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[blackb]

Kind of sad that u don't get informed about this when u have signed up to goko. 

[Davio]

My baby is probably going to be born by that day and though he will be a few weeks early, I'm sure he'll be more developed than the beta final version.

[Insomniac]

that implies there will be no iphone / android phone versions.

This makes me a sad panda. and I really dont think funsockets should launch yet

[Wolphmaniac]

(BTW, everyone, this is in General Discussion, and not in the funsockets private forum. Not sure how much if anything we're actually allowed to ay here.)

Who gives a Scout's ass if you get kicked out of the Beta now? The product launches in 6 days.

[pingpongsam]

(BTW, everyone, this is in General Discussion, and not in the funsockets private forum. Not sure how much if anything we're actually allowed to ay here.)

Who gives a Scout's ass if you get kicked out of the Beta now? The product launches in 6 days.

We have Rats now.

[pingpongsam]

If I were paying I'd immediately be willing to pay for Isotropic whereas I don't think I am at all willing to pay for the current version of funsockets. My experience there is truly terrible. It regularly crashes and lags out and I am accessing it from various machines and locations with much the same results regardless.

[andwilk]

It's the beginning of the end of Online Dominion 

[theory]

It's the beginning of the end of Online Dominion 

You all are way too pessimistic.  The perfect is the enemy of the good: getting so many new people into online Dominion is such a plus that I'm willing to forgive (hopefully) temporary problems.  You can keep delaying and ironing-out bugs forever, but at some point you have to release, knowing that it's not perfect.

[Beyond Awesome]

Terrible news. If it is like it is now on launch, less than a week from release, then this will suck hard. And, I can tell you now, there are some big problems with the current beta. I don't see how those problems will be addressed in less than a week, even if the programmers get no sleep for the next six days.

[Insomniac]

It's the beginning of the end of Online Dominion 

You all are way too pessimistic.  The perfect is the enemy of the good: getting so many new people into online Dominion is such a plus that I'm willing to forgive (hopefully) temporary problems.  You can keep delaying and ironing-out bugs forever, but at some point you have to release, knowing that it's not perfect.

TBH I dont think they should launch right this second, but very soon its very close to being close enough. I wouldn't mind a iPhone / android phone version at launch as a non tablet owner but I'll deal with it

[Davio]

I just played a game where half the cards didn't have images (transparent).

I wouldn't say it's close to finished with quirks like that.

However...........we can't really complain about a beta product we get to try for free, heck, we should be glad we're even in anyway.
Once the final version comes out, we can unleash our judgment.

[Kirian]

I just played a game where half the cards didn't have images (transparent).

I wouldn't say it's close to finished with quirks like that.

However...........we can't really complain about a beta product we get to try for free, heck, we should be glad we're even in anyway.
Once the final version comes out, we can unleash our judgment.

I've never been part of a beta where the beta version a week before launch wasn't exactly the same as the release version.  Well, technically the last few weeks of beta were Release Candidate instead...

[WanderingWinder]

From my end, the version they just pushed through seems (at the moment) basically good enough, to me.

I mean, it is not where I want it to be, there are lots of improvements that can still be made, etc. etc. But to the minimal level of standards I expect for an implementation, at least. (Actually it has a lot of stuff beyond that, but that's not my point here).

[ftl]

Looking forward to getting to play with it this evening, then!

...oh wait I'm driving down to see my girlfriend this weekend, I won't have a chance to play it until like tomorrow or sunday even...

[Fabian]

Guess the last time I'm playing dominion is at Worlds next weekend? Going to miss isotropic

[popsofctown]

How do expansions work?  Can my friend Jimmy buy Seaside and my friend Johnny buy Prosperity and I buy Hinterlands and then we play a three player game with all the aforementioned expansions and base?

[michaeljb]

How do expansions work?  Can my friend Jimmy buy Seaside and my friend Johnny buy Prosperity and I buy Hinterlands and then we play a three player game with all the aforementioned expansions and base?

Things Donald X has said (somewhere) indicate yes.

[WanderingWinder]

How do expansions work?  Can my friend Jimmy buy Seaside and my friend Johnny buy Prosperity and I buy Hinterlands and then we play a three player game with all the aforementioned expansions and base?

Things Donald X has said (somewhere) indicate yes.

Really? I was thinking that they indicated no. iirc, one person hosts the game, and the cards must be taken from what that person has, entirely, so you can't mix and match like is being suggested here.

[Donald X.]

Really? I was thinking that they indicated no. iirc, one person hosts the game, and the cards must be taken from what that person has, entirely, so you can't mix and match like is being suggested here.

Initially I thought one person would host but now I think you can mix and match.

[michaeljb]

I could have sworn I read that somewhere--that just like IRL, only one person in the group has to own Hinterlands for the group to be able to play with Hinterlands. Apparently not? Even though that seems to be the case now? Well, all's well that end's well I suppose.

[Powerman]

WW buys all the sets, then I mooch off of him

[rspeer]

"Good enough"? It's still full of moronic animations where you're not allowed to play until they're done whizzing and sparkling.

They've fixed a few crashing bugs, but they sure haven't made it into anything near the quality of Isotropic.

[yudantaiteki]

While I'm pleased with the progress they're making, I'm quite concerned about this if it really is going live in 5 days.  I don't really care that much about the sets as long as they'll come out eventually; the interface and speed issues (and bugs) bother me a lot more and they're not the best way to sell the product to a new audience.  I'm going to buy it no matter what because I play weekly with my college friends and it's an important way for me to keep in touch with them, but I hope it seems polished by the time they bring it out.

A public beta (maybe with only the base set) would be neat but won't happen.

It's still full of moronic animations where you're not allowed to play until they're done whizzing and sparkling.

That's unfortunately the kind of thing that non-iso players probably don't care that much about, if only because they don't know any better.

[shraeye]

"Good enough"? It's still full of moronic animations where you're not allowed to play until they're done whizzing and sparkling.

They've fixed a few crashing bugs, but they sure haven't made it into anything near the quality of Isotropic.

They should probably work on making those animations tileable.

[Fabian]

"Good enough"? It's still full of moronic animations where you're not allowed to play until they're done whizzing and sparkling.

They've fixed a few crashing bugs, but they sure haven't made it into anything near the quality of Isotropic.

They should probably work on making those animations disableable

Yup.