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Old 03-09-2008, 07:29 PM   #3031 (permalink)
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The only way we can fail is if we find a way to screw this up in an epic way internally.
I trust him because he said "epic way" but what he was thinking was "man we better not get an epic fail..."
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Old 03-09-2008, 09:25 PM   #3032 (permalink)
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I think I'm looking forward to the novels as much as the game now.

Curt had some pretty quotable lines in there as well, good stuff.
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Old 03-09-2008, 11:10 PM   #3033 (permalink)
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Curt is talking big words. This is going to be interesting to see how this plays out. There is alot of confidence in his posts. Almost cocky.
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Old 03-09-2008, 11:13 PM   #3034 (permalink)
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Curt is talking big words. This is going to be interesting to see how this plays out. There is alot of confidence in his posts. Almost cocky.
I do the same exact thing. It pushes yourself to be better because you are forced to with what words you are throwing around. Even though it gets you into trouble it makes you strive to be the best.

That's my take on it at least.
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Old 03-10-2008, 12:31 AM   #3035 (permalink)
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Some priceless quotes by Curt. Hate him as a ballplayer (Cardinal fan ;p), liking him as a person. Praying he delivers.
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Old 03-10-2008, 04:41 AM   #3036 (permalink)
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I do the same exact thing. It pushes yourself to be better because you are forced to with what words you are throwing around. Even though it gets you into trouble it makes you strive to be the best.

That's my take on it at least.
Haha well, we saw that hyping things up too much can backfire spectacularly. Pardo never ever hyped WoW - I wish he did talk more though, expecially about his philosophy of design.
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Old 03-10-2008, 06:58 AM   #3037 (permalink)
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The only way we can fail is if we find a way to screw this up in an epic way internally.
This board's favorite whipping boy was an epic tale of how to "screw this up in an epic way internally". Actually, is there an MMO that failed due to external reasons? No, being "forced to release early" doesn't count without a very good explanation.
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Old 03-10-2008, 09:04 AM   #3038 (permalink)
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A: I did. I’m not a sci-fi guy but I really like the things they did. I met with Richard Garriott. He’s a nice guy. It’s one of those things. I frigging played with Cal Ripken. Who’s Richard Garriott?
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Haha well, we saw that hyping things up too much can backfire spectacularly. Pardo never ever hyped WoW - I wish he did talk more though, expecially about his philosophy of design.
At the end of the day it does not matter in the slightest though how cocky or not cocky you are. What matters is the product you put out there. You can be cocky as hell and if you produce a great product then people will play it. You can be totally un-cocky and produce a crap product and really who cares whether you were totally humble, the game still sucks and noone will play it.

At the end of the day what matters is the product. Pardo's humbleness means diddly squat, what matters is the game ended up being really good.

The only reason cockyness backfires is some people in this industry get all cocky and then produce a crap product. The important determining factor in that is not the cockyness, it is the crap product.
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The only reason cockyness backfires is some people in this industry get all cocky and then produce a crap product. The important determining factor in that is not the cockyness, it is the crap product.
Who the hell would ever do something like that ?
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Being cocky has no real plus sides. If the game is good, you will be heralded either way. If it is bad, then you set yourself up to be Romero, Molyneux, McQuaid... and that's bad. It's almost unrecoverable. If you are quiet and fail at least you can be humble about it, claim to have learned from your mistakes and then try again.
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Who the hell would ever do something like that ?
I am not going to name any Brad McNames.
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Old 03-10-2008, 02:12 PM   #3043 (permalink)
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Clever sir. Very clever.
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Old 03-10-2008, 07:17 PM   #3044 (permalink)
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Being cocky has no real plus sides. If the game is good, you will be heralded either way. If it is bad, then you set yourself up to be Romero, Molyneux, McQuaid... and that's bad. It's almost unrecoverable. If you are quiet and fail at least you can be humble about it, claim to have learned from your mistakes and then try again.
Derail, but I don't think you can put Molyneux in with McQuaid and Romero.
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