So basically this is slavery you babies are making Thom do now. Lovely, eh? I think not...
On 3/21/08, Thomas Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Charles, > Thanks to me being a very honest person you wouldn't even have known > what the poll results were if I hadn't published them on the list. If I > was unscrupulous, less honest, I would announced a totally different out > come and you wouldn't have known the difference. As it is I was being > honest about the results. > It is not that the poll results are unimportant or I don't care what you > all think. It is about I have to spend six months, a year, whatever of > my life making a game I don't want to create. A game I have lost all > interest in, and in all likelyhood never play again after it is finished. > Let's put this in perspective. Most of the time I program for fun. I do > it as relaxation, for entertainment value, and when it loses that > entertainment value what is it? It is called work. > It is a well known fact i write these games in my free or spare time. > What you are commiting me to is not working on a job, but using all of > my free or spare time to deliver something for someone elses enjoyment. > Not my own. > Now, in return for this game I want you and the rest of the community to > use every minute of your family or free time doing home work, house > work, tending to other things. You aren't alloud to watch as much TV, > read as many books, because you have to do a project for everyone else > that gives you absolutely no satisfaction or enjoyment. See how long you > last. > > Charles Rivard wrote: > > I very much agree. What about those poll results?? The majority wanted a > > side scrolling game, which there are not enough of. What will we be > getting > > and why? You were on the right track of customer service. As a game > > developer, are you going to give us, the majority of gamers who were > asked, > > what we?? want, or what you. want. I realize that you are not making any > > money from those of us who preordered, but think of it this way: What did > > we pay for? After you took the project over, what did we ask for when you > > asked us which way to go? What are we now going to get after all this? I > > respectfully ask that you rethink and go back to at least a side scroller. > > I'm sure i will like what you have planned, but I think it should be sold > as > > a new game, and make the side scroller as the game we paid for and then > > voted for when asked our preference. > > > > > > > --- > 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]
