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Pretty sure the kickstarter is just for PR. Probably cost them almost that much to bring the kid and his parents up and put them in a hotel for the event and film the video.  Baronjutter posted:So what's this kickstarter thing? I turned the stream off when they started unironically talking about how minecraft modding is going to change the way developing countries think about urban planning and empower poor children to shape their futures because video games. A card game base off Magicka by a little kid and his dad.
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Puella Magissima posted:MAHYHEM!!! this, uh, looks really loving bad
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Puella Magissima posted:MAHYHEM!!! God drat I was just about to post that as well! Their bio says they kid and his dad live in Irvine so I guess whoever set this up was just thinking at the last minute "what's some sob story we can grab on the way from the airport?" and low and behold here we are. I mean kudos for them for doing something they like and can bond over but the loving airfare from Europe probably cost more than the money these two are asking for and it's PI's own drat IP they're working with. I seem to remember the kid droning on about wanting a game they can play when they don't have access to a computer or no power or something; are the brownouts in California still that bad? No power or water? Why do so many idiots from the midwest want to live there?
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Psychotic Weasel posted:God drat I was just about to post that as well! I'm theorizing that the dad may have connections, be involved in the tech industry, or be friends with someone high up at Paradox. It's a weird little project. Or maybe the CEO just liked the kids audacity. V  V
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Maybe it's just a nice little thing and we can all just smile about a kid and his dad doing something together.
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Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:Maybe it's just a nice little thing and we can all just smile about a kid and his dad doing something together. What. The Hell. Is this? I'm actually too tired to make a joke about Goons. For the record my problem isn't with the kid wanting to do something with a game he clearly loves - it's great that he and his dad can do something fun together. I'm just not sure why Paradox feels the need to hit us up for some spare change when they can clearly cover this themselves. What the hell is $2,500 even going to cover?
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Was there any HoI 4 info besides the release date? I mean, the release date is still great news, so it's fine if there wasn't, but I'm curious.
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Empress Theonora posted:Was there any HoI 4 info besides the release date? I mean, the release date is still great news, so it's fine if there wasn't, but I'm curious. Previous information implied you may be able to take command of a country during World War 2 and fight it as them.
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Mister Adequate posted:Previous information implied you may be able to take command of a country during World War 2 and fight it as them. oh boy i hope they include my favorite countries like france and the ussr
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Empress Theonora posted:oh boy i hope they include my favorite countries like france and the ussr Fingers crossed!
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Empress Theonora posted:oh boy i hope they include my favorite countries like france and the ussr France is in base game, USSR is preorder DLC only.
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Psychotic Weasel posted:For the record my problem isn't with the kid wanting to do something with a game he clearly loves - it's great that he and his dad can do something fun together. I'm just not sure why Paradox feels the need to hit us up for some spare change when they can clearly cover this themselves. What the hell is $2,500 even going to cover? I would guess the kid & dad asked paradox "please can you mention us our fan project in one of your videos", not "please can you give us $2500". Probably Paradox felt warmly toward their superfans and made it a whole treat for them, flew them out, etc. Seems perfectly reasonable from their perspective. Psychotic Weasel posted:I seem to remember the kid droning on about wanting a game they can play when they don't have access to a computer or no power or something; are the brownouts in California still that bad? No power or water? Why do so many idiots from the midwest want to live there? No brownouts, but... iirc, if California's Central Valley region was its own state (as has been proposed), it would be the poorest in the nation. Context. The regions people want to move to are mainly the metropolitan coastal areas.
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They've given them license to use the Magicka IP, that's not nothing.
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The dad's a chiropractor, I guess? Bizarre...
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Empress Theonora posted:Was there any HoI 4 info besides the release date? I mean, the release date is still great news, so it's fine if there wasn't, but I'm curious. There is a Video Dev Diary, but there isn't anything really new in it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMkRSRP1IPY
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tooterfish posted:They've given them license to use the Magicka IP, that's not nothing. To create a card game called Magicka. The flaming eye of Hasbro turns it's gaze upon Sweden...
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Horsebanger posted:Will their be a Byzantium DLC for Hearts of Iron 4 if I pre-order? You'll also get the Bulgaria unit model pack for free.
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Horsebanger posted:Will their be a Byzantium DLC for Hearts of Iron 4 if I pre-order? All Paradox games should have a custom nation DLC.
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I was not prepared for May 6th. I don't know what's going on with that timeframe this year but there's about 7 games I'm interested in coming out within a month of each other, it's kind of insane.
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Fintilgin posted:All Paradox games should have a custom nation DLC. Wouldn't that be really involved for HoI 4 though? A nation in EU4 is just a set of ideas (as well as a few more things like government type and religion). Countries in HoI 4 have large national focus trees that often interact with other nations.
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I really hope there's byzantium DLC. Instead of tanks they have cataphracts.
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Fuligin posted:This is pretty surprising to me. Perhaps the hope is that the more immediately accessible Stellaris will help build more momentum for Paradox before HoI hits. Or maybe they're just banking on separate audiences. Looks like the MoO reboot won't be fully released (early access at the moment), until about June. Which means paradox might be a full month ahead of the Mooboot. If so, Paradox could completely trash it and suck all the customers waiting for full release or a deeper space 4x. Again, I really l think paradox is muscling their way into genres that have been forgotten or botched for a long time and making things happen. It's a really genius strategy, as the market for those types of games never disappeared. New gamers are open to these types of games too, providing they're updated with better UI, graphics, etc. I'm quite happy with the results and I hope they keep this up. The trolling of EA alone by the Cities Skylines people makes it worth it. Lustful Man Hugs posted:Wouldn't that be really involved for HoI 4 though? A nation in EU4 is just a set of ideas (as well as a few more things like government type and religion). Countries in HoI 4 have large national focus trees that often interact with other nations. You can lock out some of those ideas for custom nations, if necessary. EUIV does this. But I see no reason why a generic event-idea related system couldn't be. China can just get a generic event that says "CUSTOM NATION requests an alliance, yea or nea?"
