Mr. Freeman has told us his view of what happened at SOE during the time of the NGE.
He has also admitted he made a mistake and that he regrets it. All people are doing mistakes. People that regret their wrongdoings and are sorry for what they did,
are likely trying to avoid doing the same mistake again. And IMO, that’s all I, as an ex SWG subscriber, can ask for now: That a “NGE” never happens again, in any game. I will still avoid games that include people involved in the NGE, though Jeff Freeman is none of them anymore. It’s a pity Mr. Smedley doesn’t have the guts of Mr. Freeman.
If he had, we could have a few classic servers running and even I would eventually “get over it”.
Smedley is a higher up, he's a suit, he is not a gamer. Chances are they told him about what the plan was with the NGE and he just said "Ok." Before you give me the "But he plays WoW!!!!" My Stepfather who's in his 50's has an open WoW acc that his boss gave him. It's slowly turning into "Mike's Girlfriends acc." as the most he's done is gotten a Mage up to level 6.
And here's the thing the 'big' thing. If any of you where told "I want all of you to throw away this system and start a new one for this game." From 'your' boss, how many of you would really say "No I quit!" Granted Video Games are booming now and chances are it will be like the days of everyone and anyone making games like they did with the Atari 2600 back in the 80's. Still chances are many of you would go for that pay check... It's human.
Still thinking someone should go poor or homeless cuz they changed a game 'you' liked is insane.
Sir it is totally naturally to get poor and homeless if you try to sell a broken product.
Fact is Smedley is just a middleman he don't produces any good, he don't put much in and has not that much of risk. He just buys Vanguard after SWG flops and then another title and so on and so on. This poor human being just thought he can shovel in money with the NGE.
The "poor human beings" who "just do their jobs" and "look after everybody's interest" make for perfect concentration camp managers... Burn in hell, damn suit, burn in hell!
Where I come from, we have a "people's revolution" every generaition or so. It makes for poor economic "growth" (usually meaning CEO salaries) but it sure clears yer regular sociopaths from the playing field. This man (Smedley) shouldn't be given the responsibility of managing a McDonalds joint. In my business I'd put him in the basement somewhere, counting beans and away from the real people. It is obvious money is all he understands but those pesky customers are giving him trouble getting at it. Poor little suit. Nice teeth job though and I'm sure his wife makes perfect sushi.
no one asked for you to come on here and share your fanboi views. smed is why our game is being held hostage right now. and looking at some of your posts i can tell why you like the nge.
you are happy cuz you liked to see all the hard work we vets put in on our crafters or on our jedi destoryed. you are just a little hateful man who comes here acting like he knows whats best and needs to go. oh and if you played on kauri my main server what is your name? i knew almost everyone on there that spoke engish and i would love to know who you are.
anyway all of them should be homeless for what they did. i think i am going to put fanbois on my list as well.
Our game is gone because the Devs have no idea how to do it because they don't even have documentation.
Proving further how shitty SOE management is... The SWG Devs admitted that they had to spend the last 4 months REVERSE ENGINEERING the Space game because the Devs who knew it quit and they didn't leave documentation.
Who the hell should have ANY confidence in a company that allows THAT to happen?
Our game is gone because the Devs have no idea how to do it because they don't even have documentation. Proving further how shitty SOE management is... The SWG Devs admitted that they had to spend the last 4 months REVERSE ENGINEERING the Space game because the Devs who knew it quit and they didn't leave documentation. Who the hell should have ANY confidence in a company that allows THAT to happen?
Indeed.
Poor change management practices, poor documentation, allowing people to leave critical items in their heads and not commit them to paper...
Poor project management. Those developers were ALLOWED not to document their work. Management utterly failed.
"It's just a game". Gosh, we hear that from so many who also inform us we should "get over it" and "move on".
I can't help but feel that such shoddy, unprofessional practices were allowed because the project was "just a game".
Thank whatever gods there be that these people are not working on say banking or medical software. Where if you screw up on this level, people are sued and lose fortunes for such negligent behavior.
CH, Jedi, Commando, Smuggler, BH, Scout, Doctor, Chef, BE...yeah, lots of SWG time invested.
The "poor human beings" who "just do their jobs" and "look after everybody's interest" make for perfect concentration camp managers... Burn in hell, damn suit, burn in hell! Where I come from, we have a "people's revolution" every generaition or so. It makes for poor economic "growth" (usually meaning CEO salaries) but it sure clears yer regular sociopaths from the playing field. This man (Smedley) shouldn't be given the responsibility of managing a McDonalds joint. In my business I'd put him in the basement somewhere, counting beans and away from the real people. It is obvious money is all he understands but those pesky customers are giving him trouble getting at it. Poor little suit. Nice teeth job though and I'm sure his wife makes perfect sushi.
