The new Solecismic poll, in light of new info

[Hurst2112]

Originally Posted by gottimd

Wow, this thread has got a ton of views, I guess everyone is coming here to see if they can find out any info on the release.

Everybody looking for clever backwards messages from Jim. Make sure you read all of his posts horizontal and verticle.

[gottimd]

Actually if you stare long enough at his first post, it tells you the release date and what the next game to be released will be.

And its not a schooner.

[Ben E Lou]

Holy cow. This is now the 2nd-most viewed normal thread in FOFC History. (Not counting the reference thread, of course.)

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

Holy cow. This is now the 2nd-most viewed normal thread in FOFC History. (Not counting the reference thread, of course.)

I'm putting my money on TCY 2.

1. He put out a patch for TCY, which means to some degree he was worked on the game.

2. From the website

Originally Posted by Solecismic FAQ

Will there be a TCY2?
That's likely someday.

3. We've still got plenty of time in the college football season.

4. Again, from the website:

Originally Posted by Solecismic FAQ

What's next for Solecismic Software?
At this time, we're not ready to release information about our next project. Look for news releases on this web site later in 2004.

Now since we know that Jim doesn't 'hype' his games, an announcement = a release. This means we're esentially guaranteed some game by the end of the year. I'm banking on TCY 2 in plenty of time for the bowl season, with a release near Thanksgiving.

That's my official guess.

[gottimd]

Current Odds as Reported at the Mirage in Vegas:

TCY2 2:1
FOF6 3:2
Political Sim 50:1
Field 100:1

[Taco]

I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but Jim's new NFL Receiver Targets Report could be a project he worked on in order to make FOF6 more realistic. At least that's what I'm hoping!

[IwasHere]

Is there any chance that Jim and Solecismic could be moving? Sports Interactive games or sigames.com looks like it is quickly becomming the place for the independent; very interesting. Although changing CM to FM this year would hurt for FOF naming identity.


I remember when Jim posted that EAs FOF2002 outsold Solecismic's FOF4 eventhough it was almost 2 years out of date. As the business world says...Location, Location, Location!!!

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Taco

I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but Jim's new NFL Receiver Targets Report could be a project he worked on in order to make FOF6 more realistic. At least that's what I'm hoping!

That's exactly what I'm thinking.


Todd

[gottimd]

Sticky...but for the wrong game....damn..so close....

[CraigSca]

Regarding a possible move to SI - I'm all for Jim making more money, but from a consumer point of view I'm not a big fan of it. It seems that Sega is distributing the majority (if not all) SIGames at this point and, as you can see from Riz's posts, the developers have lost a lot of control regarding release. Can you imagine Jim releasing FOF6 or TCY2 but then have to follow up with a post saying he's not sure when the game will be released in North America?!

[Honolulu Blue]

I received this e-mail from Solecimsic. Does it perhaps have meaning?

Thank you for your e-mail. It is
Core customers like
You that allow me to make a living
Thinking of and designing games that
Work and can be enjoyed by many
Other like-minded people.
I have no information about a
New game at this time, but I
Never run out of ideas, so when I am ready to take
Orders, I will let everyone know in a
Very appropriate way.

P.S. I made this all up. I have no answers to this burning question.

[WSUCougar]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

Holy cow. This is now the 2nd-most viewed normal thread in FOFC History. (Not counting the reference thread, of course.)

Closing in on 15,000 views. Jim's the text sim equivalent of a sorority Web Cam.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Originally Posted by Honolulu Blue

I received this e-mail from Solecimsic. Does it perhaps have meaning?

Thank you for your e-mail. It is
Core customers like
You that allow me to make a living
Thinking of and designing games that
Work and can be enjoyed by many
Other like-minded people.
I have no information about a
New game at this time, but I
Never run out of ideas, so when I am ready to take
Orders, I will let everyone know in a
Very appropriate way.

P.S. I made this all up. I have no answers to this burning question.

You could at least have given the exact date in November...

[gottimd]

November 13th, when the clock strikes midnight....

*SPOILER BELOW*





























The time will be 12:00 am.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by Honolulu Blue

I received this e-mail from Solecimsic. Does it perhaps have meaning?

Thank you for your e-mail. It is
Core customers like
You that allow me to make a living
Thinking of and designing games that
Work and can be enjoyed by many
Other like-minded people.
I have no information about a
New game at this time, but I
Never run out of ideas, so when I am ready to take
Orders, I will let everyone know in a
Very appropriate way.

P.S. I made this all up. I have no answers to this burning question.

Funny!


Todd

[IwasHere]

Is it really November already?

[Noop]

Thank you for your e-mail. It is
Core customers like
You that allow me to make a living
Thinking of and designing games that
Work and can be enjoyed by many
Other like-minded people.
I have no information about a
New game at this time, but I
Never run out of ideas, so when I am ready to take
Orders, I will let everyone know in a
Very appropriate way.

[Dutch]

I am nervous about a new FOF game not being compatable with current universes. Perhaps an export/import program is also in the works?

Or, it's an issue that's on the backburner as we await TCY2???

Or we are most all off-base (baseball) and it's something else from left-field (baseball)?

But anyway we look at it, I'm very excited to see what happens next.

