> Hello Olaf.

> About the patch... we never explictly agreed that it should be made, so I have a few questions so that I can get some things perfectly straight... I don't want to say something not true.

> 1. What is your opinion on this patch? You said that balance is not you major concern, but overall, is it a good idea or a waste of our time?

It's a good idea, but that doesn't mean it can't be a waste of time.
It depends on the amount of XCL RA2 players.

> 2. I know that this is the most annoying question for programmers... but when do you think XCL will be popular enough so that the patch will go live?

I can't estimate when (if ever) that'll be.

> 3. We had some talk about maps, will you really make map updating required for gameplay, and change the QM maps somewhat?

It'll probably not be required, but MF could for example automatically download all maps after it's launched.

> 4. To encourage testing of the patch, I want to hold a map making contest, so the best homemade map will go into the patch. Do you think this is a good idea?

What's the relation between map making and patch testing?

> 5. Do you want it to be self a self installing EXE or should the two files be contained in a zip?

The two files should be available for download and an self-installing EXE may be available.

> Thank you.

Olaf van der Spek

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