[Sushi]

Alec Meer of RockPaperShotgun mentioned Diaspora as the next thing he wanted to try with his fancy new Saitek stick: see the last line of this article.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/04/16/xwing-alliance-upgrade/

[rscaper1070]

Scott Manley (of Kerbal Space Program fame) posted him playing and talking through the first mission (as he does) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ueG3SZrTaI

He has some grips, but I don't think they are anything we don't already know about our beloved FSO

I personally don't care for Scott Manley but he seems to have some kind of following so maybe some people that hadn't heard of the mod yet will get a chance to play. It annoyed me that a lot of the comments were saying that it looked too easy when he was clearly playing on "Easy" mode.

[General Battuta]

I don't understand what anyone could have against Scott Manley

[Iss Mneur]

I don't understand what anyone could have against Scott Manley

Same here.

It annoyed me that a lot of the comments were saying that it looked too easy when he was clearly playing on "Easy" mode.

Have you never read the comments on any YouTube video?  If its not "too easy", it is "too hard and I could never do that".  You can't win.

Having said that, Scott Manley did post the the second mission a few days ago with him playing on Normal and with TrackIR.  But I didn't check the comments, mostly I am interested in the opinion of the person making the video, not the commentators because they rarely add value on YouTube anyway.

[rscaper1070]

I don't understand what anyone could have against Scott Manley

I didn't say I want to see him run over by a bus, I just don't care for his shtick. To each their own.

[attheveryend]

Saw plug to this on /r/starcitizen. 

http://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/23devh/i_think_its_been_posted_before_but_for_new/

Got it.  Tried it.  Fell in love with it.  Played through campaign twice.  More please.

[Sortale]

I mentioned you guys in a opensource game list in Ars Technica forum. Ars is a publication devoted to technology that would cater to the "alpha geek".

I made a list of opensource game in one of their forum, and mentioned Diaspora. would you mind checking to see if my description of Diaspora is correct?

here's the link: http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1240969

you are welcome to try other games on the list and participate in the discussion.

[karajorma]

Installation on Linux is a little complicated but Windows should just be a matter of launching the installer for the game and then the installer for the patch. If you found anything difficult, do tell. I'm the guy responsible for the Windows installer, and I'd really like to know.

You might want to also link to The Babylon Project or Wing Commander Saga as both of those are also open source.

Saw plug to this on /r/starcitizen. 

http://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/23devh/i_think_its_been_posted_before_but_for_new/

Got it.  Tried it.  Fell in love with it.  Played through campaign twice.  More please.

You might want to tell the guys complaining about the keybindings that the patches solved that issue (hopefully) and tell everyone that patch 1.1 is highly recommended for the video intros.

[Thalinor]

As Freespace 2 just released on Steam and is currently "on sale", I figured I would post up something for people who might not know about the mod.  It's the least I could do.  Thanks again.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/273620/discussions/0/540744474752335227/

[newman]

As Freespace 2 just released on Steam and is currently "on sale", I figured I would post up something for people who might not know about the mod.  It's the least I could do.  Thanks again.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/273620/discussions/0/540744474752335227/

Thanks for the post. If you don't mind, I'd just like to point out that your title is incorrect - while Diaspora is certainly based off fs2, it is not a mod for fs2 - a more accurate description would be a fully standalone total conversion of it. It's no more a mod than any game based on the, say, Unreal 2 engine, is a mod for Unreal 2. As the title is now, it will lead many people to believe they need to acquire fs2 in order to play, and then install the "mod", which actually leads to less people willing to try it out. The message that it's completely standalone has been the hardest message to convey ever since we released Shattered Armistice.