Comments on: The Remains Of The Day http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/ Random Comments About Gaming And Tractors Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ajeba http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11273 Ajeba Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:13:21 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11273 Everyone has their motherships and sometimes you need to have a good old-fashioned game of X-Com! Everyone has their motherships and sometimes you need to have a good old-fashioned game of X-Com!

]]> By: hellfire http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11274 hellfire Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:49:15 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11274 When you first posted this I was just thinking that being a Community Manager has got to be worse even than working in HR. That short paragraph has obviously been vetted 20 times and I could almost HEAR the grating of teeth that accompanied the cut&paste from the "official" email. When you first posted this I was just thinking that being a Community Manager has got to be worse even than working in HR. That short paragraph has obviously been vetted 20 times and I could almost HEAR the grating of teeth that accompanied the cut&paste from the “official” email.

]]> By: Rasputin http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11275 Rasputin Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:09:45 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11275 "As a result, not every Carlsbad employee has been invited to stay with the development team." Wow. I think my nipples just froze off. “As a result, not every Carlsbad employee has been invited to stay with the development team.”

Wow. I think my nipples just froze off.

]]> By: Comstar http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11279 Comstar Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:10:57 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11279 I hope you got some cake, if you're still alive. Also: Please make a credits in your game a musical number. I hope you got some cake, if you’re still alive.

Also: Please make a credits in your game a musical number.

]]> By: Heartless_ http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11278 Heartless_ Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:49:25 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11278 SOE, king of the niche hardcore games, but trying to make money off the casual teen crowd. SOE, king of the niche hardcore games, but trying to make money off the casual teen crowd.

]]> By: ghiest http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11282 ghiest Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:06:03 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11282 <blockquote>Amazingly, given a choice between designing an MMO and writing for my blog, I sometimes choose the former!</blockquote> I hope it's better than the former ones from your company :P Vanguard is all but dead and burried, I hope they can rescue it I really do, because it had some really good ideas that they had to cut long before release. But alas I think it's already dead an burried.

Amazingly, given a choice between designing an MMO and writing for my blog, I sometimes choose the former!

I hope it’s better than the former ones from your company :P

Vanguard is all but dead and burried, I hope they can rescue it I really do, because it had some really good ideas that they had to cut long before release. But alas I think it’s already dead an burried.

]]> By: D-0ne http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11281 D-0ne Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:23:30 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11281 The Vision was a very simple concept. The Vision is this, you'll be so damn miserable trying to play the game by yourself that you'll turn to other players to alleviate the misery. That's it. The Vision is the father of multi-boxing. People didn't turn to other people they just played two or more accounts at one time. The design philosophy is so bad that even on raids of 20+ characters many characters would be bots because some classes were required and yet were amazingly boring to play. The Vision was a very simple concept. The Vision is this, you’ll be so damn miserable trying to play the game by yourself that you’ll turn to other players to alleviate the misery.

That’s it.

The Vision is the father of multi-boxing. People didn’t turn to other people they just played two or more accounts at one time. The design philosophy is so bad that even on raids of 20+ characters many characters would be bots because some classes were required and yet were amazingly boring to play.

]]> By: Ironwood http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11280 Ironwood Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:14:19 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11280 You know, I don't think anyone ever spelled out 'The Vision' to me, though I keep hearing about it. You know, I don’t think anyone ever spelled out ‘The Vision’ to me, though I keep hearing about it.

]]> By: ubvman http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11277 ubvman Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:31:17 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11277 I hope this finally puts to rest any thoughts of 'The Vision™' ever having any merit. Brad McQuaid's POS design philosophy. People were playing Everquest IN SPITE of 'The Vision™' not because of it. The root of all SOE evil started with the 'The Vision™'. I hope this finally puts to rest any thoughts of ‘The Vision™’ ever having any merit. Brad McQuaid’s POS design philosophy.

People were playing Everquest IN SPITE of ‘The Vision™’ not because of it. The root of all SOE evil started with the ‘The Vision™’.

]]> By: Stroker Ace http://www.brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11276 Stroker Ace Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:45:43 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2007/10/16/the-remains-of-the-day/#comment-11276 That's some cold language in your link there Lum. That’s some cold language in your link there Lum.

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