[Turey]

Baranec just told me he wants everyone with a post count below 2000 to send him an email asking him about FS3.

In all seriousness, I think he'd die from his IQ dropping to below 0 after reading all of your thoughts. How many god damn times have we had threads with topics such as these? People need to be shot.

brown text would have worked better.

[Goober5000]

If you look at the splash screen of FS1Demo, it claims there was a branching storyline. Too bad that never happend.

Actually, the campaign does "branch", but not in the same way as Wing Commander.  Some missions are harder or easier depending on how you did in previous missions.  For example, IIRC, if the Galatea's hull gets too low in "Paving the Way", then in "The Hammer and the Anvil" there are no friendly Vasudans to protect you from the HOL.

There may have been concept sketches made for the next episode, but if [v] are still hanging onto the hope of being allowed near the series again, we are highly unlikely to see them.

From what I understand, had already begun work on a FS2 mission disk (like Silent Threat for FS1) when Interplay called it off.

[TrashMan]

I hope they don't. There's too much creative juice floating around these forums for an "official" storyline or ship design to do any good.

A good story and campaign is a good story and campaign. Nothing can change that. Even if [V] were to tell us their complete story, that doens't make any campaign made so far any less impressive and great.

[Tyrian]

Have any guys played user-made campaigns? And if they've responded, what did they think?

If they haven't played any of the user compaigns, maybe we could send them an e-mail with a bunch of samples, like Inferno and Transcend.  It would be interesting to see what their feedback would be.

[Mustang19]

Huh, just found this on the website.

Volition, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of THQ Inc. Publisher of Summoner and Red Faction for the PC/Mac and Playstation 2 and The Punisher for Playstation 2, Xbox, and PC.

THQ- that's the Warhammer company. Interesting.

If anyone wants to email them with some samples...

'http://www.freespace2.com/jobs/webmaster.cfm''

That's their contact adress acording to their webpage. Judging from the word "jobs" in the web adress, though, it may just be for people looking to get a job there. Most of their website seems to be devoted to attracting employees- not too much stuff about their games there.

Alternatively, there's [email protected] . I don't know if it still works, but that's supposed to be how you submit missions to the Freespace team so that they can include them in future mission packs. If that dosen't work, try [email protected] .

If anyone wants to get in touch with them, those are your options. In fact, if nobody tries those email adresses, I will. So get to it. 

[Snail]

Who HAS mailed them? I don't think they'd like a rapeload of people sending them stuff all at once.

[Blue Haired Maniac]

Unfortunately, they will probably get emailed because somebody done and posted email addresses and a bunch of people are going to think it's 1999 again. It inevitbre..inevitbre...inevitable.

[Nix]

Be polite and use the contact form on the "contact us" link on the main website.  Don't go around emailing directly, I'd actually consider that a breach of privacy.  It also depends on  how you ask them, and what exactly you ask them.  I know though if someone just emailed me and I never gave them my contact info, I'd be taken aback a bit and be way cautious.  I just used the method they have provided for communicating with them, and I got a reply. 

I'm sure if people start asking "Where's the next Freespace game?" that they'd either trash it or politely reply exactly how other people on these boards have replied.  Plain and simple, asking about what coulda been has been awnsered already, rights to such game are held by a company in financial limbo, and probably will never be released. 

For my project, all I did was use that box, and when I got a reply from Dan Wentz, I started emailing him directly.  I asked a polite question, explained what the project was for, and hoped for the best.  I got pretty much everything I needed to make my project a reality.  Believe me, Volition knows that we exist, and they are proud of our work.  Everyone who has worked on FS1/2 held the game close to thier hearts, and they think highly of it.  We, the community have awnsered everything though about a future installment, and honestly, it'd be a waste of time to bombard V with these questions.

[Flipside]

Got to agree with Nix here, recieving a load of various Emails in several mailboxes is not going to make the Volition crew kindly disposed towards us.

[Snail]

So, should we just 'elect' one person to mail , or should we just leave alone?

[Flipside]

If you really feel the need to get in contact, I'd suggest following Nix' advice, get one person to contact them politely via the 'Contact Us' link, though I suspect you won't get much joy, but at least you can say you tried, and you never know

[Tyrian]

I think if we are going to contact about FS, we need to elect a single spokesman from the community.  It should be someone well established in the community and familiar with the inner workings of the projects here, most notably the FSO and FSU ones, and possibly one or two of the larger mods.  They should also be an experienced modder.  An HLP'er who has some background in game design would garner more respect from .  We can't have a horde of HLP'ers e-mailing all at once.  It needs to be a measured event, or else they may not want to communicate with us.

[Ulala]

I've got a feeling they've got more pressing matters on their hands.

[BlackDove]

Don't contact them. Ever.

[Nix]

Tyrian, or anyone thinking along the same lines here... there's no point to having one spokesperson to talk to them about a question that's already been asked many times.  Most of the admins here have had direct contact with Volition members, whether it be Dan Wentz, Mike Kulas, or even Dave Baranec, who USED to be a registered member on these boards.  It's pointless, because don't you think at least a few of these admins have asked Volition about the "next Freespace", or asked for materials related to the "next Freespace"?  Honestly, now.  The question has been asked many times, and it's simple.  FS3/related materials do not exist.  FS3/related materials will not exist, unless rights are transferred from Interplay to Volition, or another company who would take on the project.  If it ever does come into existance, Volition will contact US, along with many other media outlets. 

Untill then, make the current Freespace universe even better.  WE are the future for Freespace.

[Flipside]

Dave still is around on occasion, I've seen him on the list at the bottom of the forum a couple of times.

I think the last time he posted was, spookily enough, in a 'What would you like to see in... (you know where this is going)' thread, to which he replied. 'My Name'

[Tyrian]

I was unaware that HLP admins had been in contact with .  I was just suggesting that we give them sample of our work here to see if it would stir interest within the company.

[Flipside]

Don't worry, it's not something that is made common knowledge really, but we've had people here actually visit the guys at [v].

Possibly, it might help, instead of the current 'don't ask about FS3' item at the top of the page, instead having a 'Read this before posting about FS3' item that describes what has been done so far and the reasons why [v] are unlikely to be able to answer any questions (for example, since Interplay actually still own the IP, how much are Volition even allowed to say under the contract?). That might be a bit more helpful than simply 'don't do it', and would probably answer questions such as this.

Edit : Though that post does have Kara's section of the FAQ on it.

[Unknown Target]

Don't email them. You'll only annoy them and be beating a dead horse.

[Nix]

Volition is aware of our work, and they know we exist, so don't worry there either.  They can't do anything at all without the rights, and even if they had the rights, THQ would have to give the green light to the project.

I agree, the FS3 thread should actually awnser questions rather than serve as a "warning" to those asking about it. 

And to all those people who make such a dramatic event out of an FS3 thread, you need to get some thicker skin.  If you don't want to read about FS3, don't read it.  For those who have questions, we should awnser them, instead of getting all worked up.