	Topic: FIRAXIS adjusted the countdown timer! ETA is...
Thue	posted 12-18-98 08:41 PM ET they jumped the timer from about 10.000.000 to about 45.000.000 , a jump of about 4 days. This means the demo will be out dec 24 (going to work on fitting it under the tree)1.00 in the morning in Denmark (CET, thats dec 23 19.00 in washington DC) I wonder if my family will miss me for x-mas? By the way, I just saw that I am no. 1 in the ealpha centauri zone quiz contest
Lee Johnson	posted 12-19-98 01:04 AM ET December 24? Happy Birthday to me! :-)
Brian Reynolds FIRAXIS	posted 12-19-98 01:31 AM ET We sent the demo off to Origin earlier tonight (Friday); I expect they'll test it over the weekend and you should see it up sometime early-to-mid week. Brian Reynolds Alpha Centauri Designer FIRAXIS Games
jdwells	posted 12-19-98 01:37 AM ET Thanks for the note Brian. The end is in sight! Or is it the beginning of the end. Or the end of the beginning? Or the.... (jdwells wanders off aimlessly muttering, a sure sign of a SMAC attack.)
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-19-98 10:33 AM ET Haha!! I love it!! We'll soon be playing the demo, while our families drink egg-nog, open presents, & drink hot chocolate while watching the Clinton impeachment thing!! Brilliant strategy....Maybe I should drink some of that egg-nog while playing the game Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Kurn	posted 12-19-98 02:58 PM ET No, then you might choose some Faction like the Gaians or something! Egg Nog and Rum for all!!!
Legoean	posted 12-19-98 03:43 PM ET Just think of it this way people will be exparmenting with new factions like The North Pole. Starting base- The workShop Units-Chris Kingle, Rudolf, The rigndear. Specal abilities-Producses An alarming rate of toys...
Roland	posted 12-19-98 04:25 PM ET Yo, no egg-nog. You will become an egg-head, join the UoP and write stuff like this: "If one examines Habermasian discourse, one is faced with a choice: either reject conceptualist rationalism or conclude that society has objective value. Several narratives concerning postsemanticist discourse exist. Therefore, the subject is interpolated into a Habermasian discourse that includes reality as a reality. Foucault's model of the textual paradigm of context holds that language is used to exploit the Other." Do you really want that ?
Jimmy	posted 12-19-98 04:38 PM ET I just had a dreadful thought: what if the people at origin who play ,oopps meant to say test, the game get completely hooked and can't stop, and we never get it.
Centaurion	posted 12-19-98 04:45 PM ET WHAT?? THE DEMO WONT BE OUT THE 20th??? DAMN!!! I�ve made plans on visiting my schools LAN for the download. And I�m going to austria on the 25th! I wont be playing SMAC before 1999! Firaxis...how could you???
Centaurion	posted 12-19-98 04:47 PM ET Oh by the way, Thue, where in Denmark do you live?
Roland	posted 12-19-98 04:53 PM ET You're going to Austria ? Aha...
Centaurion	posted 12-19-98 07:54 PM ET aha what?
Pudz	posted 12-19-98 10:43 PM ET waaaaa, i have to wait longer
Thue	posted 12-19-98 10:58 PM ET >>centaurion: Frederiksberg (Copenhagen)
Fluke	posted 12-19-98 11:19 PM ET Where be all these Danes coming from (beside Fredriksberg an Nr. Sundby)? I was here first
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-20-98 01:35 AM ET Jesus Roland. You're from a foreign country & you know more English then me!! What kid of Alta Vista translator do you have?? I think you don't even live in Austria! You live in the States, but deceive us, just like you all made us think you were a Morgan!! It's all coming together, I'm on to you Roland. Also, what Euro would volunteer himself as a Canadian!! You're days are numbered 'Rolly'!!! Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
AUH20	posted 12-20-98 01:47 AM ET Oh, God no, Roland. That's how my school papers write. No wonder I get beaten up in P.E.
BoomBoom	posted 12-20-98 01:21 PM ET Boohoo, I came into work especially to download the demo, andnow look what. I came for nothing. Damn, I knew I was sad, but this has ruined my day. Ah well, have to get it at home then. my folks are not going to be happy.
SnowFire	posted 12-20-98 04:19 PM ET Yes, what's wrong with that Roland? Where'd you get that lovely piece of verse from? AUH20: Fall over dramatically, you can draw a foul and get the other guy kicked out for a short period of time, assuming it's a game like that you're playing (unless they flagrantly beat you up and not even try to conceal it as a check within a game).
Helmut	posted 12-20-98 04:27 PM ET It's cold, drizzly outside, the wind is howling, what a day to spend indoors and play SMAC!!! Oh well, I guess another Christmas present like this can't be too bad!! Please hurry!!!!!!!!!1
AUH20	posted 12-20-98 05:32 PM ET They don't even pretend that it's a game, and my teacher invariably gets there ten or fifteen minutes after we get out of the locker room, so I'm defenseless.
Roland	posted 12-21-98 06:00 AM ET Centaurion: "aha" meant to imply the question: where in Austria and what for (skiing ?). Just curious... Yo, you got me. I've always been a Canadian and I'm hiding somewehre in the US in a dustbin with internet access. But you'll never find me !!! "What kid of Alta Vista translator do you have??" Tried the babelfish on altavista ? It's so ridiculous, it makes me cry...example: "Which does not kill you, makes only harder you!" The german original would mean: "Things that don't kill you only make you tougher!" Which "verse" ? The habermasian stuff ? It's from an essay on the conflict of methods in science...
DCA	posted 12-21-98 06:15 AM ET Ha! The Habermasian stuff looks like it's created by one of those thesis autogenerators... Y'know, linguistic programs which put together lots of fancy words, creating quite impenetrable essays which tend to mention Foucault more than what would be strictly necessary.. Try "The automatic complaint-letter generator" at http://www-csag.cs.uiuc.edu/individual/pakin/complaint, it's a similar thing. I heard there is one creating bogus mission statements as well - some US students were given the task of creating a mission statement for their university. One guy turned in an autogenerated one, and did of course get an A. DCA, I don't know just where I'm going
Zan Thrax	posted 12-21-98 07:04 AM ET Check out dilbert.com for the meaningless mission generator, and some (possibly true) stories about it being used with good results at some US universities.
MikeH II	posted 12-21-98 07:12 AM ET What the hell was this thread about anyway, I've got to the bottom and I have no idea.
Roland	posted 12-21-98 07:51 AM ET DCA, you got me there... it's such a bunch of rubbish, it almost hurts physically...
Roland	posted 12-21-98 07:55 AM ET A similar thing, though created by a human, even made it into a journal: Alan Sokal, Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity, published in Social Text. A great hoax...
Zan Thrax	posted 12-21-98 08:02 AM ET I thought that was the point of off-topic conversations. If you know what's going on, then you haven't been paying attention. :-)