[Fox Mulder]

kaisersoze, on 29 March 2011 - 07:50 PM, said:

Fox- I do but I want to be extremely clear I do not ask Charlie about "inside news" or
anything of the sort. He does not "feed" me anything nor do I bother him with stuff like
that. He is an industry professional of the highest caliber and I respect him as that, a friend
and fellow fan. That's it.

Of course, I was just joking around.

[Outtagum]

Honza, on 29 March 2011 - 01:58 PM, said:

just kiddin' if kaiser says it then it usually means something

Not really... only time I remember him saying something that turned out true was the IP being sold. I don't remember him actually saying how he found that out...

I'm not saying Kaiser is a lying bastard or trying to troll. He just speculates like everyone else (especially Jobi).

[Luther Blissett]

kaisersoze, on 29 March 2011 - 07:50 PM, said:

Fox- I do but I want to be extremely clear I do not ask Charlie about "inside news" or
anything of the sort. He does not "feed" me anything nor do I bother him with stuff like
that. He is an industry professional of the highest caliber and I respect him as that, a friend
and fellow fan. That's it.

Also to be clear, I don't troll and I certainly don't mean to mislead anyone.


Something about this whole delay just hasn't sat right with me.

Let's just sit back and watch.

If it *is* a real delay-fine.

If not.........

Kaiser, care to explain what do you feel its strange regarding this delay? Honestly interested since you always brought solid guesses to the table:)

[MrBlackCat]

Once while I was in my garden... I watched this little bird hop over to my electric fence. There was a bug on the fence so he pecked it. The shock knocked him OUT! I thought it killed him for a minute...

The point is that every time I read Shock and Awe... I remember that little bird get the HELL shocked out of it and me saying... Awww.

And now you can too... "Hop, hop, hop... peckBZZSNAP! ... x x Awww." Shock and Awe... in real life.

I hope I don't get knocked out by the Shock that Kaiser suggests... and I hope it is Awe and not Awww.

MrBlackCat

[BraveTriforcer]

I think the real question here is why Mr Blackcat has an electric fence.

[MusicallyInspired]

BraveTriforcer, on 30 March 2011 - 09:54 AM, said:

I think the real question here is why Mr Blackcat has an electric fence.

[Kristian Joensen]

Somehow I doubt they will be doing anything on special on April 1st. I mean what would it be now that we are so close to release? If the demo isn't ready for release then they aren't going to release it all of a sudden just because of the date. The same with demo news. There is really nothing else left really, is there?

[Fox Mulder]

BraveTriforcer, on 30 March 2011 - 09:54 AM, said:

I think the real question here is why Mr Blackcat has an electric fence.

Well, he used to work in security, so...

[MrBlackCat]

BraveTriforcer, on 30 March 2011 - 09:54 AM, said:

I think the real question here is why Mr Blackcat has an electric fence.

Fox Mulder, on 30 March 2011 - 11:40 AM, said:

Well, he used to work in security, so...

While I did work in Network Security I can't say I ever got to the point of electric fences... although I did want to several times.

But the simple uninteresting explanation is that I used to grow a big vegetable garden and we are over-run with deer here... electric fence is required. I wish I only had to keep deer out of Networks... electric fences are so much easier to manage than router systems and firewalls!


Part of me would like to believe this is an April fools joke or something big is about to happen etc... but it is a small part and all the other parts are laughing at that one dreamer element enough to keep him suppressed.

(Hermans Head anyone?)

MrBlackCat

***edit***
(electric fence example... yellow insulators carry the wire. Mesh in foreground is not energized, is for climbing peas)

[bullerbullerseven]

Can they really cross normal fences?

[Outtagum]

Straight through.

[VinsaneOne]

Don't you see it, it's the demo that's holding up the game. They'd like a demo out a certain amount of time before the game. But obviously, the demo isn't ready = game delay.

[bullerbullerseven]

The demo shouldn't take long to make for them, so that's probably not the reason.

[randir14]

Jhect, on 30 March 2011 - 03:36 PM, said:

The demo shouldn't take long to make for them, so that's probably not the reason.

