Dr Mathias Posted Jun 29, 2009, 2:32 am	Sam's suggestion/to do list must be two volumes by now, and I for one often look forward to what is around the corner... I did want to pipe in and express my undying gratitude for the 'auto configuration' options. What an awesome feature! Also, even though it breaks my heart to see a damaged v8, I think the item degradation feature was an intelligent thing to implement as well. Kudos! P.S. When is that Sarsfield track going to show up?
Joel Autobaun Posted Jun 29, 2009, 4:46 am	Sam thanks for this game...really thanks. Sorry for any incidental bitching. Doc, I understand you did some of the maps, thanks to you too. Thanks to everyone else that helps Sam out with this game.
Serephe Posted Jun 29, 2009, 5:19 am	Indeed Sam, thanks for giving me a giant time sink to enjoy myself with. And sorry for constantly breaking it. :P
Jaguar Posted Jun 29, 2009, 7:12 am	Thanks Sam for all the fish!
*Longo* Posted Jun 29, 2009, 8:01 am	Yea Sam, I gotta say item degradation was a genius move on your part. This is coming from one of the biggest opponents of it when it was implemented. And Im not much of a racer, but I have a hotrod in Sars waiting to try that new track there out... Keep up the great work! -Longo
*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Jun 29, 2009, 11:29 am	Sam i love you, and im moving to Ireland, what's your favourite meal, do you like bunnies !!! Very deserving thread, thank you sam for creating a game worthy of stardom, and allowing the user base to actually take part in its creation, you sir are a Legend. And to all those that have help create the worlds items kudos indeed
Six Gun Jack Posted Jun 29, 2009, 6:29 pm	I have to add on my thanks to a game that keeps me coming back time and time again. Sam is an outright genius if you ask me. What a unique game, and downright evil AI that constantly amazes me. Having a badlander snipe at me from a small cliff was my latest OH WOW moment with the AI. Darn thing did some pretty good damge too before I could get to it. Kudos Sam !
Groove Champion Posted Jun 29, 2009, 10:42 pm	I like to avoid the bubbly, emotinal posts -being of an incurably cynical nature- but I have to extend a heart-felt thanks to Sam for making such an awesome game. I categorically refused to pay a monthly fee to play online games in the past and that conviction was rock-solid. This policy still stands stong but an excception is made for Dark Wind.
*goat starer* Posted Jun 30, 2009, 2:18 am	Sam.. i suspect you are evil and only do this to have godlike abilities over a bunch of bickering puppet princes. but thanks anyway
*sam* Posted Jun 30, 2009, 7:00 pm	Heh, thanks guys Just checking in from Spain.. I'll have better internet access from next week so will catch up on stuff then.. RE sarsfield track - yes, DM I'll get to it soon! Sorry for delay. What I actually want to do it write a 'just-in-time' patching system for maps/tracks - currently each new map/track adds approx 1MB to the client download and makes me quite uneasy since many new players never even visit these maps. My just-in-time will (i) let me reduce the core download by several 10's of MB, and (ii) let me be more encouraging to you guys to produce new tracks and wilderness maps.
Jaguar Posted Jun 30, 2009, 8:41 pm	*sam* said: Heh, thanks guys  Just checking in from Spain.. I'll have better internet access from next week so will catch up on stuff then.. RE sarsfield track - yes, DM I'll get to it soon! Sorry for delay. What I actually want to do it write a 'just-in-time' patching system for maps/tracks - currently each new map/track adds approx 1MB to the client download and makes me quite uneasy since many new players never even visit these maps. My just-in-time will (i) let me reduce the core download by several 10's of MB, and (ii) let me be more encouraging to you guys to produce new tracks and wilderness maps. I'm guessing that means instead of an upfront download, the maps will be downloaded as-needed?
Groove Champion Posted Jun 30, 2009, 10:48 pm	Ooh la la! I see you're putting my subscription money to good use, Sam
Joel Autobaun Posted Jun 30, 2009, 11:43 pm	Honestly I'd take the game as-is from now on, I hope the subscriptions will simply give Sam incentive to not turn everything off for a very long time....
