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Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #54]

Wed, 12 June 2002 08:31

Shanga

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Registered:January 2000
Location: Danubia

Read it here:

http://www.strategyplanet.com/jaggedalliance/interviews/strategyfirst.htm

... and all now please say hip-hip-horray for our news hounds and their master Fred Bearpit

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Captain

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #55]

Wed, 12 June 2002 11:05

Bearpit

Messages:1068
Registered:August 2001
Location: Sydney Australia.

Someone forgot to give due credit to Ibo who created & submitted the interview .... plus a link to Strategy First's site is missing ...... :taskmaster:

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Sergeant Major

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #56]

Wed, 12 June 2002 16:44

JaTe

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Registered:December 2000
Location: Boise, Idaho.

This poses more questions then it answers.

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Private

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #57]

Wed, 12 June 2002 21:02

WhiteLancer

Messages:9
Registered:August 2000
Location: Hibernia

No offense, but more people should read the JA newsgroup, this was posted there 7 days ago.

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #58]

Wed, 12 June 2002 21:24

Dr.Quack

Messages:124
Registered:November 2001
Location: old Europe

I read this interview as saying not just back from the grave, but alive and kicking.. wohoo!! :blah: :blueface:

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Sergeant

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #59]

Wed, 12 June 2002 22:02

Shanga

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Registered:January 2000
Location: Danubia

Someone forgot to mention it was Ibo who did the interview... :whoknows:

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Captain

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #60]

Thu, 13 June 2002 04:17

ibo

Messages:75
Registered:July 2001
Location: Chicago, IL USA

Bearpit is to kind to mention me only, cause part of the questions are his, and he manage to bring them on a very short notice Wink

Also, I put it today on:

and I made also a link to JA Gallaxy, even if is just a hardware small site, more people read about, better it get for JA comunity.

ibo :ok:

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Corporal

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #61]

Thu, 13 June 2002 05:27

DR J

Messages:37
Registered:April 2002
Location: Amarillo, TX

Thanks guys! As JaTe says does raise more questions than answers, but I can understand Strategy First having to hedge answers. Still it is some good news. Better than "No, Sirtech and Jagged Alliance are dead, dead, dead..."

I was just wondering about a week ago if there was news.

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #62]

Thu, 13 June 2002 05:45

Dr.Quack

Messages:124
Registered:November 2001
Location: old Europe

What questions apart from the release date of JA3 does this interview leave open? Brush up your diplomatic speak, there's gonna be JA2 gold box, they've bought the license and hired everyone they could get from the old team. I don't think the interview could've been any clearer without resorting to dubious business practices. I mean, at this point they probably can't say yes we've got the full chain of financing and everthing there, more likely the ex-Sirtechers will have to convince the company a bit themselves how and why they want to do it...

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Sergeant

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #63]

Thu, 13 June 2002 09:43

JaTe

Messages:10
Registered:December 2000
Location: Boise, Idaho.

For example:
_____
Q) Would you consider doing another JA using JA2 - UB engine, are you considering releasing some of the utilities associated with the UB editor to add functionality.?

Many of the features in JA2 UB have been extended back to the original JA2 so that has already been done. We are looking into all of the possibilities for future titles.
_______

What does that mean?

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #64]

Thu, 13 June 2002 20:41

Dr.Quack

Messages:124
Registered:November 2001
Location: old Europe

Quote:

Originally posted by JaTe:
What does that mean?

"It is important to note that we have signed an agreement with Sirtech to manage the franchise."
means that Sirtech remains the legal copyright holder of everything concerning JA. In case of failure the license will go back into their hands.

"Needless to say, Don was more than happy to enter an agreement to manage the series for the future." - "This partnership is a great accomplishment for us." wants to tell us that there has been some real hard bargaining and networking behind the scenes and Sirtech surely didn't sell out below their value.

"Many of the features in JA2 UB have been extended back to the original JA2 so that has already been done."
Nothing at all is going to be done with the old sourcecode. Don't expect new patches etc for UB from us.

"We are looking into all of the possibilities for future titles." - anything we do with JA will come packed in boxes and shrink-wrapped.

"Our relationship with Sirtech has given us the opportunity to hire several members of the Sirtech development team who are now working for Strategy First." - after long negotiations with the new mother-company, Sirtech managed to secure the jobs of some of its leading developers.