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Lustful Man Hugs posted:Wouldn't that be really involved for HoI 4 though? A nation in EU4 is just a set of ideas (as well as a few more things like government type and religion). Countries in HoI 4 have large national focus trees that often interact with other nations. The big ones do, but I'm assuming that there is probably some sort of generic national focus tree for minors (or a set of a few different ones based on the dominant ideology in the nation at the start), since I highly doubt they're going to design huge, detailed, unique national focus trees for every single nation on the planet. Custom nations would probably just use those.
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I feel bad for the MOOBOOT people, they're going to get destroyed by Stellaris. The moo2 paradigm is dead and needs to be given a respectful burial. Hopefully there's a market for both. The new Moo looks really polished and the cute/funny theme of all the advisors and diplomats didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. I'd live to see some more casual all-of-history civ type game that didn't just grab random good and bad elements from civilization and make a "new" game from them. gently caress I'd kill for a GOOD SMAC remake, or just a cool game about colonizing an alien planet. I bet Paradox could pull this all off super well.
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willing to settle posted:Looks like "Collectivist" governments get bonuses to slavery doing and penalties to science though, for some reason. Goddamnit Paradox, programmable electronic computers were invented by the British government, not some profit-seeking capitalist
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Enjoy posted:Goddamnit Paradox, programmable electronic computers were invented by the British government, not some profit-seeking capitalist Wasn't the first computer programmer an English woman anyway? Not to mention the most technologically advanced countries are (admittedly smaller) countries that have direct government support of science and technological infrastructure. Japan the easiest example to name.
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Bel Monte posted:Wasn't the first computer programmer an English woman anyway? Which is correctly modeled in Paradox games. You, the government, spend resources on research to advance. How many of the technologically advanced countries of today would you describe as "collectivist"? If you look back in history, it becomes clear very quickly that the ability for an individual to profit from his ingenuity was often a driving factor for technological advancement.
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I just want to play as platypodes, why do I have to play a clicker? 
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GaussianCopula posted:Which is correctly modeled in Paradox games. You, the government, spend resources on research to advance. How many of the technologically advanced countries of today would you describe as "collectivist"? I would personally say they were more collectivist than capitalist, but purely collectivist? Nope. I wouldn't say any country in the world is purely capitalist either. Probably just the US and certain random smatterings of other countries are the most capitalist of countries, but that doesn't mean glowing reviews. Not to get into "what's the best government type". But for purely research reasons, government sponsorship is an amazing help to private and public good. Thankfully, we have sliders(?) (kinda drunk I forgot) to determine exactly what kind of society you are playing as. Edit: okay maybe I had too much to drink, but per wiki  Space sloths are amazing. I wanna feel good, man. Bel Monte fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Mar 16, 2016 |
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GaussianCopula posted:Which is correctly modeled in Paradox games. You, the government, spend resources on research to advance. How many of the technologically advanced countries of today would you describe as "collectivist"? Shouldn't you be complaining about black people on the paradox plaza?
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Putting in June 6th and 7th as days off work now, I guess. Stellaris looks real good but I also don't get the feeling it'd be up my alley enough to play hooky.
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:I was not prepared for May 6th. I don't know what's going on with that timeframe this year but there's about 7 games I'm interested in coming out within a month of each other, it's kind of insane. May 9th! June 6th! Baronjutter posted:I feel bad for the MOOBOOT people, they're going to get destroyed by Stellaris. The moo2 paradigm is dead and needs to be given a respectful burial. Hopefully there's a market for both. The new Moo looks really polished and the cute/funny theme of all the advisors and diplomats didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. I've not enjoyed the new Moo, but I have no idea what parts are just poorly thought out and what parts are not done yet. Early access!  The Cheshire Cat posted:The big ones do, but I'm assuming that there is probably some sort of generic national focus tree for minors (or a set of a few different ones based on the dominant ideology in the nation at the start), since I highly doubt they're going to design huge, detailed, unique national focus trees for every single nation on the planet. Custom nations would probably just use those. Yeah, the non-majors have a generic tree. I want to say it was shown in one of the DDs, but honestly I am not sure which one if so.
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Darkrenown posted:Yeah, the non-majors have a generic tree. I want to say it was shown in one of the DDs, but honestly I am not sure which one if so. Are the two branches "Conquer the world" and "Don't conquer the world"?
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THE BAR posted:Are any Scandinavian countries getting any unique trees? I believe they announced 7 majors (UK,France,Germany,USSR,Italy,Japan,USA) will have unique trees at the start. But expect other interesting places to get fleshed out through DLCs/Expansions. GaussianCopula fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Mar 16, 2016 |
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GaussianCopula posted:I believe they announced 7 majors (UK,France,Germany,USSR,Italy,Japan,China) will have unique trees at the start. But expect other interesting places to get fleshed out through DLCs/Expansions. China? What about the USA? I was just wondering if Sweden would get any special bonuses, but there's still the event system. E: I'm fairly sure they mentioned China not getting a unique tree, at the start, but events will enhance playing as them.
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