The TLF (Tighter Leash Factor) is definitely present but that's not the main reason. I mean, two years ago you'd never see LucasArts granting interviews to sites like The Grim Fandango Network and the Clearly Unofficial Monkey Island Website... They have opened up quite a bit (for instance they recently hired someone on full time as an Internet/Fan Community Relations person whose sole purpose is to help out small fansites), though obviously not fully (see: ScummVM). Still, big steps have been made by them. Us fansite webmasters are enjoying it... though its still nowhere near perfect.
Yeah, thats why LucasForums (which, like LucasFiles, is run by fans at LFNetwork.com, not lucasarts) still has Jedi Knight, XWing Alliance, Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, and (oh my) SCUMM hacking... Oops, they're run by fans of the old games, not by LucasArts.
I completely agree with this. I think LucasLegal needs to give it up... ScummVM helps their fans and their bottom line. Though I don't know how excited any of them get when "Monkey Island 1 - ScummVM edition *winxp compatible!*" shows up on newsgroups. And it has.
Hahahaha ow my face, Jesus! I made that "classics" category last night out of boredom. I haven't put any of the files I uploaded into the database yet because they were uploading overnight thanks to my DSL's 15k/sec upload cap... then I went to work. No, not to LucasArts (I wish... or do I), but to my hardware QA job that has entirely nothing to do with Lucas at all.
About those files.... Sorry that "they" havent gotten around to it. Oops, maybe this truly is a fan-run free time project. Ass.
Just writing to let those interested know that while LucasArts put out the press release, and supports the site, LucasFiles was conceived and created by, and is and will be maintained by the LucasArts fan community. They didn't make it, they don't run it, and for the most part they don't dictate what we choose to and choose not to post.
Yes, we have been talking to them along the way, and bits of the site was made in a way that would suit the notorious Lucas Legal (most importantly the disclaimers you agree to when uploading and downloading a file). That "little bit" aside, it's our site.
That doesn't mean they can't decide how they're going to promote it. Their press release and the small blurb on the main page of LucasArts.com says that it's "home to mods of LucasArts games," but that's not the limit of the scope of LucasFiles.
In addition to mods, we can also host full-on fangames that don't require, say, Jedi Outcast, to run. Odds are we could host fan games that aren't even related to Star Wars (probably not fan games of the sequel-knockoff variety, I'm talking original stuff)... And, we're also working to reach into the depths of our hard drives and long abandonned file download areas to find some classic stuff that was formerly hard to get your hands on (for instance, old promos and demos relating to Sam & Max hit the road, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, the Monkey Island series etc etc etc as well as some Lucas titles that are "classics" for entirely different reasons... like Force Commander and Yoda Stories ).
Anyway, by limiting LucasFiles to "another Mod site" or claiming it is LucasArts's own site, made in an attempt to woo you into not noticing some other evil, for one you're wrong, and for two you're really pigeonholeing something the fan community's been after for quite some time. Its amazing to see LucasArts as excited about it as we are (and they are).
Now Endy, come on here. LucasFiles is more than just an FPS mod dumping grounds. And I thought the "come make your home on LucasFiles" offer was more or less LEC trying to tighten the leash, not save scummvm.
Just because LucasArts PR is pushing the game mods aspect of LucasFiles... well that means nothing. Yes, there are mods hosted there... k. There's also a Fan Games section and a Classic LucasArts section. You know that I'd love to put ScummVM up there too... I'm tempted to but I fear the nasty letter of doom. Bah. LucasFiles isnt perfect but its silly of you to fall for marketing.
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The TLF (Tighter Leash Factor) is definitely present but that's not the main reason. I mean, two years ago you'd never see LucasArts granting interviews to sites like The Grim Fandango Network and the Clearly Unofficial Monkey Island Website... They have opened up quite a bit (for instance they recently hired someone on full time as an Internet/Fan Community Relations person whose sole purpose is to help out small fansites), though obviously not fully (see: ScummVM). Still, big steps have been made by them. Us fansite webmasters are enjoying it... though its still nowhere near perfect.
Yeah, thats why LucasForums (which, like LucasFiles, is run by fans at LFNetwork.com, not lucasarts) still has Jedi Knight, XWing Alliance, Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, and (oh my) SCUMM hacking... Oops, they're run by fans of the old games, not by LucasArts.
I completely agree with this. I think LucasLegal needs to give it up... ScummVM helps their fans and their bottom line. Though I don't know how excited any of them get when "Monkey Island 1 - ScummVM edition *winxp compatible!*" shows up on newsgroups. And it has.
Hahahaha ow my face, Jesus! I made that "classics" category last night out of boredom. I haven't put any of the files I uploaded into the database yet because they were uploading overnight thanks to my DSL's 15k/sec upload cap... then I went to work. No, not to LucasArts (I wish... or do I), but to my hardware QA job that has entirely nothing to do with Lucas at all.
About those files.... Sorry that "they" havent gotten around to it. Oops, maybe this truly is a fan-run free time project. Ass.
Jake
Just writing to let those interested know that while LucasArts put out the press release, and supports the site, LucasFiles was conceived and created by, and is and will be maintained by the LucasArts fan community. They didn't make it, they don't run it, and for the most part they don't dictate what we choose to and choose not to post.
Yes, we have been talking to them along the way, and bits of the site was made in a way that would suit the notorious Lucas Legal (most importantly the disclaimers you agree to when uploading and downloading a file). That "little bit" aside, it's our site.
That doesn't mean they can't decide how they're going to promote it. Their press release and the small blurb on the main page of LucasArts.com says that it's "home to mods of LucasArts games," but that's not the limit of the scope of LucasFiles.
In addition to mods, we can also host full-on fangames that don't require, say, Jedi Outcast, to run. Odds are we could host fan games that aren't even related to Star Wars (probably not fan games of the sequel-knockoff variety, I'm talking original stuff)... And, we're also working to reach into the depths of our hard drives and long abandonned file download areas to find some classic stuff that was formerly hard to get your hands on (for instance, old promos and demos relating to Sam & Max hit the road, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, the Monkey Island series etc etc etc as well as some Lucas titles that are "classics" for entirely different reasons... like Force Commander and Yoda Stories ).
Anyway, by limiting LucasFiles to "another Mod site" or claiming it is LucasArts's own site, made in an attempt to woo you into not noticing some other evil, for one you're wrong, and for two you're really pigeonholeing something the fan community's been after for quite some time. Its amazing to see LucasArts as excited about it as we are (and they are).
Jake
designer, lfnetwork.com
webmaster, mixnmojo.com
Now Endy, come on here. LucasFiles is more than just an FPS mod dumping grounds. And I thought the "come make your home on LucasFiles" offer was more or less LEC trying to tighten the leash, not save scummvm.
Just because LucasArts PR is pushing the game mods aspect of LucasFiles... well that means nothing. Yes, there are mods hosted there... k. There's also a Fan Games section and a Classic LucasArts section. You know that I'd love to put ScummVM up there too... I'm tempted to but I fear the nasty letter of doom. Bah. LucasFiles isnt perfect but its silly of you to fall for marketing.
Jake
jake@mixnmojo.com
designer, lucasfiles.com
channel toadie, #scummvm