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Probably just an act of community moderation. Probably...

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Oh, I see. Well, the freedom one said the same thing as in the title, and so did the GNU/Linux one. They weren't thought out or anything and only consisted of the same thing in the body and the title, and the authors just proceeded to attack anyone commenting on them.

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Quoting: "Anon, post: 5907"Why the disappointed face? I understand the distinction between GNU and Linux, but well, have you seen the posts there? I'm glad no one here is claiming it should be 'Gaming on GNU/Linux' and the freedom post was about everything being free and not about the freedom to choose. Also, I can't remember which, but one was by a profile called Richard Stallman, so it's good it was removed, as it was someone impersonating with the obvious attempt at trolling.

Well, it was mostly because it felt like things were being censored. And maybe because I was kind of curious what the post about freedom said.
I understand the need for moderation, but unless the post was somehow offensive or contained illegal material, a simple ban or thread lock seems like enough.

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I honestly don't have a super huge problem with it. The only one I do have is that by doing this, forums are going to explode with non linux users, don't take this the wrong way, trying to figure out how to use various features because they've grown with click and it works, no keyboard required. (Pretty much how it is now, but after learning it when i first came over in 08 i love cli)

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I am not going to deny that when it comes to giving the Linux gaming industry a big push this is probably going to be fantastic, but I still loathe many parts of Steam to a large degree. In the short term I am just going to sit and watch what happens and keep playing my games as I have been doing anyway. What this has made me realize though is that Linux is not what has really been holding back my gaming - my principles have. Even if I was on Windows I would be playing many of the same titles I do now, and would be hanging out with much the same sort of crowds, although if I was on Windows the message would be a lot less apt I should say.

In the end, I thank Linux for bringing to light all sorts of DRM free and independent titles to my attention. I may never have played Penumbra if it were not released for Linux; I probably would never have heard of it. The same goes for Trine, and while I had heard of Postal 2, I may never have been able to look passed the bad hype surrounding it to actually give it an honest go if it were not a Linux game. The Linux gaming community has kept me honest to many of my ideals, and while now we have a wider choice of moral choices and shades of grey, I will thank Linux for introducing me to this wonderful underground of basement coders and freethinkers offering games outside of the often restrictive commercial mainstream.

I hope they can continue to keep it up.

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Head over to http://magicpixelgames.com/kickassist/ and vote for Monster Rpg 2 to give him a little boost, which will cost but a small amount of time.

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Why the disappointed face? I understand the distinction between GNU and Linux, but well, have you seen the posts there? I'm glad no one here is claiming it should be 'Gaming on GNU/Linux' and the freedom post was about everything being free and not about the freedom to choose. Also, I can't remember which, but one was by a profile called Richard Stallman, so it's good it was removed, as it was someone impersonating with the obvious attempt at trolling.

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there are always a few vocal people who, because the linux world is smaller then the windows world, can still create a headline, its their right to do so :)

I do laugh at people who rant about LGP copy protection yet love that steam is coming :)

I think its cool steam comes to linux, I do worry a bit what will happen with the smaller players like Desura and Gamolith. In a huge windows environment there is room for other companies to exists but with the success of HiB where a Steam key is a must people will get pushed towards steam and I am afraid that soon Desura and Gamolith will be pushed aside.

I also wonder what this will mean for Wine and Codeweavers, games is a huge force behind Wine and Codeweavers have done a marvellous job, I do hope they can adjust to this changing playing field.

And of course I hope we gone get a none ubuntu install option soon :)

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sadly, nothing has changed :(

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The links to "[URL='http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/882964057652884198/']It's GNU/Linux not Linux[/URL]" and "[URL='http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/882964057665374339/']Why do you hate freedom?[/URL]" seem to have been removed... :/

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I can't wait for what this brings to us, especially Crusader Kings II (I learned of it by watching the CDR, and it'll be the first thing I buy one it's out for Linux). But for all the good things this will cause, I still thoroughly hate the lock-in this causes. If only GOG had all the new titles and Linux support.

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Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 5847, member: 1"Under their Key Features section it states "Single player or up to four players cooperative gameplay.".

Four player cooperative gameplay? Now that's interesting. I already know that it will be no Borderlands, but it's intriguing nevertheless.

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No way, that would be a .tar.bz2 in a .tgz in a .lha in a .tar.gz :D

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Ever heard of a Matryoshka doll by any chance? ;)

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Mmh. Seriously, the screenshots don't do this baby justice. The artwork is simply beautiful in its simplicity. Gonna keep an eye on that. :D

(oh... on the "WHY GODS WHY" side of things, a tgz in a .tar.gz? Seriously? - and that's my only gripe. The game itself is pretty cool and runs with no visible problems. Maybe a windowed mode would be nice, but that's just nitpicking :))

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I don't know really. I've never really seen Settlers as an example of a 4X game because of its simplicity when lack of management. And Unknown Horizons, I must say the last time I looked at it it was in a terrible state, and I haven't really bothered to look at it again. But I see that it has changed severely now.

When it comes to civilization, I admit, I just dismissed it because I haven't thought of it that way, although I fully realize civ is a 4X game.

Still, none of those games are in any way similar to MoO. I guess I'd just like another one of those, and my mind has simply for whatever reason equalled 4X to Orion.

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[This is getting a bit off-topic, but why do you consider them to not be 4X games?
I only tried Widelands and FreeCiv (without ever understanding how to play it) shortly, but I have played Settlers 2 and Anno 1602 quite a bit, on which Widelands and Unknown Horizons are based to my knowledge. Both of them involved eXploring, eXpanding, eXploiting and eXterminating (more or less). And FreeCiv and FreeCol are mentioned on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4x_game']wikipedia 4X page[/URL].
That being said, I never played Master of Orion...]

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I'm aware of those, but neither is 4x actually. They're just sims.

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Quoting: "Anon, post: 5882"Yes, a proper 4X sim! There's not enough of those on Linux. Actually, I'm not sure there are any.

Not sure if you will consider those "proper 4X sims", but:
http://wl.widelands.org/
http://www.unknown-horizons.org/
http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

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looks very interesting! It's nice to see such games for linux!

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Yes, a proper 4X sim! There's not enough of those on Linux. Actually, I'm not sure there are any.

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Hi There,

As you have no doubt guessed by my profile name and Avatar I am one of the developers of Pontification. If you have any questions please feel to ask and I will get them answered for you.

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I have sent this to a few other Linux sites I hope they pick it up.

LXER is the only one so far to say they won't put it up.

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Kicked some in for you. Hope you make it to the target

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Oh, well. When you release the game, perhaps I'll be able to buy it then using PSC. Thanks for looking into it, but it seems like even most services do not support PSC (other than Steam). Maybe Humble and GOG will eventually start providing support for it as well.

Hopefully you'll get there anyway. Whatever Baryon is, I'll definitely look into getting it once it's out. Especially seeing that it will be on Android. Provided I get a tablet/new phone by then that is.

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Looks like it would require quite some work and time to support, unfortunately. I would need to do some paperwork for the UK tax office and so on. In my experience this usually takes a couple months. I don't think I can do it, but thanks and I'm sorry. :(

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Let me look into it for you. Can't promise anything. :)

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Well if i don't see a lot of you on it i won't be pleased :P

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Man, I really wish I could. Is there any way I could donate via PaySafeCard? It wouldn't be much, but I'd still like to contribute.

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Thanks for posting this! Yes, we're over 40% there but there's still a (relative to what we've got so far) long way to go!

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