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Reply to The Orville in Life, the Universe and Everything StarControl Forums

The Orville is basically a passion project for Seth. He was tired that the Trek he knew was dead and there is no sign of it coming back. So he basically made a TNG/Voyager like show of his own. The name changes and forced attempts at humour make it different enough not to get sued. Honestly going by the first two episodes it has some real potential for being a spiritual successor to Star Trek, but they might want to dial back the Seth jokes. Otherwise, it really is just TNG in all but name an

Reply to Event: Comp Stomp (16th September) in Ashes Community AshesoftheSingularity Forums

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="1" id="3689269"] [e digicons]:)[/e] [/quote] [e digicons]:)[/e]

Reply to End of an era - Cassini's last hurrah in Everything Else StarControl Forums

[quote who="tetleytea" reply="2" id="3689216"] What was exactly the reason for intentionally plunging it into Saturn? 13 years or not? [/quote] To rule out the possibility of Cassini colliding with one of the moons and contaminating them with terrestrial life. There is still hope of finding life in the prebiotic oceans.

Reply to End of an era - Cassini's last hurrah in Everything Else StarControl Forums

For those who want to see it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLTiv_XWHnOZpKPaDTVy36z0U8GxoiIkZa&v=xrGAQCq9BMU

Reply to Again, with the humanoids! in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I don't really agree with the use of the word humanoid here. I think when you say humanoid what you really mean is anthropomorphic. But, I do see what you are getting at about exotic aliens. The Pixar-like art style probably has a lot to do with this. For myself, it is far more about the writing. We also have not properly seen all of the aliens, let alone animation or voices for them. So there is still a lot to flesh out. An example of how "humanoid" aliens can still be cool are the B

Event: Comp Stomp (16th September) in Ashes Community AshesoftheSingularity Forums

When: 1700 BST / 1800 CEST / 1200 EST on the 16th of September. Lobby Name: Comp Stomp - Discord Event Discord Server: https://discord.gg/0ktpTCpLT5gjHO1n We are back to Saturdays this time but keeping the same slightly earlier time which makes sense as we have entered autumn/fall. We will be playing on v2.5 , whether that is opt-in or not time will tell

Event: Comp Stomp (16th September) in Ashes Community AshesoftheSingularity Forums

When: 1700 BST / 1800 CEST / 1200 EST on the 16th of September. Lobby Name: Comp Stomp - Discord Event Discord Server: https://discord.gg/0ktpTCpLT5gjHO1n We are back to Saturdays this time but keeping the same slightly earlier time which makes sense as we have entered autumn/fall. We will be playing on v2.5 , whether that is opt-in or not time will tell

Reply to Event: Community Comp Stomps (2nd September) in Ashes Community StarControl Forums

That event already passed.

Reply to Tab Atkins Jr. is a creepy little man in Personal Computing AshesoftheSingularity Forums

My biggest fear is that the Internet, which was meant to liberate ideas and groups, has inadvertently created the tools to discretely control information and empower tribalism the likes of which we have never seen before. Between the influence of advertisers and governments, we have seen a great deal of erosion of free speech already. However, it is things like this where a single website or service can hold unprecedented power over what the world knows and thinks about an individual or

Reply to Event: Community Comp Stomps (2nd September) in Ashes Community AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Thinking we will use the 2.5 opt-in this Sunday.

Star Control Discord Server in Star Control StarControl Forums

We have an official server for Star Control Origins and the franchise as a whole. This server was originally linked in the Founders' Vault but as time has passed many are still unaware of its existence. Joining the server is not mandatory, but it is a good idea since it is where a lot of the community activity and developer discussions now exists. Discord is a text and voice chat service that allows for multiple channels and features. It is free to sign up and you can use it on y

Reply to Origins vs. Eternal & Infinite in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Publius of NV" reply="38" id="3688290"] Quoting Hunam_, reply 24 I don't remember when I saw GalCiv3 founder badge last time here on SCO forum either. Do GC3 founder badges even show up here? Edit: No, they don't, or else I'd have one. [/quote] There seems t

