History Trivia / X

** What UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} port of ''X3: Reunion''? Exactly.

** ''VideoGame/XRebirth'' was accused of this due to massive delays (it was supposed to be out Q4 2011), but Egosoft consistently denied it. It eventually came out in Q4 2013 and was critically panned, because the [[ObviousBeta delays weren't enough to make it a proper playable game]].

* TheWikiRule: [[https://x-lexikon.bosl.info/index.php?title=Hauptseite X-Lexikon]], but it's in German.

* TheWikiRule: Several. [[http://www.argonopedia.org/wiki/Argonopedia Argonopedia]] deals with the series as a whole, while [[http://x3wiki.com/index.php/Main_Page X3 Wiki]] focuses on ''X3: Terran Conflict''. [[http://eng.x3tc.ru/ X3TC.RU]] is an encyclopedia and database of all game-related statistics. There's also [[https://x-lexikon.bosl.info/index.php?title=Hauptseite X-Lexikon]], but it's in German.

* ImageSource: The Teladi Phoenix provides the pic for MileLongShip, by way of [[http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=244972 the ship size thread on the forums.]]

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!!The film ''Film/{{X}}'':
* CaliforniaDoubling: The film is set in Texas, but was shot in New Zealand, predominantly in Fordell and Whanganui.

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* FanNickname:
** The "auto-pillock" is ArtificialStupidity in ship guidance.
*** "Bug-splatting" is a subtype where an NPC freighter doesn't turn soon enough to avoid an oncoming capital ship and runs right into it.
** "Betty" is the ship's {{computer voice}}.
** "Ionized flak" is when you take a capital ship and combine Cluster Flak Arrays with Ion Disruptors in the same gun battery. The Ion-Ds can use the shrapnel from the [=CFAs=] to jump between targets, greatly increasing the weapon's range. Ionized flak is prone to friendly fire.
** "Pirate Alley", also called the "Pirate Highway", is a cluster of [[SpacePirate pirate]] sectors in the northwest region of the universe map in ''X3''.[[labelnote:Specifically]]Farnham's Legend, Bala Gi's Joy, Olmancketslat's Treaty, Split Fire, Brennan's Triumph, Danna's Chance, Nopileos' Memorial, and Hatikvah's Faith[[/labelnote]] Fleets clash there all the time, and scooping up {{random drop}}s is a good source of income in the early game.
** The [[GameBreakingBug "Billion Barracuda Bug"]] in ''Albion Prelude'', named after the Boron M3 Barracuda.
** "Station-bombing," a "tactic" that makes use of the game's RidiculouslyFastConstruction of space stations. Step 1: Get a cheap expendable station and take the TL carrying it to a sector with enemies. Step 2: [[WeaponizedTeleportation Build the station directly on top of the enemy]] and let collision detection do the rest. Step 3: [[MemeticMutation Profitsss!]]
** "GOD" for the Global Decision Engine, the mysterious entity that controls the game's economy, typically smiting the tractor beam fabs and point-singularity-projector forges out of existence.
** The forums use so many [=TLAs=][[labelnote:*]]'''T'''hree-'''L'''etter '''A'''bbreviations[[/labelnote]] that the Egosoft site [[http://www.egosoft.com/support/faq/faq_answer_en.php?answer=941&version=9&sid=02f511cbe5c3842d460b1da1c464d8ce keeps a list]].

* TheWikiRule: Several. [[http://www.argonopedia.org/wiki/Argonopedia Argonopedia]] deals with the series as a whole, while [[http://x3wiki.com/index.php/Main_Page X3 Wiki]] focuses on ''X3: Terran Conflict''. [[http://eng.x3tc.ru/ X3TC.RU]] is an encyclopedia and database of all game-related statistics. There's also [[http://www.x-lexikon.xibo.at/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite X-Lexikon]], but it's in German.

