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naggy said:
3.) Have you ever considered a special "MP with Paradox" event/campaign?

4.) What employee role do you not have at Paradox that you sometimes wish you did?

5.) What are your favorite mods (large or small) for the games you've worked on?

6.) What game did you buy that didn't live up to the hype, that you would love to get to remake right?

7.) If you had a cattle prod and access to every user that files bug reports, how many criminal counts would you face? :)
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3. No... Might be fun, but I'm pretty sure I'd loose v.s. some (a lot) of you!

4. I'd like to be a programmer, but I need to sharpen my programming skills a bit.

5. I did a house for Morrowind that was pretty neat. Mostly because I was not quite happy with some of the other house mods. I never released it to the modding community though.

6. Maybe Darwinia? It was really hyped a while, I did not quite see where that would come from, even if it was a good game.

7. None. Bug reports are good for us. :)
 
naggy said:
1.) If you could hire one forumite today to join the team, who would it be?

2.) What are your favorite AARs?

3.) Have you ever considered a special "MP with Paradox" event/campaign?

4.) What employee role do you not have at Paradox that you sometimes wish you did?

5.) What are your favorite mods (large or small) for the games you've worked on?

6.) What game did you buy that didn't live up to the hype, that you would love to get to remake right?

7.) If you had a cattle prod and access to every user that files bug reports, how many criminal counts would you face? :)
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1) Already hired alot if those through the years.. like Doomdark, King, Besuchov etc..

4) I already got a full team of kickass people who make great games.

5) The original Aberration was such a great idea that I actually helped designing 2 countries for it.

7) I'd be on death row... In a country that would reinstitute the deathpenalty just for my crimes.
 
Kold_Dusk said:
I guess my question is... What was your winter like? And comparing to that, what is winter usually like there in Sweden?
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Long, dark and hard. Just like our men.

/s
 
XvDravarvX said:
One thing that is problematic of Paradox games is the how manuals and tutorials do not seem to have the same production standards as the rest of the game. Is this seen as a problem in-house and are there plans to either make better manuals, strategy guides or work on tutorials more, or is this seen as more of the domain of the forum community?
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We have a thesis worker that is focused on how we can improve our tutorials. We are aware that they can be better.
I think the manuals are usually good though, what is the issue on those?
 
midget_roxx said:
Why do PI games take so long to get to Australia?

What are the specs of the best computer you guys have?

What advice would you give for someone who is doing an IT course and thinking of programming as a career?
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First, I think it has something to do with your strict laws on games maybe? The age rating is different and such. Not sure though. Answered the second one before in this thread.

If you want to be a programmer, look at what kind of programmer you want to be, what programming language does that field use most? Then learn that language as thoroughly as you can. More languages are good to know too, but make sure you know at least one really, really well. And as with most other things you want to be good at, practice!
 
Azugal said:
1) Are you a cat or a dog person? And why?
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A little bit of both. I like how cats are independent, they do not need you to always be around, but dogs are more loyal and submissive.

2) What is the first computer game you remember playing?
(In my case it waqs Loderunner on an apple II)
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I can't remember the name of the game, it was on a floppy disk and I played it on a black-and-white Macintosh. You should collect all the treasure chest while avoiding NPCs who killed you if they touched you. You could destroy the ground and make them fall into a hole. That was your only skill. After collecting the treasure chests you could climb all the way up on a ladder and enter the next area. There were other games on that old Macintosh but the only game I remember was that one.
 
Azugal said:
That was Loadrunner! :D
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I had forgotten the name of it, but apparently it was the first Lode Runner I played. Cool, I finally have a name on the first game I ever played :D

This is how it looked like:

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Olav said:
What is your favorite youtube-video?
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My favorite Youtube videos is the ones about Simon's Cat.

How many PMs do you receive every day? (And how many of those do you answer?:D)
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I receive no PMs every day and answer none of them ^^.

Qikdraw said:
Whats the computer game you have the fondest memories for? (for me its Planet's Edge by New World Computing)
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Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Odyssey. My mother translated the dialogue for me, but she hadn't so much time so I pretty much learned English because of and by playing that game.

What was your first strategy game? (mine was Shingen the Ruler on the NES)
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Does Heroes of Might and Magic 2 or Age of Empires count? I wasn't all that into strategy games before I started working at Paradox, but now I love EU3.

Do you make your bed in the morning or leave it messy?
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I leave it messy, unless I have guests coming over.
 
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gigau said:


I've got such fond memories of that game... was also the first game i've ever played :p

To each Paradox : do you have a phobia ? if yes, which ?
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Yes. I'm afraid of heights and of deep water. Don't know if it's a real phobia, I can handle it sometimes and be scared but that's it. No real panic. I think it has much to do with my state of mind and stress level.
 
Qikdraw said:
Whats the computer game you have the fondest memories for? (for me its Planet's Edge by New World Computing)
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There should totally be a remake of that game.

I still remember getting zapped by some ray and falling into the floor boards, I was stuck at that spot in the game for a while.
 
the_legion said:
Where can I buy those nice T-Shirts with the Para-Logo and the slogan "Strategy is our game" that Johann uses to wear in Interviews.
I didn't find something :(
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Not possible at this moment.

I do have a HoI3 t-shirt, in size large, if anyone wants it :)
 
Olav said:
How many PMs do you receive every day? (And how many of those do you answer?:D)
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I got my pm's turned off nowadays.. Wasn't that fun getting "die you lazy bastard" messages.
 
Chaos128 said:
How did P-Dox come up with such an ingenious system for representing the sliders in your games? I.e. how did you decide if closed/open society, hoi2, centralization/decentralization in EU 3 etc. I've always been so fascinated by them. Its a remarkable feature in your games! One that keeps me interested!
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I wanted to represent the differences between states back when were designing EU2, and it grew out of that.
 
Gvaz said:
What games are your favorite? non-Paradox int.
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Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Odyssey. Grim Fandango. The Longest Journey.

What kind of books influence them the most?
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Not quite sure what you mean. I like Ayn Rand's books, they always makes me ponder about things. I like books about people, about their emotions and how they and their life changes when different things happen. I like every genre from fantasy to thrillers if the story is about people (doesn't have to be humans, can be aliens or other things as long as the writer are able to convey their feelings to me).

What is the most common "thing" that you all like to do together ("making games" doesn't count. some other activity)
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Drinking beer.
 
Qikdraw said:
Have you ever read a book called Freehold? Its the sort of book Ayn Rand would have written if she wrote sci-fi I think. Armor by John Steakley, anything by David Gemmel are some of my favourite books.
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I'm always looking for new books to read and 'Freehold' sounded interesting. Next time I buy lots of books from the Internet or the next trip to the library I will try and find those writers.
 
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