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by elorran
Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:03 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Just bought SotS complete collection on Steam.
Replies: 57
Views: 35419

Re: Just bought SotS complete collection on Steam.

I'm in the UK on GMT 0 time (our clocks just went back from summer time +1). I know kushan_pilot also has the game, hes somewhere around texas. Not sure of the time zone of the top of my head but no doubt he could be coaxed into a game. The mission concept is odd at first, I'm still getting my head ...
by elorran
Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:08 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Just bought SotS complete collection on Steam.
Replies: 57
Views: 35419

Re: Just bought SotS complete collection on Steam.

Agreed. As I was downloading it I was doing about of mooching about the internet for info and ran across the threads on paradox forums about the snafu. I did test the waters with the initial download but put it down after it crashed while I was playing with the ship design and weapons testing screen...
by elorran
Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:06 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Just bought SotS complete collection on Steam.
Replies: 57
Views: 35419

Re: Just bought SotS complete collection on Steam.

I would have said tarka were the easiest tutorial race to begin with. If you're a research freak, liir. A trader, moragi. But humans are a nice experience, and the node transport system is brilliant for most of the game. Can bite you occasionally with random placement but node travel is insanely fas...
by elorran
Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:06 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: WTF BOTS!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 7743

Re: WTF BOTS!!!

PHPBB is free forum software, so a lot of people use it. But this in turn makes it a prime target for spammers and eventually virus seeders. I took my own forums down because of it, and they were admin authorisation only membership. But creative spammers still find a way in after time. All you can d...
by elorran
Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:00 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs
Replies: 746
Views: 454341

Re: Concept Fanart of Future Terran Ship Designs

Tech 3 cruisers are hardly the penultimate ship. They're versatile, granted but there are other ships (most of which are tech 2) that perform specific roles in far superior fashion than a t3 cruiser could.
They're good, but they're over rated a lot as well.
by elorran
Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:06 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Chapter 2 cover
Replies: 155
Views: 85697

Re: Chapter 2 cover

7 chapters, around 80-ish pages per chapter, though this is subject to change.
Alex supposedly graduated with honours and was exceptionally skilled in tactical/strategic assessment.
Whether his "chess" skills are still used at all, is another matter however.
by elorran
Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:45 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: And here come the spambots
Replies: 3
Views: 4660

Re: And here come the spambots

Keep regular back ups. Once you garner some attention you'll get all manner of toads trying to spam the place, hack it or crash it. All phpbb based forums I did got targeted in this manner over the last 4 years. Ruudje at sierra chest gets the same problems.
They're a pain in the butt :(
by elorran
Thu May 26, 2011 11:32 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 88
Replies: 335
Views: 164162

Re: Page 88

The panel with the umiak ship facing side on, the front section distinctly reminds me of the shape of the kadesh drone fighter from homeworld during the first diplomatic encounter. More homage art?
by elorran
Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:04 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: what names mean
Replies: 26
Views: 68079

Re: what names mean

I have four names each with a single word meaning, though placed together they become a fancy chain. Immovable stone of truth and freedom.
Though the reality probably translates as: stubborn rock. :P