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What Alien Invasion needs in order to replace XCOM1 as the best game
Destructavator:
Although I can't really speak for BTAxis, I did speak with him privately and got the impression that he isn't totally gone - he's just taking a break for a while, at least from the forum.
BTAxis has been involved with this project for a long time, and has invested a lot of work in UFO:AI, and after all the constant hard work he's put in, I think he really does deserve a vacation for a bit.
Please don't try to start a petition or otherwise pressure him - I think it is best to just let him have his break for a while.
If you really want to talk to him, you can send him a PM. I don't think he's irrevocably gone complete and total from the project, and I don't want anyone else here to get that impression, but I think he needs his break, so please let him do so.
odie:
--- Quote from: Destructavator on July 05, 2009, 01:38:02 pm ---Although I can't really speak for BTAxis, I did speak with him privately and got the impression that he isn't totally gone - he's just taking a break for a while, at least from the forum.
BTAxis has been involved with this project for a long time, and has invested a lot of work in UFO:AI, and after all the constant hard work he's put in, I think he really does deserve a vacation for a bit.
Please don't try to start a petition or otherwise pressure him - I think it is best to just let him have his break for a while.
If you really want to talk to him, you can send him a PM. I don't think he's irrevocably gone complete and total from the project, and I don't want anyone else here to get that impression, but I think he needs his break, so please let him do so.
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Nods nods. I agree with Destructavator.
Quoting an old chinese saying: "Resting, is the necessary preparations for a longer journey".
Rest well BTAxis, and we all know tat u cannot help but still pop in every now and then into these forums. :P
Winter:
Pointless poll locked. Its results, involving things we've expressly said we don't want and are never going to do, will be justly ignored.
I know exactly how BTAxis feels, and it's one of the reasons why I rarely work on UFO:AI anymore. Remaking X-COM has never been the goal and will never be the goal. First, you don't mess with perfection. Second, making more of the same is not something to strive for. Third, our engine limitations would result in an inferior copy of a game that's now almost twenty years old. WHAT IS THE GODDAMN POINT?
It's that exact same attitude which has ensured they don't make original games or movies anymore, just shit with ever-increasing numbers on the end, because apparently trying or learning anything new takes people out of their precious comfort zone. It has really, genuinely amazed me that any community could be so unappreciative of a project's goals or the efforts of its team.
Regards,
Winter
homunculus:
if people leave like that, i wouldn't be extremely certain about them coming back later.
funny how a post that could have been ignored can create so many passionate responses.
and, btw noticed some interesting statement (about the psi tactics in xcom1):
--- Quote from: Sirine on June 23, 2009, 06:05:16 am ---『homunculus』: yap, the enemy unknown. I can see you still having fun with that tactic of yours[...]
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how can you see what i am having fun with, is there some hidden webcam in my room somewhere?
can you see what i am having fun with right now while i am writing this post?
: )
actually, compared to the start of the game, this psi tactics made the game too lame, and i havn't even tried to play xcom1 for some years.
and i don't feel like playing it anytime soon, i know it's going to be the psi tactics.
Kenner:
It is unfortunate that those who want to complain tend to post, while those of us that actually support the project tend to sit back quietly letting the team get on with its work, and happily and patiently waiting for the next release, for this tends to give the impression that the whole community is "unappreciative". For myself, and I suspect many others, the original poster does not represent my view of the project or the efforts of the team. I think UFO:AI is a great project, and I have been fascinated to monitor its progress. It's amazing to me that so many people would give freely of their time to create a special game free for all to play. Please ignore the naysayers - they are the minority.
--- Quote from: Winter on July 06, 2009, 04:37:44 pm ---
It's that exact same attitude which has ensured they don't make original games or movies anymore, just shit with ever-increasing numbers on the end, because apparently trying or learning anything new takes people out of their precious comfort zone. It has really, genuinely amazed me that any community could be so unappreciative of a project's goals or the efforts of its team.
Regards,
Winter
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