"We're working on...a feature that people have been asking for since Dreadlords 1.0, some new governors, Espionage that let you spy passivly (read: without disabling an planetary improvement), some new galaxy setup options, a new ship style, updated manual (for 2.0, the finished Twilight one will be out shortly), etc etc."

yeah i remember that feature from MOOII. was very cool indeed. wasn't it espionage/sabotage/hide ye i think. that ws cool. just cos i want ure black hole generator doesn't mean i want to rape ure homeworld... well depending on the situation ofcourse. when you say new governors... ure updating rally point system? to left click planet/ right click rally point... or some sort of planetary 'templates' which could be designed as ships do and saved and simply loaded to the appropriate planet class. or even cooler ..some sort of race specific intensive administration... galactic achievement style structure... that took care of it for you. with options ofcourse. so i could spend my time clicking turn repeatedly... that never gets old. or do u mean something in terms of changing governing in the tech tree so that stat federation is not the ultimate system to run an empire and receive a cool bonus like +30 to economics. or do u mean changing actual 'build governing' ques to include things like numerical que limits. number things. i want six destroyers then stop. tho destroyers arent the problem. its forgettting about some two dozen barely used backwater planets in your civ that are all building constructors stil when you got distracted by a war or something. then u end up being needlessly bled of cash. tho thats prolly just me.

~looks at calander and twitches in withdraw~

As for impulse, the download page as well as the program itself is very laggy when I use it.  Is this something known, or at least beign fixed?

I'll keep blamin PAX   I worked a 5 - 5 today and barely got done what I needed to. I can see why devs complain about e3 (or any major expo) thrownig a kink in the development cycle.

To make it up to you, is there any game being shown at PAX that you want me to give an mini-report on?  Besides Mega Man 9 and the Far Cry map editor, I don't have much on my list (well, besides manning the Stardock booth) 

Nah man, I'm just itching for 2.0 and non-MoM (aka DaD) right now.  Spore had my eye until I dealt with EA support (you guys pampered me this last year).  Enjoy PAX for yourself in your free time, don't worry about me/us.

As for PAX, I've heard it's what E3 was before it went (L or T)ame, so I understand plenty enough for the wind-up for that.

OT here, but is something that changed in this latest forum update totally kill Firefox's ability to notice spelling mistakes?

Are those journals out now? Just wondering if they are where I can go and see them...