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Reply to Nintendo Says Wii... in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

One of my big grudges with the new name is that they took away personalization. I like being able to call my Playstation 2 a PS2. Not because it's shorter, but because it's personalized. The same reason I like WindowBlinds or any other customization software; it makes my computer unique, mine. Nintendo thinks it's impossible to abbreviate Wii, I beg to differ. Unless they change the name, I think I'll prefer to call it the W2.

Nintendo Says Wii... in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Nintendo announced today the *ahem* revolutionary new name for their console gaming system, "Wii". According to Nintendo's website, the name arrives out of an attempt to have a short, compelling name that evokes the feeling of a community experience. And, they didn't want anyone making a shortened version of their new system's name, like the 360 or the PS3. W2 is expected to draw quite a negative initial response, which is why NoE (Nintendo of Europ

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II 1.1 has arrived! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Way to go Dev Team! Three Cheers!!!

Reply to Xpand Rally Crosses the Finish Line at TotalGaming.net in TGN News Stardock Forums

There you go, must have gotten one of those demos. In any case, I have downloaded the full game from TGN and it is great (and without StarForce!). Thanks again for all your help!

Reply to Xpand Rally Crosses the Finish Line at TotalGaming.net in TGN News Stardock Forums

Thanks for the great news, Yarlen! I must have pulled my demo from some old source accidentally (I think I got it from the "Demo" button on SD Central).

Reply to Xpand Rally Crosses the Finish Line at TotalGaming.net in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Sorry to post this on this forum as well as the TGN one, but them's just the breaks. I really dig the Xpand game, but noticed the demo has the much maligned StarForce drivers. Are the SF drivers included in the full download of the game as well?

Reply to Xpand Rally Crosses the Finish Line at TotalGaming.net in TGN News Stardock Forums

Xpand Rally looks great, I'm really glad to see it included in TGN! After installing the demo, however, I noticed that the demo includes the much maligned StarForce drivers. Will the SF drivers be included in a full game download or are they only for the demo?

Reply to GUI Championships - Participation.. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Dang, I forgot all about this thread today. I know it was mentioned earlier that if you've really been involved in the skinning community for a while you can eventually know who did a skin just by looking at it, but that type of style continuity can easily be duplicated, even if it's not as high quality. In the end, it's not the thematic style or the skinner behind that style that a judge should be evaluating, but the skin itself. And of

Reply to GUI Championships - Participation.. in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I think it would be simple enough if the judges were not allowed to know who created a skin until the results were final. This may go against other principles of the event (ex, judges being able to communicate with participants to make sure that everything is installed and working correctly), but I would imagine there could be workarounds (in the same example, have a mediary party involved to help make communication remain anonymous). Having experts

Reply to Is anyone else getting annoyed with the nasties? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Stardock has never been one to turn away because of criticism. Usually the way people associated with Stardock deal with it is outclassing with their actions and outperforming with their software; I don't see a reason why this latest iteration will be any different.

Game recording and replaying in Ideas GalCiv2 Forums

While there are still a whole lot of functions that I don't know about in GalCiv II, I have yet to run across any way to record your gameplay, in the same vein as WarCraft III and Starcraft, just to mention a couple. Personally, I would find it very handy to be able to record my own games for even more in-depth post-mortem analysis, as well as view other, more experienced players' games to learn new strategies. Let me know if this is alread

Reply to Sometimes a skin. . . in Icons WinCustomize Forums

Here, here! After purchasing the Apogee set, I find myself starting to go to the IconPackager section, but stopping and thinking "Eh, what's the use?" Really, I can't see a way you could top this icon set. Simply amazing work.

Reply to G-Mail - if you don't get one yet in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Well, Google's farce has finally collapsed on them. They only want to make money! How dare they? And with advertising to boot? What kind of moral decay would allow a business to use advertising to make money. If something does not exist within a three mile radius of me, I don't want to know about it, because I don't need it and I certainly don't want to buy it. Really, I'm just happy I have an anti-virus scanner, anti-spyware scanner, a