Reply to Origins vs. Eternal & Infinite in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I'm kind of surprised this has created such a heated response. Eternal & Infinite was highlighted earlier on, though maybe not so explicitly. Brad has also talked about strategic and simulation elements being a long term goal in the two voice chat Q&A sessions we have had on Discord. Whether you are optimistic, pessimistic or neutral about the idea it is not something we are going to see for something like two years or more. Brad has made it quite clear that the focus is

Reply to Playable Alpha For Founders in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="bleybourne" reply="24" id="3688268"] Quoting Dopu, reply 23 For me personally, I'm MUCH happier and engaged now that I can access the discord server because It's very hard for me to engage on the forums, I'm just not adept at it, and have a (relatively) hard time navigating the medium. So having multiple avenue

Reply to Event: Community Comp Stomps (2nd September) in Ashes Community AshesoftheSingularity Forums

[quote who="Jythier" reply="6" id="3688227"] "What time is that thing on Saturday, the party for Labor Day?" "1 o'clock..." Drat. Sorry I couldn't make it. [e digicons]:([/e] [/quote] Another is already planned .

Event: Team PVP (10th September) in Ashes Community AshesoftheSingularity Forums

When: 1700 BST / 1800 CEST / 1200 EST on the 10th of September. Lobby Name: Team PVP - Discord Event Discord Server: https://discord.gg/0ktpTCpLT5gjHO1n After restarting the community events with comp stomps we are now moving on to team PvP. All skill levels are welcome and we will try to balance teams with pros and novices alike. Map selection will depend upon

Reply to Event: Community Comp Stomps (2nd September) in Ashes Community AshesoftheSingularity Forums

This was an amazing evening. I spent over six hours doing this. Thank you, everyone who joined and had fun playing.

Reply to Juggernaut Unit Profiles in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

This is a good overview for players who may not be aware of the strengths and weaknesses.

Reply to Event: Community Comp Stomps (2nd September) in Ashes Community Stardock.net Forums

[quote who="Jythier" reply="1" id="3688055"] Sounds like fun, hopefully I can make it out. I have never played against an AI higher than Intermediate at this point, but I'm considering moving up to the next level as I stomped them last time (but on a tiny map which matters I think). So I don't think I'm ready for challenging... but I assume we can bring that down if we want to?[/quote] Don't worry, it'll be team games so you will have support. If you want you can just

Reply to Playable Alpha For Founders in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="bleybourne" reply="18" id="3687946"] Quoting CalamitousCalamities, reply 16 Looking forward to the stage where I don't need to have discord in order to participate! There's nothing to "have", it's just a webpage, there isn't even a client to install. [/quote] Actually

Reply to Playable Alpha For Founders in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="CalamitousCalamities" reply="16" id="3687940"] Looking forward to the stage where I don't need to have discord in order to participate! [/quote] It is really the simplest thing.

Event: Community Comp Stomps (2nd September) in Ashes Community AshesoftheSingularity Forums

When: 1800 BST / 1900 CEST / 1300 EST on the 2nd of September. Lobby Name: Discord Comp Stomp Event Discord Server: https://discord.gg/0ktpTCpLT5gjHO1n Now that v2.4 is out and the second tournament has passed it is time to restart the community events. After having run a little strawpoll the winning game type was "Comp Stomps" with "Team PVP" coming in

Reply to Playable Alpha For Founders in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="payments4" reply="4" id="3687727"] I checked the July Update. How do I get the link? Im a founder. [/quote] The link is starting to get around so here . Once you join send me a PM to verify your Discord username with your forum profile on here. Edit: Although I just realised that I can't see a founder badge on your profile, though you are posting in the founders starbase...

Reply to Star Control: Origins: August release schedule update in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

SM does not contain all combat elements though. Planetary combat and modular flagship combat mechanics will be Adventure-only. So development of SM can only go so far whilst Adventure will combine just about all elements.

Reply to Star Control: Origins: August release schedule update in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Bleybourne: I also disagree with your assertion that people mostly played SM. I know that I did not. Honestly, unless you have friends to play with in local PVP SC2's SM isn't that engaging. Just because a game is fun with friends does not mean that the game itself is fun. SC2 lives on in memory because of its adventure. Also, just because you spent a lot of time playing a certain game or game mode does not mean that time was as high quality as playing a different game or game mode. S