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Sorry everyone, its been a while since I gave you guys more info.

I WILL ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS UNTIL 12:00 MIDNIGHT MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME ON 31 JULY. That means they need to actually be in my mailbox by then.

I will accept text-only entries, but I can guarantee that it will NOT win you first prize... no matter how sexy it is. Art submissions can be essentially anything you can think of - line art, 3D model, even a painting if you are so inclined. Submissions MUST come with at least a basic description - but you'll get a lot more points if you really write a good one :)

I've gotten a fair amount of entries so far, and the quality has been rather, er, haphazard. Bear in mind that I am judging these, and that my judgements will be publicly posted here on PCNC - so if you send me crap, I'll tell you, and by extension all PCNC goers, that it's crap. I'm pointing this out because some of you (you know who you are, and the world will know too in a month) have been sending me stuff that clearly took the total effort of about five minutes... or less.

Luckily, I've also received some truly spectacular work, so I won't have to feel too guilty giving away those prizes :D. If you want to get your hands on a Tiberian Sun platinum edition signed by Louis Castle, then you have until 31 July to send your submissions in.

...I don't think any game, ANY game, has ever been scrutinized so much right down to the very pixel as C&C 3 Tiberium Wars has been thus far, and its a testament to this community that we are arguing over the MCV, the MCV!!!!

I get it, we're talking about a major focal point of the gameplay.

Alright, well let me say something, a bit of a reveal on the MCV and there will be plenty more down the road, its too early to delve too deeply in to it. We don't want to tie players hands, but we want to streamline into a very fast game style.

Here is one piece of info I can discuss that we are working with on the MCV. We don't want to restrict the user to producing only one unit at a time (i.e. one tank at a time, one infantry at a time, etc).

Currently, The sidebar automatically acts like the Generals interface whenever you click on a building by using an additional tab containing a contextual space for whatever building is selected. This allows you to build units from multiple structures at once, but also see your construction options while away from your base. Shouldn’t be a problem producing more than one unit at a time.

Thats my tidbit of insight and there is A LOT more we are working with. We hear you on this argument. We admit that part of the reason for bringing back the MCV is for the fans and for nostalgia, but, we are changing up the gameplay mechanic use of it so its more up to date with current RTS standards, brings a new dimension to gameplay, and still carries that MCV feel that ALL of you love about C&C.

The MCV will not slow down gameplay, it will not produce repetitive matches, and it will not ruin the first 3 mins of a match which are so important to the hardcore.

I think the hardcore and single player minded folks will find a happy medium in the system as you learn more about it.

Its great to argue right now, but we're still very early in defining exactly how the MCV will work and we are listening to the community because it is a very VERY big deal.

Thank you for listening,
APOC

It's a possibility I spotted...
Could CNC 3's storyline be linked with CNC Generals???

The general consensus seems to be that it's simply placeholder art, and any attempt by EA to connect those storylines would be an egregious mistake.

One of the inovations of this new game is their focus on the story, single player experience. Thank God they finally noticed the main atribute that made the first C&C sell a lot and become a major hit, which was a well made campaign with a great storyline. Of course, multiplayer is very attractive as well and help sales. Anyway, they've made a C&C bible and hired MIT scientists to explain the tiberium. But even with all these efforts, they seemed to have lost some consistence with the old C&C tiberium games. Their tiberium doesn't follow the behaviour from the old tiberium and the lack of blue tiberium is the best way to ignore Tiberian Sun. But as I said, they are on early development stage and they still have time to sort these problems, but I still predict a gameplay very similar to Generals. Afterall, all Battle For Middle Earth games are played similarly to Generals and they had completely different universes. But now, C&C 3 comes with MCV and sidebar. But there is a high possibility that the MCV is actually a dozer with a new name. For now, we don't know much about it yet.

FIRST PRIZE: A copy of the Tiberian Sun: Platinum Edition - signed by none other than Louis Castle, co-founder of Westwood Studios! Plus, a strategy guide for Tiberian Sun AND its expansion pack Firestorm, to help you... well, command and conquer!

SECOND PRIZE: The soundtracks from Tiberian Dawn, Tiberian Sun, and Renegade, plus a Renegade mousepad!

THIRD PRIZE: The Renegade soundtrack and mousepad!

They will be rated on:

1. Logic of the entry (this includes plausibility - can it work - and following canon - so no ORCA's for Nod)
2. Originality (this extends now to what we already know about C&C3; don't send me Mammoth Tanks!)
3. Deeper meanings (which you need to figure out on your own

...with a fourth category, "wild card" category in which artistic talent and just how much I/we like it are judged. Submissions can be in any visual format, including 3D models. A description of what it is you've created is also required and I strongly recommend you make it a good one.

Hey everyone,

Intelligence suggests a major PODCAST attack will strike this afternoon, West Coast Pacific Standard Time, from an undisclosed Blue Zone location. It is the first attack of its kind and is slated to last for 15 minutes world-wide. Intelligence also suggests that the PODCAST attack will carry some matter never before seen on this planet. It is uncertain what impact this PODCAST attack will have, but you must prepare all battle stations right now! Whatever zone you are in, you must alert all surrounding populations of this impending attack!

Time is running out!

Make sure to keep checking the home base at www.commandandconquer.com this afternoon for when the PODCAST attack strikes. You'll hear about it there first, trust me.

-Commander APOC