I think Merlin is in the wrong thread or something. This isn't the EQN thread. There is no "pre-order" and yes, the alpha package charges you immediately.
They have never said you would get it in any earlier than Feb 28th. I'm pretty sure all the Trailblazers, including the free keys they are giving out, get in at the same time. The servers at tomorrow's events are not the alpha servers. They have confirmed as much. I'm still hoping they give us...
So those same people who bitch are the same ones buying the alpha access? I would agree that's hypocritical. But a very large portion of gamers don't really give a fuck and just want to play and enjoy games. If the end result is still a game gets released as (mostly) promised, I don't really see...
Why does it suck? Honest question. How does it negatively impact the industry? You get people testing the game who were willing to shell out money and, thus, have a vested interest in actually testing/improving it. You can still pay absolutely nothing until the game is released, just like you...
The latest account created on the Alpha boards is #6506. Taking into account any SOE accounts, I'd say that's about right. 6400ish Trailblazers so far. That's only counting ones who have made the forum account, so probably a bit more than that.
I let the first few posts go, but you're a broken record at this point. There's plenty to hate on in this thread without constantly harping on this shit.
Usually, when I poach/shred chicken, I just lightly salt the water. I'm almost always using the chicken in something that's going to get seasoned pretty well anyway.
To be fair, it doesn't really seem like they have any idea how you'll pay for playing. They just keep randomly adding more and more things, seemingly without a strategy.
Yup, I call him ponytail more affectionately than derogatory. I don't really have any experience with him outside of EQN and he seems genuinely excited about the project. It's hard to really hate on the guy.
Sorry to break it to you, but that 6000+ is how many users are actively reading the AMA sub-Reddit(that's the entire "Ask Me Anything" forum there, not just this one). There were far fewer watching this. The Brad McQuaid AMA had a total of 287 "votes", 84 of which were down-votes.
It might have a shot if every single Kickstarter backer upvoted it. It might. But people can downvote as well and I'd guess this would get downvoted by thousands more than it would be upvoted.
I use my fingers mostly. Poach the chicken, once it's cooled a little, I usually cut the breasts in half so can more easily shred. Then just pull it all apart with my fingers.
Have you ever really given Minecraft a go? Honest question. I had it for a while and thought it was stupid, but then one day I really dug into it and was hooked. Not creative mode, but survival mode where there's an actual "sort of" game there. It was only better when playing on a MP server with...
This is a good theory, I think. The meth dude is definitely a red herring and probably going to be the arrest from 95. Eli being one of the main characters from Boardwalk Empire leads me to believe he'll have a somewhat important role in the show.
The exploring/resource-gathering is one of the more interesting components for me. That said, I hope they will implement guild claims or make joining claims have some upkeep benefit, so people can build massive structures with teamwork, a la Minecraft.
I think my brother and I are going to try and travel pretty far away from the population to build. This is all depending on how it's determined where we start, etc.