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I would also add that being a Elemental Army recruit does not require you to preorder, or beta test. Just share your love of the game with others. Hell share your issues as well. This army promotion here is more along the lines of a three fold multi-staged attack. 1. Reward fans for participating, and doing what they already were doing. 2. Generate buzz and awareness as people who care, share their personal experiences with others. 3. And to get folks t

Reply to Elemental Army question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Gorstagg" reply="12" id="2646414"] Quoting zampolit, reply 11 So in a sense if it's too out of date, you could point that out. And it would make sense, and oh, probably keep people from essentially wasting our collective time trying to go by the rules as written. All of my diggs(pre 9th) that were rejected did get "out of date" as the reason. Go recheck, calm down, and breathe. I hear you Zampolit, but my were not noted for that. And the base

Reply to Elemental army is buged in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Dethedrus" reply="19" id="2647203"]I followed the current Digg requirements (about Elemental and only posted by IslandDog) and every single one was denied. Any particular reason?[/quote] It's possible that you didn't link to the Who part of the digg page. So they couldn't verify that you had indeed dugg it as it were. And it's possible something got missed when they were going through it. I would send Island Dog a private message, (unless that's counterm

Reply to Elemental: BETA 2 Tour in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Alright, this was a good primer post about what's In, and what's not in. My first observations. Great, it'll be going live just as I get off my vacation. Irony is full of that! *Grin* (Though to me, it's not a problem, I've had a decent vacation.) Next, I found myself thinking out loud. Beware the consequences of "Armies are not Stacks". But I feel I think I understand the significance of that statement. When you form an army, it becomes o

Reply to [Suggestions] Persistent Moral and Faction Rivalries in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

I like this take on the effects of a war. Long wars of attrition, do affect the morale of the fighting forces. (Well that and in the real world idiotic leadership, ordering things because they can, though not because it's a needed goal or actual necessity. In this case I would reference the great HBO Series Generation Kill, as it's based on the article published by the Rolling Stones Journalist.) Now that all said, I think for a future expansion for morale, it could be something that

Reply to Hate to encourage: Release via steam in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I've heard Brad talk about Steam in the past, and discuss the merits and lack thereof. While I do like Steam, as a tool. If Impulse has the same price point as Steam, I've still gone with Steam. Just being honest. That said, I do prefer the ethical side of Stardock. And can't even see the remote need for them to branch out into the alternative distribution sites. Just doesn't make any solid business sense. I guess it's a good question, as it got Brad to respond. It just would

Reply to Elemental Army Updates in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Well one brush fire put out. A sticky like this is going to get a decent amount of traffic, being up at the top. And now I'm going to get some sleep, us 3rd shifters need to do that sometimes! I hope you all have a great day!

Reply to Elemental Video Resources in Elemental News Elemental Forums

A consolidated resources page, with a focus is good idea ID!

Reply to Elemental Army works.. answers some questions. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Hence, the comment about the old hands, and new ones. I did read the Elemental FAQ for dummies, but still didn't see it, until I did a ctrl+F to find it. And a few months ago, I didn't see Brad mention it. I think that calling attention to it is useful. Because maybe.. others missed it as well. Or further, maybe they've missed some other key piece of information, that is obvious to some. But not obviously to them, till found later.

Reply to Elemental: Happy, Dancing Monsters in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

Well that was a pleasant diversion. But what I liked was that it gave us a look at some monsters..

Reply to Map of Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

I would have to say, one thing I learned as this thread prompted me to find it. 224x160 is the tile size for this game, which compared to Civ IV 104x64 is just a mammoth beast. That said, I don't know if the campaign (Single Player) will be more advanced larger drilled down focus on the region, or be more abstract and pulled out with that above map fitting in the 224x160 or not. That'll be answered later on. But this should be a fun ride.

Reply to What is the point of the "Army"? - Marketing Genius in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Kestral2040" reply="44" id="2646566"] It sounds like your Digg submissions were rejected because of some confusion on how they were linked, the system is designed so that if something is rejected it can be re-evaluated and we will look at them again and award points where they are deserved. Thanks for bringing it to our attention, remember there are a lot of submissions so there will be mistakes from time to time but they can be fixed. &nbsp

Elemental Army works.. answers some questions. in War of Magic Elemental Forums

What in the nine hells am I talking about. Well the link http://www.giantbomb.com/elemental-war-of-magic/61-24369/ Was posted as a Unique Promotion. What did it do you ask? Well, when I clicked on it and glanced over it, I found myself getting questions that were sitting in the back of my mind. Well answered. The part about world size 224x160 tiles. Was clearly right there, at the bottom

