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Brad no longer w SOE

NadiaNadia Member UncommonPosts: 11,798
in Everquest

http://www.bradmcquaid.com/Brad_McQuaid/Welcome.html

Excited about the opportunity to return to another title he was involved with, he accepted the role as EQ Senior Gamer Designer in February 2013.


Brad left SOE in August 2013 as part of a huge RIF.  With so many jobless developers in the area and so many exciting game design ideas in his head, Brad intends to start something. 

He’s run the ideas by John Smedley, who was visibly excited.  More info will be made available on this site and elsewhere when the timing is appropriate.

 

RIF=Reduction in Force

EQ2 fan sites

Comments

  • AzarealAzareal Member UncommonPosts: 163
    Why oh why did he have to involve Smedley ???
  • tom_goretom_gore Member UncommonPosts: 2,001

    Because without Smedley we probably wouldn't have PlanetSide 2 and EQNext would have been EQ2 with better graphics.

     

  • AzarealAzareal Member UncommonPosts: 163
    Ahahahaha Smed is that you ?
  • JeroKaneJeroKane Member EpicPosts: 7,096

    He probably saw how easy it was to cash in over the backs of players via Kickstarter by Mark Jacobs and Richard Garriott and thought: "If they can pull that off, so can I".

    So another Kickstarter coming in soonTM.

  • tom_goretom_gore Member UncommonPosts: 2,001
    Originally posted by Azareal
    Ahahahaha Smed is that you ?

    Nope. Just a gamer who doesn't view the gaming world through glasses filled with irrational hatred towards big publishers (well maybe except for EA).

     

  • FangrimFangrim Member UncommonPosts: 616
    Originally posted by tom_gore

    Because without Smedley we probably wouldn't have PlanetSide 2 and EQNext would have been EQ2 with better graphics.

     

    That would of been a bad thing?


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  • tom_goretom_gore Member UncommonPosts: 2,001
    Originally posted by Fangrim
    Originally posted by tom_gore

    Because without Smedley we probably wouldn't have PlanetSide 2 and EQNext would have been EQ2 with better graphics.

     

    That would of been a bad thing?

    Depends on preference, of course, but IMO we have quite enough of EQ/WoW clones already. A big-budget sandbox is something we haven't had for a long, long time.

    So yes, in my opinion that would have been a bad thing.

     

  • ShadanwolfShadanwolf Member UncommonPosts: 2,392
    People should be judged by their actions, not their intentions. Mc Quade was responsible for the Vanguard disaster.
  • KhinRuniteKhinRunite Member Posts: 879
    Originally posted by Fangrim
    Originally posted by tom_gore

    Because without Smedley we probably wouldn't have PlanetSide 2 and EQNext would have been EQ2 with better graphics.

     

    That would of been a bad thing?

    They can just deploy a gfx engine update to EQ2 if that's the intention.

    EQN should be different.

  • MargulisMargulis Member CommonPosts: 1,614
    Originally posted by tom_gore

    Because without Smedley we probably wouldn't have PlanetSide 2 and EQNext would have been EQ2 with better graphics.

     

    Wait EQNext has better graphics than EQ2?  ;)

  • tom_goretom_gore Member UncommonPosts: 2,001
    Originally posted by Margulis
    Originally posted by tom_gore

    Because without Smedley we probably wouldn't have PlanetSide 2 and EQNext would have been EQ2 with better graphics.

     

    Wait EQNext has better graphics than EQ2?  ;)

    If you mean by "better" having more detail, better animations and utilizing the latest GFX API, then yes.

    But if you are arguing about "realistic" (lol @ EQ2's "realistic" graphics) vs. "cartoony" graphics then you should leave "better" out of that argument.

     

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