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Why don't you combine the POP's in Victoria2, with the command structure/supply in HOI3, and the way technologies (except top secret technologies) spread in Crusader Kings and make a kick butt game?

It would most likely have very low FPS, as all of those features requires quite a lot power.

And why do games have to be separated into "eras"? I bet you can make a game that can span 1,000 years.

All "eras" would have to compromise with all the previous/ next "eras". It would probably end up with a game like "spore", where all parts are kind of OK, but still far worse then if it would focus on only one of the parts.
 

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1. How come you guys are so great?
2. What was the inspiration for the original Europa Universalis?

1. Oh you know. We're just born like that. :D

I have a couple of questions once again:

2. Does any Paradox game have support for Linux or are the games Windows & MAC only?

This isn't much of a question but I noticed that devs are using American and British english randomly in the games, took a long time to find out what was causing the error in my Rome mod because even if all other neighbor modifiers are written in american english for example 'any_neighbor_country', the one I used was neighbor = x, which doesn't exist as it's 'Neighbour = x' :D

2. Not really, but we do have people who run it through wine and it seems to work fine.

About the neighbor/neighbour thing, that is very easy to explain. It is not the native language for the most of us, so we learn from different sources (reading books/on the web in English/US English) and mix what we learn to swinglish. It works well for the most part.

Will there be a "Salem" type game based on either the Rome era or based on other EU eras? A Sengoku "Salem"? etc...

Not planned at the moment. If Salem becomes a mega success, it might become interesting.
 

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I think that you guys do fine with English, which has a lot of dialects, not all of which are mutually intelligible. It took me a month to understand my graduate school adviser, and he's English (or is that English English?). ;) I do remember some interesting mis-spellings in the CK1 code for marriage and ecclesiastical, but nothing that can't be overcome. I think that I understand anglish (that's Louisiana French-English) and spanglish better than English English, and any English English that I've acquired has been from watching BBC reruns of Blackadder, Red Dwarf, and Monty Python. And then there's suddern, which is what is usually called "English" in Florida.

Btw, the Elder Scrolls games do have localized versions to spell that metallic stuff knights wear as "armor" in the NA version and "armour" in the UK/EU version. But we Paradoxians are smart enough to figure that one out.

Keep up the great work, m8s.
 

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How long until there is a game on paradox connect for a tablet?
 

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Can Paradox confirm the accuracy of this chart?

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Is there a snowball in hell's chance that Paradox will ever make a game set in China's Three Kingdoms period? Maybe another little 6 month project like Sengoku? :D
In fact, even leaving aside the setting, I'd love to see more projects with a turnaround as fast as Sengoku and the same laser-like focus. My first love is your huge games like CK, EU3 etc, but getting little treats like Sengoku and barely having to wait for them feels great. :)
 

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@RedRalphWiggum: As a developer myself, I can certainly concur with this graph.
 

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Can Paradox confirm the accuracy of this chart?

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Someone should make a chart like that but with HoI players, Vicky players, Ck, etc... Would be fun xD
 

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Pls help i bought darkest hour via steam platform, i now have the problem that no savegame is loading properly. i heard there is a patch for that problem, but i cant register, because the steam key is too long to get the patch from the forum.

help
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Have Paradox ever had any "creepy" or "over the top" fan encounters? Someone who showed up at the offices, or in a restaurant or something? I know Johan has received some... "unkind" PMs in the past.

I think Johan has run into several fans over the years, most wanting to talk about HoI with him. I saw him several times at night clubs before I started at Paradox but I was wise enough not to bother him as I don't think it would have helped me once I applied for a job ;)
 

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Have Paradox ever had any "creepy" or "over the top" fan encounters? Someone who showed up at the offices, or in a restaurant or something? I know Johan has received some... "unkind" PMs in the past.

PM and email is a mixed bag of negative and positive feedback, just as it should be I guess. My experience with actually meeting fans/gamers ia only positive though.
 

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I think Johan has run into several fans over the years, most wanting to talk about HoI with him. I saw him several times at night clubs before I started at Paradox but I was wise enough not to bother him as I don't think it would have helped me once I applied for a job ;)

*cough*
 

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PM and email is a mixed bag of negative and positive feedback, just as it should be I guess. My experience with actually meeting fans/gamers ia only positive though.

I checked after a secret messege saying "Except Davisx3m" but didn't find any! Phew ;)
 

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Someone should make a chart like that but with HoI players, Vicky players, Ck, etc... Would be fun xD
Here you go!
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Notice how the Rome players are neutral to the CKs but are seen as heretics by them :D