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JUST STATING THE OBVIOUS
cyllan:
well... xenonauts is being done here in england , by digital distribution only, to be honest i was thinking of the devs doing a whole new game, from scratch, the xenonauts team is very small, and they decided to make a commercial project 1.5 years ago, i am just surprised you devs spent so much time and effort on a game that gets you 0 profit, if you guys are from south africa, (i remember the rand being 20 to 1pound) you could make a lot of rands , but anyway no one has really replied from the devs side, i suggest you all sit down and consider it....
however the graphics would have to be better, the quake engine is just too old.
agree or dont agree.... dont really care but i know how life is in south africa, electric fences on the houses!!!!!!!!!!!, oh man..... is mental!!!!!, i would think you devs like money....
oh yeah , about this game only be spread by word of mouth, that is total BS, the numebr one magazine in US and UK is big on indy games, there was a 1 page spread on xenonauts, thats is the reason i bought it on preorder.
xkuehn:
--- Quote from: cyllan on June 25, 2011, 02:01:26 pm ---if you guys are from south africa, (i remember the rand being 20 to 1pound) you could make a lot of rands
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That exchange rate was during financial turmoil, it's now somewhere around R10-R12 for a pound. Also, R1 won't buy in ZA what £1 will buy in the UK.
--- Quote from: cyllan on June 25, 2011, 02:01:26 pm ---agree or dont agree.... dont really care but i know how life is in south africa, electric fences on the houses!!!!!!!!!!!, oh man..... is mental!!!!!
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I'm from South Africa. I might decide to dabble in the code a little, but I'm certainly not "you devs".
I don't have an electric fence.
Having said that, violent crime is a big problem. Haven't been robbed myself (just two attempted break-ins), but you hear about people being robbed/murdered/tortured (rape is also used to torture). To see if they or others present can come up with more money in the latter case, or sometimes out of sheer sadism.
It is the result of general lawlessness and "rights". If a man breaks into your house and shoots at you, YOU can get locked up for retaliating. Often, anyway. And they'll let literally anyone out on bail and parole.
Vigilante executions are -- sadly but predictably -- on the rise. Hopefully The Party will grow a spine (not likely) or someone else will take over (less likely).
--- Quote from: cyllan on June 25, 2011, 02:01:26 pm ---oh yeah , about this game only be spread by word of mouth, that is total BS, the numebr one magazine in US and UK is big on indy games, there was a 1 page spread on xenonauts, thats is the reason i bought it on preorder.
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I stand corrected. It is certainly not the case here. (From what I've seen of gaming magazines.)
Now I don't want to offend; this is genuinely friendly advice. Hold back on the exclamation marks and use proper capitalisation. People will assume you're some immature kid if you make no effort. Nothing wrong with being a kid, but you do want to be taken seriously either way.
cyllan:
Well you might not want to offend, however i have worked with 100 south Africans (whites) in the UK, before they closed the visas to them and english written grammar is definitely not a "forte", understandable perhaps being second language etc, and probably much better spoken English that many other countries, but taking me to case because of capitalization or whatever is called seem absurd, i am not a kid, i am not a writer and there is nothing wrong with my writing, i never said i was Shakespeare, and my point is not being taking seriously because of several possible reasons.
1- the devs dont think seriously they can "make" a professional AAA,or A+ product, maybe lack of specialized skills, i dont know.....
2- they are too busy paying the mortgage and dont have the funds to do it.
3- they dont want to take the big financial risk in a recession
4-they dont have the time, since they all have full time jobs
5- they havent really seriously considered it.
all valid reasons, none of them got nothing to do with my grammar, just life
has actually any dev raised the question to the others seriously? what was the reaction? any plans, business proposals, funding requirements estimated, etc?
geever:
6 - we seriously considered and rejected it.
-geever
xkuehn:
--- Quote from: cyllan on June 25, 2011, 07:51:02 pm ---
Well you might not want to offend, however i have worked with 100 south Africans (whites) in the UK, before they closed the visas to them and english written grammar is definitely not a "forte", understandable perhaps being second language etc, and probably much better spoken English that many other countries, but taking me to case because of capitalization or whatever is called seem absurd, i am not a kid, i am not a writer and there is nothing wrong with my writing, i never said i was Shakespeare, and my point is not being taking seriously because of several possible reasons.
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Then the South Africans you have worked with were too lazy to learn. Written English is held to an extremely high standard in South Africa. Perhaps more so than in England. And I never wanted to attack you. I also never said you are a kid, I said it makes you sound like one. It's genuinely friendly advice -- sort of like "your shoelaces are untied". Please don't take offense; ignore it if you want.
--- Quote from: geever on June 25, 2011, 10:59:21 pm ---6 - we seriously considered and rejected it.
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So I think your question has been answered. The devs don't want to do it, you don't want to do it, I don't want to do it, and no-one has chipped in to say they want to do it.
I'll do one thing, though. If someone in Southern Africa really can't get the game, you can PM me and we'll see if I can get it to you.
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