As I type this, my machine is downloading Coldstone alpha 1, which Dee & Co. at Beenox have delivered right on schedule! I can't wait to play with it a bit, I think y'all are going to be suitably impressed when Coldstone is released!
I'm sure Dee will update the progress log shortly!
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Cool. The alpha milestone... :eek:
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I'm dying to get my hands on this engine for at least a year and a half (it's been so long I can't remember.).I must say it is definitely looking sweet(movies and the screens). How long do you estimate it will be till "" drops?
What I'm saying is how complete is the ALPHA? (I love that word reminds me of Street fighter)
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**I'm dying to get my hands on this engine for at least a year and a half (it's been so long I can't remember.).I must say it is definitely looking sweet(movies and the screens). How long do you estimate it will be till "" drops?
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We're not estimating that, sorry.
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Here is Andrew's completely unprompted comment on IRC....I think it shows us what to expect, seeing as this comment was completely out of the blue.....no one had been discussing Coldstone.
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moki: man, Coldstone is just cool
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**We're not estimating that, sorry.
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Sorry, but when I read that I just burst out laughing. Your like politicians, when someone asks them a question they don't want to answer. Like, "when do you think the votes in Florida will be re-counted?" - "We're not estimating that, sorry."
Excuse my ignorance, but why on Earth are you NOT estimating the BETA of ColdStone? Is it REALLY that far from done? I can understand not wanting to give a release date if its far off because it will defiantly change, but from the looks of the movies it has a good portion of it done. Oh well, I'm sure you have your reasons...
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Cool, can't wait until the Full version comes out.
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Originally posted by andrew:
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I'm sure Dee will update the progress log shortly!
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Done!
Coldstone alpha 1 has been released right on schedule and about 70% of the graphic content for POG is done. I let the release notes speak for themselves (since I am very tired :)).
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(This message has been edited by Dee (edited 11-16-2000).)
Noice, glad you guys are working as hard as you possible can. 
WTF is POG? I thought they were those little disks.... I assume it's either the library of graphics, or the tutorial game supplied.
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Originally posted by The Walrus:
**Sorry, but when I read that I just burst out laughing. Your like politicians, when someone asks them a question they don't want to answer. Like, "when do you think the votes in Florida will be re-counted?" - "We're not estimating that, sorry."
Excuse my ignorance, but why on Earth are you NOT estimating the BETA of ColdStone? Is it REALLY that far from done? I can understand not wanting to give a release date if its far off because it will defiantly change, but from the looks of the movies it has a good portion of it done. Oh well, I'm sure you have your reasons...
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We're not estimating when it will be in beta, or when it will be released, because we don't know for sure -- there's plenty of work to be done, and our crystal balls are broken, we can't predict the future.
We could give a rough date, but from our experience, people will just bitch and scream immaturely if we happen to miss that rough date. So, there are no release dates announced, and that will continue to be the case.
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Originally posted by the Necromicon:
**Noice, glad you guys are working as hard as you possible can.:) WTF is POG? I thought they were those little disks.... I assume it's either the library of graphics, or the tutorial game supplied.
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POG is an abbreviation for the game that will ship the same time Coldstone does -- it's a full-on fantasy RPG created with Coldstone.
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Originally posted by andrew:
**We're not estimating when it will be in beta, or when it will be released, because we don't know for sure -- there's plenty of work to be done, and our crystal balls are broken, we can't predict the future.
We could give a rough date, but from our experience, people will just bitch and scream immaturely if we happen to miss that rough date. So, there are no release dates announced, and that will continue to be the case.
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If we all promise not to bitch, will you give us a rough date?
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**If we all promise not to bitch, will you give us a rough date?
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Absolutely not. You can't make a promise for everyone.
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For the love of Bob, just stop asking him stupid questions so he can get back to work.
Test. --Weird, it was telling me there was no user called theGlueBubble.....huh.
**GlueBubble slaps everyone else into submission. "Andrew, we are ready for a date now! 
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Picquarilus....shut the hell up! 
Seriously, a bubble asks one question, and gets jumped on!
**GlueBubble didn't really expect a reply from andrew. **
Hmm....he says I can't make a promise for everybody....maybe I should make a topic for everyone to promise in.......... nah.
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Originally posted by andrew:
**We're not estimating when it will be in beta, or when it will be released, because we don't know for sure -- there's plenty of work to be done, and our crystal balls are broken, we can't predict the future.
We could give a rough date, but from our experience, people will just bitch and scream immaturely if we happen to miss that rough date. So, there are no release dates announced, and that will continue to be the case.
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Ok, then its what I said "still very far off and too far off to tell". Yes, I get it.
BTW - watch your language
You know, you could just predict a release date in 2030. Your sure to get that! 
BTW - could you give me this much of an estimate:
Early or late 2001 for the BETA
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**BTW - could you give me this much of an estimate:
Early or late 2001 for the BETA
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No, I will not give you that much of an estimate.
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**No, I will not give you that much of an estimate.
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Woah, I asked you for early or late 2001!!! That isn't that hard to tell. I can understand why you don't want to give an estimate like Apple did (with OS X), but you could at least not seem as annoyed by the request...
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Originally posted by The Walrus:
**Woah, I asked you for early or late 2001!!! That isn't that hard to tell. I can understand why you don't want to give an estimate like Apple did (with OS X), but you could at least not seem as annoyed by the request...
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They don't want to estimate because any number of things could happen during development -- and then people would be all: "You said the beta would be done by MM-DD-YY..."
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**They don't want to estimate because any number of things could happen during development -- and then people would be all: "You said the beta would be done by MM-DD-YY..."
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Yes I know, thats what we have been talking about for the last 10 posts...
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