I thought I read the demo is going to be multiplayer, maybe they don't have that part of the game completely working yet.

[MrBlackCat]

Jhect, on 30 March 2011 - 01:47 PM, said:

Can they really cross normal fences?

Yes... they can jump a 7 ft (2.1meter) high fence standing still... like no running start. They are more afraid of an electric fence however and generally won't come back after a couple of shocks. Electric fences are inexpensive, easy to take down and put up and can be modified substantially with ease.

VinsaneOne, on 30 March 2011 - 03:18 PM, said:

Don't you see it, it's the demo that's holding up the game. They'd like a demo out a certain amount of time before the game. But obviously, the demo isn't ready = game delay.

One theory I have had is related to your (VinsaneOne) post...

I wonder if MAYBE GearBox thought they might be headed for trouble not having a demo out. And MAYBE might have finished the game and met the date... but lawyers would LOVE the act of not delivering for the First Access Club. If they shipped the game before the Demo, the first Access Club could possibly be considered a scam.

Even if Gearbox honestly did not intend for it to be a money grab, if lawyers could make it look that way in court, GearBox could still be sued on behalf of everyone who bought a game based on that incentive. A LOT of Borderlands Game of the Year editions have been sold since the First Access Club started. Any one of those sales could be claimed as having First Access Club as the motivations and therefore you didn't get your product... class action time. Delaying the game COULD have been avoiding this scenario.

Just my conspiracy theory ramblings... but might be possible.

MrBlackCat

[Master Fibbles]

You know, it has occurred to me that Kaiser never said what "it" is or when "it" will "happen"

With all that said, I agree. "it" is going to "happen"

[VinsaneOne]

Mr.Flibble, on 30 March 2011 - 05:56 PM, said:

You know, it has occurred to me that Kaiser never said what "it" is or when "it" will "happen"

With all that said, I agree. "it" is going to "happen"

You know, you're right. Whatever it is will happen!
I just had to give you a post point for that eye-opener.

[The Commander]

Ugh, its April fools and I do not see any new news.
Although I am first to get to 1-4-11 i'll give it a couple more hours.

[MrBlackCat]

Still a ways to go in the US though... and this is where GearBox and 2K are located.

MrBlackCat

[Striker]

The Commander, on 31 March 2011 - 05:00 AM, said:

Ugh, its April fools and I do not see any new news.
Although I am first to get to 1-4-11 i'll give it a couple more hours.

You'll be waiting another whole day or so. It's still the 31st in North America. 10:55AM Atlantic where I'm at.

MrBlackCat basically beat me to it while I was posting this.

[The Commander]

I guess at least I won't be waiting last if the new release dates are correct for the game.

[duke4everman]

The Commander, on 31 March 2011 - 06:06 AM, said:

I guess at least I won't be waiting last if the new release dates are correct for the game.

true, are you confident of this date ?

[The Commander]

I am never confident on anything when it comes to DNF.

[Master Fibbles]

Well, I'll be damned..."it" did "happen"

[MrBlackCat]

Yep... he was right... I had no idea I was going to get up and want to play SpongeBob on the PS2 this morning! But just like magic, it happened.

Shock and Aww... (and the little bird is knocked unconscious)

MrBlackCat

[kaisersoze]

MrBlackCat, on 01 April 2011 - 07:26 AM, said:

Yep... he was right... I had no idea I was going to get up and want to play SpongeBob on the PS2 this morning! But just like magic, it happened.

Shock and Aww... (and the little bird is knocked unconscious)

MrBlackCat

Still early in the day(11am Gearbox time). Still time for them to throw up a new trailer and possibly the demo later today/tonight.

At least they threw us a couple scraps in the new video clips.

There's still that small 1% chance they'll hit us with something big today. You have to keep that chance open until the day is over.

[MrBlackCat]

I am open to anything relative to Duke Nukem Forever...

I just like messing with you.

I will keep my fingers crossed...

MrBlackCat

[MusicallyInspired]

n/m

[muskydragon]

nothing big really.. two videos of stuff we pretty much have already seen.
We want gameplay not spoilers!

[Honza]

Nothing here. Was it some kind of a joke or am I missing something?