Originally posted by Zor Prime
I dont think because he made starlancer he necisarally (sp?) has wing commander rights. maybe we'll get lucky!
Originally posted by Starkey
Now, I have a more intriguing question: Since Chris Roberts does not have WC gaming rights, can he advertise his new products (TV series) using pictures and data from the games, ´cause I think that´s the reason this thread started...
Originally posted by AD
That was the question that came to my mind as well. But Roberts does have the rights to make those games into shows which means he has the right to copy all the designs and such exactly. so he may be able to use images legally to promote his wc projects.... hmmm.
Anyone know for sure?
Originally posted by Starkey
Who does have WC gaming rights? The head of our Top Ten Most Wanted (bankrupt) Enemy: EA.B]
I think you're right. I would think that most people that have never heard of WC won't care that it's spawned from a great PC game.Originally posted by junior
Running "As seen in the hit PC video game!" ads is probably the wrong way to go.
Originally posted by LeHah
You must have crawled into the medical waste dumpster again and shoved a series of used needles with mysterious chemicals into your arm to think that EA is the enemy. The only enemy is people like you, who misunderstand the situation. Educated yourself; your ignorance is forcing those who have some semblence of whats going on to groan and roll their eyes.
I got two civilized words for you: Fuck you.
EA gave us the Wing Commander series to begin with. Bite your acursed tounge!
Originally posted by Starkey
Your "civility" is obvious. Sorry if you are a lawyer / employee / shareholder of EA but that´s my opinion. Chris Roberts and his crew gave us Wing Commander, not EA. [/q]
I don't particularly care what LeHah says, being that he's not always the brightest of people... You don't seem to understand that without EA there never would have been the financial backing required for any of the later Wing Commander games. OSI couldn't have pulled off The Heart of the Tiger without a large company behind them. The Price of Freedom was touch and go even with EA's money. Chris Roberts and OSI were a part of Electronic Arts for most of Wing Commander's life, and that helped them. It doesn't really matter if you think EA isn't being overly bright for their current plans. They have been an integral part of Wing Commander for almost a decade now.
EA is responsible for shutting down all WC game projects and putting us on an endless waiting of good news. They chose Ultima over WC and did to us what Tolwyn did to Blair after the Claw went down.
1) EA did indeed cancel a Wing Commander game.
2) EA also cancelled their Ultima games.
Therefore both Wing Commander and Ultima are not under development. It doesn't really matter that the Wing Commander game was cancelled first. Wing Commander is a very expensive series to make, and it isn't very prudent to be making it during a time when Space Sims aren't selling very well. One of the plans for Privateer Online was to purchase Jumpgate and modify it. Take a look at where Jumpgate is right now. They lost the backing of 3DO and they're losing players all the time.
Since they are not interested in WC anymore, they should at least release the game codes so we could work on some good fan projects but NO, they are letting us drift helplessly into the void, hoping for a new game that might never come.
Wow, that's rather stupid. Why should they give anyone their source? It belongs to them and they certainly aren't under any obligation to. They don't have a single person working for them that even worked on the code from the first games. Even if they wanted to, they couldn't get it in such a position that it was ready for release (assuming it still exists). Moving on, I don't see how the fact that you're waiting for a game can be blamed on them. EA's stated that they're not working on anything. You think they should make a game so that you aren't waiting for one? That's one of the stupidest arguments I've heard in a long while.
Considering that, yes, I AM BLAMING THEM for the current situation and, digging deep to level with your "civility", I don´t give a damn to what you think.
Yay, LeHah's stupid, but I don't care.
"I might disagree with every single word you say, but I shall defend with my life your right to say them" - Voltaire
I like how you threw this on the end in an attempt to seem learned or noble in some way. It really has no bearing on anything.
TC