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locke89
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 Posted: Fri, 16th Mar 2012 17:42 Post subject: Wing Commander Saga releasing March 22nd |
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locke89
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Location: Poland
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Mar 2012 19:00 Post subject: Re: Wing Commander Saga releasing March 22nd |
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| fuckit wrote: | right, that was enough information for me  |
| fuckit wrote: | | wait wait, have i liked any of their games recently? i missed that if so, it's been a few years honestly. |
You do realize that this game is 100% fan-created and that the only thing EA has to do with it is that they told the fans making it that they won't issue them a cease-and-decist order to stop making fangames based on their copyrighted IPs, right?
| Silent_Lurker wrote: | At first I was like :
Wing Commander !
After watching the video :
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Well, the voice acting is what'd you'd expect from a fangame, but aside from that, I think it looks amazing, for what it is. Really top-notch effort for a fangame, and it's amazing that the developers have stuck with this project for so long, finally seeing it to completion. I remember reading about this so many years ago on WCCIC...
Hey, would you rather have a "reimagining" of the series from EA themselves? 
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Mar 2012 19:02 Post subject: |
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someone needs to learn the definition of sanctioned then, but thanks for clarifying and OP thanks for editing the OP to be more accurate and less misleading.
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Kaltern
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Location: Lockerbie, Scotland
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Mar 2012 20:06 Post subject: |
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| fuckit wrote: | | someone needs to learn the definition of sanctioned then,. |
Yes, you do:
| Merriam-Webster wrote: | sanc·tion / noun /ˈsaŋ(k)-shən
4c: explicit or official approval, permission, or ratification : approbation |
The fan team has been working on this fangame on their own for 10 years, and EA, as the holder of the rights to the Wing Commander IP, has given them official permission to use their IP and promised to not block them from releasing it (which they are legally and morally entitled to do, since it is infringing on their copyright).
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Mar 2012 21:02 Post subject: |
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here i'll correct you again, you're used to this obviously.
| Quote: | sanc·tion (sngkshn)
n.
1. Authoritative permission or approval that makes a course of action valid. See Synonyms at permission.
2. Support or encouragement, as from public opinion or established custom.
3. A consideration, influence, or principle that dictates an ethical choice.
4.
a. A law or decree.
b. The penalty for noncompliance specified in a law or decree.
5. A penalty, specified or in the form of moral pressure, that acts to ensure compliance or conformity.
6. A coercive measure adopted usually by several nations acting together against a nation violating international law.
tr.v. sanc·tioned, sanc·tion·ing, sanc·tions
1. To give official authorization or approval to: "The president, we are told, has sanctioned greed at the cost of compassion" (David Rankin).
2. To encourage or tolerate by indicating approval. See Synonyms at approve.
3. To penalize, especially for violating a moral principle or international law. |
a LOT of those could either way, that word has more than two meanings depending on it's use.
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Mar 2012 21:50 Post subject: |
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| fuckit wrote: | here i'll correct you again, you're used to this obviously.
| Quote: | sanc·tion (sngkshn)
n.
1. Authoritative permission or approval that makes a course of action valid. See Synonyms at permission.
2. Support or encouragement, as from public opinion or established custom.
3. A consideration, influence, or principle that dictates an ethical choice.
4.
a. A law or decree.
b. The penalty for noncompliance specified in a law or decree.
5. A penalty, specified or in the form of moral pressure, that acts to ensure compliance or conformity.
6. A coercive measure adopted usually by several nations acting together against a nation violating international law.
tr.v. sanc·tioned, sanc·tion·ing, sanc·tions
1. To give official authorization or approval to: "The president, we are told, has sanctioned greed at the cost of compassion" (David Rankin).
