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To: Todd D. Wiener who wrote (2758)	12/26/1997 5:04:00 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	Respond to of 14266

Those with a WSJ interactive subscription ought take a look at interactive.wsj.com@4.cgi?id=SB882978887919531500.djm&template=pj1-combo.tmpl titled Gaming's Godot Hits the Scene As Pax Imperia Sequel Arrives By JASON FRY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL INTERACTIVE EDITION Coupla brief snips: "There wasn't any point in laboring to create the ultimate geek space game. The makers of Pax Imperia had already done it." "If that sounds like it's more an exercise in management than combat, that's correct. If you're addicted to twitch-fests like Quake II, games like Pax are like watching paint dry. Yes, you'll spend plenty of time watching ships get built and waiting for money to accumulate in your empire's treasury. But if you're a true space-empire geek, you won't mind." The article goes on to kick a few shins, but is generally pretty favorable to PAX. The article included a request from the author, a WSJ reporter at fry@interactive.wsj.com re: "This is not to say that all is perfect with this long-awaited game, however. The manual is horrible, with some basic information simply not to be found. If anyone knows how to separate individual ships from fleets, please e-mail me: I keep inadvertently attaching unarmed transports to task forces and fuming as they were dragged into combat." Can anybody help him out <and solicit further plugs?>.

To: Todd D. Wiener who wrote (2758)	12/26/1997 5:26:00 PM
From: Sigmund	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14266

I sure agree with you that anchient history is not likely to be very relevant re TA. How many people from five or more years ago are going to base buying or selling decisions on what happened to them back then? Some I am sure but not likely enough to have a real impact. The most exciting part to me of your post was the idea that there are weekly shipments going out to these stores. I thought I had read that at Farrell's teleconference recently there was a six week reorder cycle. That seemed very long indeed. But if stores are ordering weekly and getting merchandise within a reasonable period of time i.e. a few days to a week that would be great news. Do you know the details of the reorder process? Does the store do the reorder or does THQI have people that go out and take inventory (rack jobbers)? I assume it is the store. Do we know if there are stores connected directly to THQI's inventory system (EDI)? Most importantly do we know how long it takes from the time the store places an order to when the merchandise arrives at the store? It sounds like it is pretty dynamic out there which is good news for the fourth quarter. I think Xmas sales were in general later in December than usual so a very responsive replenishment process would be one key to success.