How Long Must We Endure This Interminable Wait?!?

[Icshi]

Granted, it's only been a day since this forum was launched, but my itchy pants continue to get itchier.

 

When do people think the game will be released? Consider this another poll without the polling apparatus.

 

1. In a few hours

2. Tomorrow

3. Friday

4. Saturday

5. Next week

6. False alarm — the game won't actually be out until Labor Day

7. It's all a hideous practical joke. There is no Geneforge 3.

 

I personally cast my vote for Friday.

[Kelandon]

I say 7. Jeff is actually collaborating with Djur on Pygmalion, and the first scenario for it will be Drakey's RiB. Alec and both Creators are actually all the same person, and they will win the first contest for the new system.

 

Or possibly tomorrow. You never know.

[Rupert]

Nice one, Kel. And I'm off to fight the armies of Sauron the Destroyer, from Mordor.

 

Personally, I would be of the opinion that it'll be at least three weeks. Probably well over a month. Unless I'm mistaken, it might still have to go to beta?

[Student of Trinity]

We must have patience.

 

The arts of the Shapers may only be acquired

by many years of painstaking effort and study.

 

Acquired responsibly, that is. We wouldn't want

to get what we want too quickly, reach dizzying

heights of power in mere days, and devastate the

landscape all around us by recklessly absorbing

magical viruses by the dozen until we glow and

shoot fireballs from every pore.

 

Of course not.

[Dolphin]

How dose the beta testing work exactly. Will the game be released, or will there be a call for a set number of people to try it out? Than the rest of the people get it in a couple weeks?

 

Over the weekend would not be good, no one could register until the next business day.

[Toenail Returns]

The game is coming out yesterday.

 

(TITAN A.E quote)

[Mr.knowitall]

I say GF3 for mac version will coming out as the same time for the PC version.

[Ash Lael]

My inside info says early next week.

[Kelandon]

Okay, so, to clear up any misconceptions:

 

GF3 has already gone through beta. It started beta a while ago (December, I think), and Jeff discreetly sought beta testers via a form on the web site proper. I think usually he uses most of the same people for every game. The beta testers also sign a non-disclosure agreement, which means they can't say anything about the game to anyone based on their beta knowledge, so it's no good asking them about anything.

 

And no, I'm not a beta tester. I have moderator status because Stareye judges me reasonably trustworthy and knowledgeable about board policies and procedures. That means I know no more about GF3 than anyone else here, except what we've seen from other games.

 

Spiderweb always released for the Mac first and Windows second, usually 2-3 months later, and so far, the creation of new forums for a game has meant that the game is coming out within the next day or two. As far as I know, Jeff keeps to regular business days, so a release on the weekend is unlikely.

 

That means that it will probably come out -- eh, if Ash is right, then on Monday or Tuesday, and I may have to lock a topic or two if "OMFG WHEN WILL IT COME OUT I LUVZORZ THE GENEFORGE" posts become too common. Making a sub-forum for a new game a week in advance is unusual for SW, but certainly not unbelievable.

 

I've been refreshing the GF3 page constantly since yesterday, just because I want to know as soon as the thing comes out, but my waste of SW's bandwidth is probably unnecessary, because Spiderweb likes to make announcements (in the Announcements sub-forum) when they release games.

 

For anyone new, that's what we know. If anyone else has any other useful information that they are able to share, feel free.

[archangel_14]

first>>>excuse all of the freakin arrows> im using a windows computer right now and it wont let me use numbers or punctuation marks> so all arrows like this ">" are periods> the others are commas< you get it>

 

anyway< like many of you< i am openly addicted to the geneforge series< they are just so darn entertaining> i think its because there is a philosophical approach in these games that the others dont seem to possess>

 

what my point is>>>i would almost prefer it if the planned date was in april and it actually came out in early_ish april> instead of hearing about it since the beginning of march and pining away on the lost hope of seeing the next game and realizing at the end of the month that all of my lost hours checking on its progress were for nothing>

 

i think that all i wanted was a date that was kept to>>>whether that wait was in march or even in may< i felt like the chickens were being counted on this one before it was hatched> and its ok if the game just wasn"t ready for release< the games that come from here are always worth the wait< all that im saying is that i felt all excited and>>>wait< nope its not out yet>

[JadeWolf]

I bet Saturday or Sunday. because it would be a nice Easter present!

