Posted by: schild @ 13:55:26 on 3/20/13
"I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit."
- Gordon Gekko, Wall Street
- Gordon Gekko, Wall Street
Dear Richard Garriott,
Fuck you.
Origin Systems is effectively the disease that's killing the Austin gaming industry. The list of once revolutionary and evolutionary people that were birthed from that syphilitic house of cards is the toxic stench that continues to infect the gaming industry with mismanagement, lack of vision, and lack of ability to make things that are fun. We're not just talking about the list of people on that Wikipedia entry (but really, what has Romero done for us lately?) - rather, we're talking about nearly everyone that grew up in that nepotism-addled fungus of a corporation. This sub-dermal rash still haunts Austin today. That said, I'm not resurrecting the usefulness of this hallowed soap box (on nearly its 10th anniversary) to discuss all of those people or how hilariously bad EA still is or why Romero should cut his hair and join a metal band. I'm here because you, one Richard Garriott, are a greedy space nerd that needs to be put on blast.
I already have a problem with video games being funded through Kickstarter. I don't like the idea of funding indie development this way and I especially don't like the idea of funding someone who is already a millionaire and isn't willing to put their own ass on the line to make something that's JUST SO IMPORTANT TO THEM. How much do you care about Ultima, really? You founded (and somehow squeezed blood from the investment stone) with Portalarium. Where'd that money go? Did your walking wallets finally look behind the veil and see that you didn't have an ounce of usefulness left in your body (by the by, we've known that was the case for nearly a decade but no one asks gaming sites about what is and isn't a sound investment). How about your giant-ass laughably gauche house? Has that sold yet? Clearly you have money to waste and it's coming out of your goddamn litigious ears. So, why are you taking Kickstarter for a ride when you don't need that money to make what you're saying will "pave the way for a whole new generation of great role-playing games!" This is not what Kickstarter is for and you should be fucking ashamed.
It is not a playground for millionaires to develop and design derivative shit while overpaying old, irrelevant fantasy authors (that's Curt Schilling's job) to write your derivative shit back story for you. Look, we all know - especially after nearly tanking NCSoft US - that you don't have the ability to design a goddamn thing any more (hell, you only ever really had that one thing, but who's counting?). If someone like you wants to resurrect something like Ultima, you should be doing it on the back of your ill-gotten gains. The only reason you would take it to Kickstarter is if you have no intention whatsoever of actually making a polished gem of a title to be delivered by "October 2014." In doing so, I can only say that I hope you understand that your progeny have already done a pretty great job of rotting Austin Game Development from the inside out and you're about to do the same thing to Kickstarter. On top of that, a wild article appears and it's super effective at making you look like an arrogant twat. Despite your comments further down about what you were trying to say, who in the ever living fuck are you to say anyone sucks or game design is hard? You haven't designed a goddamn "new" thing since I was in diapers and your first real design that made you who you are today should have been completely attributed to Gary Gygax.
At the end of the day, you're just an old has-been that won't disappear and your continued existence in this industry makes me trip balls every time I think about it. Since I know you have a legion of very uneducated and confused fans that are willing to just throw money at their monitor, I highly suggest you just pull the plug on the entire Kickstarter campaign and write the checks yourself. You don't need the money and you certainly don't need to come out here and say that RPGs are stale. You are completely incapable of making anything that even comes close to touching Demon's Souls, Dragon's Dogma, or Skyrim. You couldn't do it in 10 years with a billion dollars and you certainly couldn't do it in 1 year with a few million.
So, I say again: Fuck you.
- f13.net
P.S. Quit it with the necklace, rattail, and earrings. You look like a fucking clown.
P.P.S. On behalf of all the designers you just called a pack of moron losers - there wouldn't be an industry without them. In turn, you'd have nowhere to turn for money to fund your half-baked ventures. You should be kissing the ground they walk on, you self-righteous prick.
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Fuck you.
Origin Systems is effectively the disease that's killing the Austin gaming industry. The list of once revolutionary and evolutionary people that were birthed from that syphilitic house of cards is the toxic stench that continues to infect the gaming industry with mismanagement, lack of vision, and lack of ability to make things that are fun. We're not just talking about the list of people on that Wikipedia entry (but really, what has Romero done for us lately?) - rather, we're talking about nearly everyone that grew up in that nepotism-addled fungus of a corporation. This sub-dermal rash still haunts Austin today. That said, I'm not resurrecting the usefulness of this hallowed soap box (on nearly its 10th anniversary) to discuss all of those people or how hilariously bad EA still is or why Romero should cut his hair and join a metal band. I'm here because you, one Richard Garriott, are a greedy space nerd that needs to be put on blast.
I already have a problem with video games being funded through Kickstarter. I don't like the idea of funding indie development this way and I especially don't like the idea of funding someone who is already a millionaire and isn't willing to put their own ass on the line to make something that's JUST SO IMPORTANT TO THEM. How much do you care about Ultima, really? You founded (and somehow squeezed blood from the investment stone) with Portalarium. Where'd that money go? Did your walking wallets finally look behind the veil and see that you didn't have an ounce of usefulness left in your body (by the by, we've known that was the case for nearly a decade but no one asks gaming sites about what is and isn't a sound investment). How about your giant-ass laughably gauche house? Has that sold yet? Clearly you have money to waste and it's coming out of your goddamn litigious ears. So, why are you taking Kickstarter for a ride when you don't need that money to make what you're saying will "pave the way for a whole new generation of great role-playing games!" This is not what Kickstarter is for and you should be fucking ashamed.
It is not a playground for millionaires to develop and design derivative shit while overpaying old, irrelevant fantasy authors (that's Curt Schilling's job) to write your derivative shit back story for you. Look, we all know - especially after nearly tanking NCSoft US - that you don't have the ability to design a goddamn thing any more (hell, you only ever really had that one thing, but who's counting?). If someone like you wants to resurrect something like Ultima, you should be doing it on the back of your ill-gotten gains. The only reason you would take it to Kickstarter is if you have no intention whatsoever of actually making a polished gem of a title to be delivered by "October 2014." In doing so, I can only say that I hope you understand that your progeny have already done a pretty great job of rotting Austin Game Development from the inside out and you're about to do the same thing to Kickstarter. On top of that, a wild article appears and it's super effective at making you look like an arrogant twat. Despite your comments further down about what you were trying to say, who in the ever living fuck are you to say anyone sucks or game design is hard? You haven't designed a goddamn "new" thing since I was in diapers and your first real design that made you who you are today should have been completely attributed to Gary Gygax.
At the end of the day, you're just an old has-been that won't disappear and your continued existence in this industry makes me trip balls every time I think about it. Since I know you have a legion of very uneducated and confused fans that are willing to just throw money at their monitor, I highly suggest you just pull the plug on the entire Kickstarter campaign and write the checks yourself. You don't need the money and you certainly don't need to come out here and say that RPGs are stale. You are completely incapable of making anything that even comes close to touching Demon's Souls, Dragon's Dogma, or Skyrim. You couldn't do it in 10 years with a billion dollars and you certainly couldn't do it in 1 year with a few million.
So, I say again: Fuck you.
- f13.net
P.S. Quit it with the necklace, rattail, and earrings. You look like a fucking clown.
P.P.S. On behalf of all the designers you just called a pack of moron losers - there wouldn't be an industry without them. In turn, you'd have nowhere to turn for money to fund your half-baked ventures. You should be kissing the ground they walk on, you self-righteous prick.
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