[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by Noop

Thank you for your e-mail. It is
Core customers like
You that allow me to make a living
Thinking of and designing games that
Work and can be enjoyed by many
Other like-minded people.
I have no information about a
New game at this time, but I
Never run out of ideas, so when I am ready to take
Orders, I will let everyone know in a
Very appropriate way.

OMG! I think Nostradumus predicted this centuries ago!

[Noop]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

OMG! I think Nostradumus predicted this centuries ago!

??? I was just bolding it for people who might have missed it...

[CraigSca]

I admit, it IS kind of weird. Here's hoping it's true

[Ksyrup]

That was meant like that. It was a Honolulu Blue joke.

[Noop]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

That was meant like that. It was a Honolulu Blue joke.

Oh. My Bad.

[Ben E Lou]

As of 11/10, #1 viewed thread of all time.

[Franklinnoble]

Give the "child molester" thread a little more time...

[Honolulu Blue]

Sorry about misleading you guys last month. But I got this genuine faux real spurious e-mail from Solecismic this morning, and I felt I had to share it:

Blue, it is good to hear from you again. I have been
Under the weather lately, but I have given consideration to
Your questions. I still do not have a scheduled time
Frame for introducing my new game, but so far beta testing is
On schedule and after that I will put the
Finishing touches on it and reveal it to the world in about
6 to 12 weeks' time.
The new game promises to be a quantum leap forward in the
History of sports text simulations.
In this regard, I feel the need for
Secrecy is paramount. Some may think my measures are
Xtreme, but I see them as necessary, if not good
Marketing tools.
Again, thank you for your e-mail and perhaps I will
See you when I am next in Michigan.

[RedKingGold]

spurious \SPYUR-ee-uhs\, adjective:
1. Not proceeding from the true or claimed source; not genuine; false.
2. Of illegitimate birth.


YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!

[enigma]

Originally Posted by RedKingGold

spurious \SPYUR-ee-uhs\, adjective:
1. Not proceeding from the true or claimed source; not genuine; false.
2. Of illegitimate birth.


YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!

This greatly amuses me.

[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by Honolulu Blue

The new game promises to be a quantum leap forward in the History of sports text simulations.

Anyone else wonder what the heck a quantum leap forward could be? The only thing i can think is that it combines text with graphics, but that's so unlike Jim. Hmm...

[CraigSca]

Of course...I have now re-read the post and see the words "FAUX" and "SPURIOUS" in bold. So now I'm embarassed and feel stupid.

[JeeberD]

*Whoosh*

Edit: Damn, you noticed it...

[WSUCougar]

Originally Posted by enigma

This greatly amuses me.

"This" = 4 letters
"greatly" = 7 letters
"amuses" = 6 letters
"me" = 2 letters

Okay, I think this is a code for a weird double play. The shift is on for a pull-hitting rightie. The second baseman goes after a pop fly in shallow left...the shortstop and leftfielder do as well. As the players converge, the ball bounces off the 2B's head, richochets off the leftfielder's face, and caroms to the shortstop, who catches the ball, pivots, and fires a strike to the catcher who tags out the runner trying to score from third. For the classic 4-7-6-2 double play!

[sachmo71]

Jim would never use the term "x-treme".

[Solecismic]

For the record, I am not currently the enigma. Maybe next week there will be some news.

[DeToxRox]

and now shit hits the fan.

[JeeberD]

And Jim has just opened the floodgates...

[DeToxRox]

i beat your jeebs! HA!

[The_herd]

My heart just skipped a beat.

[JeeberD]

Damn my eating lunch, forcing to type slowly...

[DeToxRox]

now if i just post every few minutes for 48 consecutive hours, i'll be beating you again

[Solecismic]

...or maybe I won't. I have to build a hype machine somehow.

[The_herd]

Don't play with my emotions.

[jbmagic]

is Solecismic ? Jim ?

if so i want to get FOF 2k4, but i am hestiating not knowing if a brand new fof is coming out with next week news ..

if its not please let me know, so i can go ahead and get fof now, but if its a brand new FOF i rather wait....


thanks

[JeeberD]

Yup, Solecismic = Jim

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

...or maybe I won't. I have to build a hype machine somehow.

jim should be in the nfl

[rjolley]

Does Jim really need to build a hype machine? I think threads like this one do the job very well. Even though I know any announcement will be the top article, I still read it, hoping there's new info.

If that's not a hype machine, what is?

[Solecismic]

Better to wait, because that's not a question I'm going to answer right now. I'm not even committing to saying something next week. Just having a little fun with people.

[DeToxRox]

jim definetly has the best marketing you can get. the kind that he doesn't need to put time into (as his quality of work in the past has made people come to him, not vice versa) Word of mouth is king. He could just throw a link on here and not say anything else and we'll do all the work for him.

congrats to jim on this. we're his minions!

[fantastic flying froggies]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

...
if so i want to get FOF 2k4, but i am hestiating not knowing if a brand new fof is coming out with next week news ..

if its not please let me know, so i can go ahead and get fof now, but if its a brand new FOF i rather wait....

AND

Originally Posted by Solecismic

Better to wait, because that's not a question I'm going to answer right now. I'm not even committing to saying something next week. Just having a little fun with people.

Is it just me or did Jim just tell the guy to wait, ie there is a brand new FOF coming...



Just having a little fun with people as well...

[FBPro]

Cool (b'day $$$ is in the wallet) and I'm ready when U R.