3081

It took a wrong turn in Albuquerque.

3082

Very disappointed in RPS especially. Selectively posting random shit from discussion forums is weak. Not surprising in and of itself, but the fact that certain sites would do it is sad. I wish there were a prior save of this thread that we could load and replay some of these turns.

3083

There’s no saving and reloading of games in MMOs.

3084

It was a shithead move, but I’m not sure the context is all that relevant. In context, Brad’s response was still just as bad. Worse, even, given that he was responding to some excellent posts.

3085

Touché

3086

The shithead movedness is enough for me. Even without the context.

3087

I’ve also had quotes from me on forums quoted out of context at various sites. Its not fun, but I don’t think there is anything that can be done about it, and nowadays I write alot less in the open.

3088

QT3 is the new .plan file!

3089

So the real context is he didn’t want people in just Qt3 who didn’t consider it ready for release to stop buying his games and not the entire gaming community?

How can we ever criticize anyone for anything if the counter-argument is “you didn’t see the pages and pages of vitriol that baited him into saying that!”?

3090

I’d argue the context is relevant, because its not indicative of how Stardock treats its customers and it’s certainly not par for the course for Brad. It’s indicative of a frustrated sleep-deprived dude trying to wrangle a huge mess who has otherwise been very receptive to criticism.

Brad’s response was bad, and yeah, it was public. But it’s not newsworthy and lifting it out of my forum to make a provocative post demonstrates a real lack of regard for this forum. Which, I suppose, I shouldn’t expect from whoever the fuck Quintin Smith is. What does he care about Qt3? But Tom Francis/Pentadact is a member of this community. What kind of asshole treats his community that way? Tom Francis. That’s what kind of asshole.

 -Tom
3091

Ok question now, should I buy it on friday? Im sorry this has turned out to be such a fucking mess.

3092

Depends. If you want a smooth, polished experience I would advise waiting a month or so and see how things are then. If you don’t mind some warts and growing pains along the way, you’re probably alright to get it now.

Be advised, though, that there’s a segment of people out there still having stability problems. I’m not one of them, thankfully, but there’s several in this thread so there’s definitely a problem out there.

3093

Probably not.

Wait a bit, I’m thinking about returning the game.

I think as a game developer, you should keep an positive attitude even when there are tons of complaint about your game, people complains because they care about your product.

when there are no complains then you should really start worrying because people just give up and apathy sets in. I’m currently close between not caring and apathy, I purchased Demigod/Sins of solar empire/Elemental, usually on day 1.

Will I buy another Stardock game in the future? Probably not.

3094

PC Gamer is the Fox News of gaming journalism.

3095

You’ve never quoted anything out of a forum for a news post?

3096

You’re being a little disingenuous, don’t you think?

3097 

-Tom
3098

The next time a games journalists complains about having to interview a developer whose leash is being held short by a PR flack, point them to the PC Gamer & RPS posts about Wardell’s comment.

3099

im more then willing to put up with a few issues, if its playable then I think I may take the bait.

Hell I got Battlecuiser 3000 on day one!!!

3100

Maybe a developer shouldn’t post epic screeds on what rights gamers should have before unleashing a shambling mess on the public. Maybe some companies should go true indie and forgo retail markets and spend more time on a product instead of trying to hit launch windows.