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Title: A curious query
Post by: Vasudan Commander on July 17, 2007, 08:45:18 am
*note: - im not intending, nor do i hope for, this thread to turn into a 'when will it come out' nagging thread*

Just a thought here;

Where did you guys get the idea to make BWO ? Why and how did you come up with the name 'Black Water Operations'?

Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: redsniper on July 17, 2007, 07:18:00 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_USA
Maybe? :confused:
Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: IceFire on July 19, 2007, 12:04:13 am
Hrrmmm...I think the idea originated sometime in 2000.  Blackwater Operations as the title was something Kellan and I came up with pretty early on.  I really wanted to do something that was more covert operations (based on the SOC missions in FS2) with the idea that a very benign squadron number would be assigned to an ultra elite SOC squadron that would be permanently on call for the SOC.  Blackwater was chosen largely because of the "black" or "secret" (military speak here) nature of the operations and because it sounded cool :)

The original BWO was meant to have no MOD's and be 12 missions long.  The current BWO has a whole host of MODs and is roughly 40-45 missions long (can't remember exactly).  Development continues.
Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: Ace on July 20, 2007, 03:07:30 pm
48 missions total

34 you'll see each playthrough

4 secret missions
Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: Ace on July 20, 2007, 10:26:34 pm
...all will be revealed.
Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: Vasudan Commander on July 21, 2007, 12:37:13 am
...all will be revealed.

so will whether the apocalypse comes on Janguary 2012 , but i'm trying to weigh up which one will come first.  :lol:
Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: Snail on July 21, 2007, 04:44:58 am
December 2012.

Goddamn Vasudans getting all their dates mixed up. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: Snail on July 22, 2007, 12:26:16 pm
It'll be out before 2036. The question is, how long before 2036?

Seriously, I think they will get it out before 2008/2009
Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: haloboy100 on July 22, 2007, 12:42:25 pm
...all will be revealed.

so will whether the apocalypse comes on Janguary 2012 , but i'm trying to weigh up which one will come first.  :lol:

Some say around 2029 or 2036 when a meteor comes close to Earth.

I thought the apocalypse was supposed to be some kinda uber solar flare?
Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: Snail on July 22, 2007, 01:37:38 pm
Eh? Nah, it's a nuclear war for the landmass of Mars and/or oil.
Title: Re: A curious query
Post by: Ace on July 22, 2007, 02:06:59 pm
It's the retribution from forumites for all of these off-topic threads I am closing.

Closed.