Ambrosia Software Web Board: Ares Engineering Dept...Dead? - Ambrosia Software Web Board

Hi, I'm an old member of this forum, can't tell you who. This forum seems...dead.
Hmm...

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As I gazed at the wastelands before me, my heart trembled with agony. I had conquered every nation in the world, and I could, at last, conquer no more.

OS X killed it. :/

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"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." -- Socrates

Could be right there...

But also I think, nobody is doing plugs at the moment, or at least none that they want to admit to!
and so there are no engineering questions or problems to air.
No new research being done either apparently.

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Oh, so it is another bug hunt then...

Well, of course Ares: Override is being worked on and I think that Marathon plugin is still coming... I guess everybody just got too smart and nobody needs help anymore.

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Help save Ares, write a plugin!

~GASP~
Ares needs more plug-ins! Ah, that's why.
Hmm, maybe I'll make one... I'm a newbie though, forgive me

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As I gazed at the wastelands before me, my heart trembled with agony. I had conquered every nation in the world, and I could, at last, conquer no more.

I'd give it a shot if someone could donate a Mac to me...I actually beta tested Hera for a couple days before my Mac died (I didn't end up finding much, they weren't very active beta sessions on my part).

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"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." -- Socrates

Well, there's still a trickle of plugins coming through.

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

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*Tumbleweed blows across the screen*

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See I'm the king of the swingers, the Jungle V.I.P.,
But I've reached the top and had to stop,
And that's what's
botherin' me.

A lizard with a Robar sniper rifle takes aim...

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"I'm one of those things you'll save forever / but never need / like an old newspaper / no one has time to read
This child has grown into a dead end / since I lost the power to pretend
But it's all right, that's who I am inside
Not much to say, on this non-toxic, ordinary day" -SR-17, "Non-Toxic" (now you see inside)

not again.

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"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." -- Socrates

Never again.

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

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Hey, there's that tumbleweed again...
... we're going round in circles!!


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Oh, so it is another bug hunt then...

--gav

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It's one thing to love somethin, but if you don't shower it with money then just don't talk to me. -- Paster Richards, GTA Vice City, VCPR

Why is this place dead, think I'll take it over as my own!

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Of course it didn't.

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Ehh, OSX didn't kill it. It's just not very many people ever knew of Ares. And those who did, grew up and went away to college where they only have access to a PC...

I myself am of the theory that the Cathreans are right now trying to rid the world of any evidence of their invasion, naturally they can't let the world know they exist.

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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-Albert Einstein

Hey Hey! Talk about a nostalgia trip - this is exactly what people were moaning about 3.5 years ago when I first got into Ares! I remember good old sundered angel and some really clever guy called slug, who did wierd and wonderful things to the Ares engine.

{rant follows}

It's painfully obvious why the boards are dead - Ares is not something you come back to again and again like EV. All Ares is, is shoot shoot shoot. I did register for it by the way and I did make the odd plug or two (not under this name) but let's face it I was 16 and they were probably pretty c**p. So sorry for those.

The fact people are still buying this game four years on is testament to the fact it is so good, but once you finish moving those asteroids it's a downwards spiral.

You know what's funny/ironic? Three years ago I read a post just like this one and some guy said the boards were dead for the same reason, he said Ares sucked and he was leaving for pastures fresh. I didn't agree with him at the time but wow, circle of life and all.

Go on Zarex tell us who you are!! I bet you're Cotton Moose or Mouse or cotton something! He was the Man/Woman/Wookie (I never really asked those questions!) Go on, give in to peer pressure. You know you want to! :-)



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[refresh]
The Engineering department isn't dead. People are still producing plugins!

EDIT:Well, I am at least.

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Vast__

Well, since we're raising the dead, i thought i'd assist.

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave."

(John) Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
30th US President, Republican

"But sir, the dead... are best left so!!"

Sure bring it back, but it'll probably not last very long.

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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-Albert Einstein

You'll notice the [refresh] I put above posts to ressurect.

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Vast__

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Please don't tell me that was that long ago. I remember that fellow... suddenly dawned on me that it's been better than 2 years...

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It's a secret then is it?
Quick Spock, do a search for all the old members with a karma of -7 or greater....

Ares is not dead,
.... just dormant or something...

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Oh, so it is another bug hunt then...