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[edit] Voice Chat Now Included

Voice chat is included in Diplomacy for treaty/negotiation purposes as of six months ago... Patch v1.3

Paradox Interactive was a division of Paradox Entertainment, but the companies have now separated. I am not exactly sure what P-E does (I believe they publish non-computer games). Jordi·✆ 09:27, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The last few edits.

I made the last few edits not under my new user name.

There seems to be a trend towards the highly subjective within any article associated with Paradox Interactive. Their games may be popular and many may enjoy them - but Wikipedia isn't a platform for their advertisement. --- Brheas 03:30, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Paradoc Interactive.png

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[edit] Not allowed in main article

Apparently this isn't allowed in the main article because it's not praise. Here's what I wrote, though. Despite what some claim, it is fact. If you think it isn't, feel free to register and find out.

"It should be noted that the Paradox Forums have several restrictions for posters. For example, any discussion glorifying the Holocaust or Naziism is strictly prohibited. Users may be banned for bringing up these topics in such a manner. The purpose is two-fold. First, Paradox wishes to continue selling its games in Germany, Austria, and Italy, where glorification of Naziism or the Holocaust is strictly prohibited. Secondly, such discussions can cause unnecessary hurt for users.


Paradox also has several restrictions that can cause immediate banning, resulting in some animosity from current and past posters. Asking for any information on when a future patch may be released will result in banning. Any mention of certain rival forums, such as The Tomatoforum, may result in immediate banning. According to some members, anti-Americanism is allowed, and encouraged in some cases, while anti-European or anti-socialist talk can result in immediate banning. Personally insulting mods or questioning them can result in immediate banning as well.


The forums do offer a good resource for information and tips on Paradox games, but posters must tread lightly. Ask intelligent questions and avoid certain topics and a new poster should be fine and have a fun time."

As an American member of the Paradox forums, I don't get a sense of anti-Americanism anywhere in the forum. There are a good number of American members and I doubt they'd continue to participate in forum discussions if there was general dislike of Americans. Panzer V Panther 13:18, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
That forum is a cesspool for idiocy. There is trolling everywhere on that forum for practically every game, and the ugliest part about that is the fact that the modders do it too. They ban people who buy their games, but they will never ban the modders who actually finish the "games" they release. JorDarkElf, modder for CK and CK:DV, is probably the most opinionated troll on the PDX forum. He continuously makes accusations, takes stance incorrectly in meaningless debates that mean nothing to him, and will never get banned or punished for it, because his post count is 2000+, and he is a modder.
So, If you are going to remove that, You are also going to state that it was removed because You show favoritism. If you state that this just doesn't happen then you aren't taking a stance at all, and you are either baiting or trolling for more debates about it in the future. There is no discussion to this. It is a known fact. 76.180.55.81 (talk) 19:12, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Interesting

Interesting that positive POV is allowed, but what P-dox considers negative POV (though the statements were face) are not allowed.

If you feel that other parts of an article is against the guidelines you should strive to correct it, not add more of the same...
My initial revertion was based on Neutral point of view and Verifiability guidelines. I could also have added a link to "Wikipedia is not a soapbox". Your addition was about Terms of Service of one webforum. Very few doesn't have that and this is hardly encyclopedic/notable. Several of your statemens are not verifiable, some even outright wrong, while some are mere hearsay. --Havard 11:46, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
As I responded on your talk page, most of the statements are facts. All one has to do it so to the Paradox forums to confirm them. I will gladly edit out the few sentences that are POV and repost. RTexasUSA
Havard, are you having a hard time growing up? Everyone else has. Do point out the specific parts of his addition that are POV. Kyujuni 02:25, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Verifiability is a valid concern here. What proof is there about this stuff? I don't remember being told anything about not mentioning the Tomatowhatsit place when I registered for the Paradox forums. I'd never even heard of it until five minutes ago and, having visited the website, I still don't know exactly what it is. O_o And not glorifying Naziism or the Holocaust? Big freakin' deal. That's just good sense. Only Nazis (read: morons), anti-Semites (read: morons), Holocaust Deniers (read: morons) and their ilk (read: other morons not specifically mentioned), would do that, Paradox's particular policy on it is irrelevant. Panzer V Panther 13:25, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Patches

The article mentions that Paradox continues to support their games long after release, which is great, but fails to mention that most of the games they release demand patches because they are so buggy in the first place. Conventional wisdom is to wait to buy a Paradox Game until the first patch.[1] thezirk (talk)