ADOM - The Diary: 11/15/1999

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The ADOM Diary: 08/06/2001
Dear diary,
this is a truly funny day. Originally I intended to distribute yet another prerelease version of 1.0.0 to my cherished prerelease testers, to create a new design for the website and to do a major overhaul of the manual... but then, all of a sudden, on my way home from work at around six thirty p.m. I felt it... Today is the day to release ADOM 1.0.0. It doesn't matter if it has bugs, it doesn't matter if it's not complete... the only thing that matters is that it's finally out and all the people out there, who provided so much support and encouragement, who waited for more than 18 months, who suffered through a truly tremendous ADOM drought, finally can try it out.
It's not the big one, but it's a big one. ADOM 1.0.0 does not represent the perfect ADOM, but it represents a living ADOM, that finally has freed itself (and myself) from the pressure of doing a perfect version. If you like it or not, things are as usual... I'll continue to work on it, try to improve it and make it the best roguelike game out there.
Many things in ADOM 1.0.0 are far from perfect... there is no complete code for monster inventories, there probably are quite a few bugs left, the quests could be more complete and many bug reports and RFEs are still open. But now, with ADOM 1.0.0 being out, I'm looking forward to download the complete bug database list of bugs and RFEs and just start to work on them... without considering whether a report is important for 1.0.0 or not. The only goal from now on once more will be to have fun, to enjoy myself and to bring some fun to you! I hope you like 1.0.0, even if it's not perfect. It's still a labour of love!
I'd hereby like to dedicate ADOM 1.0.0 to all the people I love... my family, my beautiful girlfriend, all my friends and last but surely not least all the wonderful people out there who have been playing ADOM for 8+ years and have harassed, encouraged, criticized, praised, chatted and interacted in many other ways with me. You all are the greatest and ADOM is for you!
Thomas Biskup
ADOM Maintainer
08/06/2001
Finally at peace and
looking forward to a bright future.

Thomas Biskup recommends: XBox Console
"Yes, I confess it - Microsoft has brought me back into console gaming. And there's a simple reason for it: I don't like hardware, I don't like fiddling with systems and I like to take it easy. The XBox system IMHO is as easy to use as its get. You have a built-in hard disc and never have to think about extensions to be able to save games (memory sticks, yikes :-P ), the games are great, the graphics are great and the price is ok. I have spent many hours playing Star Wars Battlefront and Fable and intend to continue doing this. So for me this is a safe bet and I surly will by the XBox 360 as soon as it is available. Of you want a simple console system with great games you can't go wrong here."

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