Geez, this is all too true.
Clearing out sociopaths is one of the things the United States seriously needs to look at doing. Because so many of our problems, political, economic, social...stem from allowing sociopaths to do their thing with virtually no restraint. These narcissists don't even know what their own long term interest is, they're so obsessed with short term gain.
CH, Jedi, Commando, Smuggler, BH, Scout, Doctor, Chef, BE...yeah, lots of SWG time invested.
After reading Dundee's(Jeff Freeman) posts on this subject on a site that most of the NGE lubbers would love to hate on, I think I would say I'm glad he didn't get a pink slip.
As a game developer, Jeff has qualities... He's just not one that you should put in charge of the "vision" or the management of the developers.
That or maybe I'm getting soft on my older year...
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Smedley is a higher up, he's a suit, he is not a gamer. Chances are they told him about what the plan was with the NGE and he just said "Ok." Before you give me the "But he plays WoW!!!!" My Stepfather who's in his 50's has an open WoW acc that his boss gave him. It's slowly turning into "Mike's Girlfriends acc." as the most he's done is gotten a Mage up to level 6.And here's the thing the 'big' thing. If any of you where told "I want all of you to throw away this system and start a new one for this game." From 'your' boss, how many of you would really say "No I quit!" Granted Video Games are booming now and chances are it will be like the days of everyone and anyone making games like they did with the Atari 2600 back in the 80's. Still chances are many of you would go for that pay check... It's human.
Still thinking someone should go poor or homeless cuz they changed a game 'you' liked is insane.
Sir it is totally naturally to get poor and homeless if you try to sell a broken product.Fact is Smedley is just a middleman he don't produces any good, he don't put much in and has not that much of risk. He just buys Vanguard after SWG flops and then another title and so on and so on. This poor human being just thought he can shovel in money with the NGE.
The "poor human beings" who "just do their jobs" and "look after everybody's interest" make for perfect concentration camp managers... Burn in hell, damn suit, burn in hell!
Where I come from, we have a "people's revolution" every generaition or so. It makes for poor economic "growth" (usually meaning CEO salaries) but it sure clears yer regular sociopaths from the playing field. This man (Smedley) shouldn't be given the responsibility of managing a McDonalds joint. In my business I'd put him in the basement somewhere, counting beans and away from the real people. It is obvious money is all he understands but those pesky customers are giving him trouble getting at it. Poor little suit. Nice teeth job though and I'm sure his wife makes perfect sushi.
mikemb
no one asked for you to come on here and share your fanboi views. smed is why our game is being held hostage right now. and looking at some of your posts i can tell why you like the nge.
you are happy cuz you liked to see all the hard work we vets put in on our crafters or on our jedi destoryed. you are just a little hateful man who comes here acting like he knows whats best and needs to go. oh and if you played on kauri my main server what is your name? i knew almost everyone on there that spoke engish and i would love to know who you are.
anyway all of them should be homeless for what they did. i think i am going to put fanbois on my list as well.
Our game is gone because the Devs have no idea how to do it because they don't even have documentation.
Proving further how shitty SOE management is... The SWG Devs admitted that they had to spend the last 4 months REVERSE ENGINEERING the Space game because the Devs who knew it quit and they didn't leave documentation.
Who the hell should have ANY confidence in a company that allows THAT to happen?
Indeed.
Poor change management practices, poor documentation, allowing people to leave critical items in their heads and not commit them to paper...
Poor project management. Those developers were ALLOWED not to document their work. Management utterly failed.
"It's just a game". Gosh, we hear that from so many who also inform us we should "get over it" and "move on".
I can't help but feel that such shoddy, unprofessional practices were allowed because the project was "just a game".
Thank whatever gods there be that these people are not working on say banking or medical software. Where if you screw up on this level, people are sued and lose fortunes for such negligent behavior.
CH, Jedi, Commando, Smuggler, BH, Scout, Doctor, Chef, BE...yeah, lots of SWG time invested.
Once a denizen of Ahazi
Geez, this is all too true.
Clearing out sociopaths is one of the things the United States seriously needs to look at doing. Because so many of our problems, political, economic, social...stem from allowing sociopaths to do their thing with virtually no restraint. These narcissists don't even know what their own long term interest is, they're so obsessed with short term gain.
CH, Jedi, Commando, Smuggler, BH, Scout, Doctor, Chef, BE...yeah, lots of SWG time invested.
Once a denizen of Ahazi
After reading Dundee's(Jeff Freeman) posts on this subject on a site that most of the NGE lubbers would love to hate on, I think I would say I'm glad he didn't get a pink slip.
As a game developer, Jeff has qualities... He's just not one that you should put in charge of the "vision" or the management of the developers.
That or maybe I'm getting soft on my older year...