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Platuan4th wrote:The funniest thing is that this thing is huge with guys in the Air Force while on shift(at least Satellite Operators). They'll use this thing in front of a bunch of other guys. They've bought more so that more of them can use it at the same time.
You've got to be kidding me! I was maintenance, and I'm pretty sure there was no way that we'd have one of those in our shop for anything other than laughs!
What? You don't have a shake-light?
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They certainly own the bastardized french misspellings of unit names
I’m not so sure. There was no standardised spelling in the middle ages so how can you have a misspelling. Most people couldn’t even read or write.
The whole idea of everything living on their servers sounds like it was doomed to fail.
A guy on one of the photo sharing online services had his entire album -- 4,000 pictures -- deleted recently, through an administrative error. He was more than a little miffed. It doesn’t fill me with confidence about cloud computing.
The models weren’t astonishing by any means. Most of them are standard middle ages historicals you can get anywhere. Even the angels and so on can be approximated from other ranges. Did they come pre-painted?
No. The models were (except for the Ympes) all multi part models, and many of the parts were beyond the capability of a new player to even remove unbroken from the sprue.
They wanted to maintain the hobby aspect of the game. They really succeeded in sending mixed message about who the game's audience was. Is it for hobbyists, or is it for new gamers? Is it for "grown ups" or is it for your seven year old?
They had this all so mixed up. They had a game system that was simple to learn to play, but models which required a lot of effort to get looking good. They had rape, murder and gore throughout their fluff, but insisted that this was a game you could get your kid to play.
The worst thing about this is that some fans are still out telling people on other forums that the current state of things is "the game is going to be playable indefinately" and that they should buy starters from Bastion's online store. The game might be permanently offline as of Friday. The "team" does not even have the rights to work on anything that has to do with the game. The only hope is that someone gives the "team" enough money to buy the rights to the game IP and servers. Basically, they have to try to buy their own company back at auction.
groundedcontrol wrote:They wanted to maintain the hobby aspect of the game. They really succeeded in sending mixed message about who the game's audience was. Is it for hobbyists, or is it for new gamers? Is it for "grown ups" or is it for your seven year old?
Well said. I personally feel that this is the fundamental problem. In addition, gadget geeks do not mix well with hard-core miniature gamers. The game needs a lot of time to brew its own culture.
Still, I hope the "team" manages to get enough money to buy the game back.
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While I have no inside line, and very little information about how this industry works, I do find it odd that they would pre-announce that they are announcing the closing of their company the same day Toy Fair starts (Feb 12th).
I personally think they are trying to whip their community into a frenzy to go buy up all the current stock right before they announce that they got bought by a real toy company. From what I have seen of Ex Illis so far, it seems like the kind of crowd manipulation they would do.
I'm probably a bit skeptical these days, but it seems like too much of setup.
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Not sure if this is good news or not, but Bastion goes on with a new investor, as William Wallace announced on the Ex Illis Forum:
Good news! The proposition has been accepted and approved by the judge. Bastion 2.0 is born, with a new investor. There will be quite a lot of changes, but it can only be for the good of Ex illis! We will be finalizing our battle plans and we will come back to you on thursday about what will be Bastion 2.0
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Kids today dont know what they missed hey? 
