Re: Just popped in after many years...

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:14:54 -0000, Simon Challands  =

<simon_usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In message <op.t1o5f8oehw38fl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>           "Mark West" <mark.west@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:57:47 -0000, Ian Robinson <ianr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>> I think 100ukp was mentioned by either me/ Simon C/ Alan C in this
>> group.... We really do want to play it!
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>> <me> Volunteers as independent K1.23 Acorn Beta-tester before they do=
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>> :-)
>> (Hey, it's worth a try...) </me>
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> Wasn't me, but if the rest of it is as full of detail as the physical
> side of things in the flight trainer then it sounds worth it. I'll
> muscle in to be the second!
>
>> And you could always license the Life code to a Mr. D. Braben - I hea=
r
>> he's been working on some sort of space game for a while...
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> Places like alt.fan.elite are increasingly sceptical about that.
>

I'm really not suprised. Maybe DB's waiting for Ian Bell to finish off  =

some routines? ;-)

Seriously though, if K sadly cannot be realised (financially) and Elite =
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/has/ progressed beyond >10REM * =3D=3D ELITE4 =3D=3D *_ then perhaps ID=
R really  =

/should/ look at getting a cash return on his time and effort; the work'=
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been done, after all, and there's no doubt that a) he deserves it and b)=
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work like Karma deserves a huge audience, in whatever shape or form. It =
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would sell: witness Flight Sims - I know people who are happy to spend  =

hours flying over the Atlantic in real-time... A top-spec space-sim woul=
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sell. (And save us from another "X - Beyond the Whogivesacrap" release :=
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)

Nothing on any platform has come close to what K offered when it was beg=
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(or at least discussed) almost 20 years ago. I think that says a lot abo=
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Acorn coders of the time and, shamefully, the PC gaming industry today (=
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which it's far easier to offer multiplayer games for the 'k1Dz' than it =
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to spend time developing a killer AI component to a title). Rant over!

....and no, Ian hasn't accepted my kind and selfless offer as yet ;-)

Mark

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