A Challenge from Tycho

[Loser]

Originally posted by Tycho from Penny Arcade
I mentioned Savage on Monday, and I'll probably mention it again with the release date so close - but, as unique as its combination of RTS and action gameplay is, the game that did it first looks to be set for a resurgence. If there is another example of the players taking the welfare of a game and making it their personal responsibility, well, I'd love to hear about it, because that's exactly what's going on. Long ago having been orphaned by Microsoft itself, Allegiance - a game I have buoyed with praise as being ahead of its time, too beautiful to live, etc. - is in the process of receiving new cheat protections and authentication systems, all provided by the community that stuck with the game. If you remember having played it a while ago, or if you found it in the cheapie bin and just had a good feeling about it, here is an opportunity to play a game that did nothing compromise its vision. There's still nothing that does what it did.

Tycho has a 'mail to' at the top of his Posts. Let's let him hear about what fans of Space Empires IV do for the game. Tell him how they made PBW, about the ship sets they've made, about the TDM AI mod they made to make the game more difficult, about the Proportions mod they made that is a whole different game, about all the mods with so much imagination and such different play needs, about the Image Mod they share, about the story threads, about all that and whatever you can think of.