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Posted on December 20, 2007 by Scott Jennings| 12 Comments

New boss at NC North America

True story about working with Robert Garriott; he took an interest in our project and was playing a very (very) early prototype last year. He really liked it and kept saying “This is great fun!” despite there being no actual gameplay implemented yet. My emailed response:

Fun has not yet been implemented. If you find yourself having fun, please report it as a bug. Thanks!

I hope he was amused!

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  • Blackblade

    Nice..

    Speaking of your project… Any hint at when we might hear about it? :D

  • theliel

    man. just what i was thinking #1

  • chabuhi

    You can always release fun in the first expansion pack — I suggest giving the game a year or so before you start mucking about with fun. It’s nothing to be trifled with … if you’re not careful the game might wind up actually being fun.

  • =j

    We just got a hint, Blackblade:

    It’s not fun. But it will be after the patch.

  • http://www.damnedvulpine.com/ J.

    You’re trying to get fired, aren’t you?

  • Njal

    So last year was early prototype. They must be up to we have something to show at the next trade show by now you would think.

  • http://www.joshdrescher.com Josh

    He came up on a Discovery Channel MMO documentary last night and the talking head responsible referred to him in-character (as old and busted Lord British, rather than the new hotness of GENERAL British) the entire time. I giggled.

  • Robin Kestrel

    That’s his brother Richard, Josh. I don’t know if Robert also has an amusing sobriquet.

  • http://www.joshdrescher.com Josh

    Robin – Well, that little misread on my part makes the whole thing more amusing in some way. Maybe.

    OH GOD. Why didn’t I ever learn to REEEEAD?!!!

  • http://www.plaguelands.com krones

    Lum, will your MMOG have PvP? I hope not, you really don’t know much about that stuff. I heard Putin is in the alpha. F’in design spy.

  • http://www.cesspit.net Abalieno

    Lum plays on the fine line where he can mock his masters while not irritating them.

    It worked with Jacobs, so why can’t it work with Garriott?

  • http://www.damnedvulpine.com/ J.

    Far too frugal was Sir Robert
    his employees lynched him to ease their poverty