I aggree with the OP. The times that I felt as a valued customer are certainly over. And I say that that as a guy who pre-ordered Elemental back in the day and is quite happy about about how that turned out.
JMeriwether
This avid gamer from Germany is in his mid thirties. I still have fond memories about discovering GC II while randomly browsing the shelves in a local media store. Despite being a fan of turn based strategy and all things sci-fi in general I have to admit that I had not heard of that game before. I saw it, I wanted it, I bought it and I am still holding it here in my hand, the german "limitierte Auflage". Probably there was only one anyways :) A loyal follower to stardock I am
make games not wa... trailers! ...and yes I am one of those freaks who "signed up" for GC3 without watching the trailer first [e digicons];P[/e]
This is a very unexpected piece of great news. I literally fell backwards from my seating furniture :)