Eomer
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No problem bro. Like I said, just doing my part!
On topic though, I read those blog postings by McQuaid about his "post mortem", and to me they read not like stuff that only came in to focus in hindsight, but basic shit that should have been blatantly fucking obvious to anyone with past experience in the genre. Or game development in general. Or like, how to manage a company 101. I mean seriously, his first blog about "get it in writing" is fucking stupidity, there's no other way to put it. He expected to receive tens of millions in funding from Microsoft, but didn't have that in a clearly laid out contractual arrangement with certain milestones that result in further funds being released? What in the fuck? He seriously expected that Microsoft would start throwing money at them just because WoW was a highly polished, hugely successful game? WHY THE FUCK DID YOU NOT HAVE A FIRM PLAN FOR THE GAME'S SIZE AND THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO REALIZE THAT FROM THE OUTSET?
Maybe he's got some decent ideas or "vision" (lol) for gameplay. There is no way in hell McQuaid should have any role in management of this venture. I certainly won't be investing a penny in any Kickstarter. I was in on the very early beta of Vanguard, and the whole way that game's development was handled was a complete farce. They didn't just make a few mistakes here and there that prevented it from realize it's full potential. They so completely botched the game's development that it's a small miracle it was ever released.
On topic though, I read those blog postings by McQuaid about his "post mortem", and to me they read not like stuff that only came in to focus in hindsight, but basic shit that should have been blatantly fucking obvious to anyone with past experience in the genre. Or game development in general. Or like, how to manage a company 101. I mean seriously, his first blog about "get it in writing" is fucking stupidity, there's no other way to put it. He expected to receive tens of millions in funding from Microsoft, but didn't have that in a clearly laid out contractual arrangement with certain milestones that result in further funds being released? What in the fuck? He seriously expected that Microsoft would start throwing money at them just because WoW was a highly polished, hugely successful game? WHY THE FUCK DID YOU NOT HAVE A FIRM PLAN FOR THE GAME'S SIZE AND THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO REALIZE THAT FROM THE OUTSET?
Maybe he's got some decent ideas or "vision" (lol) for gameplay. There is no way in hell McQuaid should have any role in management of this venture. I certainly won't be investing a penny in any Kickstarter. I was in on the very early beta of Vanguard, and the whole way that game's development was handled was a complete farce. They didn't just make a few mistakes here and there that prevented it from realize it's full potential. They so completely botched the game's development that it's a small miracle it was ever released.
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