Hethmon Brothers would like to encourage you to attend
   Warpstock 98 in Chicago, Illinois USA. October 17-18, 1998. 
           Full details at http://www.warpstock.org. 
                    We'll be there, will you?

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Source: Mike Ramsey (miker@devilsthumb.com)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (editor@os2ezine.com)
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Good News! Master of the Empire (MOTE) is complete!

We, over the course of 1997, fixed up all of the problems that MOTE
had incurred through our development. Some of the changes include: a
vastly revamped ai (utterly merciless!), new menu structure, some
minor changes to the World Builder (still considered a development
tool...), a new diplomacy engine, a new economic system (closed
system) and a TON of play changes to make MOTE a better playing game.

The Real World steps in. The problem we have right now is this; MOTE
is a product that can not recoup our investment. We'd really like to
release it but there is not a strong business case to do so. To
actually produce CD's and manuals would cost us thousands of dollars
more, and I personally cannot see investing any more money into a
situation that has so little potential for return. Just monitoring
this newsgroup and observing OS/2 sales alone make me very skeptical.
Let me explain.

When Jon and I wrote Master of the Empire, it was to be a
masterpiece. We believe MOTE succeeded on many fronts, but it also
failed on some issues. MOTE was designed to be a beer & pretzels type
game, but during the development, all issues basically degenerated
into a design by committee. You cannot create games this way. If
there is not a guiding hand that is not money driven, your game will
become something you don't want it to be. MOTE is a case in poFrom news-request@os2ezine.com Fri Aug 21 05:21:30 1998
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Contenter 3.5 years!

So I'm open to suggestions. But also note my time is limited as I am
involved with other products.

So let me know what you like and IF we get a substantial response, we
may take the time and $ to produce a few copies for resale.

Thanks alot, Michael Ramsey
Programmer Master of the Empire 

[**Moderator's Note:  more info on MOTE can be found at:
http://www.csd.net/~ramseyj/ although the page is somewhat out of
date.]


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Subject: [WarpCast] OS/2 User Group Belgium Warp-O-Que
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    Hethmon Brothers would like to encourage you to attend
   Warpstock 98 in Chicago, Illinois USA. October 17-18, 1998. 
           Full details at http://www.warpstock.org. 
                    We'll be there, will you?

--------------------------- WarpCast ---------------------------
Source: Alex Wyckmans (awyckma@pandora.be)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (editor@os2ezine.com)
----------------------------------------------

On the 12 of September the OS/2 User Group Belgium is holding his
second Warp-O-Que, a multimedia event with this time 'networking' as
the main topic. 

The purpose of this day is to promote OS/2 in all his facets to
everyone who is interested. There are demonstrations and technical
workshops during the whole day. If you want to get the experience to
be connected to a multi-platform network, come and bring your PC with
you. We install temporary a network card in your PC and connect you
to our network. There will be the possibility to surf on the Internet
too. 

You get lot's of information, tips & tricks, and don't forget the
tombola with his great prices.

The happening starts at 14:00 hour in the 'Kultureel Centrum DE KAM',
at Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium. In the late afternoon we put the fire
under the barbecue (do you get the link now with the name of the
event? :-) ).

With this invitation we also invite every firm, developer, or what so
ever who is interested to participate in this event. You get the
opportunity to promote your OS/2 product or service at no cost during
this day. If you can't attend this event, but are willing to send
flyers, brochures, gadgets, demo-stuff or even the real thing for the
tombola, please don't hesitate to contact me.

For more information you can always send me an E-mail at the
following address: awyckma@pandora.be

Let's hope we see you all there.


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