[newman]

And since Karajorma = Diaspora it would be a good thing if Diaspora died. No, there couldn't be other people involved here whose work would go to **** if Diaspora went down, people that had nothing to do with the whole thing. There wouldn't be disappointed fans, either. Or would there? Does it matter? It's not really about all that, is it?

[Vidmaster]

Nice animation, but I bet the game won't look anything like that.

Did you see what Zero Point Software is doing with unity? It will look like that!

[Bilal18]

Thank you for filling me in Jeff Vader and The E. Hmm, seems like this fella holds a grudge. Terrible asset to have. Newman, very good point, this IPAndrews seems too consumed with his rage to stop his selfish acts. I hope there's no truth to this C&D statement he made.

[-Norbert-]

Even if he would bring Diaspora to the knowledge of the Licence holders, I doubt they would do anything.
First this here is stricktly non-profit.
Second it is another genre.

So the two projects won't really be in a position to cost each other money, and when Diaspora is released it might even pull a few more fans into the BSG setting. More BSG fans mean more possible customers for that MMO.
So since this project is more likely to gain them buyers than to cost them any, they would be fools to shut it down.

That and the Licence isn't held by Games Workshop..... (keyword Damnatus).

[karajorma]

To be more precise, he trolls Diaspora because it's lead by Karajorma, whom he sees as the Admin responsible for this alleged "theft".

Of course the really hilarious thing is that I actually defended his point of view for the longest time until he started claiming that he wanted to withdraw the entire game download simply because he had done some of the work on it. Which makes the whole "For the fans" claim dubious at best.

[FraktuRe]

I hereby withdraw the entire hardlight community due to the fact that I have made some posts in it, and no longer wish my work to be stolen by those dirty admins! :O

[FreespacePilot2010]

FraktuRe are you joking? Also I did not know about the IP guy working on the blue plant. I had assumed he was part of the Diaspora team early on. It makes sense now because no Battlestar Galactica fan would try and shut down a game made for BSG fans by BSG fans.

I think the BSG license holders new about BTRL as it was featured in a couple of magazines but didnt do anything. So im sure Diaspora will be safe.

[The E]

IPAndrews has not and never will be involved with Blue Planet (aka BP). He was team lead on The Babylon Project (aka TBP), which is an entirely different game.

[FreespacePilot2010]

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I thought TBP stood for The Blue Planet. Not for The Babylon Project.

[Sushi]

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I thought TBP stood for The Blue Planet. Not for The Babylon Project.

That said, you should definitely play both of them if you haven't already. Whatever nasty politics got involved with TBP, the resulting game is thoroughly awesome.

[-Norbert-]

Especially campaign gems like Raider Wars, Drums of War, Fortune Hunters and Dark Children (despite this ones high difficulty - FS2 Bullet time!).

[newman]

FraktuRe are you joking?

He never jokes with this stuff. He's deadly serious. Epic sarcasm detection fail.

[FraktuRe]

I never joke. I'm always deadly serious. Always. Deadly. Serious.

[newman]

Hey, that wasn't a one liner I want my money back.

[Jeff Vader]

Also I did not know about the IP guy working on the blue plant.

No one can know for sure if IP is working on a blue plant, let alone the blue plant. But he indeed is not affiliated with Blue Planet in any way.

no Battlestar Galactica fan would try and shut down a game made for BSG fans by BSG fans.

I agree. Yet still IPAndrews seemed bent on taking TBP down just because people asked that some bugs be fixed in it.

[karajorma]

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I thought TBP stood for The Blue Planet. Not for The Babylon Project.

That said, you should definitely play both of them if you haven't already. Whatever nasty politics got involved with TBP, the resulting game is thoroughly awesome.

Apart from the ridiculous politics (which following the BtRL break up is something Diaspora took steps to prevent reoccurring), TBP is a good model of what I'd like to see Diaspora becoming. The Diaspora team will provide the core game along with some great campaigns but it will be up to the fans to provide the entertainment while we work on new stuff. With TBP that worked quite well.

[FraktuRe]

Hey, that wasn't a one liner I want my money back.

Sure, just pay me first so I can return it to you. Minus postage and handling of course.

[FreespacePilot2010]

Im not really a Babylon 5 fan but I think ill go ahead and download the Babylon Project just to see what all the fuss is about.

On a different note a commercial BSG game that id love to see would be an fps. Let the fans create the space action but let the professionals make the ground action. Id love to shoot Cylon Centurions in the head and watch them fall down. But unfortunately that is about as likely as Duke Nukem Forever getting released.

[Ace]

A FPS set during the first war would be something quite impressive. Provided that it was done with a strong horror component. Cylons boarding a ship, slowly but surely venting compartments, explosive ammo needed to outright kill the Centurions is low.

Being one of the 50 or so survivors after the crew had been mostly killed (say you're in a suit getting to a damaged section when they vent the atmosphere after the intro parts), trying to stop a dozen centurions who are hunting the survivors while hitting goals (turn on O2 scrubbers, disable the signal that the Cylons are using to call for backup, getting to the armory, etc.) could be interesting.

[StarSlayer]

I always thought having the eye sweep work almost like a thermal sight would be cool, ie targets would be temporarily be highlighted as the sweep passes over them.  It would give the sweep a functional purpose as well ass being in keeping with the hunting animal premise.