"I think it is fair to say that all those involved are looking forward to the future possibilities and helping this franchise develop further for years to come."
- there are going to be products labeled Jagged Alliance from us, but I'll leave you guessing if it's going to be M.E.R.C. action figures or something that runs on your PC for starters.

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #65]

Fri, 14 June 2002 06:12

JaTe

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Registered:December 2000
Location: Boise, Idaho.

Mainly I was thinking of the fact they didn't really answer the question

" are you considering releasing some of the utilities associated with the UB editor to add functionality? "

I want them to answer that question and release the tools!

I think we should start the Free the Endangered JA2 tools association!

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #66]

Thu, 27 June 2002 02:29

Delcar

Messages:9
Registered:February 2001
Location: Orlando, FL

Quote:

if it's going to be M.E.R.C. action figures

Hmmm....

Time to kitbash!

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #67]

Sat, 29 June 2002 22:43

Lytinwheedle

Messages:78
Registered:November 2001
Location: Luxembourg

Hmm... There are no real answers in this interview, but it is a lot more than nothing. Things we now know for sure:

A bunch of the Sir-Tech guys are working at SF.
SF owns the license to the Jagged Alliance franchise
JA2 and UB are going to be put into a Gold-Pack
They are going to extend the JA-franchise in some way or other.

These facts are now set in stone, thats good... Lets now see what comes next...

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Corporal

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #68]

Fri, 05 July 2002 19:14

GhostRecon

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Registered:August 2001
Location: Berkeley, CA, USA

back from the dead to say yay! :diabolical: :diabolical:

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Civilian

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #69]

Thu, 11 July 2002 06:55

Abdul

Messages:211
Registered:August 2001

God Damn !!! Where did you disappear ? Man, it's been a long time since I talked to you.

Glad you're back.

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Sergeant 1st Class

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #70]

Sat, 13 July 2002 10:58

Eisenhower

Messages:99
Registered:January 2002
Location: Aruba

hmm did i miss something?

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #71]

Sat, 13 July 2002 12:19

ramfall

Messages:405
Registered:January 2001
Location: JAmodsquad, Helsingborg, ...

Hi Ghostrecon,
I have to agree with Abdul - it's been a while... Man, a long time! Welcome back! Any plans to update your site? I sent you a image a while ago, or should I say a long time ago...
:ramfall:

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Master Sergeant

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #72]

Sun, 14 July 2002 10:24

DaveS425

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Registered:January 2002
Location: Bellevue, WA

Repeating myself from other threads, but any chance of the "opinion leaders" in the JA community talking SF into including a mods / campaigns CD in the JA2 gold box?

Aside from it making the box more attractive to buyers, JA has a lot of goodwill among game reviewers and it would give them an excuse to say something nicer about the box than "good packaging job."

Good JA2 Gold sales should also help justify a decent budget for developing and marketing JA3.

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #73]

Sun, 14 July 2002 18:30

Lytinwheedle

Messages:78
Registered:November 2001
Location: Luxembourg

I doubt that it will sell a lot. Only the real fans will buy it, and for the other people it is too dated.

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #74]

Thu, 18 July 2002 09:52

Eisenhower

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Registered:January 2002
Location: Aruba

i hope their not bringing a dutch gold pack on the market, then i'll going to look for the english

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #75]

Thu, 18 July 2002 09:53

Eisenhower

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Registered:January 2002
Location: Aruba

BTW, this is my 200 st posts, Very Happy

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #76]

Sat, 27 July 2002 21:33

Linx

Messages:188
Registered:March 2001
Location: The Netherlands

'Thijs Vrancken' sent me this link:
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2875764,00.html

Quote:

The new edition will also add features of the expansion pack into the main Jagged Alliance 2 game, notably improved enemy AI, better weapons balance, an enhanced interface, and an "iron man" mode.

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Staff Sergeant

Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #77]

Sun, 28 July 2002 07:30

Abdul

Messages:211
Registered:August 2001

Hmmm...

They don't say anything about releasing some editors for Ja2 or the JA2 source codes...

Improving JA2 by adding the Iron Man mode or an improved interface doesn't make me happy at all. If you ask me, not too many people will buy the Gold JA2.

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Re: Read all about it! Interview with Strategy First! Ian Currie on contract with SF...[message #78]

Thu, 05 September 2002 19:36

Sweeper

Messages:99
Registered:March 2002
Location: Namsos, Tr

Yehaa Time to cancel all deals i have on the release date.
Good they bought it. It were close to offer free 3d modelling skills to Sci tech to get it done!

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