Thomas. I was wondering when you'd realize that this is how the community acts. isn't it disgusting?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 4:54 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Side-scroller consessions. > Hello gamers, > In light of the several emails on and off list to me about my decision > to create a 3D FPS game verses a side-scroller I feel I have no choice > but to do as everyone asks. For those gamers bound and determined to > have a side-scroller do or die what I will do is go back to James > North's original plans and put out some kind of game along the > Montezuma's Revenge lines. I will restore Arizona Smith to the game, and > do whatever it takes to just get the fricking game completed and out of > my life. Since you want the game James North was creating you will get > it just as James had planned it. No more no less. > As for those interested in the 3D FPS version of Mysteries Of the Aztecs > I am still interested in creating this game, but obviously I will put it > in the things to do pile down the road. > Finally, I have one last thing to say to this community before I sign > off. I am really disappointed in those of you who have made such a fuss > and an issue over this. I try very hard to produce good and high quality > games. I even want to go above and beyond the norm by trying things that > have never been done before by an accessible game developer. All I get > in return is a lot of grief and misery for my effort. From this time > forward I will complete your games you got from James North as > advertised, but it comes at a price. > Before today I use to take polls, gather suggestions from end users, and > use to gather your ideas to put into my games. I was always very open > about my thoughts, plans, ideas, etc. However, that has been shattered. > From now on when I create games I plan to be more or less quiet about > my plans, new game ideas, and end user suggestions will be selectively > used at my descression. I see now running polls like the one about > weather to make a FPS or a side-scroller was a horrible mistake as it is > being used to force me to do something I really do not want to do. If it > was the poll alone i wouldn't mind so much, but since the majority of > those were paid customers I am between the rock and the hard place. > Neither option is exactly a great place to be from where I sit, but your > demands to force me into this decision only makes it harder to enjoy > making accessible games. I can tell you right now I will create the > side-scroller, but the next few months are going to be purgatory, > slavery, whatever you want to call it. > Being the victem of this communities backlash I can tell you why James > North became dispondant and left this community in the manner he did. > All we developers hear is give me, give me, give me, I want, I want, I > want, regardless of how the developer feels or thinks about the matter. > Apparently developers aren't allowed to have lives or desires of their > own and must soully entertain the blind gamers out there for their every > whim. If I ever create a game for this community after these two games > are completed you will be pretty darn lucky. i am sick of the stress and > grief you put me through. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > 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 __ Gamers@audyssey.org 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]