2. To encourage or tolerate by indicating approval. See Synonyms at approve.
3. To penalize, especially for violating a moral principle or international law. |
a LOT of those could either way, that word has more than two meanings depending on it's use. |
Okay, in this context (which you'd understand if you read the first two sentences of the linked article), they obviously weren't using the word to mean "To penalize, especially for violating a moral principle or international law" or "A coercive measure adopted usually by several nations acting together against a nation violating international law." In case you weren't aware, being able to understand context is kind of important to being able to comprehend language.
You said "someone needs to learn the definition of sanctioned then," indicating that you think the author of the article used the word incorrectly. Yes, the word means a couple different things (basically, it can refer to either permission to do something, a punishment for something, or a law), but by no means did they use it incorrectly. The definitions of the word meaning "explicit or official approval, permission, or ratification" and "Authoritative permission or approval that makes a course of action valid" and "Support or encouragement, as from public opinion or established customs" and "To encourage or tolerate by indicating approval" all fit the situation perfectly well, so I think the person who wrote the article pretty clearly knows what the word means.
So, again, why are you saying that they "needs to learn the definition of sanctioned" when they didn't use it incorrectly?
| Quote: | | here i'll correct you again, you're used to this obviously. |
Excuse me, but you're the one who came into this thread about a free fangame thinking that EA made it themselves, or was otherwise in charge of it.
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Mar 2012 21:57 Post subject: |
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nah not really, those two letters always seem to to come along with the latest bullshit game for console derps is all.
i admit though, it was an uninformed opinion and will remain so until i can scrutinize the game in person.
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Epsilon
Dr. Strangelove
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| Posted: Fri, 16th Mar 2012 22:40 Post subject: |
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Not supporting ea. 
Fanmade... no problem 
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 02:01 Post subject: |
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LOL dat voiceacting....
no... just no. I'm all for supporting independents and fan based initiatives, but if it's shit it's not worth my time. Make something worth my time and I will play it.
Now, I go to see schoolplays. Not because I think it's a brilliant way to waste another hour of my life. You just have to if your own kids are playing in it. Luckily none of my kids are devs in this game so I don't have to play it. Thank God for that. Not that I don't think my 7 year old could've improved on dat voiceacting though.
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 02:38 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 02:46 Post subject: |
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| Taffelost wrote: | LOL dat voiceacting....
no... just no. I'm all for supporting independents and fan based initiatives, but if it's shit it's not worth my time. Make something worth my time and I will play it. |
> judging the entire game from it's voice acting alone
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WaldoJ
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 03:12 Post subject: |
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lol... i was reminded of freespace
| Sin317 wrote: | | I win, you lose. Or Go fuck yourself. |
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 03:34 Post subject: |
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nice one i'll try this. For a fan effort it looks commendable at least for the amount of effort they seem to have put in. 55 missions!?, you'll be lucky to get half that from a retail game let alone a fan made effort and the freespace2 engine can still hold it's own ever since it's source was released. Hope it plays well.
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 03:57 Post subject: |
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| WaldoJ wrote: | | lol... i was reminded of freespace |
Well, it is running on the Freespace 2 engine, so that makes sense.
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 10:51 Post subject: |
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| axeleration wrote: | | It's said that the game is going to be free, so I think that alone makes it a worth to try. |
That's where you and me differ greatly, because I don't judge by cost, but by entertainment value. I'm not spending time on something I deem terrible just because it's free. I'd rather spend 50€ on something worth my time. Also it doesn't matter to me if there's a perfectly sound explanation on why the voiceacting sounds terrible. Only that it is.
Kudos to fans for sharing the work of their hobby. I'm sure they had a lot of fun developing it. A lot more fun than I would have playign this turkey at least.
Cedge: I decide what I judge a game on. I can decide what parametres are important to me. Your parametres are totally irrelevant to me.
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 11:05 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 11:09 Post subject: |
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They should've used the voice actors from House of the Dead 2.
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dr-nix
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 11:51 Post subject: |
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ixigia
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| Posted: Sat, 17th Mar 2012 14:42 Post subject: |
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I've always loved WC, therefore do want no matter how amateurish it is
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dr-nix
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