02-01-2003 03:46									#1
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I preordered Moo3 at Amazon.com and look what I saw at the checkout screen:


"Master Of Orion 3 Infogrames Entertainment;
$49.99 - Quantity : 1 - This item will be released on January 14, 2003. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives."

I paid extra for 1 day shipping.

....*drool*....must...have...my....precious..*drool*...

	02-01-2003 04:07									#2
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quote: ....*drool*....must...have...my....precious..*drool*...

Unfortunately Sauron (IG) has it....Where's Frodo when you need him?

	02-01-2003 04:22									#3
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Anything they say is a guess. Don't believe it has been released until its in your hands. I know I won't.


Argh! Damn cougs are couging it again.

	02-01-2003 05:05									#4
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several of us received a note saying they would recieve the game after they received it on the 14th. The 14th of November that is

	02-01-2003 21:02									#5
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quote: Originally posted by Skyjack666 "Master Of Orion 3 Infogrames Entertainment; $49.99 - Quantity : 1 - This item will be released on January 14, 2003. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives." I paid extra for 1 day shipping. ....*drool*....must...have...my....precious..*drool*...

Right on.

	02-01-2003 21:06									#6
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Yeah, with no gold anouncement yet....

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...right...
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	02-01-2003 23:00									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Kc7mxo Argh! Damn cougs are couging it again.

indeed... although they didn't end up getting skunked, I had to stop watching at a couple of points because of general incompetence. And I, as a rule, really do not like sports...

I think it's a rule with any WA-based sports team that if they get to the finals, they'll f' it up (Cases in point, the cougs, the sonics, etc, etc...)

*sigh* ah well...

On MOO3 notes, we have an internal date that everyone is working from and that we expect to see it released on, but we're not going to say anything until the game is actually in replication.

	02-01-2003 23:18									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Rantz indeed... although they didn't end up getting skunked, I had to stop watching at a couple of points because of general incompetence. And I, as a rule, really do not like sports... I think it's a rule with any WA-based sports team that if they get to the finals, they'll f' it up (Cases in point, the cougs, the sonics, etc, etc...) *sigh* ah well... On MOO3 notes, we have an internal date that everyone is working from and that we expect to see it released on, but we're not going to say anything until the game is actually in replication.

Thanks, Rantz.

At least this means, it hasnīt gone Gold yet

	02-01-2003 23:27									#9
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quote: At least this means, it hasnīt gone Gold yet

And it means it won't go in the near future.

	02-01-2003 23:45									#10
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quote: I paid extra for 1 day shipping.

after all this delay, you paid extra to get it a couple of days sooner.

	03-01-2003 03:18									#11
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG quote: I paid extra for 1 day shipping. after all this delay, you paid extra to get it a couple of days sooner.

Yeah, I'm silly like that.

	03-01-2003 05:33									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Rantz On MOO3 notes, we have an internal date that everyone is working from and that we expect to see it released on, but we're not going to say anything until the game is actually in replication.

As long as you guys have a date, and we don't know about it, expect to see a lot of speculation.

Of course, if I didn't want this game, it would have been out and bug-free a year ago.



ACK!

	03-01-2003 10:42									#13
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Best Buy has its preorder Release date as March 3... :groan:

	03-01-2003 19:41									#14
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it would have to go gold soon in order to make that date impossible creaturs and sim city 4 have taken 2-3 weeks each from gold to cd

	03-01-2003 20:05									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Skyjack666 Yeah, I'm silly like that.

But I sympathize -- I preordered Diablo 2, but when I found out the local EB had it in stock the day before my pre-order was to arrive, I went and bought it there, and sold my pre-order to a friend who wasn't quite as ... "craving" as I was.

On an unrelated note, is THE BEST SMILIE EVER. That is all.

	03-01-2003 21:02									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Rantz On MOO3 notes, we have an internal date that everyone is working from and that we expect to see it released on, but we're not going to say anything until the game is actually in replication.

Nostradamus predicted a release date for MOO3, so its alright that you're not sharing. View my Prognotications post to see it. Chantz might be the most-qualified individual to decipher that quatrain.

	04-01-2003 21:18									#17
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I remember Rantz saying that he would be shocked to the piont of near suicide if the game was postponed untill late february. Now that doesn't seem that unlikely after all.

