Dunlavy Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 The death of a great game is sad. For a community as dedicated by this, losing a game's support by its creator and life-giver people, Westwood, is not only a tragic blow, it is a blow to the head.Allow me answer that question with a... an answer. Rather, I will ellaborate my musings to this grand community with a much thought-out metaphor that would make my English teacher swell with pride: The death of Emperor is sad indeed, though few would agree that the death of Emperor is more sad than, say... the death of a kitten.Yes, the death of a kitten is much sadder than Emperor. Sure, you can always buy a new kitten, but that kitten will never be exactly like your old one, unless you go through the messy task of painting its fur to be identical of that of the old kitten.Someday, kittens will be able to play Emperor.So, to sum this up, Emperor will one day die, for it is dying. It has been dying since the day it was born, and until it dies, I will be helping it to not die by playing online. I urge everyone, even the Hobbtz, to join me for a game and a crumpet or two. After Emperor does die, we'll have a helluva wake party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken124578 Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 sob....sob :'(.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander_Ordos Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 Emperor was sentenced to death at the very day it was released :-[ Westwood is degradating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 Hah! its fate was decided long before that. Dune 2000 was a flop in originality. That contributed.But about the design of RA1 was where the seeds of WW's lack of interest in doing Dune well started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burseg_candor Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 westwood has lost its touch in gaming.the moment they tried to set up a game in 3d with no plotline is the moment they signed their own death sentence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir_Harkonnen Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunlavy Posted April 28, 2002 Author Share Posted April 28, 2002 Why is my subject line bold? I never noticed that until now... ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plunkies Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 Well, all i know is Westwood has taught me my lesson. Definately not buying another westwood game again. The only games they support anyway are C&C titles and those always seem to suck anyway. I guess I'll just stick to Blizzard when it comes to my RTS gaming needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plunkies Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 Oh and it's bold becuase you posted in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihaliud Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 :'( :'( :'( One minuites silence for this... :'( :'( :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 Emperor will never dies as long as it lives on in the hearts of dedicated game-players such as we......right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoot Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 As far as I see it, EMP is indeed in its death throws, but look at it this way; all games are only good as long as the OS supports them.So the games we play today (even the well supported ones) will one day end up off our Hard Drive and sitting on the shelf.So, enjoy them ALL while we can, and as long as people keep playing, EMP will live, even it is lamed by WW actions.Spoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playerap Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 sniff sniff true true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted April 29, 2002 Share Posted April 29, 2002 I hate it when old but really good games can't be played because the technology is so ancient. I had an old computer with games that only ran on windows 3.0. Now I can't find repairs to save my life, I HATE the idea that one day this will happen to Emperor. I don't have many other games like it, I think it's brilliant, I'll be sad to see it go...... :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunlavy Posted May 2, 2002 Author Share Posted May 2, 2002 ;D WarCraft 3 actually looks good! But I heard Battle.Net was plagued with bad servers and DCing... is that true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo_I Posted May 2, 2002 Share Posted May 2, 2002 no it's notIf you have a dial up you could get kicked alot since battle.net lets everyone see your latency BEFORE the game starts (*cough* learn ww *cough*)If you have a stable connection you can host all you want cause theres a lot of people on battle.net with dsl, and dsl jumps up and down alot.I've actually been d/c from more wwol games in the 5 or 6 months i played emperor than in all two years i played star craft (thats no joke, and its sad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egregius Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 Where is this article about the death of Emperor??!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madluxan Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 Emperor died about the same time hobbtz came into being. I can name at least 15 people who have quit because of bilbo's attitude. 7 of which are some people I still play with on LAN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardauker-Kirov Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 There is only one hope for Dune..... they need to make a Dune FPS with the Regenade engine. Destroying buildings.... run on the sands of dune.... getting attacked by worms.... If they can do that. Dune would be the master in FPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted May 3, 2002 Share Posted May 3, 2002 Emperor........Was a great game....She....had a lot of Potentail....She died...not of from the blade of compition but from the vial disase know as lack of suport. She could have been another Red Alert,Another Starcraft another great RTS game, but she wasnt. I will miss her very much and she will still have a small corner of my RTS heart. Her time has passed my friends. Its time to move on. Good by emperor you queen of RTS games you dutches of 3d. :'( Good by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunlavy Posted May 7, 2002 Author Share Posted May 7, 2002 Egregius: Unfortunately, that slobbering dribble in my first post in this thread WAS my article. Never drink and post, folks.Hmmmmm... Captain Morgan.... **zzzzzzz** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostHunter Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 Emperor will not fully die for years, it will not die until there are way better graphic games. Emperor will cling on with life for years to come? How do I know this you ask? Because I have been playing this game online for over and year and it has high population and low its like a stock market, but it will live no worries. until next post, Vilgent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNWOUNDS Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 Well a reformation has sweept thru Emperor.... the Hobbtz are dead and no more....their are more newbies than ever now...people have nicer computers now that are able to run emperor's greedy system requirement demands.....so Emperor might actually jump up off the operating table , rip off all its IV bags, heart monitor equipment, EKG monitors, bolt pass the hospital guards, and make it to green pastures where she can let everyone enjoy her.....it aint over....until you hear everyone across the nation uninstall emperor from their hard drives and install C & C generals with a synchronized clicking of 300 million desktop mice...[red]**CLICK**[/red] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostHunter Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 Yes I agree Guns, DEATH TO BILBO!!!!!!!!! DEATH TO BILBO! Anyways, yeah things are getting a little better........Until next post, Vilgent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordos45 Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 If Emp is already dead, as posted on many threads before, yet you claim it to be alive, is it in a coma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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