The Silver Lining

[TribeHasSpoken]

Apologies. Just out of curiosity, have you ever performed in a production of Turandot?

[copycat]

Do you mean "psychological" or "psychic?"   

That would be "psychological".
*gives the TSL Team a standing ovation*

[TribeHasSpoken]

The Silver Lining is now on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_Lining

[KingGraham]

WOW! That's when you know the project is good! 

[Say]

There is something called Private Messages feel free to use them anytime!

Oh wow! we are on wikipedia! lol

[Skeptikal]

Hi !

I was surfing accross the site I've previously mentioned to see if there was any update at all... I was surprised by this line

[UPDATE 14/12/2005 - AWAITING FOR PHOENIX ONLINE STUDIOS AUTHORIZATION/REPLY]

...

[Say]

They are great guys, seriously.

All they need to do is check their email They just ran everything by us to see if it was alright and whatnot, how thoughtful is that?

[Sinue]

It's not a strip... but The Silving Lining got mentioned on Penny Arcade's new's page. Here's the excerpt.

Most of us are probably still familiar with the term "Foxed," I imagine - it is the process by which your Aliens mod, done in reverence, a natural outgrowth of your obsessive enthusiasm for a corporation's intellectual property, gets you sent a terse communique on official letterhead.  The old Cease and Desist, as it is called.  No actual foxes are involved.  I know there are still furs who read the site on occasion, and I apologize if I got your hopes up.

Since it is usually my presumption that things will go terribly awry, off the rails so to speak, possibly off a cliff to be submerged in lava, whenever I hear about a fan project - pure of heart, as I said, done only in reverence - I try to avoid mentioning it.  I hate that, but if the powers that be can pinpoint a single S&M Strawberry Shortcake amongst the high-grown wilds of Interspace, I don't want to be the one to instigate a good and proper foxing.  Again, just so there's no confusion -  it's a neologism, jargon:  class, legal.  No foxes.

So it's actually kind of fun to mention King's Quest IX: The Silver Lining, because Vivendi Universal has (in what I find to be a startling manuever) given them the go ahead.

I hope that this "royal seal" draws talent out of hedges and holes that might otherwise have simply observed the process from a safe distance, outside what you might call the effective range of the legal apparatus.  Such a game is like a no-cost expedition into the dark twists of Sierra's sleeping archive.  If it produces a hit, a strike somewhere in that twilight realm, they already own the rights and can make excellent decisions regarding the franchise in the future. 

- Mike "Tycho" Krahulik.

Sweet! ^-^

[zmoney]

Rock on you sexy things.

[Say]

Woah thank you, thank you guys

[GunHoMac]

No offense, but that Wikipedia mention of TSL is hardly reminiscent of an encyclopedia entry.  It's full of bias, opinion, and statements about the future.  Encyclopedias are built on the nature of explaining things with fact, usually things that have already happened.  Things that are coming for the future are reserved for news bulletins and announcements.  Encyclopedias depict history and concrete ideals.

Of course, it is an online fan game, so the Wikipedia rules shall bend for TSL.

[Say]

To be honest, it's amazing they ever consider us to be part of the encyclopedia. I never even thought we would get remotely close to an encyclopedia entry, wether it's bias or not, I feel quite impressed.

BTW, you should check your PM's GunHoMac

[Jelenedra]

Just heard about this through the Penny Arcade Website, and all I can say is....


WHOOHOO!

I will be eagerly anticipating the release. Good luck and good job!

[TribeHasSpoken]

The project gets mentioned on IGN.com:

Link

[sivvrianBARRY]

The thing about Wikipedia though...is that anyone can change it. Click on the edit button, and BOOM new content, deleted article, new article what have you.

So an article on Wikipedia only means you have a fan that hit a button, wrote a short article, and hit another button.

Sorry if I crushed your dreams.

[TribeHasSpoken]

The reason I posted the Wikipedia link was to demonstrate that the word is spreading about the project, not to claim that the project had been bestowed with prestige of any kind.

[Storm]

No offense, but that Wikipedia mention of TSL is hardly reminiscent of an encyclopedia entry.  It's full of bias, opinion, and statements about the future.

Not to mention, somewhat inaccurate:

...Strongly influenced by Kings Quest VI, TSL shares its common themes. TSL will have a similar artistic style to KQVI, which should help it keep the "feel" of the King's Quest series in the eyes of its fans. Despite this, the choice of real-time 3D graphics (in the style of King's Quest: Mask of Eternity) over "pseudo 3D" 2D graphics (in the style of all the other King's Quest games) remains its greatest criticism.

[Say]

Still, someone took the time to write it up. And you're also taking the time to discuss about it, however, I still feel good

[wayens]

Congratulations!

[POS Adventures/fans]

Hi !

I am one of the guys behind http://www.silverlininggame.com/ .

I am not sure if I am allowed to tell anything related with this URL/domain, but I think I may quote something Say told me :

I'd love if you guys could get in touch with Cat Tyson (koko from the forums) and maybe even Matt Compton (leader of SaveKQIX) they both have done such a wonderful job, and once you launch whatever you want, somehow integrate efforts and combine a good community among yourselves.

I wish I could explain a bit more but I am not sure if I can do so right here.

So Cat and / or Matt, I'd really appreciate if you could get in touch with me : groure [AT] gmail [DOT] com ... I'll explain to you what we have in mind and see if we could cooperate in someway  or another.

By the way, thanks Matt & Cat for SaveKQIX.org

Hoping to hear from you soon !