Mark Jacobs Goes Casual

[Lantyssa]

I'm sure he got someone who had never done art to make it.  Just like he got people who've never made games to make games.

[Paelos]

I'm sure he got someone who had never done art to make it.  Just like he got people who've never made games to make games.

Kudos. 

[UnSub]

Jacobs comes out in favour of sub-based MMO gaming:

"I think there is a good percentage of people who are willing to pay for quality and are willing pay for a good experience," he explained.

"You go into these games and you see a lot of the same crap you've seen for decades. There has always been ways of enticing people to play - hey, it's free until level 20, you get 20 days free, and so on - and you're seeing people running around cursing and being silly, because there's no penalty.

"There are a lot of people who don't enjoy that and are willing to pay to have good servers and not to have to deal with some of the nonsense you have to deal with."

... which is why he's going casual / mobile gaming, I guess.

[Azazel]

Isn't that colossal business failure, World of Warcraft free until level 20 these days?

[Rendakor]

Yea but in WoW using the trial prevents you from using global chat channels, so no one sees you cursing and being silly.

[HaemishM]

"You go into these games and you see a lot of the same crap you've seen for decades."

Wow, really, Mark? Seriously? That's goddamn rich coming from someone who made two Everquest clones and failed so utterly on the second one, he had to leave video games for a year, only to return with social/casual Facebook gaming.

Le fuck off.

[Modern Angel]

No, no. The best part is where they say "after MMOs for a bit he decided to set his sights a bit higher" or whatever the exact quote. As if he left of his own accord or that making fucking mobile games was ever his goal.

[Ironwood]

I'd be intrigued to know what you'd expect him to do.

[Azazel]

He's just the latest high profile game dev who had one success and a string of fail following it, who believes his own hype and thinks he's the second coming of Jebus. Not like we haven't seen it before.

[Modern Angel]

I'd be intrigued to know what you'd expect him to do.

I don't give a shit what he does. I'm pointing out that the notion that he left MMOs behind is a blatant falsehood. He didn't leave anything behind willingly. He got shitcanned for being terrible.

[Ironwood]

And you'd put that on your cv, would you?

Didn't think so.

[Paelos]

I'd be intrigued to know what you'd expect him to do.

Retire? Spend his years not investing in stupid shit like his own ideas that venture capitalists in the Far East told him were shit?

Perhaps write a book?

[Lucas]

I'd be intrigued to know what you'd expect him to do.

Retire? Spend his years not investing in stupid shit like his own ideas that venture capitalists in the Far East told him were shit?

Perhaps write a book?

Go to space...

[Modern Angel]

And you'd put that on your cv, would you?

Didn't think so.

Is there something wrong with you? I'm not talking about his resume. I'm pointing out that there's a blatant (if benign) falsehood in the article.

[UnSub]

And you'd put that on your cv, would you?

Didn't think so.

I wouldn't put it on the CV, but it would have been nice for the "games journalist" to note it.

[eldaec]

"Games journalist" heh.

Also if "getting shitcanned" means 'EA giving me millions of dollars' then I'd be cool with that.

[Ironwood]

And you'd put that on your cv, would you?

Didn't think so.

Is there something wrong with you? I'm not talking about his resume. I'm pointing out that there's a blatant (if benign) falsehood in the article.

At no point did you attribute the quote.  I assumed because of the post above yours that these words came from Jacobs himself.  If you have problems with the Journalist saying 'setting sights higher' and that it's a fluff piece, well, er.... I'm not sure what you expect.  I read it and it seemed like push PR.  You're surprised ?

Or just OUTRAGED because of all the GOOD games journalism out there ?   

[Ironwood]

And you'd put that on your cv, would you?

Didn't think so.

I wouldn't put it on the CV, but it would have been nice for the "games journalist" to note it.

Yes, you're entirely correct.

Let me know when that happens.  I'll sign up to whatever rag is going with the truth as opposed to Marketing Money.

[Modern Angel]

At no point did you attribute the quote.  I assumed because of the post above yours that these words came from Jacobs himself.  If you have problems with the Journalist saying 'setting sights higher' and that it's a fluff piece, well, er.... I'm not sure what you expect.  I read it and it seemed like push PR.  You're surprised ?

Or just OUTRAGED because of all the GOOD games journalism out there ?   

Who the fuck said I was surprised? Or even so outraged that it's going to ruin my day? I'm pointing out that there's a blatant falsehood there, puff piece or no. And you're swinging from my nuts from it?

(Also, if someone wrote that he left a company when he was fired? On his CV? I'd toss his file in the fucking garbage.)

[Ironwood]

My, you're an angry little elf, aren't you ?

Be aware :  Everyone says they left a company when they were fired.

Everyone.

[Paelos]

True story.

[Ironwood]

However, I DID resign from my last position.

 

[LK]

Ironwood, I like how you can write succinctly what would take me paragraphs.

[IainC]

Ironwood, I like how you can write succinctly what would take me paragraphs.

<article> <verb> <noun> <verb 'to be'> cunts.

Not that hard tbh.

[Ingmar]

I'm pretty sure that's covered in the first year of primary school in Scotland.

[Bzalthek]

I can see it now:

Mom: "What did you learn on your first day at school sweety?"
Kid: "Everyone is a bunch of cunts!"
Mom: "Very good!"
Kid: "Cunt!"

[pants]

No no, not Scottish enough.

McMam: "Och aye the noo, what did yae learn a' school mah wee bairn?"
Bairn: "All ya ye's are all cunts mam"
McMam: "Aye, that's wee fuckin swell!"
Bairn: "Cunt!" <headbutts mother in cunt>

[Ironwood]

You've all taken that too far.

[luckton]

 

[luckton]

Wha...what?  WHAT?!  Goddamn it, Jacobs...fine!  You get two more minutes of limelight, then either put out or GTFO!

"I've never been against F2P," he continues.  "What I was, and still remain strongly opposed to, is gold farming in games, especially MMOs, that weren’t designed from the beginning to handle those kind of transactions, and also to the groups that seek to profit from such transactions.  What I really dislike isn't so much the gold farming / selling itself, but certain behaviors that occur in games where this happens."