Messages

...we should really employ a spy. Do we have any society experts at our service?

I've been telling this for ages! We are probably the most ignorant king ever to reign. There's nothing we know about the land or people.

She wants to be Queen and we could use some gold. Tough decision. If we add a spy we could plan her death as soon as we got out treasury filled.

I don't know, let's find out more:

>laugh disappointed too. Then ask her where she comes from and which lands her yesteryear family reigns. And if she has a map of that area. And if her yesteryear family is in war with some nation or family. And if her people are happy.

+1;

Bonanza?

Yeah, there's no harm with farting while looking cool.

> Try to remember a good lesb funny joke to break the ice when she comes in.

[Enough! Jeeeesus!]

Enough! Jeeeesus!
We are what we are as a community, guys. We can all work to make it a little bit better, step by step, but we can't change from night to day, just like that!
So, let's calm down, all of us.
I think that everybody has had time to realize what they wrote. So take a deep breath and let's move on.
Dualnames and Kiira aren't writing anything so we should just shut up. Let them solve their stuff.

> Prepare the 'Magnum' look.

Thank you Snarky. I second this and will be boycotting the ceremony next year unless things change. I am unwelcome on Dualnames terms.

Miguel, boys will be boys is basically trivialising our feelings. It's not a valid excuse. You dont need to tell us to calm down either. None of us are in a rage, we are all actually calmly telling you how we feel about last night. You guys are capable of critical thinking and not alienating forum members so please reflect on that.

Myinah, I clearly said "we need to calm down" counting everybody in.
I also said it was good that you expressed your opinion.
I'm old enough to have matured my feelings and considerations towards minorities. I just want for people to take it easy and stop labelling persons based on one party night.
There's no moral right to alienate women from anything really, lesbians or not, but there aren't any lesbian haters around here that I know of.
It's clear that it was a big case of childish lack of taste, nothing more.

And Miguel... did you have your testicles removed?

AprilS, nope, I'm fine. I'm also going incognito for a few weeks, just in case...


C'mon girls, it was boys being boys! Please accept our apologizes, I'm sure it will be much smoother next year.
Dualnames is just clearing the point that the joke already existed and he explained it.

We need to cool down, please. There's nothing better than having women devs on the community, it brings the testosterone levels down and brings a bit of common sense around.

Yes, I believe CW is the second incarnation of God. Ags will arrive to the holy land.

I apologise for being rude to lesbians last night, I also extend my apologies to men with small testicles who I constantly remind them of it, also to the announcers who I constantly interrupted, to Jim who made a great ceremony game and I crashed it clapping madly, to Icey who I joked about even if he wasn't there. To my fellow winners who I did not support on their time of joy because I was plain jealous, to guys with small balls who, wait I already apologised for that! There was a sprite who had a huge rack and I made rude comments as well, so, I may as well apologise to its proprietary. I also want to apologise to my country who had such high expectations on me, being the only Portuguese using AGS and all.

In my defence all I can say is that I'm an idiot. And Ponch started it.

Congrats Ponch, well deserved!

Great Ceremony!

Whistle "Eye of the Tiger" while WHAM recovers.

Thanks cptain Nemo, your concern is very much appreciated and I'll sure keep my orange-sized balls well taken care off.

Ponch, a friend is never late, even one that dresses like cows.

Thanks Adeel, Arjon, Ghost and Tabby! You're the best!

In Portugal, expensive coders have their testicles removed.

[best AGS titles are great because the projects were great]

I'm way out of my league here regarding technical stuff about the engine but I'd like to say some words.

To me it's pretty clear that AGS is all about the community. Not saying that AGS isn't a marvellous program but it's capabilities and fixtures aren't its main strength. The people that populate AGS are indeed special and devoted and very well capable of doing amazing games with AGS.

The best AGS titles are great because the projects were great with talented people working on them.

So, why change something that is capable of doing good commercial games?
We want more fixtures and cool stuff, that's great and I like new things as well. But I ask:
-who among all the devs around here are really capable of producing good solid and polished games?
-is the quality of a game related to the engine or instead to the amount of work and dedication regardless of the engine?

I say that only a small percentage of (ANY engine, unity, game maker, etc) users are capable of releasing good games. And add to that saying that IT IS NOT the engine that makes good games but the people and their work.

The engine graphical limitations have cornered AGS into a niche place in game developing for years now. That is a fact and understandable if people want or need better fixtures.
I think that we are rushing things that really don't have to be rushed. So, CW burned a fuse or two working on 3.3, well any mortal would. Let's praise CW and thank him. His knowledge is now something invaluable for the community.
Is the AGS engine stretched to its limits a reality?
If so, let's not stress about it. I'm sure that as it is, the engine is capable of releasing great PC games.
I even consider this (the totality of AGS capabilities reached) a good thing. AGS is all about retro gaming, right? Let's keep it that way.

One one hand we know that the engine code needs some major and time consuming refractoring just to be able to keep on working on it.
Solution: pay somebody to do it. Can be somebody in the community, sometimes money is a pretty good boost for working. But just sometimes. If we are a community of several thousands we could gather the money.

On the other hand  we have a stable, beautiful engine that allows us to make old-style adventure games. And it's free.
It's also limited to the PC.
Solution: don't ruin the thing, let's keep on being awesome as we have been.

On the third hand: we don't have to be ultra conservative and stick to things just because. Yes, do something "like" AGS using Unity or similar, but, again, consider paying somebody.

Bonanza?

Congratulations Vortex! It's amazing how many games are made with AGS every year and you have just contributed for the future of our community, you should be proud.
Thank you for your game.

>Offer the help they need, but instead of the 100silver pay, tell them to build an outpost tower that will serve the king and his men. The plans for the tower's layout and someone to command the construction will follow the supplies.

I meant not getting anything and have to grin and bear it

This sounds a lot like my marriage! I think I'll arrive drunk at the party...