*goat starer* Posted Jul 1, 2009, 12:56 am	have you noticed how sam goes on holiday and the server works perfectly all the time?
BWGunner Posted Jul 1, 2009, 5:12 am	I've often described DW in hushed tones, knowing few will understand my utter devotion to this game. I have so little time, and yet I ferret out an hour or two here and there and always come away stunned at what a great game this is. Where so many games have lost the spirit of the afternoon with friends this game has actually broadened my circle of friends and kept me up well past bed time over and over. "Well I play this game that's kinda Mad Max-ish, but it's really about growing a group of people to survive in this wasteland. What's best is that it's a giant international collaboration between a lot of people who all care about improving the experience. The solo developer, this crazy Irish genius, just keeps listening and trying new ways, and we all see our ideas come to life." that's pretty much how I describe it. For my part I've seen amazing improvements in the overall "experience" that will only be capped by the website overhaul...and motorcycles Heh. Oh, and what about (thinking way out here) a story generation wizard? I really think the potential for DW lies trapped in our collective imaginations...just waiting to be knit together in a dynamic and every changing player-written narrative that we can all play together. But most of all, Sam, thanks for actually doing what every one of us has wished we could have done...
*Chase Bansi* JohnBMan033@aol.com Posted Jul 1, 2009, 3:32 pm	Here here! Hoist a pint in honor of the almighty *Sam*!!!
*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Jul 1, 2009, 4:24 pm	And only one will do
Whiskey Posted Jul 1, 2009, 7:40 pm	*Grograt* said: And only one will do The CEOs of all the world's breweries met at a huge conference.  At the social event that evening, they all got together at the hotel bar. "I'll have a Bud, " said the CEO of the Budweiser Brewing Company of America. "I'll have a MGD," said the CEO of Miller Brewing Company. And so on until they came to the CEO for Guinness.  "I'll have a Pepsi Cola," he said to the waiter. Turning to the stares of the other CEOs, he shrugged.  "If you guys aren't going to drink real beer than neither am I."
*viKKing* Posted Jul 1, 2009, 10:59 pm	*Grograt* said: And only one will do As far as I know, Sam doesn't like it...
Serephe Posted Jul 1, 2009, 11:17 pm	Sure tastes different, that's for sure.
kometen Posted Oct 20, 2009, 8:50 pm	Many many thanks Sam! I love how closely this game follows the original Car Wars documentation and often find myself referring to my copy of the Car Wars Compendium to compare details. Kudos sir!
Karz Master Posted Oct 20, 2009, 9:34 pm	Sam is the new messiah
*Bastille* Posted Dec 5, 2009, 4:15 am	Lets get his Juniper bush!
*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Dec 5, 2009, 10:23 am	and a cappucino!
Aristazibal Posted Mar 7, 2010, 3:19 pm	I don't know what's wrong with you people... I for one would like to say "Screw you, Sam!" Thanks to you, I've lost my job, my wife, my kids, my house...now I'm wearing rags sitting in the alley behind a Starbucks so I can steal their Wifi... You rock, Sam
*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Mar 7, 2010, 4:17 pm	lol ... quote of the day
JS Posted Mar 12, 2010, 10:02 am	Aristazibal said: I don't know what's wrong with you people... I for one would like to say "Screw you, Sam!" Thanks to you, I've lost my job, my wife, my kids, my house...now I'm wearing rags sitting in the alley behind a Starbucks so I can steal their Wifi... You rock, Sam Scoot over dude, and say, can I borrow a bit of that cardboard?
*Dark Tempest* Posted Oct 10, 2010, 4:57 pm	I just entered a League race on my own against the AI, hoping for the easy 20 points. Sam's new AI kicked my butt all over the place, and I was lucky to get fourth against them. Adrenaline filled the whole way through it. You rock Sam.
Karz Master Posted Oct 10, 2010, 5:26 pm	*Dark Tempest* said: Sam kicked my butt all over the place, and I was lucky to get fourth against them. Adrenaline filled the whole way through it. Looks like Sam's Darkwind skills have improved!!!!!!
