[Duppin]

I had a flame written up, but I'll just say this instead:

What you describe is not how I remember things being, at first; but I don't have the level of e-grudge against Brad that a lot of folks here do, and perhaps I saw his early posts in a different light than you did.

Was he here to sell his product? You bet. So is every single dev that has ever, or will ever, post here, even the ones currently being lionized (and deservedly so, I think that Nino did the best he could in an incredibly difficult situation and he'll be a real asset to SOE or whoever else he ends up with in the long term).

It's easy to paint him as the great Satan of gaming, but I think in the end he just had very large ideas that he had no idea how to effectively put into practice.