Garriott is "The Man". He is a great game Designer and great personality. I tried my best to like TR just because it is his game but just could not do it. I will wait for his next one.
No I cant link you to anything specific because I dont think it is so much the exact things he has said or done so much as his consistent and long term dismissive attitude to the community of the all the games he has been involved with. This in itself wouldnt even be so bad (as you basically expect it from suits) but almost without fail he has admitted he was wrong to do it, only to turn rightback around and do it again. Few things piss people off more than being blatently misslead and ignored, he turned that style of customer interaction into an art form.
So basically it's cool to hate him because other gamers do, and I'll bet if you ask them they won' be able to give specific examples either.
From reading many many of his interactions with gamers over the years on many many forums I have come to the conclusion he has very little accumin in the business he is part of. Im frankly very surprised he has managed to keep his job. But as I have stated before on this topic he is the lucky benificiary of being in the right place at the right time. Almost any monkey with the financial backing he has could have made a fist of his job, the fact that he usually botched it so badly in the good times, tells me he will not make it through the tough competetie times ahead.
Can you give me any links to what you read about those interactions..or is it just more urban legend?
As far as royal fuck ups, and spitting in the face of fans Google David Bowman , heck read some of the statements that Jeff Kaplan made at Blizcon 05. There are plenty of devs and Ceo's much worse, but it's sheeptastic to hate Smed. Like I said I have met the guy several times...the only asshats I have seen are the idiot gamers that can't get over SWG or something that happened in EQ ten years ago.
In any event Keep your eye on Penny Arcade Gabes doing a very relevant strip on this topic...try not to feel too embarrassed.
As much as I am a fan of Garriot, this game did not go over well. It had huge potential that it never reached in exchange for quick and simple solutions that appealed toward a mass market. Ultimately, the resulting game was a shallow run and gun shooter, not what must of us were looking for.
LMAO! the real translation is more along the lines of "... Dear players, Thank you for funding my trip! thanks to all you suckers that purchased my game to fund my trips and current lifestyle!..." oh and im more than 100% it wasnt him, it was most likely someone scripted you guys sure are blind! and i guess the war in Iraq isnt real either LMAO!
I'm not a TR fan myself, but during beta he really did talk with us in the general chat and it was most definitely not scripted.
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Garriott is "The Man". He is a great game Designer and great personality. I tried my best to like TR just because it is his game but just could not do it. I will wait for his next one.
As much as I am a fan of Garriot, this game did not go over well. It had huge potential that it never reached in exchange for quick and simple solutions that appealed toward a mass market. Ultimately, the resulting game was a shallow run and gun shooter, not what must of us were looking for.
Bans a perma, but so are sigs in necro posts.
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Thats so cool he pmed and talked to you.
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Speak for yourself !
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TR's got a fair way to go but have to say with someone with a little smarts involved hopefully it'll get there.
I'm not a TR fan myself, but during beta he really did talk with us in the general chat and it was most definitely not scripted.