Asmodean

	05-01-2003 10:15									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Asmodean I remember Rantz saying that he would be shocked to the piont of near suicide if the game was postponed untill late february. Now that doesn't seem that unlikely after all.

you mean suicide?

	06-01-2003 12:44									#19
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Forget it... this thing ain't shippin till february at the earliest.

Think about it... it hasn't even gone gold yet and the playtesters are still going to be running around with it this week and probably into next week. It will be at least the 20th before we get a gold announcement and probably another three weeks before the game makes it to the shelves.

Also I wouldn't rule out the possibility that the game might get canned entirely. Anybody remember Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans?

WarCraft Adventures was to be Blizzard's first adventure title. Taking the role of Thrall, the player would venture around Azeroth solving puzzles and completeling quests. Thrall, an Orc captured and raised by a Human, would roam Azeroth in search of his heritage, and eventaul strive to take control of the Hordes. Many thought that it would serve to bridge the stoyrlines between WarCraft 2 Beyond the Dark Portal and the eventual WarCraft 3. However, Blizzard decided to cancel the project before completion, saying that the game wasn't living up to their standards. Basically, the technology in the genre was advancing, and to keep with the times Blizzard would have had to start from scratch again.

The game and all 84,000+ animation cells are now locked away at Blizzard, never to see the light of day again...

Although I think this project has a sunnier outlook... but who knows?

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	06-01-2003 21:29									#20
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The circumstances with Warcraft adventures was different. That was a quality issue with the game content. Rather than release a game that would give Blizzard bad reviews they decided to scrap it instead.

Moo3 seems mired with a few nasty bugs that are keep causin the game to fail regression testing. All the beta testers seem to be giving good reviews so I doubt they'll stop production now.

Now back last spring when they showed their infamous cut list and delayed the game.... That appeared to be a quality issue. Some aspects of the game didn't work out because the AIs weren't up to task or it needlessly complicated gameplay. That was much closer to the Warcraft Adventures situation.

	07-01-2003 04:33									#21
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quote: Originally posted by DarthVeda Forget it... this thing ain't shippin till february at the earliest.

Saw this snippet at www.avault.com today :

"The first official words on Master of Orion 3 in 2003 sound a lot like last year's final words: "almost ready - but not quite." Publisher Infogrames reports that Quicksilver has completed their move to new offices and all the testers are back onboard and hard at work. In an effort to cut down on the regression testing phase - which normally takes up to three weeks - they've hired more testers and are now estimating that it'll take only one week. An Infogrames producer commented in the game's public forum that they would release MOO3 only when "every known and documented crash bug and save game corruption bug is out of the game." The only concrete word on its release date is sometime before Feb. 28."

	07-01-2003 09:20									#22
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with a grain of salt

	07-01-2003 10:17									#23
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and it can take up to a month after a game goes gold for it to be distributed anyway. . . which is why i'm rather depressed.

	07-01-2003 11:17									#24
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It _CAN_ take that long, but it's doubtful it will. IG already has the boxes, manuals, and CD covers printed out. They're sitting in a warehouse awaiting gold copy. They know where all those boxes are going, have pre-paid shipping, and it's basically as soon as they can fill those boxes.

I suspect no more than 10 days from Gold to grubby hands. Probably closer to 5 days for places like EB, who have, as far as I can tell, a teleportation device that beams copies of games into poorly-organized shelves and discount bins.

	07-01-2003 11:35									#25
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its disturbing they have the manuals printed when they haven't finished making the game yet...

	07-01-2003 18:33									#26
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quote: Originally posted by H Tower its disturbing they have the manuals printed when they haven't finished making the game yet...

What's even more disturbing is the strat guide has been out for a month now.

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	07-01-2003 19:36									#27
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At least we can hope that the IFP's are out of the manual.

Asmodean

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quote: Originally posted by Asmodean I remember Rantz saying that he would be shocked to the point of near suicide if the game was postponed untill late february.

I guess to achieve that he would have to stick his fingers into the mains socket voluntarily?

	08-01-2003 00:26									#29
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of course now they're claiming the game to be ready for feb28th. does everyone have their april fools day jokes ready?

	08-01-2003 06:08									#30
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quote: Originally posted by H Tower of course now they're claiming the game to be ready for feb28th. does everyone have their april fools day jokes ready?

as things progress currently, it'll be on the shelves way before Feb 28.

way before

and for those curious, replication to store can be done inside of a week.

stay tuned...