don't do this to us. Come on, those are selfish basterds, most of us are not! majority wins here? come on man! Please don't leave us! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yohandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Side-scroller consessions.
> Hello Thomas, > Man I don't know what to say. I seriously hope you reconsider. I'd hate to > see you go due to this ungrateful and selfish community. not the entire > community mind you, but many people sure are. truth is we need more devs > like you who aren't afraid of change and it would really suck to lose you. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 5:54 PM > 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] > > __________ NOD32 2967 (20080321) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > --- 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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