Joseignacio -> RE: When? (11/24/2009 8:13:34 AM)
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ORIGINAL: bo I knew I should not have come back, Steve I am not upset with you how could I be you are the most open programmer I have ever seen on the forums anywhere, but why should you get a free pass you took on this job not me, my complaint is that you should have got more help and if this coding for this game is so difficult then you should have gone to Matrix and got the best programmers around to assist you, I dont care about contracts with you and Matrix thats your problem not mine, not being mean Steve but these people on this forum [not me] are the most patient, kind and considerate group you will find anywhere in cyber land and they dont deserve this 5 or 6 year wait, I stopped posting when I asked you not to give completion dates but you went ahead anyway with dates that could not be met and you knew it, and if the people here can find anything I am saying is incorrect fine go to it, I truly hope for the sake of everyone here you will be able to complete this game bugs and all sometime next year but I have my doubts and I refuse to stick my head in the sand waiting for this to happen. Bo While we have to acknowledge that you are right that Steve didn't meet the dates, I think nobody expected exact accomplishing, after a work of almost 10 years (form the start of CWIF) or anyway, several years (4?) in MWIF itself. However, if I read your text from the (possible, I am trying to empathize) point of view of the programmer, I might feel some general unjustified guilt. I hope it doesn't affect Steve trhis way, since the general feeling of the board is that we prefer a product bug-free (to a reasonable extent) that meeting exactly the dates. Again as always I cant argue with your thinking Jose because it is always one of tolerance and understanding, never harsh, my argument has always been and will be, do not announce dates of completion EVER! Thats what set me off the deep end, when its done its done period. What the hell is so terrible and stupid about that. [Not referring to you Jose.] That has been from the begining my most verbal argument and still is. Bo Haha, yes, I tend to be tolerant but also, I have been sometimes in the dark side and I understand how difficult is to critisize a game in the very page of the developer or even at a games forum, hounded by fanboys. Because of this, I can empathize until a point; of course, this forum is extremely open and I think we are not non-critical fanboys, but I understand the deceive in somebody for whom the release date seems to be critical. For me, the release date has always had a relative importance, I always want to have the games in my hand but, as an adult, I can control my wishes. What made me crazy, instead was that Paradox (for me PatchDox) sold me a game that only worked correctly, without CTDs, weak AI, et al, after one year of the buy. And later they sold another game which was only the same game with one more patch plus 3D images. This is what most of us are trying to prevent, and some months more doesn't seem to be a price too high. Also, consider that the easier for Steve (short term) would be to sell the game as it is, with bugs and the AI incomplete, but it would be a fraud like PatchDox, it honours him that he doesn't take the easy way and then has us one year patching and beta testing, ..., and I believe the temptation is strong...
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