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Les_the_Sarge_9_1 -> (4/14/2003 8:43:44 PM)
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Ok first off answer with yes or no.
Yes you have formally asked permission of MMP directly to produce a computer version of Up front.
Or no you have not.
Just want that to be crystal clear.
Yep I know of the other variations on computer Up Front. Recently deleted the files, as it looked to archaic/convoluted to interest me (very hard to interest me when I own the real thing, and finding opponents for real Up Front is actually rather simple).
Regarding ASL on the computer.
Hmm I know VASL is being supported. Seeing the link on MMP's page makes that plainly obvious.
If someone is doing an Up Front adaption, then I suppose it will be part first come first served, as well as part let the best design win. If you make the better program, I will of course want yours.
Regarding lame versions of ASL on computer. Well like I said, I am not privvy to the private matters of others.
I don't routinely presume a person is guilty merely because they don't make a big show of proving their are not.
We don't routinely employ guilty until proven otherwise in Canada at least. If MMP and the owners of ASL don't like that attitude, well that's their problem not mine.
Yesterday I emailed MMP actually. I sent them an email expressing my concerns for how actual ASL is being marketed.
They have no online forum worthy of comment (mentioning Consimworld is the same as saying they just don't care).
I remarked that currently Lock and Load, a nice game that could easily rival ASL in a few years, is providing a free demo. Yep demo of a board game is exactly what I said.
Check it out.
http://www.locknloadgame.com/
I am not saying their game is better than ASL, but some day it might be equal. And it might be the single biggest threat to credible new player sales. Because it doesn't cost near 200 bucks (Canadian) to get the initial purchase like ASL does.
ASL is the only wargame on the market, where it is assumed you will drop 100 bucks (Canadian) just for the rules.
I made my point, that the game needs an official downloadable demo to make it realistic to promote the game. A demo would be an edited rules manual (free of any clutter not required), a minimum of two half size boards (so it can show the interconnectable nature of the boards), a basic set of misc counters, and a basic set of forces, and perhaps 1-3 scenarios.
I firmly believe, that ASL is currently only being sold to total hard core gamers only. It has zero appeal to the novice or new to wargaming player.
Frankly I could care less if computer ASL (actual full blown ASL on the computer) ever gets made in a modern software sense of the word.
I think it is neat that VASL has allowed me to play a number of other board games. I am also wondering why they are not selling VASL.
As we speak, I am contemplating buying Aide De Camp.
http://www.hpssims.com/pages/products/adc2/ADC2-Main.html
At 50 bucks approximate, I consider it a bargain if it lets me finally play my 5.5'x5' board game The Longest Day through the convenience of my computer. Setting that game up is a major task.
I also am hoping for an easy out for my GDW Europa series games.
In the final analysis, I will feel no remorse promoting anyone's site if they are promoting a game.
I won't promote Peer to Peer opportunities of course. Everyone already knows, that P2P software is about exchanging unpaid for product.
But if a person wishes to publicly and openly place something on the web, in plain view, I will let the owners deal with it, if there is a matter of law at stake. I won't presume guilt arbitrarily when I have no justification to support it.
Is JASL illegal? I have no idea. Does it even work? Again I still have no idea. Is it worth it even if it does? I still have no idea. Is MMP aware of it? Yep you guessed it, no idea.
If you want to ask MMP about it, be my guest. If you can show me they don't, and would like us to refrain, I will be happy.
Did you read the threads at those links Veldor?
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