He was just flustered and we laughed - it was one of those things where things get out of hand and it becomes a tempest in a teacup. Sometimes even sane people get a little crazy.
Unfortunately, it's typically a condition of sale that key personnel stay on after transfer for X number of years. That way, they don't have the people who made the company profitable in the first place up and bail the moment they get the cash - nobody wants to buy a company only to have it gut itself of all the competent people.
Sadly, it's very enticing to sell out. Money talks and rich men who want to be richer will always seek out talented people doing good work, so they can benefit from them. For the talent, it's great - they get more money than they could ever have expected and then get support to produce the sort of work they're passionate about. But then the money men start demanding return on investment and guaranteed dividends and suddenly it doesn't look like art, but it looks like work... work for someone who doesn't give a shit how fun the game is. Suddenly you have two different groups of people wanting two different things. But without the executives, the talent would never be able to have the support they need to make the games in the first place. It's this way in every field of human endeavour.
Also, there is more emphasis on making games that are hollywood blockbuster-esque titles, which are 'reliable' than on innovative small games that cost a fraction of the price. This is why small indie developers are gradually gaining a foothold in the market - their development costs don't run into 7 digits, but they can still make money. And, because they are focusing on fun gameplay mechanics first and foremost (rather than catering to an existing segment), their appeal is broader and longer-lived.
Engineer here - I wish I could say that you were right about engineers. Believe you me, we have just as many argumemts; however, the stakes are often higher and so the politics fall by the wayside in the face of numbers and simulation. That doesn't mean trivial things don't blow out of proportion, though...
Bizarrely, the first spat I was involved in at my current place of employment revolved around whether a stiffening section could be correctly referred to as a 'truss' (as I called it), or whether it was a 'strut' (as my boss called it). I pointed out that a truss is made up of struts, but I was quickly admonished by my boss and told that a truss consists of pin-jointed members only, whereas this was a single piece of material with cutouts in it and it therefore could not be a truss. Now, I disagreed and cited numerous texts which provide examples of trusses (such as the box truss) which support moments at corners - and that was when my boss fired me. As it was, we realised that it was ridiculous and I was immediately rehired, but you can see how something as minor as terminology can get out of hand. Ultimately, we compromised and referred to it as a 'web' in the documentation.
How can you be nostalgic for something you weren't there to experience? You might have an affinity for an older and apparently simpler time (eg. ren faire), but you can't be nostalgic for it. Unless, of course, you're nostalgic for the time when you used to go to ren faires, but now you don't and your long for the past days of fun with your playtron friends as you wandered through the fields dressed like extras from the Princess Bride.
Ditto - I've been away from home for 2 years now in the relatively civilised wilds of a first world nation and in a rapidly developing third world nation. I agree entirely - there's no place like home. You don't know how good you have it in Oz until you leave. We really are the lucky country.
I hate to put myself in the firing line, but why? Does it matter what people enjoy, so long as they don't hurt you? More than just a knee-jerk reaction of "But it's WRONG!", why? What is the harm to you? And if they aren't harming you... why complain about it?
And before anyone mentions "But it harms the viewers!" ask yourself why anyone should have any say in what you choose to do to yourself.
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Yeah!
Something with a GUI front end, and separate windows for each program... and a start menu.
Oh, wait.
You know... god forbid they should take their time and think carefully about giving away a heap-ton of money. It's their cash, it's up to them to decide when they'll hand it out.
The problem is that we all still bear the mental scars of seeing that guy with a beard cosplaying sailor moon... the memories... oh god. It's like nam flashbacks.
And you know what? It's his right to do any of those things. Just because people want to make him a celebrity doesn't mean that he shares their plans. Maybe he doesn't care about being famous, maybe he cares for his mother, maybe he likes long times of quiet contemplation in which to think, rather than the incessant rat race din that accompanies pretty much any other mode of life?
You know what? Maybe he's not the one with issues. Maybe we are.
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You know, I agree with you. I suspect the most dangerous thing you can teach kids in an American classroom is the true history of their forefathers.
He was just flustered and we laughed - it was one of those things where things get out of hand and it becomes a tempest in a teacup. Sometimes even sane people get a little crazy.
Unfortunately, it's typically a condition of sale that key personnel stay on after transfer for X number of years. That way, they don't have the people who made the company profitable in the first place up and bail the moment they get the cash - nobody wants to buy a company only to have it gut itself of all the competent people.
