Ask Paradox (almost) Anything Thread (no support/tech or code questions)

[Captain Gars]

Ireland does not appear until number 31, but on the other hand you do average a few more page views and minutes per visit.

Doesn't Ireland rank higher when it comes to ad bots and sock puppets though?

I'm surprised with Spain being top 5, if I had to guess I would have though France and Holland would be ahead of them.

If you look at the foreign languages sub-forums you'll see that the Spanish one is about twice as big as the French one.

 

[Captain Gars]

By the noise we make, you'd think there's millions of us here. ;-)

By "we" you mean "you"...?

This is why you should hire more coders like myself from the united states. Also is there somewhere an American can send a resume to?

I guess we get more applications from Scots than Americans... Usually job openings are announced here on the forum, but keeping an eye on this page is usually a good idea: http://www.paradoxplaza.com/jobs

 

[artfox]

How bout Poland? Are we any high as far as this forum and in general purchases of Paradox games go? By the noise we make, you'd think there's millions of us here. ;-)

From the 15:th of may there will be twice as much polish noise in the developer area We are hiring a polish programmer. (I was born in Poland, but am now Swedish citizen since... 15 years or so)

 

[artfox]

Conquest of the New World

...one can dream...

I loved that game back in the day. I saw it as a spiritual successor to colonization (the original), and spent many, many hours on it. The combat system was brilliant! Simple yet very challenging with a lot of depth.

I have no idea if it's even possible for us to work on it, but I would really like that!

 

[Kallocain]

This was apparently interesting, so I'll give you a few more placements.

How bout Poland? Are we any high as far as this forum and in general purchases of Paradox games go? By the noise we make, you'd think there's millions of us here. ;-)

Poland is number seven, so rather high up, yes.

Interesting, I too would have thought France would be up there.

France is number nine.

Could you give is the full list?
If not, how is Finland?

There are 194 countries that have passed by this forum, so the full list would be too much.
Finland is number eleven.

What about Russia, if it's not a top secret?

Not secret! Russia is at number 13.

 

[Fredrik II]

Can we atleast have an official anouncement that no details will be released?

No details will be released. The game was canned years ago, the developers didn't feel they could pull it off.

 

[artfox]

Have you played Civilisation IV: Colonisation ?

Yes, I have (Quite recently actually). I like it. Apart from two or three changes I think it's a better game then original Colonization.

"Colonization of the new world" is worse in many aspects but it has superior combat system.

 

[Kallocain]

Is there anyway a forumite could find his or her stats like average time spent on the forum and such things?

There is really nowhere you (or I) can look for something that detailed. I can tell you the the average time spent on the forum for everyone is about ten minutes. That means most of you who post spend a lot more time here, since users who are not logged in counts towards the average, and they are plenty. For details per person you'd probably need to install an add-on that keeps track of your habits.

 

[Captain Gars]

Is there anyway a forumite could find his or her stats like average time spent on the forum and such things?

Do you really want to know that...?

 

[artfox]

When Paradox makes a new game, how far do you have to study the history of the period? Do you all have personal expertise in the parts of history you work on as a team, or do you research it yourselves? Do you hire consultants for advice, or is there an in-house History Nerd?

I would dare to say that everybody are in-house history Nerds. Some of us more then others

 

[Captain Gars]

When Paradox makes a new game, how far do you have to study the history of the period?

As long as the time & budget allows (plus personal interest and the amount of free time you're willing to add on top)

Do you all have personal expertise in the parts of history you work on as a team

Sometimes, but not always.

or do you research it yourselves?

Many do some research on a project (generally out of personal interest) and some, like me, have it among their official duties.

Do you hire consultants for advice

Nope. We have no Stephen Turnbull.

or is there an in-house History Nerd?

Several, together covering a wide spectra of history, so there's usually someone who's well-read on the subject.

 

[Captain Gars]

No, but my wife would.

I'm sure she can ballpark it by now...

 

[Kallocain]

Belgium probably isn't all that high in general though we do make up for it when it comes to forum staff percentage, I think.

16, and yes.

 

[Darkrenown]

I think there's a New York office.

There is.

 

[Castellon]

Isn't the New York office just for publishing or is there development done there also?

Yes it is a Sales & Marketing office.
Which is a good idea since it is kind of a wharehouse feel compared to the much more creative, light, and open feel of the Stockholm office.

 

[Shams]

Hopefully we'll be able to match the gritty warehouse feel one day

/s

 

[Darkrenown]

Hopefully we'll be able to match the gritty warehouse feel one day

/s

They do have a bunch of cool maps and stuff on the walls though, I want those.

 

[Castellon]

Hopefully we'll be able to match the gritty warehouse feel one day

/s

That's Shams for you preferring Gritty over Creative, or were you hoping for creatively gritty.

 

[Captain Gars]

Gritty or creative doesn't matter to Shams. He just want to sit in his big producer chair, smoking his big producer cigar and yelling big orders at small developers.

 

[Shams]

One day...one day...

/s