Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-03 Thread Søren Jensen
: [Audyssey] James North? Dude. Halo for the blind would be amazing. I was listening to my brother play Halo III, if we could only get something like that. Or something like Gears of War. That would make my year. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-03 Thread Søren Jensen
] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Have to agree, Ron. Alien outback is still one of my favorites to date. That game is so addicting, and the sounds and music really do give an arcade feel. Wish he'd sold

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-03 Thread Shadow Dragon
It'd be sheer luck if you could. Its not accessible at all. Killing the bigger monsters especially would be impossible. You might be able to get a few lucky shots in here and there but I doubt it'd hold. It'd be like walking around in Halo with the trigger held down. I'd love to see an

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jake, As far as I am aware no one has maintained contact with him after he left the accessible game community. If they have it was privately. A few months back I attempted to email him a question about his billing records, and all email addresses bounced so apparently he has changed them,

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Jake
That's sad, he contributed allot to our community and I was hoping I could talk to him again. Thanks much, Jake. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Che
From what I have gathered about North, we are better off without him. He had nothing but disdain for blind gamers, charging the highest prices for games that weren't worth it in my opinion, and didn't give a crap what users had to say about his games. Compare this to developers like Thomas

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Lisa hayes
- From: Che [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? From what I have gathered about North, we are better off without him. He had nothing but disdain for blind gamers, charging the highest

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Charles Rivard
] James North? From what I have gathered about North, we are better off without him. He had nothing but disdain for blind gamers, charging the highest prices for games that weren't worth it in my opinion, and didn't give a crap what users had to say about his games. Compare this to developers

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Ka Yat Li
gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? You say:He had nothing but disdain for blind gamers, charging the highest prices for games that weren't worth it in my opinion, and didn't give a crap what users had to say about his games. You

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Che, I don't know if you were around when ESP was still developing games, but James North seamed to be a completely different person back then. Actually, when James North was still running ESP his games were pretty good quality and prices were reasonable. He was the original author of

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread chou.clement
: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Hi Lisa, In the final days of Alchemy James mentioned to me that he was giving up, because he was tired of the pressure of dealing

Re: [Audyssey] James North.

2007-11-02 Thread Ryan Conroy
Hi, I'm not going to head down this road again because it will probably get me kicked off list. I do feel the need to say, however, that it was a great deal of how he was treated by his customers that contributed to his leaving. He has some of the best games to date, and he definitely whether

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread shaun everiss
I aggree, I would have been happy with that. But james quit the list a bit before this happened. After which there was almost no news on what he was doing, and what he was doing. Pree orders and such as well as time lines and releases piled up for no reason at least to the outside anyway. Even I

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread shaun everiss
its my opinion to that james should have not sold esp. He did have it made, and he decided to go into another venture. Obviously it was really not as successfull as we all know as well as the pree order screwups. I do aggree that his passed work was real good though. At 11:41 a.m. 3/11/2007, you

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Claudio
Hi Thomas! Is James nord also the developer of the game raceway that you no try to finishing? Regards, Claudio. --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Ron Schamerhorn
folks could find a better point. Ron - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? While I was still in touch with him he did mention it... he sounded pretty beaten

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Yes. James North was very much an inovater and driving force in this comunity a few years ago. His games like ESP Pinball was the first accessible pinball game, Monkey Business was the first FPS game for the blind, DinoMan was a cool rendition of Pacman, Aliens In the Outback was a

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread chou.clement
: [Audyssey] James North? Hi, Actually, James North gave me control of Raceway and Montezuma's Revenge for several reasons. He no longer had the time to work on them, he was sick and tired of the pressure from the comunity, and he knew I was compitent enough to complete them. Bottom line, he wanted

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread chou.clement
, November 02, 2007 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? I'm with ya. I'm not defending James, but I'm not really against him either. I'm still keeping a little faith that max shrapnel might come out, but I dunno, its hard to say. Nothing could ever top the concept of that game, ever

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Actually, James North gave me control of Raceway and Montezuma's Revenge for several reasons. He no longer had the time to work on them, he was sick and tired of the pressure from the comunity, and he knew I was compitent enough to complete them. Bottom line, he wanted an easy out, and I

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ron, Ahem... Please, do not use the h e double hockey sticks word on list. Smile Ron Schamerhorn wrote: I personally think James took alot of crap on list. Did we get some good games? Hell yes we did! Pinmball, Change Reaction, Dyno man, Monkey Biz [and I'm camper bob btw] There

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, I couldn't obtain Max because James wanted to hold onto the game and the engine he was creating for it. I am not sure why, but as it turned out I am glad I didn't take it over. I am already pretty busy involved finishing two of his games as it is. As for future FPS titles I have

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Lisa hayes
PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Hi Lisa, In the final days of Alchemy James mentioned to me that he was giving up, because he

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yes, James North was the original creater of ESP Raceway. I have since taken it over, renamed it USA Raceway, and am rewriting the game from scratch. Claudio wrote: Hi Thomas! Is James nord also the developer of the game raceway that you no try to finishing? Regards, Claudio. ---

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Shadow Dragon
: Friday, November 02, 2007 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Was hoping for a blind version of haylo, with equal quality sounds. Do you know how priceless that image is? oh gosh... haylo playable for the blind, with multiplayer. - Original Message - From: Shadow Dragon [EMAIL

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Ron Schamerhorn
Hey Tom Okie will keep that in mind for next time. Ron - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Hi Ron, Ahem... Please, do not use the h e

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Shadow Dragon
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? While I was still in touch with him he did mention it... he sounded pretty beaten up by everything the community was throwing at him. I remember hearing about the prospect of Max

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread chou.clement
, even with Shades of Doom, Audio Quake and Technoshock. - Original Message - From: Ron Schamerhorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? I personally think James took alot of crap on list

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Quote Call me selfish, but I wanted to see all those games! I didn't care how long it took... End quote That isn't selfish. Fortunately, for you two of those games are continuing development even without him. Smile --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lisa, Smile No, Raul and I aren't considering kicking you off list. Though, I sense some hostility in your message. Though, I am unclear as to why you may feel hostile at this point. Lisa hayes wrote: Thomas pint taken, but did you or anyone else ask what as going on? I don't recall

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Lisa hayes
gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Hi Lisa, Smile No, Raul and I aren't considering kicking you off list. Though, I sense some hostility in your message. Though, I am unclear as to why you may feel hostile at this point. Lisa hayes

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread chou.clement
Good to hear, that is. lol. I haven't played a good fps in a long time. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Hi, Well, I couldn't obtain Max

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Charles Rivard
: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Hey Tom Okie will keep that in mind for next time. Ron - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Hi Ron

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Shadow Dragon
Heoo? What's a heoo. - Original Message - From: Charles Rivard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Please, do. It should be h e double hockey pucks, not sticks. (grin

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Charles Rivard
It's one! strange! word! (grin) -- If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words. - Original Message - From: Shadow Dragon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Heoo

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread Mike Reiser
Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] James North? Hi Lisa, In the final days of Alchemy James mentioned to me that he was giving up, because he was tired of the pressure of dealing

Re: [Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-02 Thread william lomas
hi well where's my money i paid for max shracknal he a con artest who took our money with nothing to show for it On 2 Nov 2007, at 21:53, shaun everiss wrote: its my opinion to that james should have not sold esp. He did have it made, and he decided to go into another venture. Obviously it

[Audyssey] James North?

2007-11-01 Thread Jake
Hey all, was just wondering how James North was doing these days. Jake. --- 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