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I thought the exact same thing. He claims he's from Fairfax VA. I don't think he is informed by LA or BioWare on what is happening with TOR. I'm gonna say he's butthurt and stupid. Stupid because he believes he's anonymous.
You contradict yourself. You question blog credibility, becouse of anonymity and then you say he would never get job in the industry if they would know who he is ... Well thats probably why blog is anonymous ...
Oh somebody is gonna find out who they are. I am working on it right now.
Be careful, if you narc him out someone might narc you out for emailing links to NDA-banned materials.
Good luck . If he is not stupid you will not find. If he is stupid he fully deserves consequeces.
Well, I do not mind if ex or still employed people voice their concerns, sometimes it is for a good reason. This is not the case or purpose of the linked blog.
The blog and the post here in this forum do not seem very credible at all. Many of us who followed Warhammer and who read the rants from Mythic ex-employees, after some them were fired, know of those things already. The blogger seem to have just repeated what was said by others long time ago (TRUTH, as it has been confirmed by actual events) then he injects his LIE/assumptions based on probably nothing but hearsay and his own prejudice.
There is no reason to take it seriously. Pretty obvious attempt of hostile marketing or another game's fanboi trying his best to discredit SW:TOR.
The blogger is a troll, that much I am certain, but whether he is a paid hostile marketer, fanboi of other game or fan of more sandboxy games is unclear, perhaps he is all three.
I suggest reserving your judgement until you get either test it yourself or until more information comes out and people actually have tested it. Currently, comments from people who have played the first few levels seem to be positive. We have to wait for the rest.
"The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in."
I never emailed any links to nda banned material. Nice try. If there is any out there and you think you can get me in trouble than do so. Bottom line is the person here does not work or never has worked for EA. They simply posted things we already know about war and then tried to take a shot at TOR, but they offer nothing revealing about the game.
"When it comes to GW2 any game is fair game"
Toldja.
You know, I said about Vanguard it would fail. VG fans flamed me. All the VG fans told me, VG was for hardcore, only for some, it was not *my* sort of game. How often I hear THAT specific excuse.
I said Warhammer would fall way behind it's aspirations. WAR fans flamed me (and BOY a lot!). I vividly recall how everyone and everyones mom called me names because I had no idea what Warhammer is blah blah.
I said AoC would falter with that game system. AoC gamers grilled me.
I even said it once about FFXIV... but again I was stomped and shred to pieces, ppl said FF is great, it isn't for me, I was called many names. Now the truth is out.
I said it about *every single fail*, and I was flamed *every single time*, and I was always right. Right as in *every time*.
Now who said, they invested way too much into VO? Who said they are panicking and their devs give obscure answers and often aggressive brush offs?
I am not saying SWTOR is a guaranteed fail. But I say: SWTOR has major flaws. PERIOD. My prediction (as well as advise to Bioware): push it back to late 2011 or early 2012 and rethink your life... err game. They MUST add stuff people seek in MMOs, freedom, variety, not heroic things like crafting and other stuff. None here can really want them to fail, for the consequences would be a catastrophe. Who would invest again huge into AAA MMOs after such a failure?
Even tho... I must admit after EA destroyed a dozen great creative studios, I didn't expect anything different from the evil that is EA. Origin (Ultima, Wing Commander), Bullfrog (Dungeon Keeper), Westwood (Lands of Lore, C&C)... there is a LONG list of creative studios EA bought and RUINED. Now Mythic and next Bioware? They must leave their lofty "we know better", they must STOP listening to those who are just blind to the weak spots of the game and praise it! They must realize that the critique is their best chance to make the game better, and for that, the need to push it back and rethink some of their approaches. It is the only hope this game has now.
To be fair, I'd be more impressed if you predicted the successes as those seem much fewer and further between
As far as the blog, the OP seems to be responding to questions, so should be easy enough to get him to slip up if it is indeed false. But yeah, can't believe anything you read these days anyhow...
/begins "back in my day..." ramble
-mklinic
"Do something right, no one remembers.
Do something wrong, no one forgets"
-from No One Remembers by In Strict Confidence
The blog should be treated with the same level of skepticism with which you should treat EA's (or any companys) marketing of the game.
Simply put, trust no-ones view but your own, it's the only one where you can be sure of the motivations of the viewpoint (or at least it should be).
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The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.
All I took from this is a reminder that I will be buying the retail version as opposed to the digital version.
Maybe so. But the accurateness of your predictions is much lower when you announce your future interest in certain games.
BTW: I'm not a SWTOR fan, personally not really impressed with what I've seen so far.
Keke, yeah ok, if I knew THAT, I wouldn't be here, but a rich stockholder making my own MMOs.
But then... what successes? I mean, not that there were any in the last few years, not any of real note.
