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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kazan on July 19, 2004, 12:28:54 pm

Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Kazan on July 19, 2004, 12:28:54 pm
I am sick and tired of seeing people here disparaging Wing Commander, and I'm sick and tired of seeing people at CIC disparaging FreeSpace 2

Both franchises are great in their own ways and neither one killed the other.  The market and dumb gaming companies shafted both communities plain and simple.

This petty bickering between two communities who should be banding togeather is completely and totally assinine and childish and it _WILL_ _STOP_ or you're going to get harsh tonguelashings.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Ace on July 19, 2004, 12:31:31 pm
Thank you Kazan.

We're all in this together.

Does this mean we blame FreeLancer for killing spacesims? ;) (kidding)
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Gloriano on July 19, 2004, 12:32:46 pm
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Originally posted by Ace
Thank you Kazan.

We're all in this together.
 


:nod:
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Flipside on July 19, 2004, 12:33:44 pm
Naaaahh.. Freelancer is what you get when you kill a spacesim ;) hehehehehe

I agree, Kaz, it's time to put it behind us now, we have bigger deals, and no real reason to hate each other other than old fat we have chewed over for years.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: ARothers on July 19, 2004, 12:36:56 pm
FreeSpace and Wing Commander are both great games, I've played both FS and a few of WC and they're both good in their own ways.

As for who killed the Space Sim franchise i have no idea.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Starman01 on July 19, 2004, 12:40:18 pm
I would be really happy too, if this would finally come to
and end. I'm tired of reading these fighting-post, and I'm also tired
in trying to calm the people down the diplomatic way.

If someone has different opinions, than everyone should accept
it. That's how the world goes.

Besides, without any deeper knowledge of companies and their
decisions of business, no one will ever be able to give an answer
that finally brings the truth. Everything else is just rumors.

Take me, for example. I love Wing-Commander (mostly wc3 and after),
and I also love playing freespace. And I'm not punching myself either. :)
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on July 19, 2004, 12:43:46 pm
Anyone who argues whether one good game is better than another good game is a the very definition of "dip**** Fanboy."
I agree completely, Kazan, it needs to stop.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Kazan on July 19, 2004, 12:44:11 pm
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Originally posted by Starman01
Take me, for example. I love Wing-Commander (mostly wc3 and after), and I also love playing freespace. And I'm not punching myself either. :)


ditto
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: 01010 on July 19, 2004, 12:56:02 pm
Or you know, you could just remember that they are both only games and that people are stupid and carry on with your day. Works for me.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Nico on July 19, 2004, 01:25:12 pm
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Originally posted by Flipside
Naaaahh.. Freelancer is what you get when you kill a spacesim ;) hehehehehe


I kind of liked freelancer :nervous:
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Fineus on July 19, 2004, 01:30:32 pm
What exactly does this thread hope to achieve?

Unless I'm missing something - there hasn't been a problem between the WC and FS communities for a while now - and that's how it should be. Surely there are more important things to think about than trying to stop people from acting out standard group psychology?

Do correct me if there is a point to this.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Nico on July 19, 2004, 01:36:58 pm
There's been, actually... my fault, in fact... ( hargh what a bad timing, damn you Kazan! )
"crounches on the ground Gollum-like and looks up at Kalfireth with frightened eyes"
But it's over already! Don't hurt us! We won't do it again! We swear... on the precious! Good, nice master, he likes us, he'd do us no harm?
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Flipside on July 19, 2004, 01:38:18 pm
LOL Nico, so did I, though I always thought of it as 'Diablo in Space' ;) It's a good game, but I couldn't resist the joke ;)
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on July 19, 2004, 01:38:32 pm
I agree, we need to turn our contempt on a worthy adversary......say....fs2 and wc hook up and take out Britney spears.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Fineus on July 19, 2004, 01:38:37 pm
No no, this master betrays people :p

Look - point out what happened? I'd rather know what Kazan was complaining about and know that it's over than close this and have him ask me why.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Kazan on July 19, 2004, 01:42:11 pm
did you miss the last couple of pages of the "we just set a users online record" thread
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Fineus on July 19, 2004, 01:43:05 pm
Yes.

I'll go read it now.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Nico on July 19, 2004, 01:44:10 pm
Yeah, that was like two days ago, why did you have to bring that back when I'm already about to get banned? :doubt:
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Tiara on July 19, 2004, 01:49:40 pm
Kazan, it happened once in what? Months? This thread is basically one big evorreaction.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Fineus on July 19, 2004, 01:56:51 pm
Eugh.

Nico, I'm disappointed - especially given what we were talking about over PM. Regardless of my feelings about the last thing you said my way - picking up the FS/WC fued again is really not needed right now by anyone.

Kazan has a point.

However I'm going to lock this. The Wing Commander relations situation will be incorporated in the Hard Light Productions statement that is currently in production. Expect it to be this sites official stance on all of this and it will be followed to the letter.

We've tried to have a fairly open ended community with freedom for people to say what they like.. but this freedom has been taken for granted lately. I wouldn't say HLP is about to become run with an iron claw, but I will say that we're going to be taking a much harder line with certain things (and you will be told about them - to most this shouldn't make any difference to their time here).

I'll leave this open for about 10 minutes before locking it, just incase anyone else has any last points to say on this, or questions for me regarding what I've just said. After that I'll post again if needed and lock the thread.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Kazan on July 19, 2004, 01:58:33 pm
the reason why I bring this up is it's a constant problem

someone started this crap in the SCP forum the other day, it's constnatly brought up on CIC and i'm banned because of denouncing it
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Nico on July 19, 2004, 01:59:22 pm
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Eugh.

Nico, I'm disappointed - especially given what we were talking about over PM. Regardless of my feelings about the last thing you said my way - picking up the FS/WC fued again is really not needed right now by anyone.


I know, it was before that, and was stupid. I don't ask for forgiveness on that one.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: vyper on July 19, 2004, 02:02:29 pm
[q]it's constnatly brought up on CIC[/q]

This isn't CIC tho, and it's rare around here.
Title: This Wing Commander vs FreeSpace 2 _CRAP_ Needs to stop, permanantly
Post by: Fineus on July 19, 2004, 02:13:43 pm
Right, ten minutes is up.

Kazan - understood. I'd appreciate it if - in future - you or anyone else send me a PM notifying me of something like this happening again on the HLP forums. I'd like to be in a better position to nip it in the bud before it grows into something more heated. It seems those on the CIC forums have critisised HLP of having a lack of moderation.

Well now there's moderation.

Nico, I understand. The exchange was in the past and over with - Setekh and others saw it before I have and you've not been banned by them, I'm not going to step in and do it at this point so long afterward.

However, as of this point forth there will be no flame wars hosted on these forums between HLP and the CIC. I'm damned if I'm going to feed the flames of conflict by providing the logs with which they burn (to put it more literally, I'm not going to allow flame wars between the communities to occur here from this point forward).

If the CIC community wants to blame FreeSpace for the death of their franchise - so be it. Let them. It's not a problem for us to concern ourselves with and we as people had no hand in it. Their quarrel should be with Interplay and/or Volition.

I'll - as I said - post a more in-depth look at this in the coming statement, but this should do for now. Any threads of an inflametory nature regarding the CIC or Wing Commander will be closed on sight, however you're free to talk about the game in a mature way if you wish.

That is all. If anyone has questions, feel free to PM me.