For the Moders...

Lawndart · 06-23-10, 06:57 PM

I can't tell you how many times I thought of starting a company employing primarily moders...

I'd like to tip my hat to other groups as there is a good chance there is cross over;

The Falcon 4 modding community!!! Holy cow wow!!! Talk about a game that at its core was ahead of its time, still can't top that dynamic campaign and heck, it could still come true! The modding guys turned that into something no company or government for that matter can affort to make again... maybe that’s why most of the original dev team is now working for the government! And if any of you are here? Yeah, I was at the Sim conference with the US government in Minneapolis back in 99...

Total war, lovely work. Stainless steel and the darthmod stuff made with many many supporting moders is the stuff that keeps us old guys going... I have my own category of "grown up" games, certain Sim and a few select others fit into. the modded total war games supersede "game" and assent to experience... They make experiences, experiences that making you really feel like you’re in charge of something great and powerful... and sometimes the opposite...

SH/Subsim, I have a special place in my heart for you guys, I had immediate family fighting on both sides of the war, on all fronts, very famous leaders also. And Military is still very prevalent in my family, most recently my uncle retired a Master Diver, his son, my cousin, a boat captain serving in the middle east. So when I play SH I feel that I'm getting a window into a past my family knew, it’s like living vicariously in the past and in some way keeps the memory of my grandparents alive and the sense of pride very much in the present. The more real my SH exp gets, looks, feels, smells, the closer I feel to my Grand dad, Richard Kimmel, who was injured in the pacific. He died 10 years ago from a long battle with the injuries he sustained there that didn’t really bother him until he was much older... Over radiation and medication, how we have lost a lot of our WW II vets...

I don't post much but I've been here for years... And I can’t express enough gratification for what you guys do… You don’t just make games better, you keep history alive!!!

Thank you

Oh, and Neil Stevens, thank you for making sure we all have a port to come to… It’s got to be very hard to hold something so niche going, but you have, and you didn’t have to. As I get older I have those places I go that I always feel comfortable, a place that feels more like home then home sometimes… Subsim is one of those places to me.

Thank you too

06-23-10, 06:57 PM	#1
Lawndart Bosun Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Vancouver BC Posts: 66 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	For the Moders... I can't tell you how many times I thought of starting a company employing primarily moders... I'd like to tip my hat to other groups as there is a good chance there is cross over; The Falcon 4 modding community!!! Holy cow wow!!! Talk about a game that at its core was ahead of its time, still can't top that dynamic campaign and heck, it could still come true! The modding guys turned that into something no company or government for that matter can affort to make again... maybe that’s why most of the original dev team is now working for the government! And if any of you are here? Yeah, I was at the Sim conference with the US government in Minneapolis back in 99... Total war, lovely work. Stainless steel and the darthmod stuff made with many many supporting moders is the stuff that keeps us old guys going... I have my own category of "grown up" games, certain Sim and a few select others fit into. the modded total war games supersede "game" and assent to experience... They make experiences, experiences that making you really feel like you’re in charge of something great and powerful... and sometimes the opposite... SH/Subsim, I have a special place in my heart for you guys, I had immediate family fighting on both sides of the war, on all fronts, very famous leaders also. And Military is still very prevalent in my family, most recently my uncle retired a Master Diver, his son, my cousin, a boat captain serving in the middle east. So when I play SH I feel that I'm getting a window into a past my family knew, it’s like living vicariously in the past and in some way keeps the memory of my grandparents alive and the sense of pride very much in the present. The more real my SH exp gets, looks, feels, smells, the closer I feel to my Grand dad, Richard Kimmel, who was injured in the pacific. He died 10 years ago from a long battle with the injuries he sustained there that didn’t really bother him until he was much older... Over radiation and medication, how we have lost a lot of our WW II vets... I don't post much but I've been here for years... And I can’t express enough gratification for what you guys do… You don’t just make games better, you keep history alive!!! Thank you Oh, and Neil Stevens, thank you for making sure we all have a port to come to… It’s got to be very hard to hold something so niche going, but you have, and you didn’t have to. As I get older I have those places I go that I always feel comfortable, a place that feels more like home then home sometimes… Subsim is one of those places to me. Thank you too