Comments on: Tanned, Rested, Ready

By: The Claw

The Claw — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:28:46 +0000

JuJutsu, I think I made it quite clear that I was talking about first impressions. Vanguard may well have facets which are later revealed that are novel and interesting, but the first impression is poor enough that I never got that far, and neither, I suspect, will many people who try the trial.

By: JuJutsu

JuJutsu — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:14:08 +0000

@fatbutt

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a big fan of Vanguard. Not so much the blandness as the out and out brokenness. I’m never going to forget the image of mobs walking backwards

But “exactly like WoW/EQ2/LOTRO, only not as good” is a bit much.

By: Ardanna

Ardanna — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:09:49 +0000

Sometimes projects/business endeavours/”things” fail. They can’t all be winners (Vanguard wasn’t, it wasn’t “slow” it was unplayable), and I don’t think I can begrudge him that.

What he can be judged by is the professionalism with which that failure is dealt with. Don’t really need to say much more than that.

By: fatbutt

fatbutt — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:38:58 +0000

OK so they didn’t have diplomacy, but diplomacy alone doesn’t outweigh the feeling of blandness I got from most of what I saw.

By: JuJutsu

JuJutsu — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:35:15 +0000

@The Claw

I played EQ2 & LOTRO for a very long time and never discovered their diplomacy systems, guess I wasn’t paying very close attention. Tell me more about them.

By: The Claw

The Claw — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:02:51 +0000

I took a look at Vanguard’s free trial a couple of weeks ago, and I was struggling to find a single aspect of the early game which wasn’t “exactly like WoW/EQ2/LOTRO, only not as good”. Seriously, the first impression it makes is so derivative and unimpressive that I can’t imagine many people choosing to convert the free trial into a subscription.

By: geldonyetich

geldonyetich — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:22:22 +0000

yunk : geldonyetich this is what some of us are referring to: an interview with Brad. Witness Brad’s running for the hills intead of facing his employees at the end: http://commonsensegamer.com/?p=282

As I said before, get me one that isn't based off of anything F13 did, as I know those guys well enough to know that they've a thing against McQuaid. Anywho, this complaint is irrelevant. When the hammer comes down, your ass is fired, and this in itself is the failure of management to utilize you. I really don't care about the messenger. Right now I'm working as a temp, their method of letting you go is to have the temp agency call you and tell you not to come in that morning. Am I to assume then that anybody who hires through a temp agency is the worst employer ever? No, it's a really weird complaint. Getting fired isn't supposed to be personal, it's business. Telling me that I have to fire you to your face for it to stick is you failing to understand the situation. It's the professional business world, not a school playground.

By: yunk

yunk — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:55:45 +0000

geldonyetich this is what some of us are referring to: an interview with Brad. Witness Brad’s running for the hills intead of facing his employees at the end: http://commonsensegamer.com/?p=282

My freind’s father had to lay off employees, he showed up and told them to their face, he also cried, not the greatest thing to cry but he had the guts to face them. Brad ran and hid.

By: Brad McQuaid Is Back - We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog

Brad McQuaid Is Back - We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:14:59 +0000

[...] Jennings over at Broken Toys pointed out Brad McQuaid’s new blog. Apparently he’s back in town and ready to get to [...]

By: DoubleD

DoubleD — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:06:56 +0000

Ok Ok, Brad McQuaid, Richard Garriot, and Paul Barnett walk into a bar…

The jokes just write themselves