*sam* Posted Oct 11, 2010, 2:33 pm	*Dark Tempest* said: I just entered a League race on my own against the AI, hoping for the easy 20 points. Sam's new AI kicked my butt all over the place, and I was lucky to get fourth against them. Adrenaline filled the whole way through it. You rock Sam. Cool. What's the event ID?
d0dger Posted Oct 11, 2010, 7:18 pm	Looks like: League Race (event ID 120474)
*JD_Basher* jd.basher@charter.net Posted Oct 12, 2010, 12:21 am	I've been here nearly four years. I've seen the addition of multitudes of towns and race venues, most of which was made by players. I've seen many ideas from players used in the game. Most of them are still in Sam's "to-do" books. I've seen some BEAUTIFUL 'paint' on the cars offered here ALL done by players! I've seen weapons and engine additions here that enhance the game-play and player experience while keeping a balance to not make one car or weapon so strong that we ALL strive to gain the deadly combination and be unbeatable. Even our BEST gangers can be killed when we use our deadliest vehicle! PERMADEATH RULES! I've seen many players come and go. A lot of them come back with warm welcome from the community players who remember them. Sam, being the sole developer of this game, has spent countless hours behind the keyboard. Between his Professorial duties and family life, Darkwind has a part of our life I don't think HE even envisioned! it's a wonder he is not divorced and a hermit living on the moors! KUDOS to you Sam.... Thanks for taking a part of my LIFE! JD (Darkwind's voice)
*Bastille* Posted Oct 12, 2010, 1:07 am	Well said
Snidely Carmichael Posted Oct 12, 2010, 3:02 am	*JD_Basher* said: KUDOS to you Sam.... Hear, hear!
*goat starer* Posted Oct 12, 2010, 12:00 pm	*JD_Basher* said: it's a wonder he is not divorced and a hermit living on the moors! they dont have moors in Ireland... he is a divorced hermit living in a bog :-)
*Rev. V* Posted Oct 12, 2010, 4:55 pm	Is there a cave in this bog? Hermits need caves....
d0dger Posted Oct 12, 2010, 5:19 pm	This game rocks. Can't say it enough.
ISHOULDCOCO Posted Oct 12, 2010, 6:37 pm	It is with great pleasure that I input the profound words "All ireland bog snorkelling championships" COCO
*Rezeak* reecestensel@hotmail.co.uk Posted Oct 12, 2010, 10:03 pm	Rev. V said: Is there a cave in this bog? Hermits need caves.... As long as it has an internet connection...
Jeelz Posted Apr 17, 2011, 2:30 am	I'd like to take a moment to thank Grograt for his even handed moderation of these forums. It seems to be something of a thankless task but I for one really appreciate that we have a sensible, mature gentleman such as himself keeping an eye on things. Thanks to Sam as well for supporting/ endorsing the moderators and recently clarifying their role, leading to what will ultimately be a more mature, relevant and informative forum.
*Tango* Posted Apr 17, 2011, 2:47 am	Jeelz said: I'd like to take a moment to thank Grograt for his even handed moderation of these forums. It seems to be something of a thankless task but I for one really appreciate that we have a sensible, mature gentleman such as himself keeping an eye on things. Thanks to Sam as well for supporting/ endorsing the moderators and recently clarifying their role, leading to what will ultimately be a more mature, relevant and informative forum. Agreed, moderation is required to any civil discussion.  We're all passionate about the game, sometimes to the detriment of the discussion.  These are real people on the other end, and they care about DW just as much as you, they just don't share your opinions. Thanks Grogat!
*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted Apr 17, 2011, 9:10 am	thankyou though i am afraid, i cannot continue to moderate I do everything i do here for the love of the game. yet i find i have had a sleepless night over it. nothing is worth that. apologies for the outburst you will witness in another thread every dog has a biting point but the thanks are very appreciated here and by those who have pmd me.
Karz Master Posted Apr 17, 2011, 2:39 pm	/bro Take it easy Gro, and have one on the house
*Dark Tempest* Posted May 7, 2011, 3:07 am	It could just be me playing a little less, but my cars are coming home more beat up than usual, more dead comrades are being left behind in the field, and more and more often I'm glad to just be back in town getting repaired. This game we all play is getting more fun I think. Thank you Sam.