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Originally Posted by Kaylena  Well, they were kicked out of the beta as you know. Then people were feeding them information on the side due to the NDA. |
Not quite, but almost. I was in Beta 2 and stopped playing after something a few weeks. From then on I kept reading the Beta boards and even made a few suggestions, but after a rather long period of inactivity my access got shut down. If they tracked down my IP or if it happend in the process of Beta maintenance, I don't know. Still my main criticism was always based on conceptional flaws that were part of the core design and not open for drastical changes during later stages of the Beta.
As for Utnayan, he stopped posting on the subject after getting into the Beta out of respect for the NDA. This is no joke, you can follow the timeline of his postings and you will see.
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Originally Posted by Faith |
That's a really sad story. For me at least three conclusions can be drawn from it. If the boss is an idiot, it's always the employees who get shafted in the end. Brad's personality and his leadership abilities were pretty close to the profile I had in mind. Last but not least, Microsoft should sue Sigil for fraud, based on the fake product demonstrations.
Finally I want to say that in the beginning I was very optimistic about Vanguard. Like many others I had an account on the SGO board and like many others I made a few suggestions and took part in the discussion. It all changed at one specific point and that was when this screenshot got released (around E3 2005, if I remember correctly):
This screenshot gave me reason for concern, so I tried to obtain more information about the game. Unfortunately everything I could find confirmed my opinion that this game was heading in the wrong direction and unfortunately nothing happend ever since to cast doubt on this conclusion. It was just a steady process of going downhill.
Lately I found another weird thing which somehow puts the whole story in a nutshell. It's about the first unofficial Alpha screenshot that got leaked years ago and Brad trying to recreate the scenario much later in Beta 3. When I compare those screenshots, I have to admit that I like the Alpha version much more. If you had a choice, in which scenario would you want to play?
Anyways, for me those two screenshots in a way show that Vanguard just got worse and worse the longer it took...
