BruceVC

"You took the day off of work to play your new game? How cute... I went on MATERNITY LEAVE to play Project: Eternity, and I'm not even female!" funny

Thats actually a very good point, I would imagine this is in direct contravention of KS policy. Do the KS rules actually state "no pay my tuition bills" ?

Wow thanks, that does put things in perspective. Well I'm utterly disgusted by the project now. As I mentioned I am appalled and highly irritated by this KS but a high number of LinkedIn connections doesn't mean anything, I have over 500 connections and I can promise you I am not a millionaire. People often just accept connections by other people, also there is no verification done around your certification credentials so I can say "I'm a CEO " and I may not be. But saying that her LinkedIn profile does reveal some of the subterfuge she is practicing, IMO. She says " An award-winning serial entrepreneur with a proven track record of success, I'm particularly good at creating something from nothing or making the most playing the hand I'm dealt". Note the words " I'm good at creaing something from nothing" Now lets look at this particular KS. If you were looking at KS trends that have raised money quickly we can see how RPG have the ability to raise money and get people pledging. We know that Torment broke records. So what does this lady do. Not only does she claim she is making an RPG but she says her 9 old daughter who is being victimized by her brothers wants to. So in one KS attempt she appeals to Any feminist, she plays the "female trying to make it in tough male dominated world" card Any developer who has had a tough time in there lives trying to make a game People that love to support RPG If you read the comments of people that have supported her you will see they almost all come from those groups. They are not supporting her because of the logic or feasibility behind the game but rather who she says she is. Its more of an emotional support. I have no issue with people spending money on what they want but I find this whole KS reprehensible because she is someone who knows how to play people and she is truly taking advantage of people that should be spending money on legitmate projects. I hope I am proven wrong but I can guarantee you we will never see an RPG from her 9 year old daughter

I can empathize with living in a country that has relatively slow Internet access. We only have 10 Mbps ADSL. Also almost our ADSL connection use your standard copper phone line. Of course fibre optic is a better medium for transmitting data and there are infrastructure investments and fibre optic being laid in the ground in certain places in South Africa. I am waiting for the day when I'll have a direct fibre optic connection from my house to the ISP point of presence

I think it sounds really promising, or am I missing something?

Yaaaaay, this makes me happy

, you're not playing much of a thief any more. Good point so therefore it shouldn't make much of a difference?

Well you can't blame the strong countries of the EU like Germany for countries,like Greece, for fudging there books and mismanaging there financial institutions when they joined the EU. No country was and is forced to become part of the EU.

I don't see the problem. Dark tends to be, you know, dark. Stuff really is hard to see. I fail to see how anyone can argue with your logic

QFT You words of wisdom resonate with me

So you can't conceive that PE could be a world or have a link to Numenera? Granted I know little about the Numenera universe but I see there are elements of fantasy and associations to fantasy realms. Also did you read what we said. Who said anything about WOW in space, we are talking about the exchange of lore, people, monsters and idea's between the 2 games. I fail to see how that can't be possible.

Guys Osvir started a really good thread about shared questing and lore between PE and Numenera http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/63544-eternitynumenera-referencesinteraction/ I think it has huge potential. I know there are people on this section of the forums who have great insight into fantasy RPG so why don't you post some suggestions in his thread? I am keen to see the idea's

Okay thats funny, you get the BruceVC humor award for the week If I hadn't played Torment recently I really wouldn't have got any of these lines

As I mentioned I think this has huge potential and offers something unique that I haven't seen before in any RPG. I'm not sure if the developers should implement direct related quests, in other words lets use your example about the sword. If you are only playing one game and the other at a much later time period, maybe a few months later, certain things might not make sense when they are related to something in the other game. But general associations would work. One example could be a certain powerful person in PE who gets kill by your party but then ascends to the world of Numenera. This entity could rant and rave how he was betrayed in his home world and have certain ambitions based on vengeance I would like to hear other suggestions between the worlds as there so many ways to implement the links between the worlds. Its exciting

Thats an ingenious idea, there could be some synergy. Not too much but some links. A good example could be a some kind of Demon cult in PE but the actual Demon lives in Numenera

I'll send you a PM, thanks Bendu

Yes, very interested

Guys Dark Souls in on special for $20 This is probably a good time to purchase it?

I'm enjoying your updates about Arcanum. I have never played the game but it sounds fun. How long with all the side quests do you think the game will take a person to complete?

No it will be fine, haven't you seen the latest PE update? Obsidian has perfected cloning and there will be two Chris Avellone's in the unlikely, but hopeful, event that Torment reaches $3.5 million. So we won't see the PE experience diluted in any respects.

Yeah, that machine (Dungeons & Dragons) ate a whole bunch of my quarters too, that and X-Men vs. Street Fighter. You guys are lucky that your lived in a country that had arcade games like that, due to sanctions certain things were restricted living in South Africa....poor me

I got excited when I saw "Dungeons and Dragons" but then I read its a release of an old arcade game so now my view is "meh"

Oh my hat !!! Did you forget you were on leave?

Good point Its good to see such synergy between developers