Yeah. It could be hate from the blog poster. Who could blame him... but he seems to know detail, and not wanting to go into all detail again, it 100% fits to everything I see and hear. Just three sniplets.
A) We have a few months before the release and the solid info is really meager. Say what you want, but that DOES make one suspicious.
C) Even if YOU think SWTOR is great for you - which is ok with me, each to his - you must ackowledge there is a strong doubt and negative attitude towards revealed facts. Space on rails, human player species, legacy system asf. Yes, you CAN call them all hatebois you know, but when you have so MANY ... it starts to twist in a BAD way.
It is really spooky how often we saw the very same swing that critique was called hater and whiner. You know, since I am not a wicked person, I didn't write down all the names of ppl who flamed me for VG, WAR, STO, CO, AoC and whatnot... all those same faces who AGAIN praise their games. It isn't my style to memorize names and drag them in the public here. But it happened.
Since I love Star Wars so much, I really hope Bioware does rethink some of their things.
@Teiraa: It was endless anger and frustration about the futility. I really don't think I am so smart, ya know. I think it actually doesn't take much to see the red flags when a game goes a bad direction. And we have repeated this silly and pointless game SO MANY TIMES... I am just sick and tired to be right. it is every time the same. Some warn - not only me but plenty enough - but in the end fans get the upper hand, critique is silenced and then shit hits the fan. How I just wish to break this pointless cycle which always ends with a bad MMO and everyone disappointed. I mean, I am a huge Star Wars fan for 25 years. Of course I will buy SWTOR. But it may still then be a "meh" game, something I play 1-2 classes and then move on, and yes I *do* think that is a bit meager for $300 million dollars!
[(re: on) http://ealouse.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/hello-world/ ]
wauw... just WAUW
Thank you for posting this!! Let the smell out!! WAUW
Hmm should I believe an anonymous blog or people who have played the game...
And why would Lucas care? Its not like Lucast Arts are making the game. Bioware is making it and EA is publishing it. I am sure Lucas is getting money for license of the IP. But I am not sure what he would have to lose from the game if it fails.
In Bioware we trust!
It would help if you actually read the blog! He's talking about the people, you big frodo
Who can say? But I do think Lucas is generally informed. I can't imagine he is totally oblivious of things. I mean, he IS a businessman after all. I can't imagine he just invests money and then never looks into what is going on.
How about you both start with reading the actual blog?
300 MILLION HOLY SHIT!!!
How is EA going to get back all that money? is SWTOR that good? i don't think so.
That doesn't answer the question nor does the blog. What money did Lucas invest? Lucasarts is not developing it. Its Bioware and EA. The only thing he has to do is license the IP.
In Bioware we trust!
And, since the IP is a pretty decent money-maker for him, you have to figure there is some interest in making sure the IP is represented favorably. I get the impression LA had a pretty decent say with SWG and I imagine they are reasonable stake holders with SWTOR (though that is purely speculation on my part).
This is a complete tangent though. Don't take it as agreement with the numbers put forth in the blog. I get the impression the blog poster is meant to represent the Mythic side of things and just referenced SWTOR for the sake of completeness...
-mklinic
"Do something right, no one remembers.
Do something wrong, no one forgets"
-from No One Remembers by In Strict Confidence
Eh, in terms of voice over content in the original game, there were far more voice overs in EQ2 than in AoC. Only when they started producing expansion packs and adventure packs did they begin to skimp out on the voice overs. I think this was primarily because the game simply wasn't in great financial standing at that point and still isn't today.
you all realize this is a disgruntled employee who got fired, and then he listed all the reasons War Hammer failed, and even though none of those people work on tor, he then goes and staw wars sucks too.
YOu cant believe anything there. He didnt release corporate documents that can prove anything, just raning and raving saying nothing specific.
A guy recently quit my company and went on a rant very similar to this immediately after. The funny thing is that everyone who actually knows the guy and the situations surrounding his departure knows for certain that 90% of the things he was saying are bullshit. When people quit out of anger or get fired, it is pretty common for them to go on an angry tirade like we see here. I would bet that the reality of the situation is much different than what this jaded soon to be ex-employee would have you believe...
A lot of this could be true but most of it reeks of office gossip, rumors and hearsay.
http://eatingbees.brokentoys.org/2010/10/13/yes-i-saw-the-louse-blog/
Sanya has already said that what he said about her is wrong.
No kidding. Well said sungodra.
The part that TOTALLY gave it away was "George Lucas is panicking..." Geezus...George created Jar-Jar Binks and didn't give a **edit**, hell, he even threw him back in our face for 2 more **edit**ing movies, this sure as hell doesn't bother him. Not only do I not think he commutes from California to Austin to oversee SW:ToR, he's busy working on SW 3D.