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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Retro Compo Results will be announced tonight 11.30pm GMT

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Richard Davey
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Hi all,

It has been one HELL of a lot of work! But the end is finally near... Over 700 emails, 7,672 files, 457 folders, 1.6 Gigabytes of entries, we've taken over 900 screen shots reduced down to 471, written 95 personal reviews, prepared a results site and newsletter and finally... FINALLY... it's nearly over.

Everyone has done their judging except Lee He is doing his final tests now and we'll have a conference call at 10pm GMT tonight. This will decide the winning games.

Please note we have changed the winners - instead of a Top 3 games we now have a Top 12 with prizes for every single one - because there were just TOO many good games. We have not changed the Top 3 prizes, but we have added a lot more.

You will find various files on this site if you hunt around, I've seen forum messages about this and that's life, I cannot stop people trying to look but I can assure you in around 4 hours time it won't be required. You will NOT find the results uploaded anywhere until you read about it here, that I guarantee.

Originally we wanted the results out on the 20th but Easter holiday in the UK fell over this date so we moved to the 22nd (I had hoped for the 21st in another forum post, but that wasn't to be as Mike and Lee were away).

It has been one heck of a compo, the very best yet and soon you will see everything there is to see. Be patient... 4 hours isn't the end of the world

Cheers,

Rich "off for a beer" Davey
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we'll wait and accepts your judgements

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Thanks for the info Rich, I and I'm sure the rest of us look forward to the results. Thanks again

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2003 or 2004

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wow man, top 12, hope i enter i'll be really pissed if i don't but hey, thats life 4u well ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls in 4hrs all will be revealed!!!

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2003 22:12
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Hmmm.. Darkfluff.. **** ***! I don't care if you meant it as a joke or not, you comment is about as amusing as cot death when you've spent as long on this as I have the past few weeks.

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What are the other prizes like? I hope there are some DB cardboard pyramids

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Thankyou for giving us a time Rich - that'll save the internet a lot of 'refresh' bandwidth tonight

I can understand your frustration over hexgears joke given the work you've put in, but I cannot help but see the funny side...

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 22nd Apr 2003 22:17
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Pneumatic - it was fluffs post, hexgears was fine if he'd stuck a smiley after it maybe a nerve it would not have hit.

See you later.

Cheers,

Rich

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Take ur time Rich!
(joking ya'all!)

hmm .. 4 hrs to go .. *fast-beating heartbeat sounds*

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Yes it's true, I really am that bad with names... Sorry Hex Gear

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Any chance we can see the reviews now?

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Carefull Haggisman, I think Rich is on edge and taking down names.... *snicker*

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something tells me you're gonna love a full nites sleep tonite Rich, i'll catch the results tommorrow when i get back - now i've got something to look forward to

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haggisdude.. nope, 3.5 hours to go, be patient

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<Drip> <Drop> <Drip> <Drop>, Damn, I'm gonna have to get that'ol tap fixed!

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I'm so curious!!!!! But I think the waiting will be worth it. I look forward to the pros and cons especially, I want to know what my game is good and bad. Sorry for my bad sentences, I'm really in a hurry.

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Great news Rich, thnaks!

And congratulations, i have judged a competion in the past with only about half the entries and it is a 'trying' job. I'm surprised you have actually managed to keep your cool for so long especially considering some of the 'childish' posts made over the past few days!

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YEY!!! Can't wait.....but I have to...Stupid school. I have to go to bed early..... Oh well....TOP TWELVE!!!! If I'd have known that was going to happen then I may've entered. Oh well C'est la vie.

Hmmmm
"I've seen forum messages about this and that's life"

Yup siree....Dang nabbit.

Thanx for all the effort you've put in. But think about it. Now you've got more demo's to put on the DBPro disk!
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RTSpider:that why we need to now. most of ues do`t care if we win or loss we just want to now if ppl think the stuf we do is good or bad?

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Quote: "Rich i dont understand.
In your first message (1:46 pm) You said 4 Hours to go.
And your last message (3:06 pm) you said 3.5 Hours to go.
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He forgot to take into account his lunch break!

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He said around 4 hours, stop moaning!

Why the hell'd you ask me for crying out loud!?!

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Originally posted by darkfluff:
"2003 or 2004"

lol, good times

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oOOOOOoooOOOOOooOOOOOooOOOOO


THIS SHOULD BE GOOD!!!!! [img] [/img]

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Dang, wish I had entered now. Oh well, there is always next compotition. I was too busy creating gaming tools (which are almost done), but next compotition I think I'll be able to make .

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next time there should be a game tool compo for ya Wendigo!

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A Game tool!! That would probably noarrow the entry list a bit. No point in creating 20 Sprite Editors, 35 3D Modellers etc when there are already loads out there <ggg>

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The thing is with other peoples game tools, whether they are good or bad, sometimes it makes sence to make your own as you understand the way it works better and don't have the frustrations of trying to understand someone elses work, and you can work with it in your own way. I mean no disregard to anyone making tools for the rest of the community because it is a good thing to have tools around incase some people can make use of them, but making your own can also be as rewarding as making a game.

Anyway back to the post inhand, I am sure the wait will be worth it, I'm sitting on the edge of my seat and I didn't even manage to finish my entry(it's still in production though), so I hate to think what it's like for the peeps that did complete and get their entries in on time. Good luck to you all by the way!! and I do hope this hasn't put the DB team off doing other comps in the near future you'l all deserve a good rest after this no doubt... at least the whinning should stop for a few days and that'l be nice, it will be a holiday in itself.

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Cool, this will be something to see! THE BATTLE OF THE DBER's

Hope I could enter the next contest.

Cheers.

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sorry rich. I didn't mean to offend.

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:-s Excitin!!!!


Good luck to everyone that entered!

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cum on cum on im wetting myself here, oh take ur time, ill just watch reruns of startrek. to boring, cum on cum on

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gd gd luck by da way to ya all dat entered

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much r-e-s-p-e-c-t to the person that wins this!

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Thanks. Lol, it sounds like new year celebrations :-s

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everytime you refresh there is a new post like this one!

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thyre l8!!!!

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and this one

[edit] wow u beat me to the reply

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lol thats true, very true..(pointed at the every time you refresh post above..)

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Check your e-mail it said newletter so it might come there and not here

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no i do`t get the newletter what am i to do.

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ne1 wanna meet in the chatroom right now? cos i am there.

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I think they are winding back Big BEn as we speak/post.. hehe either that or they are laughing at our complete lack of patience!! x-d

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I NEED THE BOG!!!!! I LOOK LIKE THAT GUY!

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What's worse is i've hit refresh so many times I bet my ISP has cached the address: http://www.darkbasicpro.com/retro_results.php and i'll not be able to view the page for another 8 hours.

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The suspense is killing us, they couldn`t make a film this intense

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I should have made a game called the waiting game and just submitted a forum, I'm not sure whats more fun, waiting for the results or reading the post's from the people waiting to hear the results.. hehe

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heh hehheh taking der time, tic toc

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thay can make a file about this and we can see how sab we all are .

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I need a cigarette, but to do that I have to go downstairs...

I've got the results page and this thread refreshing twice a minute and my email every minute....

If I have a ciggy I might miss the results...

I don't know what to do.

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