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[quote who="kryo" reply="22" id="2646544"] How do we know what digg articles are submitted by Island Dog? On the Digg site, I didn't notice any articles submitted with that name. http://digg.com/users/IslandDog I did Digg his most recent ones. Here in June, and they were rejected. And the rules aren't updated to reflect it. I just went through your previous submissions (the admin tools were just now updated to permit that) and it

Reply to Adventuring in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I'm really also looking forward to this path of the process. And what it all entails. More on how the implementation will work, and how expansive dungeons will turn out being. Like the sovereign going on dungeon raids as it were, finding ancient lost whatevers... And then see if there would be some tactical combats against various denizens of those lairs. And so on. And if we'll be able to bind a few "adventurers" to a band and have them adventure together, exploring the

Reply to What is the point of the "Army"? - Marketing Genius in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Tridus" reply="42" id="2646512"] The whole point is to sell more copies of the game. This is a business, after all.[/quote] Yes this is the responsibility of a for profit business. And this is part of the marketing campaign, building viable hype before it goes live. But Stardock has always been very honest and upfront about all of this. So if they said they were doing this to reward the fans, and in a sense help build hype. That I believe. Brad Wardell i

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[quote who="damonlundy" reply="20" id="2646523"]How do we know what digg articles are submitted by Island Dog? On the Digg site, I didn't notice any articles submitted with that name.[/quote] You can do a search for elemental, and find him as a poster, and then view his history for elemental posts by him. Which is what I did. (Mind you both Digg Articles that he posted that I dugg were rejected.) Mind you again no mention of a time line involved. That said I'm obviously not tr

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[quote who="kryo" reply="18" id="2646486"] I'm going to point out, that you also need to update and change the rules again then because when we HAVE submitted reward requests, for posts by Island Dog, they've been rejected as well. Which is not cool. You were most likely trying to get credit for ancient posts which have no realistic chance of benefiting from being dugg (and would be kinda pointless even if they did make it to front page since they're outdated info). As I've no

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[quote who="Locklear93" reply="39" id="2646417"]Edit: Apologies to Gorstagg--I was writing this over a fairly long period of time, and your post wasn't in place when I started. Your tone and post are quite rational, and you are absolutely not the "butthurt" fan I warned would come to pass in my post![/quote] Hey good person, I took no offense to your response. Because I do feel it was reasoned by myself, and also your opinion is quite valid. I do want to say thank you thou

Reply to Hello to all and quick question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="19" id="2646450"]So much talk about multiplayer and I still haven't seen Frogboy say that he is ready to sacrifice single player experience for multiplayer one. That said, I'd expect him to stick to the "If you do multiplayer in your game, you do it well or don't bother at all.".[/quote] I'm gonna have to agree with Wintersong here. Brad is definitely the guy who does it right, or doesn't do it. At least my experience with him and Gal Civ and

Reply to OffTopic - Fallout ... what's your opinion? in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I really can say Fallout 1, is one of my All time favorite games. Fallout 2, was a fantastic continuation of the series. Both were just great games, (though not with their .. ahem bugs). As far as Fallout 3, I've not completed it due to graphics glitch, and a bit of boredom. But that being said, I think it's a wonderful game for what it is, an artists recreation of a beloved series in a different perspective. Different, with it's own very strong gotcha moments. (How abou

Reply to Elemental Army question in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="zampolit" reply="11" id="2646404"] So in a sense if it's too out of date, you could point that out. And it would make sense, and oh, probably keep people from essentially wasting our collective time trying to go by the rules as written. All of my diggs(pre 9th) that were rejected did get "out of date" as the reason. Go recheck, calm down, and breathe. [/quote] I hear you Zampolit, but my were not noted for that. And the base rules themselves don't men

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I'm going to point out, that you also need to update and change the rules again then because when we HAVE submitted reward requests, for posts by Island Dog, they've been rejected as well. Which is not cool.

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[quote who="Island Dog" reply="9" id="2646351"] Quoting kryo, reply 3Also, please don't report threads from months ago. The focus is more on current and future activity (particularly insightful or helpful posts), or those on other sites that bring attention to Elemental. [/quote] Then may I suggest you update the How to Rules. Because if someone hadn't seen this forum post by you guys, and they get rejected, because "Nothing" in the How to part of the rules states we s

Reply to What is the point of the "Army"? - Marketing Genius in War of Magic Elemental Forums

Just take into account people that even if you DO follow the rules based upon what is written. You may be in for a surprise when you get many rejected ones. Even though, you as it may of been were communicating and participating on various forums. Oh and don't even try to submit your Diggs, cause they'll get rejected out of hand, even if you only do exactly as they say. Which is digg an article by Island Dog. Why am I putting this here? Honesty, I spent several hours las