I like this posting very much from Jordi on the rr topic. Well said and I hope to get as fast as you one day. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthys Terblanche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 5:45 AM Subject: Re: Rail Racer status, was Re: Jumps
> > Frankly, this is way too soon to even think of going FREE with RR, I can't > see the point. Che has invested a hell of a lot of his time in developing > the game, and contrarily to the mood that suddenly kicked in on the list, > it's far from over. Yes, it's true that it's a difficult game to learn > and > even more difficult to be good at, but remember, this is revolutionary > stuff > for blind gaming. It's in the league that GMA's Shades Of Doom and Tank > Commander was at it's time, something new, something different, requiring > not only the ability of hand ear coordination, but also the skill of > planning strategies, analyzing the track for sweet spots, planning pit > stops, and then, even with the perfect plan, you have to be good to > execute > it as close to flawless as possible. Then, just to crown it all, you get > the > multi player, where the best of the bests can fold under pressure, > especially if the bet of $160000 is weighing too heavy on the mind for you > to switch into racer mode and concentrate all your efforts on perfect > timing > and control. One slip, and you had it, for the other top racers are there > with you at the time, and they are just waiting for that little mistake to > give them the edge. Not to mention the crowd of players racing along to > watch the outcome. How many of you guys even tried it? imagine a race > with > 40 people at once, bets flying, teams forming, etc. The most racers I've > witnessed in one race was eight. Eight, of 100 buyers? okay, I don't > think > it's practical to expect everyone to be there at the same time, but how > about 20? > Remember, It's the author that create the dream, it's the players that > realize it. > But all said, I think you all must keep in mind that a bit more time is > not > too much to ask for. RR will become more known, and to start talking as > if > it is over and done with at this early stages, put a very negative > reflection on all the effort that has gone into an excellent piece of > work. > This is where I agree that the fact that there might be people already > hanging around and ready to pick up the scraps from the ground to feast > on, > is plane disgusting. It's this kind of attitude that convinced me to > leave > the gamers group. There was too much nonsensical talk going on there, not > to talk of all the grand ideas for games that never came off the ground, > and > then, along come Che Martain and create the first real challenging racing > game, not promised it, created it, and where is his support? A big thanks > to > all you guys who baught the game, but for all the rest who live under the > mis conception that playing the demo is all there is to this, boo. > There's > lots of chalanges in RR, not only in the game, but personal, the drive to > improve, the idea of sportsmanship, the meeting of other players on a much > more personal level than a silly email list where most people with sence > shut up because the dogs are gonna have them if they say something > onpopular, and so on and so on. > Well, I can say lots more, but no use preaching to the converted, is > there? > Since I'm not active on any gamers list, feel free to forward it there so > the people not interested thus far, can get an idea of what is simmering > here under the lid, something that can explode into the huge popularity > the > likes of many of the comercial online games that's currently hitting this > dirt ball of ours. > Signing off, > Jody > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RailRacer" group. > To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/RailRacer?hl=en > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
