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kolibri8

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I study education with the aim to become a teacher and in context of one of my Education courses I'm working on the question how PC games could be used in school and I was wondering if it would be allowed to use e.g. CKII in School or would I have to get a special license to do so or whatever I don't know.
In a hypothetical Situation I would be a teacher and I would do that, this would mean that I'd have to install the game at about 100 PCs (depending on the size of the school, can be more or less) where maybe 1000 students could access it. Of course with the risc that some of them would make an illegal copy when an other teacher wouldn't notice.

Or I let the students install the game at the PC that would be used in the beginning of the lesson and then after they used it uninstall the game. That wouldn't have the risc of illegal copies. But would be more time intensive.

So the first Question is as it stands up there: Would it be allowed?
and second Question: Would I have to purchase for each PC a CD or could I use a single CD for all PCs?

greetings
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You mentioned earlier that the average workweek is usually 40 hours. However, before releases, does it ever reach 60-70+ hours?

60 sounds about right for a couple of weeks.
 

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I got a question for Paradox. I am a great fan of your games, always have, always will be. Do you love me? :((
 

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We love you very much.

I knew that Paradox Sales would love me ;P.

Follow-up question: What is the game you guys had the most fun making? I don't mean the actually game programming, but the game during which there was the best atmosphere and high spirits in the office.
 

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I knew that Paradox Sales would love me ;P.

Follow-up question: What is the game you guys had the most fun making? I don't mean the actually game programming, but the game during which there was the best atmosphere and high spirits in the office.

Parts of Diplomacy i guess. Pretty much entire company played wow hardcore then and talked about it all available sparetime...

Final months of Rome had some great times as well.
 

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What did you guys wanna be while growing up? I'm guessing "history-simulation-pc-game-dude" wasn't always your dream... :p
 

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What did you guys wanna be while growing up? I'm guessing "history-simulation-pc-game-dude" wasn't always your dream... :p
I wanted to be the an immortal "Dark Eminence" power behind a throne guiding my nation through history, err umm wait a minute...