Just wanted to say congrats on a great game... and say you've really created something special.

I've played GalCiv1 @ 2 and most of the expansions and while I enjoyed them, I'm probably not your typical gamer and stuff that appealed to me rarely appealed to a larger audience. (Gal Civ while succesful was never more than a niche market)

I think you guys have built a real winner with Sins of a Solar Empire. The reviews are outstanding, I suspect the sales are going to reflect what an awsome job you guys have done.

Sins is a classic game and will be up there with Warcraft, Age of Empires, and Total War as one of the great PC games of all times. You've definately set the benchmark high for best game of the year and I don't see much in the offing that will likely take the title from you.