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Article #82368Re: GalCiv II: Computer AI debugging
From: Ceowulf
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:53
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:53
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"John A. Mason" <jamas@ream.net> wrote in message news:11tc7uitcrnhub0@corp.supernews.com... > <snip> >> >> You don't need Stardock Central to play the game or anything, it's just >> for updates. And it works really well nowadays. Much of the changes made >> were spawned from feedback from Usenet. For instance, you load it up, if >> it sees a new version it'll tell you and start downloading it. So you >> don't even have to really mess with it. >> > I'm sorry to hear this. I think Stardock sucked, and regardless of the > improvements made, it still is something I don't want that I will be > forced to load and use. I only am interested in GalCiv, not Stardock. > There is a good chance I will not buy GalCiv II because of Stardock. > John John, Stardock is NOT Steam, and it's not that big of a deal either. The option to turn it off is there, it's not forced down your neck like Steam and all in all is pretty harmless. It just presents an option, nothing more. Ceo-
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