Demo Release.

**fenir** · 02-11-2009, 01:19

posted by Stiboo
Looking at your Sig, it mentions a certain R.T Smith - I thought to myself It can't possibly be the same R T (Bob) Smith from the 1980s and ZX Spectrum computer games, who made some of the best wargames ever ?

It is.

The great man himself.

We have had a very close working relationship over the last 9 years. he builds them, i play them.

Upon knowledge of his presence, we commenced the artibutary " we are not worthy" posture.

Sincerely

fenir

**Polemists** · 02-11-2009, 05:50

But anyway imagine if they don't release a demo....

WHHHHHHHHHHAT?

Storm the walls

Unleash the riders

Draw your swords against our enemies

It's go time

Oh wait........false alarm...okay everyone back

Whew......almost went postal there.

The only thin line that keeps me from madness...is the hope of a demo

**Vuk** · 02-11-2009, 06:23

Originally Posted by Polemists

WHHHHHHHHHHAT?

Storm the walls

Unleash the riders

Draw your swords against our enemies

It's go time

Oh wait........false alarm...okay everyone back

Whew......almost went postal there.

The only thin line that keeps me from madness...is the hope of a demo

So I do not get it, what is the big deal about getting a demo far ahead of the game release? I can see wanting one a week or half a week before game release so you can play it and see if you like it before you purchase it, but if you are gonna be getting the game so soon already, why insist on the demo for a few hours of limited play? It just doesn't make much sense to me... (*Treebeard voice* Then again, my brain is very small...perhaps your right.)

**Polemists** · 02-11-2009, 06:30

So I do not get it, what is the big deal about getting a demo far ahead of the game release? I can see wanting one a week or half a week before game release so you can play it and see if you like it before you purchase it, but if you are gonna be getting the game so soon already, why insist on the demo for a few hours of limited play? It just doesn't make much sense to me... (*Treebeard voice* Then again, my brain is very small...perhaps your right.)

We are not getting the game that soon, we are getting the game March 3 or 4 depending on where you live.

So that means, if I count days, today is 11, you've got 20 or 21 days before release.

Which means you've got OVER, 2 weeks before the game is released.

2 weeks when nothing else is out. 2 weeks of sheer and utter boredom.

So let's say they release it on friday the 13th, just to be ominous. You get 2 full weeks of demo, then the game. So if it has two battles, like it normally does. You get a battle each week

Win win for everyone

I got the demos for all the TW games going back to shogun, rarely did they bore me in a day or so,

Thus, I want...

a

DEMO

**pevergreen** · 02-11-2009, 06:42

Guys, just keep it civil. Not in terms of attacking each other, but post length and content. The sticky should remind you Polemists, no more large posts like 3 above me please.

Im hopeful for a demo on the 16th, the day after my birthday!

**Vuk** · 02-11-2009, 06:50

Originally Posted by pevergreen

Guys, just keep it civil. Not in terms of attacking each other, but post length and content. The sticky should remind you Polemists, no more large posts like 3 above me please.

Im hopeful for a demo on the 16th, the day after my birthday!

lol, was it uncivil at any point? I did not notice. :P

**Polemists** · 02-11-2009, 06:50

I'm not spamming demo I am discussing the demo, other then the single post that said a demo, there is no spamming.

The entire thread is called demo release.

So when someone says why is there no demo or maybe we don't need one, I have a right to reply.

and to defend the honor of demo.

**gollum** · 02-11-2009, 06:56

Originally posted by Polemists
The entire thread is called demo release.

So when someone says why is there no demo or maybe we don't need one, I have a right to reply.

and to defend the honor of demo.

Very democratic of you.

!it burnsus!

**Argent Usher** · 02-11-2009, 14:09

Originally Posted by Polemists

So let's say they release it on friday the 13th, just to be ominous.

"Sailors were particularly superstitious … often refusing to ship out to sea on a Friday. According to legend, in the 18th century, the British Navy commissioned a ship called the H.M.S. Friday in order to quell the superstition. The navy selected the crew on a Friday, launched the ship on a Friday and even selected a man named James Friday as the ship's captain. Then, one Friday morning, the ship set off on its maiden voyage – and disappeared forever." Urban () legend

Let's hope the demo isn't also a hoax.

**Polemists** · 02-11-2009, 14:14

Apparently now the consensus is that the demo is a leaked demo video given to the press a month ago. Is it or not? I dunno

The Aus guy (who was qutoed earlier about demo) is back, and apparently people are discussing this over at steams forums.

So if you want official news, i'd suggest you go read over there.