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Title: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: IainC on April 17, 2012, 01:09:34 PM He who must not be named wrote a dev blog recently for his MMO, twenty paragraphs of alternately pointing out how awesome he is and how much of a poopy-head David Allen is is the set up for a single sentence about the actual game. The expansion pack is delayed (http://www.qol.com/blog/?p=295).
Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Nebu on April 17, 2012, 01:16:40 PM Quote Just imagine what almost a million dollars (on two lawsuits) not spent in legal costs would have done for this company and the Alganon game in terms of marketing, spin-off games, building the team etc. There are indie dev teams out there trying to raise a measly $50K to do a game – and we have to deal with this crap. Yes... because we all know that another million would have made this the game of the decade. :why_so_serious: Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Draegan on April 17, 2012, 01:20:00 PM This game is still around? Yikes.
Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Tyrnan on April 17, 2012, 01:33:08 PM So basically anything that went right was down to him and anything that went wrong wasn't his fault. If we could harness the power of that man's ego we could solve the world's energy problems.
Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: HaemishM on April 17, 2012, 01:49:55 PM I was amazed to get an email about this. I had assumed the game had died a well-deserved death.
Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Ghambit on April 17, 2012, 02:21:43 PM He's devving in a labor un-friendly market under a big tax shelter. This is why it's not going away.
Add in self-financing, minority SBA, living off the loan interest and built-in salary, working in a loss, writing down all the JobsAct asset-based bonus deprec., etc. and you're in the black 5 yrs. into the project regardless of 'success.' Hookers&Blow till release day and then dump everything after (failed) box sales and sale/merge/bankruptcy to EA-Orlando. Rinse, wash, repeat under a new name. Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: schild on April 17, 2012, 02:25:33 PM That stupid asshole has made an entire career for himself out of second chances.
What a world-class fucking idiot. Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Murgos on April 18, 2012, 05:09:21 AM You know? Looking back over the last 15 years of internet laughs it is really only fitting that DA and DS are inextricably linked forever in one horrible over-promised and vastly under-delivered farce of a game.
It's like all of their combined use-net posts all at once in 3D graphical form that you can log into and wander around in. Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: 01101010 on April 18, 2012, 05:45:25 AM It's like all of their combined use-net posts all at once in 3D graphical form that you can log into and wander around in. :ye_gods: Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: blackwulf on April 18, 2012, 05:56:05 AM His writing is really bad. You'd think if they can spend 2 million on lawyers they could at least hire someone to proofread his stuff.
Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: tgr on April 18, 2012, 06:47:31 AM His writing is really bad. You'd think if they can spend 2 million on lawyers they could at least hire someone to proofread his stuff. You'd think if they can spend 1-2 million on lawyers, they'd spend money on having someone else write anything official from QOL.Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Tyrnan on April 18, 2012, 07:10:09 AM You'd think if they can spend 1-2 million on lawyers, they'd spend money on having someone else write anything official from QOL. Don't be silly. Only someone with his level of awesomeness would be able to effectively communicate just how awesome he is.Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: NiX on April 18, 2012, 07:31:08 AM That stupid asshole has made an entire career for himself out of second chances. What a world-class fucking idiot. Quote In this business, there are absolutely no second chances. Period. No do-overs whatsoever. If you don’t get it right the first time around, you’re pretty much done. Surprise! He disagrees, Schild! Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Paelos on April 18, 2012, 08:20:18 AM Yeah I NEVER see gaming devs moving on from failed games to other newer games. :oh_i_see:
The only thing more incestuous and childish than the gaming dev world is the head coaching club of the NFL. Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Fabricated on April 18, 2012, 12:39:58 PM Watching the marketing video on the main page of the MMO's website is pretty hilarious. Worst animations I've seen in forever.
Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: HaemishM on April 18, 2012, 02:23:38 PM Good CHRIST, I hadn't gone to their website in forever. As a web designer, I am fucking appalled. Their background PNG is over 2 MB. And yes, those animations are super shitty. It doesn't look any better than when I did beta.
Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Venkman on May 03, 2012, 05:16:13 PM You'd think if they can spend 1-2 million on lawyers, they'd spend money on having someone else write anything official from QOL. Don't be silly. Only someone with his level of awesomeness would be able to effectively communicate just how awesome he is.(http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/635956/480/Motivational-Pictures/Kirk---Awesome.jpg?v0) Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Shatter on May 04, 2012, 08:13:02 PM I need to use his technique at my job
Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: LC on May 05, 2012, 07:43:08 AM He seems to be a big hit over at lum's forums.
Title: Re: You-Know-Who Rides Again Post by: Xanthippe on May 05, 2012, 08:29:12 AM He seems to be a big hit over at lum's forums. Only because they never read comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic. |