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The Price! That I just paid... - 5/24/2013 2:29:42 AM   
llanite_slith

 

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Status: offline 		Given what I've paid for this whole series, I just want to say to CodeForce and Matrix that I've effectively driven the cost of entertaining myself well below $.01/hour over the last 4 years. Thank-you.

I suspect it will take only a month to get the cost of ownership for Shadows down in that range.

Now please get back to the code and make new ways for me to support you :)



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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/24/2013 3:36:58 AM   
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ORIGINAL: llanite
Given what I've paid for this whole series, I just want to say to CodeForce and Matrix that I've effectively driven the cost of entertaining myself well below $.01/hour over the last 4 years. Thank-you.

I suspect it will take only a month to get the cost of ownership for Shadows down in that range.

Now please get back to the code and make new ways for me to support you :)

We aim to please

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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/24/2013 4:47:35 AM   
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ORIGINAL: llanite

Given what I've paid for this whole series, I just want to say to CodeForce and Matrix that I've effectively driven the cost of entertaining myself well below $.01/hour over the last 4 years. Thank-you.




1 cent per hour? That would mean you've played it around 6900 hours...

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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/24/2013 4:58:24 AM   
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ORIGINAL: MartialDoctor


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ORIGINAL: llanite

Given what I've paid for this whole series, I just want to say to CodeForce and Matrix that I've effectively driven the cost of entertaining myself well below $.01/hour over the last 4 years. Thank-you.




1 cent per hour? That would mean you've played it around 6900 hours...


.01 x 8 Hr/day * 365 day/yr = $29.20 . . . not too far off.





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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/24/2013 5:57:51 AM   
Buio


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Status: offline 		I've not played that much, but game is worth every cent for me.

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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/24/2013 9:12:04 AM   
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We aim to please



At least I found another developer that makes games for the sake of having fun and release a proper Expansion and not some DLCs or in-app purchases designed to nickel and dime gamers.

I love you CodeForce and Matrix!!

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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/24/2013 11:58:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Kudos to Elliot, Code Force, Eric, the playtesters and et. al. envolved for making another great, enjoyable expansion.

Thanks Guys.

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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/24/2013 3:10:18 PM   
llanite_slith

 

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Status: offline 		Well, while I'd intended to just engage in a little hyperbole, SpaceCadet got me thinking:

.01 x 8 Hr/day * 365 day/yr = $29.20 . . . not too far off.

80 dollars invested
156 days / year playing the game (3 days a week)
2 mean hours / day
4 years since I bought the first DW in 2010
X = dollars / (days x hours x years)
$0.06 per hour of entertainment


So, off by a factor of 5 given the assumptions above. In reality there were many months in there I didn't play at all, but I will say there were some very long nights in 2011 when my infant son would *only* sleep in someone's arms when I sat on the couch and played through a *lot* of DW. Training a good Galactic overlord from the beginning

Less than an order of magnitude off- not nearly the hyperbole I thought, and still darned good value compared to other entertainment.

Played through the pirate tutorials last night. Hats off to the new graphics engine - zooming was wayyyy smoother. Nice pirate ship sprites!


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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/24/2013 4:10:26 PM   
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ORIGINAL: llanite
Played through the pirate tutorials last night. Hats off to the new graphics engine - zooming was wayyyy smoother. Nice pirate ship sprites!



There are pirate tutorials? lol. I skipped Tutorials because I did not know they updated them for Shadows. I might have to go back and do those.

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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/25/2013 1:41:11 AM   
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RE: The Price! That I just paid... - 5/26/2013 7:05:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		I suppose that's the only game ever worth half my monthly income. :)

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