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In the marketplace, there seem to be few comparisons to CC. Certainly in the computer gaming marketplace. There are few, if any, computer games that have survived with continuity (admittedly with twists & turns) since 1996 in any commercial form outside of flea markets. In the broader marketplace one of the few examples that are parallel to CC, IMHO, is the Porche 911 intoduced in 1964. Grouvy cool and a revolutionary car for the time but with fundamental limitations determined by the technology of the day and the original design (rear engine, short wheel base, etc, etc, etc,) and yet the damned thing has never really gone away. Glaring differences from CC, (if you can see any parallel at all), being that Porche had available bajillions to pour into engineering to overcome/combat/evolve within the inherent limitations of the design, & global sales and marketing to develop and sell the crap out of the brand. CC was a very innovative game in its time, and in many respects still is, if one looks at the glass..er...half full, so to speak. To my knowledge the resources such as would be required for a ground up re-write have not been available for CC for a long time. Current developers are milking every fix and new feature out of the fundamental software architecture that they can, given available resources. Quite impressive if you have either insight into that sort of thing, or, an open mind to even consider that as a possibility. Also relatively unique, is the...er...response.... to CC in the forums. There is a chance that some folks who never heard of CC before, just bought LSA and have played it, have loved it to death, then have come to these forums to seek out others with similar experiences and then read many posts in these forums that lead them to think they might be an idiot because apparently there are a host of "CC experts" whose apparent position is that the game is garbage produced by evil millionaire con-artists. Considering these are...er...CC "experts", with their apparent intimate and long term knowledge of the game, one would assume they would either understand the limitations of the game/software and the overall determining situation, or would as any other "informed" consumer, spend their disposable income on other products that better meet their needs, and just generally have better things to do than "storm the castle". That CC has a longstanding fan base, is the main reason for CC's longevity, and fans come in a variety. Some fans like Dundradal & Gary Childress, and many others, are insightful in their understanding of the development process, and realistic in their expectations, apparently grateful that CC still lives at all, and optimistic that there could even be a better future for CC (CC6). As fans their invaluable feedback and constructive criticism helps the developers to address problems and improve the game and fellow fans benefit from their contributions. Some fans are, er, not so "insightful" but actual fans nonetheless. And then there are the self-professed... er... "fans", apparently who had such a great time with the game, way back whenever, that they are overcome with.....well, "Hell has no fury like a woman scorned"...is about the only equivalence that comes to mind. As a long term CC fan, that, I definitely have had enough of.....
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