[Hawk King]

 

must . . . have . . . Geneforge . . . 3 . . . ahh *falls down*

[Icshi]

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Originally written by archangel_14:
they are just so darn entertaining> i think its because there is a philosophical approach in these games that the others dont seem to possess>

I feel the same way. A few months after I played the first Geneforge game, I woke up in the middle of the night trying to remember which book I read that involved people augmenting themselves and being driven insane as a result. I thought about all the SF/fantasy books I'd read recently, with no results, then thought about which TV shows or movies I'd seen, with no results, then out of the blue it suddenly hit me that it was Geneforge! I felt really silly, but since it was the middle of the night I readily excused my silliness because that's the kind of thing that spins through your mind at 2:30 am. But I soon realized that I still consider Jeff's games more like interactive fantasy literature rather than a game per se, which speaks very highly of his story-telling skills and the overall quality of his games.

[Hawk King]

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Originally written by Icshi:

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Originally written by archangel_14:
they are just so darn entertaining> i think its because there is a philosophical approach in these games that the others dont seem to possess>

I feel the same way. A few months after I played the first Geneforge game, I woke up in the middle of the night trying to remember which book I read that involved people augmenting themselves and being driven insane as a result. I thought about all the SF/fantasy books I'd read recently, with no results, then thought about which TV shows or movies I'd seen, with no results, then out of the blue it suddenly hit me that it was Geneforge! I felt really silly, but since it was the middle of the night I readily excused my silliness because that's the kind of thing that spins through your mind at 2:30 am. But I soon realized that I still consider Jeff's games more like interactive fantasy literature rather than a game per se, which speaks very highly of his story-telling skills and the overall quality of his games.

i know just how you feel when i first registered Geneforge i played it all night in the morning i couldn't figure out why there where no creations about and why no one was talking about the newest shaper creation oh when i woke up all the way i felt so stupid when my brothers and sisters told me i had said to a wall drakon go burn down that wall and when it didnt i said fine i will just absorb your essence and make a new drakon oh now i feel realy stupid just remembering it

[Student of Trinity]

Dudes. The glowing green goo is for external use only.

[Lilith]

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Originally written by Icshi:
A few months after I played the first Geneforge game, I woke up in the middle of the night trying to remember which book I read that involved people augmenting themselves and being driven insane as a result.

It's not a unique theme; off the top of my head, sarcophagi in Stargate SG-1 heal injuries and give superhuman powers but also cause insanity in humans, and SG-1 is hardly an obscure show.

[Student of Trinity]

There was Paula Volsky's excellent fantasy novel, The Wolf of Winter, about drug-induced necromantic powers (among other things). The necessary drugs all tended to drive users into a particularly vile dementia, eventually.

 

On another note:

Ah, sheet. Here I was keeping my cool very well, all things considered, and then I make the mistake of looking through the G3 teaser page carefully. It looks very cool. It seems that you get to drag along an Agent and a Guardian, probably schoolmates, for a while. And it will be cool to craft one's own items.

 

Now it is harder to wait. Grrrr.

[Icshi]

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Originally written by Thuryl:
It's not a unique theme; off the top of my head, sarcophagi in Stargate SG-1 heal injuries and give superhuman powers but also cause insanity in humans, and SG-1 is hardly an obscure show.

That's probably my favorite show on television at the moment, followed closely by Monk. I used to live for Friday nights. Now that it's almost the end of the season for both Stargates and Monk, I'm feeling rather sad. Which makes my need for (yes, you guessed it) GF3 even more desperate.

Yes, you're right about the sarcophagi — two very similar concepts, which is probably why it was all so fuzzy in my mind at two in the morning. But it was GF in particular that I was thinking of that fateful, fretful night.

[Flake]

On the topic of when it will come out...I only care cause I'm awaiting the windows beta. But my guess is that now Jeff's finished his book he'll be able to start on Geneforge 3...which will come out sometime in March 2006...yes, 2006.

 

Dolphin, the Mac Betatesting will have probably started a good few months ago, and will continue up until the moment it is released out to the public...the same thing will happen for the Windows version, after its released for the Mac of course.

 

Can't wait, hoping to get into the beta testing to break up some of this boring uni work.

[Mr.knowitall]

Is anybody agree with the above reply?

 

I am 80% sure GF3 will coming out next week or early April if Jeff have some problems.....

[Icshi]

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Originally written by Student of Trinity:
Dudes. The glowing green goo is for external use only.

Oh. I thought it was Gatorade. Must've been laced with Kryptonite. Those darn cheerleaders.

And no, Mr. Knowitall, I'm sure it'll be out next week or soon thereafter. I don't know where this "March 2006" business came from, but it should be shut up under the floorboards where it belongs before it crawls across the room any further.

[Flake]

Guys...it was a joke. I'm sorry I didn't use a smiley face and thus it came across as a serious response to the question of when the game will come out. Hopefully you'll all recover from your heartattacks soon enough to get Geneforge 3 when it comes out, which, as we all seem to have agreed upon will be sometime between now and the end of the month, at the very latest early April.

