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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
| Brian Green's AGC Rant @ GamersInfo |
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While this is MMO-related it makes an interesting (and humorous) point, so it's worth a look...GamersInfo has an <a href="http://www.gamersinfo.net/index.php?art/id:749" target="_blank">article</a> from Brian 'Psychochild' Green, developer of 'Meridian 59'. It's a look at players telling devs how to design their games, in the form of a fictitious letter to Stephen King:<blockquote><em>Dear Mr. Stephen King,
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<br>You do not know me, but I am writing about your book Dreamcatcher. It is a good book, but I think it could be made much better. I am not a professional writer, but I have taken alot (that's two words, right?) of writing in college. It was mostly in Spanish and C++ but I still know how to write. I am sure I know your book better than you do because you have written many books since 2001, but I just read your book so you should listen to me and do what I suggest. I am writing this letter to help you make better books. I have read lots of scary books so I am a master at knowing all about scary books and you could obviously learn a lot from me, so read carefully what I tell you in this letter.
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<br>First, what is with the retard kid? Nobody likes retards so you should take him out of the story. Instead you should have a ninja, or maybe a pirate. Everyone likes ninjas and pirates, they are very popular. All my friends agree that ninjas and pirates are cool but nobody likes retards. You should also change the name because pirates and ninjas don't have names like "Duddits". I think a story about pirates and ninjas and aliens and maybe cowboys would be so cool and everyone would buy it. You would probably sell about a billion more books if you took just this one idea.</em></blockquote> |
Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:51 pm |
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TheMadGamer
High Emperor
Joined: 03 May 2002
Posts: 487
Location: Southern California |
I've read my share of forum posts that read a lot like this letter to Stephen King.
Sad to see that a developer probably sees most if not all customers in this way, since he took the time to write out such a lengthy analogy.
The window of time in which a MMOG Customer's voice might be heard came and went with the beginnings of EQ1 and UO and perhaps to a lesser extent, even earlier titles such as Meridean 59, so I don't waste much time posting my thoughts anymore on MMOG forums.
Sad though, to see that many people such as myself who bothered to take the time to write out thoughtful, critical, yet non-rant posts have ultimatley been heaped together with posts that essentially wanted L50 maxed out characters in 2 hours.
Ah well, don't care much anymore anyway...
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:55 pm |
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I don't need to be a "game developer" to know whether or not a game sucks.
What a condescending asshole. |
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Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:53 am |
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Acleacius
King of the Realms
Joined: 24 Dec 2002
Posts: 453
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What an arrogant ass and I dont mean the hypothetical 15 yr old in the letter or Mr King.
My regret is that I didnt attend the conference so i could have thrown some delicious nutritious concession selections his way.
Even more so, he doesnt have the guts to have and open discussion about it with anyone, yet hides behind a speech while attacing 15 year olds (his fans) and we cant redress him directly for his statments.
What a coward! |
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