[Sc2-announce] Support a new Star Control through photography and geography

[Serge v. d. B. <sv...@st...>]

Hi everyone,

As you may know, Toys for Bob, who created Star Control and Star Control II
(but not Star Control 3), would like to create a new Star Control game.
We would like that too. But they are dependent on their publisher,
Activision, to fund the development.

So a petition was created to show Activision that there was a market for
a new Toys-for-Bob-created Star Control game. It has generated quite a bit
of response, but more can be done.

I would like to direct your attention to a cunning plan that Toys for Bob
producer Alex Ness has come up with. In his own words (from the Toys for
Bob website):

 	First We Hit Them With Letters, Next Arts and Crafts.

 	After that, they won't know what hit 'em. Activision, I mean. As
 	part of my multi-pronged strategy to convince Activision to insist
 	that our next project be a Star Control one, I have come up with idea
 	to harness the powers of arts and crafts as well as fans everywhere.

 	What I want to do is this: Make a giant map of the Earth. Maybe I
 	should just buy one. I'm not map maker. If I were, I'd probably be
 	instantly fired for my alternative spelling of the nation known as
 	Uruguay as well as the fabrication of non-existent countries like
 	Nutsack Kingdom and Nutsack Kingdom II. As a matter of fact, I have
 	already been fired from previous jobs for these exact same reasons,
 	even though none of those jobs involved making a map. So anyway, I'm
 	going to buy a map. A real big one. Then I'm going to prominently
 	display it somewhere in our office. Phase one of my plan will then
 	be complete.

 	Phase two is where I once again, ask you wonderful community of fans
 	for support. What I want is to put pictures of you guys up on this
 	map. Not everybody but at least one from every country. This may be
 	a problem for the magical isle of Greenland but who knows? There
 	couldn't be all that much to do in Greenland, especially if you're
 	unemployed like Andre the Giant's character in the Princess Bride
 	used to be, so maybe someone who lives there has played a little
 	Star Control. Anyway, what I'll do then is post your picture up over
 	the respective country you live in. The idea being to show the fan
 	base all over the globe. Will this help convince Activision to let
 	us do another Star Control? I can't predict the future but I can
 	tell you that if it's big and displayed prominently, it will help
 	remind them every time they come to visit and be a real conversation
 	piece. Plus it will just generally brighten our spirits. In Paul's
 	case, this could lead to a level of congeniality rarely exhibited
 	by man or machine. He's quite a bubbly figure, in case you don't know.

 	So if you've got the notion and a camera, can you send me a picture
 	of yourself either playing SCII or at least standing near something
 	SCII-related? Just send it right to old ale...@to.... Or,
 	if you really want the picture to get there extra fast, use my new
 	other email address: nu...@to.... Somehow just the word
 	"nutsack" does make things faster and better.

 	Thanks,

 	Alex

So the idea is basically to send pictures to show that there's a world-wide
support for a new Star Control, and to make sure that Star Control gets
talked about whenever someone from Activision comes by the office.

And in case you're wondering, it's not too late to show your support through
signing the petition on http://sc2.sourceforge.net/petition/petition.php .

Thanks,

Serge van den Boom
(The Ur-Quan Masters core team member)