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Title: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: UnSub on November 10, 2011, 06:04:00 PM It's a long post, and unfortunately that picture doesn't help. (https://www.facebook.com/notes/richard-garriott-de-cayeux/what-is-a-lord-british-ultimate-role-playing-game/259507887434380) It makes me want to read the post in the voice of Sam the Eagle.
At the very least, it's an interesting viewpoint on the Ultima series and way forward. At worst, it's Lord British. Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: WayAbvPar on November 11, 2011, 11:08:15 AM I hope he can put something together. I doubt it would live up to my expectations, but I would certainly take a look.
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Bzalthek on November 11, 2011, 01:40:44 PM I don't understand. Is he saying there's going to be another grand hype for 5 years which results in poorly implemented Donkey Shit (tm) whereupon Lord British rides his magic colostomy bag to Mars out of pique, a third midlife crisis, and unicorn tears?
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Musashi on November 11, 2011, 04:51:19 PM An apt description if I've ever heard one.
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Tale on November 11, 2011, 04:55:43 PM "I am often referred to as the father of online gaming"
:uhrr: Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Ratman_tf on November 12, 2011, 06:40:24 AM "Hay guyze! Remember me? I maed Ultima, back when 64K was an impressive number. Facebook apps are the future of something or other!"
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Goreschach on November 13, 2011, 12:08:10 AM I demand an update where he describes the part where he catches syphilis from a renfest whore and goes completely batshit insane.
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Baldrake on November 13, 2011, 05:26:38 PM So whenever people write about Garriott, they refer to him as the inventor of Ultima Online. And whenever people write about Raph Koster, they refer to him as the inventor of Ultima Online. Does anyone know who actually did what? (Wikipedia lists Garriott as producer and Koster as designer, but that doesn't really tell me much.)
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: UnSub on November 13, 2011, 05:39:47 PM Garriott brought the Ultima universe and a lot of ideas while I think Koster was more responsible for actually making those ideas happen.
It's the flaw in the gaming industry that projects requiring hundreds of people working on them up to completion get distilled down to, "Invented by Lord British,", as though he personally scripted every line and placed every pixel. Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Soukyan on November 14, 2011, 06:49:29 AM It really does sound as though he is pitching a game built on Facebook or some other social media platform that will be thin on features at release. Sounds like a solid plan if rather disappointing in a "selling out to milk millions from the common man" kinda way. Now let's see if the talk actually becomes something.
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Sky on November 14, 2011, 08:41:53 AM Oh, RG is making a facebook game that will launch missing features and story.
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Slyfeind on November 14, 2011, 01:19:04 PM Also "Plz e-mail EA telling them to gimme Ultima back". Or something. He was kinda fuzzy there. Does he want to go back to EA...?
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Trippy on November 14, 2011, 01:24:08 PM He wants the rights to Ultima back, presumably. He should've thought about that before selling Origin to EA.
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Sky on November 14, 2011, 01:44:19 PM He wants the rights to Ultima back, presumably. He should've thought about that before selling Origin to EA. You're not getting to the moon with that kind of thinking, sir!Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Sheepherder on November 14, 2011, 08:31:18 PM He wants the rights to Ultima back, presumably. He should've thought about that before selling Origin to EA. This. If anyone should have seen this coming, it would be him. For fuck's sake, the plot of Ultima VII is that EA is evil. Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: schild on November 15, 2011, 12:28:44 AM We haven't entirely nailed down what Garriott is capable of, but I'll tell you this: it's chock full of PR bullshit and it does not like the human psyche.
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Sky on November 15, 2011, 05:56:01 AM Maybe he could partner with Molyneux.
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Nonentity on November 15, 2011, 09:54:54 AM Maybe he could partner with Molyneux. I'd pay 10 bucks for a Kinect game where I interact with Lord British and he brings me his crayon drawings and I tell him what a good boy he is. Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Soln on November 15, 2011, 04:36:17 PM this thread haz potential
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: Sky on November 16, 2011, 06:50:28 AM Somehow this thread took over my 'Most Visited' chrome link for f13 :ye_gods:
Title: Re: Richard Garriott posts about the history of Richard Garriott / Ultima Post by: UnSub on November 16, 2011, 05:09:36 PM Everyone Loves Richard Garriott!
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