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Originally Posted by UnchainedAcolyte  I think Brad should be very thankful that the problems with VG don't end his chance at participating in developing MMO's in the future, and hopefully he will learn from the mistakes. |
Do you also hope for world peace?
Anyways, SoE is burning money on Vanguard just like Microsoft did and it's all because of a guy that's all show and no substance. SoE feared that Vanguard would kill EQ2 so they grabbed the chance to get their share and now they get a chance to buy the rest, so they will do that also because they are "pot committed". All of that was based on the misjudgement that Brad McQuaid could produce a good competitive MMO. The very same misjudgement that the Sigil fan-/playerbase is currently suffering from.
Brad McQuaid gets credit for producing a 3D version of the Sojourn MUD. Ever since that he has failed. His own ideas sucked and he couldn't build on his initial success. He is a one hit wonder and technically most of that hit was a cover anyways. What he is good at is promoting himself. That got him a contract with Microsoft and even a second one with SoE which can be considered as a true miracle. By now everyone should know that the Wizard of Norrath is the guy behind the curtain and he is clearly lacking supernatural powers. In comparison to the other players on the market, Fabled Aradune cons green.