[Mr.knowitall]

Well don't joke anymore or my brother have to call an ambulance to pick me up!!!

[Icshi]

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Originally written by fallen_avatar:
Guys...it was a joke. Hopefully you'll all recover from your heartattacks

GAAHHH!! HROOP-BRALLLLL!! RRRRRUUUUKKKKT!!!

<THUD>

Too late. That was the big one. That was the last straw. I'm a goner.

When you hear the wailing and the clanking of chains in your closet this evening, fallen_avatar, you will know who it is. <this message was typed up by my sister to whom I transmitted it via ouija board>

[Hawk King]

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Originally written by Mr.knowitall:
Well don't joke anymore or my brother have to call an ambulance to pick me up!!!

Geneforge 3 will not come out till 2010
*silently watches as Mr.knowitall's ambulance comes and takes him away then giggles evilly*

hehehe

[Flake]

Yeah, I just realized it is probably a bad idea to joke about something like the release of G3 in this forum...

 

Just be happy that Jeff doesn't fall in with other software producers and say the game is due in 'Q1 2005' or some other crap like that. If he says March, it means March.

 

Or early April.

[bogus standard candidate]

Today. That way we have the weekend to play the demo and Monday to make tons of orders and the whole week to play and not do any work (must start to think of excuses to skip work, btw.)

 

Or. . . Monday/Tuesday so during the week, where free time is more difficult to come by we can play the demo and the order it before the weekend and do a marathon, play it all the way through so we can finish it up by early April and then start clamoring for G4 when will it come out!?!

 

Or, it's actually been out for about a months, in pirated places. These people are packaging the game under a different name and selling it like crazy in Nambia where GF (actually under the assumed name it has there) is not only a national pastime, but the government there is using it, seriously, as a pattern for their future state.

 

I just don't know.

 

But I'm fairly certain that before I get to see Monsieur Vader rising I will have seen the answers to all these questions, many more, and quite a few new new unaswered ones.

 

(I also think "Kingdom of Heaven" is going to spark certain controversy which will help it get a strong first week (maybe two weeks) until it completely plunges down. Critics will love it, though. They sure dig that Malick fellow.

(Icshi: Hah! Another person likes Monk Hah! Although I liked it better with his old assistant. I hate SG. Shivers)

[Icshi]

Well, it didn't come out today. As is the case with real elections, I cast my vote for nothing.

[Silver Shadow]

According to something I read somewhere on this board, when the forum for the new game comes out, it's two days or less until the game comes out. I'm betting that's probably work days, so since the forum apparently appeared today, we can probably expect GF3 to be out by Wednesday of next week.

 

Kindly don't murder me if I'm wrong.

[Drakefyre]

Well, here the forums generally come into being at some point during Mac beta-testing, and in this case, close to the end of it.

[Icshi]

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Originally written by Silver Shadow:
since the forum apparently appeared today

The forum was created on Tuesday.

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we can probably expect GF3 to be out by Wednesday of next week.

Hmmm...

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Kindly don't murder me if I'm wrong.

<SHING!> <SHING!> (Icshi begins sharpening his Ginzu knives, which he ordered last week off of www.cheaptvcommericalgadgetry.com)

Yes, my mental heatlh has already begun taking the turn for the worst. I was really expecting GF3 today. Now it'll be Monday at the earliest. Soon the graemlins ( ) will complete their conquest of my posts, and my communiques will be rendered nothing more than bad immitations of Marcel Marceau.

Doctor's note: This is Icshi's personal physician. I apologize for any ungeltmanly behavior on my pateint's part. Be assured that we have him under close observation, but recognize the good done by letting him give occasional vent to his feelings in order to prevent any unfortunate incidents here at the clinic. We're on a tight budget as it is, and any unpleasantness such as walls being punctured, matresses set on fire, etc., would adversely affect the amount of my Christmas bonus. (I'm depending on this bonus to pay off my heavy gambling debts and finance my escape to Barbados.) We all expect the situation to imrpove some time next week. Until then, just humor him and don't maintain eye contact with him for longer than 5 seconds. Thank you for your cooperation.

[Mr.knowitall]

Yes I back from the hospital!

 

Is GF3 coming out already?

What no!!!!! Not next week!!!! I'll be away in Canada!!! No!!!! <GYUU!!!> <thud>

 

while his brother call 911 again.

[Silver Shadow]

Icshi: Ah.. Well, my conclusion was based on the fact that most of the postings occurred today. I figured the small remnants that weren't had been transferred.

