03-06-2003 18:28									#1
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I haven't been able to find anything online, but did Alan ever give his opinion of the finished product? I'd be very curious to hear what he thought.

	03-06-2003 20:37									#2
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And I'd be very suprised if he gave it. He'd probably get the crap sued out of him if he tried to way in. I'd guess it would be pretty negative considering they cut many of his favorite ideas out after he was dropped.

	03-06-2003 23:16									#3
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Last I'd heard, Alan hadn't seen the finished product. He hasn't gotten his comp copy, and he's not going to go out and buy it.

	03-06-2003 23:46									#4
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Does he post somewhere? I'd be interested to know if he's working someplace else and what his current project is.

	04-06-2003 04:53									#5
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He posts rarely on things concerning MOO3.

He's working someplace else, but not in the computer game industry, nor even anything having to do with computers (aside from the seminars he's teaching this summer).

His current project is called "Dai Sensou", and it's the Pacific end of his most excellent board wargame "Totaler Krieg!" (which, BTW, is how I ever met him in the first place, as a fan of that game). You can get more info on that on at the ConsimWorld discussion boards (there was also a Totaler Krieg! homepage, but it's down as Alan's old ISP went belly-up).

	04-06-2003 06:07									#6
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Cool. Thanks!

	05-06-2003 04:23									#7
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Dish. What is his emotional state? Is he mad at QS/IG?

And how about you? Did you get your comp copy?

	05-06-2003 06:27									#8
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I won't discuss Alan's emotional state about any third party; I do not feel it would be proper to do so.

I am yet to receive the comp copy, though I have it on some authority that IG is not exactly the swiftest at taking care of such matters.

	05-06-2003 10:51									#9
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maybe we should get together and send him a comp copy so he can see the finished product. I know about
totaler krieg and the Pacific version, been a wargamer longer than a pc gamer . I have been a fan of Alan's since the days of Civ I when he and Johnny Wilson wrote 'Rome on 640k a day'.

	05-06-2003 23:37									#10
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Me too, Vyshka, on all counts. Except that it wasn't until after I'd talked to him about TK! that I put together all the pieces of who he was and what he's written.

It's also cool that his wife helped write some of those things too; she's quite a nice lady. Amazing who you meet in the business.

	06-06-2003 09:22									#11
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I imagine Alan's got a big "I told you so" feeling with him. I know I would.

	07-06-2003 02:33									#12
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Or maybe Alan screwed up the project and the reason we have a game at all is that someone stepped in and fixed it. Ugly as it was...

	07-06-2003 07:10									#13
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Guess we'll never know til VH1 puts out a "Behind the Development" special.

	07-06-2003 10:03									#14
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I'm still trying to figure out why Alan was ever given the chance to even head up such a design project.
He had no track record that I knew of.,, All I know of him is that he did some "reviews" for a gaming magazine, and once married someone he met online at TSN network where we all played online before the Internet explosion. (got divorced a year later btw )

That happened in the early 90's and next time I even hear of him was the Master of Orion III project !!!
huh ???
Did I miss something of note that he did in between ???

	07-06-2003 17:53									#15
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Let's see...

You seem to have missed the work he did on strat guides for games like Civ and MOO1.

You seem to have missed the producer/designer work he did for another company on various games.

You seem to have missed the design work he did (and is still doing) on various wargames.

But aside from 90% of the work he did relating to game design and production, heck no, you didn't miss anything.

	07-06-2003 22:21									#16
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Since I never buy strategy guides I can see how I missed that area.
hmmm, maybe he needs a new PR manager LOL

Anyway, with the CODE patch MOO3 is more challenging but it's the whole game (over)design and lack of real diplomacy that will forever keep it at best in mediocre land even with patches.

I too still wonder if he feels vindicated after it's intial release or bitter .

thanks for the update though

	08-06-2003 22:03									#17
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quote: Originally posted by ACEofHeart I'm still trying to figure out why Alan was ever given the chance to even head up such a design project. He had no track record that I knew of.,, All I know of him is that he did some "reviews" for a gaming magazine, and once married someone he met online at TSN network where we all played online before the Internet explosion. (got divorced a year later btw ) That happened in the early 90's and next time I even hear of him was the Master of Orion III project !!! huh ??? Did I miss something of note that he did in between ???

Alan worked on the TBS games Empire Deluxe and Panzer General in the early to mid 1990s, all of which were critically acclaimed. He also wrote the strategy guide for Empire Deluxe. Alan also came up with the preliminary design for Starfleet Command, which was SFB in the real time universe.

However the TBS Empire 2 (1996) was rather too complicated for many, and really attempted too much so it wasn't necessarily a good sign.

Certainly