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torrent495 · 05-16-2007, 12:43 PM

Ok, so here's the (potential) goodies we have got so far on Vanguard:

1. For 95% of the project there was only one QA tester
2. Sigil faked the game demos they presented to Microsoft
3. The development tools were terrible; there was not even a scripting language, which was rejected by management
4. A handful of incompetent decision makers at Sigil controlled development and stifled dissent
5. Brad McQuaid never once played World of Warcraft
6. Brad McQuaid was MIA in the Sigil offices for the last eight months, while simulataneously and actively posting on message boards here and elsewhere about how great Vanguard was going to be, etc.
7. Brad McQuaid, CEO and founder of Sigil, does not even show up for the massive parking lot firing of half of own his employees, choosing to delegate the task to underlings instead
8. Vanguard goes up against the WoW expansion and crashes and burns. Brad McQuaid, ex-SOE employee, is forced to sell his company back to the place he originally left. He is now a "creative consultant" on the project.
9. John Smedley and SOE make out like bandits, while what remains of the Vanguard team is gutted and the game is destined forever to be a mediocre failure

Have I missed anything in this perfect tragedy?

05-16-2007, 12:43 PM	#774 (permalink)
torrent495 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 150 +0 Internets	Let's recap! Ok, so here's the (potential) goodies we have got so far on Vanguard: 1. For 95% of the project there was only one QA tester 2. Sigil faked the game demos they presented to Microsoft 3. The development tools were terrible; there was not even a scripting language, which was rejected by management 4. A handful of incompetent decision makers at Sigil controlled development and stifled dissent 5. Brad McQuaid never once played World of Warcraft 6. Brad McQuaid was MIA in the Sigil offices for the last eight months, while simulataneously and actively posting on message boards here and elsewhere about how great Vanguard was going to be, etc. 7. Brad McQuaid, CEO and founder of Sigil, does not even show up for the massive parking lot firing of half of own his employees, choosing to delegate the task to underlings instead 8. Vanguard goes up against the WoW expansion and crashes and burns. Brad McQuaid, ex-SOE employee, is forced to sell his company back to the place he originally left. He is now a "creative consultant" on the project. 9. John Smedley and SOE make out like bandits, while what remains of the Vanguard team is gutted and the game is destined forever to be a mediocre failure Have I missed anything in this perfect tragedy?