They'll more likely die from 30 bucks of mc Donalds lol. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yohandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:02 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Side-scroller consessions.
> Well greg, the problem here is people think they'll die cause they paid 30 > bucks and never got the game they asked for. obviously I'm sure these same > people have never donated a dollar to any cause. so if we paid for a game > that is now abandonware, should we get angry and beat up the developer > then? > what most people don't realize is that these devs wouldn't charge us a > penny > if they were rich. the sad truth is they aren't, and we aren't so much > paying for the game, but for their hard work and dedication. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 5:32 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Side-scroller consessions. > > >> Hello all, >> I wasn't going to put my two sense in but have decided to. For you >> people >> to force Thomas to do something that is mentally and physically draining >> him >> is absolutely selfish. >> I don't think you people even realize how complicated the task Thomas >> took >> on really is. To have to try and look at someone elses code and try to >> figure out what he or she was thinking is hard enough on its own. Then >> to >> have to recode it because the language the first person used was out of >> date >> and not really supported is extremely difficult. Its people like you >> that >> make programmers throw up their hands in disgust and give up. We ought >> to >> be thanking God everyday for people like Thomas who are willing to >> produce >> very good games sso we can have them. We are a very small community and >> instead of moaning and groaning about everything we should be showing are >> support to the developers so they will continue to produce games for us >> to >> play. >> Greg >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Thomas Ward >> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 5:55 PM >> To: Gamers Discussion list >> Subject: [Audyssey] Side-scroller consessions. >> >> Hello gamers, >> In light of the several emails on and off list to me about my decision to >> create a 3D FPS game verses a side-scroller I feel I have no choice but >> to >> do as everyone asks. For those gamers bound and determined to have a >> side-scroller do or die what I will do is go back to James North's >> original >> plans and put out some kind of game along the Montezuma's Revenge lines. >> I >> will restore Arizona Smith to the game, and do whatever it takes to just >> get >> the fricking game completed and out of my life. Since you want the game >> James North was creating you will get it just as James had planned it. No >> more no less. >> As for those interested in the 3D FPS version of Mysteries Of the Aztecs >> I >> am still interested in creating this game, but obviously I will put it in >> the things to do pile down the road. >> Finally, I have one last thing to say to this community before I sign >> off. >> I >> am really disappointed in those of you who have made such a fuss and an >> issue over this. I try very hard to produce good and high quality games. >> I >> even want to go above and beyond the norm by trying things that have >> never >> been done before by an accessible game developer. All I get in return is >> a >> lot of grief and misery for my effort. From this time forward I will >> complete your games you got from James North as advertised, but it comes >> at >> a price. >> Before today I use to take polls, gather suggestions from end users, and >> use >> to gather your ideas to put into my games. I was always very open about >> my >> thoughts, plans, ideas, etc. However, that has been shattered. >> From now on when I create games I plan to be more or less quiet about my >> plans, new game ideas, and end user suggestions will be selectively used >> at >> my descression. I see now running polls like the one about weather to >> make >> a >> FPS or a side-scroller was a horrible mistake as it is being used to >> force >> me to do something I really do not want to do. If it was the poll alone i >> wouldn't mind so much, but since the majority of those were paid >> customers >> I >> am between the rock and the hard place. >> Neither option is exactly a great place to be from where I sit, but your >> demands to force me into this decision only makes it harder to enjoy >> making >> accessible games. I can tell you right now I will create the >> side-scroller, >> but the next few months are going to be purgatory, slavery, whatever you >> want to call it. >> Being the victem of this communities backlash I can tell you why James >> North >> became dispondant and left this community in the manner he did. >> All we developers hear is give me, give me, give me, I want, I want, I >> want, >> regardless of how the developer feels or thinks about the matter. >> Apparently developers aren't allowed to have lives or desires of their >> own >> and must soully entertain the blind gamers out there for their every >> whim. >> If I ever create a game for this community after these two games are >> completed you will be pretty darn lucky. i am sick of the stress and >> grief >> you put me through. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, >> send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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