Originally posted by JJ82 One needs to remember that Raph Koster is only giving advice, he is a consultant...he isn't actually working on the project itself.
And?
Just the fact he is consulting is huge.
Just curious, what was the year he was last involved with a successful MMO?
Are you suggesting that taking time away from one thing and doing/learning others, does not build a better suited person to bring new ideas into familiar territory?
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
Unless of course what he's bringing to the table is advice to help avoid the same pitfalls as earlier games.
Personally I think its great he's involved in adding to the game even if it may only be in a minor role. Honestly I don't know the extent his advice adds to the creative process. However, neither do you.
If you believe that he was there at the very start, and had an effect on the roadmap of the base game then you bought into the very reason they are using his name...hype.
As for your ending, how can you quote my post and come out of it thinking that I am saying that I think it isn't a good thing they are getting his advice when I CLEARLY pointed out that I am not against Koster and am only pointing out that they are not using his actual strengths and his being a consultant means little in the over-all game design.
Koster being involved wont make or break this game.
"People who tell you youre awesome are useless. No, dangerous.
They are worse than useless because you want to believe them. They will defend you against critiques that are valid. They will seduce you into believing you are done learning, or into thinking that your work is better than it actually is." ~Raph Koster http://www.raphkoster.com/2013/10/14/on-getting-criticism/
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Naked pics of Raph Koster. I already bought stock in hand lotion.
This is not a game.
Are you suggesting that taking time away from one thing and doing/learning others, does not build a better suited person to bring new ideas into familiar territory?
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
If you believe that he was there at the very start, and had an effect on the roadmap of the base game then you bought into the very reason they are using his name...hype.
As for your ending, how can you quote my post and come out of it thinking that I am saying that I think it isn't a good thing they are getting his advice when I CLEARLY pointed out that I am not against Koster and am only pointing out that they are not using his actual strengths and his being a consultant means little in the over-all game design.
Koster being involved wont make or break this game.
"People who tell you youre awesome are useless. No, dangerous.
They are worse than useless because you want to believe them. They will defend you against critiques that are valid. They will seduce you into believing you are done learning, or into thinking that your work is better than it actually is." ~Raph Koster
http://www.raphkoster.com/2013/10/14/on-getting-criticism/
Am I watching Groundhog Day?