Richard, very classy!

Baron Munchausen · #1 December 16th, 2000, 10:27 PM

Would this by any wild random chance be the MOO III forum? Could his actions have something to do with the fact that someone, oh of course not connected to the company, posted a thread here about MOO III? Hmm?

WendellM · #2 December 16th, 2000, 11:19 PM

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game developer/designer/Honcho (your exact title?)

IIRC, his old title was "Director of Covert Operations" but his newer one seems to just be "Marketing." I like the old one better and the post you describe (while I neither condone nor denounce it) fits it perfectly

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Freyland · #3 December 17th, 2000, 12:03 AM

I am not familiar with the MOOIII forum, although I wonder if your post answers my question about Richard wandering the forums like a traveling salesperson ("Ding Dong! Hi, I am Richard, one of the Honcho's over at Shrapnel Games. Have you heard of SEIV? It is a wonderful 4X game with fantastic AI and many working features. Oh, and don't mind all those comments about the AI being terrible and huge amounts of bugs... MM has a wonderful history of supporting his products. Come by and visit our forum, but if you do, don't say anything bad, even in your defense, or we'll ban you.").

WendellIM, too true. Nice to hear from you again.

Jonathan

Jubala · #4 December 17th, 2000, 04:10 AM

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Originally posted by Freyland:
Come by and visit our forum, but if you do, don't say anything bad, even in your defense, or we'll ban you.

You don't look Banned to me and I can't recall you saying anything but bad stuff so...

Richard · #5 December 17th, 2000, 05:07 AM

Freyland,

Heh. I know both Steve and Charles (BTW he is talking about the BTS forum) and when someone Posts about a game I am doing work for on another forum and talks badly of it I have no problem defending it. Also if someone talks badly about Combat Mission I will personally write Charles and let him know about it so he can take corrective action.

If you go on other forums and discredit the games we do I'll make sure to clear up those misconceptions.

What I am wondering is what your beef is with me? Are you upset because I chided you for calling someone a fool? Which person is being classy now, just curious?

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Sarge is coming...

Richard Arnesen
Director of Covert Ops
Shrapnel Games http://www.shrapnelgames.com

[This message has been edited by Richard (edited 17 December 2000).]

Instar · #6 December 17th, 2000, 05:30 AM

Well, Freyland, it seems you do not know exactly what SE4 is. You claim that SE4 has "huge amounts of bugs". I have run the game, and it is remarkable stable. I am a beta tester, and I can tell you that the game is pretty much bug free. (Not completely, because what is? Now if Microsoft can follow Aaron's lead...)
So, you exhibited a complete lack of knowledge on the subject which you bash. Good job.

Freyland · #7 December 17th, 2000, 05:50 AM

Hello Instar. I never said the game was unstable. If you have actually read the "fix" lists, you know what I mean. Now who is talking without knowledge?

Richard, I called Courageous a fool because he made an incorrect accusation of me in an argumentative tone. You posted several times after that without saying anything, and then all of a sudden got a bug in your bonnet and posted about "banning". Give me a break! Try to be fair, and try to be realistic. Sure, you're the moderator, and it's your world. Ban me if you wish, but I think it would be unfair and FOOLish to ban me for defending myself without penalizing the other party. As for the other board, it is very well moderated. You should visit more often. As far as saying badly, here were my actual words:

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Hi Lindan
What amazing timing. For the Last several days I have been persona non-grata over on that forum because of my complaints of the game being incomplete, and the AI being absolutely mediocre. At this time, I cannot recommend it. However, there is a beta patch due out ~12-19-00 with a list of fixes as long as my arm, so the opinion may change after that time, and I will gladly share mine again. There are at least two others from this board whom I have stumbled across over there, so perhaps they will comment as well.

Yours,
Jonathan

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I hope that answers your questions. I really wish you had not suddenly felt the need to threaten penalty to me then, Richard. I had come to the conclusion that it is not my duty to disuade the sycophants of this world, and was going to just shut up. Why did you get all indignant all of a sudden?

Jonathan