: I don't believe in Rubicon X; it's just been too long, and I didn't really
: care about it in the first place. I guess I should be doubting WMaiD too,
: but what's been shown so far is too exiting: I want it.
The most recent beta of Rubicon X is more than a year old. As you can see from the screenshot below, the high-res textures for the Chimera Plank are done and Mark Levin's AO additions are fully implemented. The holdup has been Scott Brown, who's incredibly exacting standards left an impossible task that no one could complete - as he put it when he was still working on the textures, he needed several months of full-time work to complete all the textures. A couple of months ago, he admitted defeat and uploaded the last of the high-res textures he had time to develop. Chris and I requested that he polish off a few textures where the contrast between new and old is too great, but he hasn't replied to his e-mails - a chronic problem as even he admits. Chris is, I believe, working on polishing up a few new levels and may be working on modifying some existing ones to finish off the Tycho plank, which gives the player a chance to take Tycho up on his offer and leads to a surprising conclusion.
In any case, if you really would like to see some progress with Rubicon X, I suggest to people that they e-mail Chris Lund and Scott Brown to let you know how they feel (I'm not posting their addresses directly, as that would probably lead to a lot of ill will, but you can find them from their posts on the forum). Tell them to hurry up and finish off what they have, and try to get Scott to accept help in finishing off the textures. I think that if they know people want it, it will motivate them to get off their duffs.
WMaiD, well, it's been more than a year since Blayne sent me a beta and at the time is was nothing to write home about. But he's grown a lot since then and I, too, look forwared to WMaiD seeing the light of day.