 

And if you're going to kill me, first you're going to have to find me. I kinda just moved away from my old home. If you manage that, kindly kill me quickly. No dismemberment or gutting allowed.

[Icshi]

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Originally written by Mr.knowitall:
Yes I back from the hospital!

Did you get the flowers I sent you? Or did that crazy guy in the bed next to yours eat them? Oh, wait. That was me, wasn't it?

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Is GF3 coming out already?
What no!!!!! Not next week!!!! I'll be away in Canada!!!

I bet GF3 will come out Wednesday, because I'll be out of town Thursday through Sunday. It's a conspiracy, I tell you.

And no, Silver Shadow, I'm not going to hurt anyone. All this waiting and despair has sucked the lifeforce out of me. Besides, my mom won't let me use those knives for anything but slicing up blocks of spam.

[bogus standard candidate]

Well, faithful believers, don't lose your faith on Forge Friday yet. We still have a few hours until Midnight.

 

Tweet tweet tweet.

 

And just think, we could be talking about Venus days here.

[Mr.knowitall]

You mean 10hrs 43mins more until midnight.I'll be at the airport at 8pm. So how can I wait 'till midnight. Nooo!!! <ARRgg> <thud>

 

His brother again rush for the telephone.....

[Hawk King]

3 hrs 58 wait make that 59 minutes 45 seconds till midnight

ahh the agony <thud> brother dimitri calls ambulance to deal with heart attach

[Kelandon]

For the record, Jeff is in Seattle, Washington, where it is currently 6:36 PM. Do your calculations-to-midnight based on that.

 

Also, early next week is looking likely.

[Lilith]

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Originally written by hawk king:
3 hrs 58 wait make that 59 minutes 45 seconds till midnight
ahh the agony <thud> brother dimitri calls ambulance to deal with heart attach

Wait, wait. You're Waffle Guy's brother?

Wow. That explains a lot.

[Hawk King]

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Originally written by Thuryl:

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Originally written by hawk king:
3 hrs 58 wait make that 59 minutes 45 seconds till midnight
ahh the agony <thud> brother dimitri calls ambulance to deal with heart attach

Wait, wait. You're Waffle Guy's brother?

Wow. That explains a lot.

no i am not but while we are talking about this type of stuff does anyone here live in medina county ohio ? preferable brunswick it would be nice to be able to say I'n not the only spidweb fan here

[bogus standard candidate]

Not me, man. I live far from Ohio, but I like the Pretenders song about as well as Neil Young's if that's any consolation. And I've known a couple of people who spent time there. I've also driven through the state. But that's as close as my contact with Ohio gets. Sorry.

 

Next week it is, then. I was hoping for a weekend thingy, but week day works just as fine.

 

Man, the screenshots look cool indeed. I love the way the island looks. And the fact that we have some islands will make the game, I think, flow more nicely than the other two (though I liked them too).

 

I also noticed there are new graphics for the areas, I mean the little square thingies on the island.

[Mr.knowitall]

Is there any chance GF3 will coming out now?

[Icshi]

"Ha, double-ha, with knobs on!" Icshi laughed bitterly.

 

In other words, not likely. Monday at the earliest.

[Igor]

I feel like stabbing something, but the last time I tried that, my Swiss army knife closed on my finger.

 

That hurt like a motherhumper. Therefore, I shall stab no more forever.

[Actaeon]

Monday... I estimate that at least half of this forum will be institutionalized by Monday. The rest will be in jail for attempting to stab people who make jokes about Geneforge 3.

[Dolphin]

Monday would be nice, but sadly Thursday is still March.

[Hawk King]

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Originally written by mark greenwood:
Monday... I estimate that at least half of this forum will be institutionalized by Monday. The rest will be in jail for attempting to stab people who make jokes about Geneforge 3.

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The rest will be in jail for attempting to stab people who make jokes about Geneforge 3.

raises hand i am guilty of that yur honer

[Mr.knowitall]

Why is march have to be so long?

I losing impatience every second, I guess I will do something to waste time.....Hmmm.... Stabbing.....not a bad idea.....Ohhh just forget everything I said.

[Hawk King]

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Originally written by Mr.knowitall:
Why is march have to be so long?
I losing impatience every second, I guess I will do something to waste time.....Hmmm.... Stabbing.....not a bad idea.....Ohhh just forget everything I said.

here here

[Student of Trinity]

Thank you, Ornk of Death, for one of those perfect poems the internet occasionally serves up. In its honor, I too pledge to leave all stabbing to the professionals who know better how to handle their Swiss army knives. (The Swiss army, for example.) Preach on, brother.