Wing Commander has always been exceptionally popular in Germany, moreso than in many other English speaking countries (thus German translations of many games, books and so on). Shagrath and Rylex quickly translated the advertisement from yesterday. Laserschwert and Malar also noticed that there were some typos and the ad was probably not made by a native German speaker.
Top text: Last year ORIGIN set a new standard in the world of pc games... And now they want to do it again
Top-right-corner text: WING COMMANDER II
Wing Commander lets you feel playing a cinematic movie. There's no
game that can be compared to it. (PC Player)
This is definitely a candidate for game of the year. Wing Commander is one of the most exciting games ever released. (Ace)
Bottom text:
o Completely new graphics - programmed with the newest 3D techniques
o Dynamic Intelligence - the better you fly, the better your opponents will fly
o Totally new adventures - new space ships, equipment and much more
o Steady replay - watch your moves from spectator perspective
o Digital speech - each character has their own voice
o An experience just like Cinema - you're the star in this story!
Sounds like a great game!
Time is running out for you to get your entries in for this final week of summer trivia. Please be sure to get your answers in as soon as possible because there won't be time to process late entries. Here's a reminder of the questions:
Question 9: Name an inhabited Confederation world that was the victim of a Kilrathi biological attack.
Question 10: Name the gas giant of the Kilrathi system in which the Tarawa hid in order to conduct repairs?
Bonus 9: Name the planet that is the capitol of the Haka clan circa 2670.
Bonus 10: Name a large gas giant that inhabits the same system as Buford's World.
You can email your answers to trivia@wcnews.com or fill out the form. This year's winners will be announced at the CIC party tomorrow, and winners will receive CIC playing cards. If you win you might even be able to choose between bridge size or poker size cards. We have both lying around.
If you don't manage to be one of our CIC trivia winners, you can still pick up a prize. All you have to do is show up in #Wingnut during the party. Door prizes this year will include Game Boy Advances and copies of Prophecy Advance, CIC polo shirts, CIC playing cards, CIC pens, copies of the WC movie, WC4 DVDs, WC movie soundtracks, WC movie posters, WC movie shirts, WC movie action figures, WC novels and a Tom Wilson autographed Maniac photo. We also have some late additions to the prize list in the form of our newly acquired CIC glasses, and MNelson from Blacklance HQ is kindly donating some Star Trek games and CDs, and also a $25 Amazon.com gift certificate.
Details on joining can be found in our irc section here. Feel free to stop by any time to get situated or hang out. We officially start the party on August 10 at 7:00 pm Eastern US time (4:00 pm Pacific and 11:00 pm GMT).
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