Tzunamitom

Lifelong vegetarian yet still came here for this comment, wasn't disappointed!

Gonna shoot the muthaduckin’ world yeah

Chris, no question, but just wanted to say thank you for everything you've done for the gaming world. Total Annihilation is the first game I remember obsessing about in high school after being raised on a diet of Dune 2, Red Alert and Age of Empires (I've just checked and you guys actually released *before* AoE, which blows my mind). I remember carrying this 20-odd page pull out feature advertisement mag (from PC Gamer?) around with me everywhere, studying it and reading about the new physics-based gameplay you were building into the game.

Unlike many hyped releases these days, you guys actually delivered - I think RTS gamers today don't understand just how fundamentally TA changed the genre from a "resource collection simulator" to a genuinely strategic game that opened up creative options for players to handle challenges in the way that best suited their style. I'll never forget one of my early online multiplayer game against a high-ranked opponent where I threw everything into building a small fleet of Atlas carriers to rush to pick up the enemy commander and hold him hostage to dispose of at my leisure. That kind of experience is found in too few games these days (Kerbal Space Program maybe?) and really made it something special. So thank you!