!!The [[Music/{{X}} Los Angeles band]]:
* CreatorBreakdown: X had two of them:
** ''Under The Big Black Sun'' had four songs dealing with Exene Cervenka's sister Mirielle's death by car accident - "Riding With Mary", "Come Back To Me", the title track, and the CoverVersion of "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes".
** ''Ain't Love Grand'', the group's 1985 album, was released in the aftermath of Doe and Cervenka's divorce, as Zoom was planning to jump ship. Generally, the album is considered their weakest effort. The band themselves [[CreatorBacklash disliked the album]] due to its slick, metal-friendly production. In the liner notes to ''Ain't Love Grand's'' CD reissue, Cervenka admits: "We shouldn't have made a record that year."
* CreatorCouple: John Doe and Exene Cervenka.
* NamesTheSame: They share the band name X with an Australian PunkRock band. A Japanese band with this name changed their name to Music/XJapan because of this confusion.

** The change in industry trend has prompted Egosoft to build a new game engine from the ground up for ''X: Rebirth'', one that is multicore- and 64-bit-compatible. This also gave them an excuse to advance the timeline by a thousand years.

** What {{Xbox}} port of ''X3: Reunion''? Exactly.

* NamesTheSame: They share the band name X with an Australian PunkRock band.

** ''Under The Big Black Sun'' had four songs dealing with Exene Cervenka's sister Mirielle's death by car accident - "Riding With Mary", "Come Back To Me", the title track, and the CovwrVersion of "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes".

** ''Under The Big Black Sun'' had three songs dealing with Exene Cervenka's sister Mirielle's death by car accident - "Riding With Mary", Come Back To Me" and the title track.
** ''Ain't Love Grand'', the group's 1985 album, was released in the aftermath of Doe and Cervenka's divorce, as Zoom was planning to jump ship. Generally, the album is considered their weakest effort. The band themselves disliked the album due to its slick, metal-friendly production. In the liner notes to ''Ain't Love Grand's'' CD reissue, Cervenka admits: "We shouldn't have made a record that year."

** ''VideoGame/XRebirth'' has been accused of this due to massive delays (it was supposed to be out Q4 2011), but Egosoft has consistently denied it.

* CreatorCouple: John Doe and Exene Cervenka.

* TheWikiRule: Several. [[http://www.argonopedia.org/wiki/Argonopedia Argonopedia]] deals with the series as a whole, while [[http://x3wiki.com/index.php/Main_Page X3 Wiki]] focuses on ''X3: Terran Conflict''. [[http://eng.x3tc.ru/ X3TC.RU]] is an encyclopedia and database of all game-related statistics. There's also [[http://www.x-lexikon.xibo.at/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite X-Lexikon]], but it's in German.

** "Pirate Alley", also called the "Pirate Highway", is a cluster of [[SpacePirate pirate]] sectors in the northwest region of the universe map in ''X3''.[[labelnote:Specifically]]Farnham's Legend, Bala Gi's Joy, Olmancketslat's Treaty, Split Fire, Brennan's Triumph, Danna's Chance, Nopelios' Memorial, and Hatikvah's Faith[[/labelnote]] Fleets clash there all the time, and scooping up {{random drop}}s is a good source of income in the early game.

** The 3.0 patch for ''Albion Prelude'' is composed almost entirely of content written by the [[http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=3962964 AP Community Project]], a group of ''X'' modders.
* PromotedFanboy: The developers of the X3 ''Xtended'' mod, who were later hired on by Egosoft for ''Terran Conflict''. In turn, some of the guys who worked on ''Xtended Terran Conflict'' were brought in for ''Albion Prelude''.
** About half of the new ship content in ''Terran Conflict'' (Heavy M6 ships, a full ATF ship roster, frigates) originally appeared in ''Xtended'', albeit less polished-up. Likewise, much of the new content in ''Albion Prelude'' came from ''Xtended Terran Conflict''; the Drone Frigates, Yachts, and Heavy Freighters (TS+) first appeared in the mod. The Stock Exchange is based on a script for ''X3: Terran Conflict'', but is more fully integrated into the game and easier to use.