Richard Garriott Quits NCSoft

unc0nn3ct3d writes "In a shocking update on the seemingly endless troubles plaguing NCSoft, Richard Garriott — the king of online games, creator of The Ultima Series (and consequentially Ultima Online), as well as the recently troubled Tabula Rasa — has announced that he would be stepping down from his position at NCSoft. Apparently motivated by his recent trip into space, perhaps he has found a higher purpose while orbiting so high above the earth."

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Question

[Anonymous Coward]

Does this article call for a racist or anti-semitic diatribe? What a personal or disgusting description of a sexual encounter be more appropriate? What about a goatse link? Thank you in advance.

Maternity Leave

[Anonymous Coward]

He needs to care for the alien fetus growing inside his stomach.

Re:Maternity Leave

[InlawBiker]

He can cure that with a little Mandrake Root and Nightshade.

Re:Maternity Leave

[aleatory_story]

I do not want astronauts defying gravity in front of my children. Nor do I want them driving their moonbuggies through our neighborhoods at all times of night, playing that theme to 2001 on their CosmoBlasters. Astronazis! Watch out! They'll try to stick an American flag in you! They can't eat normal food and they're addicted to tang!

Last October, an astronaut moved into my neighborhood... Simultaneously, all the leaves started dying.

-Upright Citizens Brigade

Re:Maternity Leave

[Chris Burke]

And, uh, In Vas Flam!

Is that the spell? Damnit, all this time I've been casting In Vas Flan, which has entirely different, albeit delicious, results.

Re:Overview Effect

[Anonymous Coward]

More likely he realized that outer space is the only place with enough room for his ego.

Re:Maternity Leave or alien invasion!?

[MindKata]

"He needs to care for the alien fetus growing inside his stomach."

Maybe aliens have already replaced him with a replica? ... so he can help start the alien space invasion!... oh no!... This would also explain his sudden career change and it would also explain John Carmack's move into Aerospace!... see it explains a lot! ... they are both aliens!

Maybe the Armadillo's are behind it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_Aerospace

Then again, maybe we have both had too much coffee today. :)

Space Ace

[Ioldanach]

Now that he's a Space Ace he has to rescue a princess he goes time travelling. He's just cleaning up some loose ends first.

Re:Overview Effect

[JoeD]

And when he dies, on his deathbed, he will achieve total consciousness, so he's got that going for him.

Did he...

[naz404]

did he have Martian Dreams after his Ascension? Is he going to have an Exodus?

*poof*

[curtisk]

All that was heard was Garriott's voice booming "Kal Ort Por" and a following puff of smoke.

Re:It is doomed

[Malevolent Tester]

My biggest complaint about Tabula Rasa was that it was so generic. When I got into the beta, from all the material and previews I'd read, I was expecting something like WW2 Online (but good) against an intelligent, dynamic AI army.

Instead I played WoW with crappy pseudo-FPS controls. About the only innovative feature was the cloning, and even the appeal of that was diminished by the near-Korean levels of grinding the game required.