Sadly, it's very enticing to sell out. Money talks and rich men who want to be richer will always seek out talented people doing good work, so they can benefit from them. For the talent, it's great - they get more money than they could ever have expected and then get support to produce the sort of work they're passionate about. But then the money men start demanding return on investment and guaranteed dividends and suddenly it doesn't look like art, but it looks like work... work for someone who doesn't give a shit how fun the game is. Suddenly you have two different groups of people wanting two different things. But without the executives, the talent would never be able to have the support they need to make the games in the first place. It's this way in every field of human endeavour.
I fail to see how a working lobby, lag-free play and server stability would detract from the story-line.
Also, there is more emphasis on making games that are hollywood blockbuster-esque titles, which are 'reliable' than on innovative small games that cost a fraction of the price. This is why small indie developers are gradually gaining a foothold in the market - their development costs don't run into 7 digits, but they can still make money. And, because they are focusing on fun gameplay mechanics first and foremost (rather than catering to an existing segment), their appeal is broader and longer-lived.
Engineer here - I wish I could say that you were right about engineers. Believe you me, we have just as many argumemts; however, the stakes are often higher and so the politics fall by the wayside in the face of numbers and simulation. That doesn't mean trivial things don't blow out of proportion, though...
Bizarrely, the first spat I was involved in at my current place of employment revolved around whether a stiffening section could be correctly referred to as a 'truss' (as I called it), or whether it was a 'strut' (as my boss called it). I pointed out that a truss is made up of struts, but I was quickly admonished by my boss and told that a truss consists of pin-jointed members only, whereas this was a single piece of material with cutouts in it and it therefore could not be a truss. Now, I disagreed and cited numerous texts which provide examples of trusses (such as the box truss) which support moments at corners - and that was when my boss fired me. As it was, we realised that it was ridiculous and I was immediately rehired, but you can see how something as minor as terminology can get out of hand. Ultimately, we compromised and referred to it as a 'web' in the documentation.
How can you be nostalgic for something you weren't there to experience? You might have an affinity for an older and apparently simpler time (eg. ren faire), but you can't be nostalgic for it. Unless, of course, you're nostalgic for the time when you used to go to ren faires, but now you don't and your long for the past days of fun with your playtron friends as you wandered through the fields dressed like extras from the Princess Bride.
Ditto - I've been away from home for 2 years now in the relatively civilised wilds of a first world nation and in a rapidly developing third world nation. I agree entirely - there's no place like home. You don't know how good you have it in Oz until you leave. We really are the lucky country.
Let me know how the cane toad fillets work out.
And what an improvement it is!
I hate to put myself in the firing line, but why? Does it matter what people enjoy, so long as they don't hurt you? More than just a knee-jerk reaction of "But it's WRONG!", why? What is the harm to you? And if they aren't harming you... why complain about it?
And before anyone mentions "But it harms the viewers!" ask yourself why anyone should have any say in what you choose to do to yourself.
Yeah! Something with a GUI front end, and separate windows for each program... and a start menu. Oh, wait.
Thank god they got it closed before it became an ecological disaster.
Oh wait...
Milo: "You look like you're trying to play a game - would you like to use a template?"
That's why we have marketing campaigns with budgets reaching tens of millions of dollars. Knowledge of existence isn't the goal - it's mindshare.
You know... god forbid they should take their time and think carefully about giving away a heap-ton of money. It's their cash, it's up to them to decide when they'll hand it out.
They haven't yet resolved the hanging chad ambiguity problem.
I said - "Excuse me, I'm in a hurry!"
Don't worry. It won't take long.
No - they were looking at deltas in the testosterone measurement, not absolute values.
I think you'll find it's A*B = C. If C is greater than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
The problem is that we all still bear the mental scars of seeing that guy with a beard cosplaying sailor moon... the memories... oh god. It's like nam flashbacks.
If you bring him 10 rat tails he will give you a medallion of +1 dexterity.
This was a triumph. I'm making a note here.
And you know what? It's his right to do any of those things. Just because people want to make him a celebrity doesn't mean that he shares their plans. Maybe he doesn't care about being famous, maybe he cares for his mother, maybe he likes long times of quiet contemplation in which to think, rather than the incessant rat race din that accompanies pretty much any other mode of life?
You know what? Maybe he's not the one with issues. Maybe we are.