Interview with David Simmonds (2012) - Promises & Announcements reviewed

I had a feeling this interview was going to come back and bite David Simmonds/MindArk/PPs and the players who posted in defending Entropia in the arse one day. Never the less McCormick your always one to make us laugh at such things. The future is always near *laugh*

I did laugh at the whole sandbox thing *sigh* Never the less, some are starting to catchup to what a sandbox is. Not quite there yet but getting closer anyway, eg. ArcheAge. At least they have "enough" elements to start calling their game a sandbox game to a greater extent.

Not sure if it is your sort of game, I know your still passionate about Entropia as a lot of us are, but maybe the thread I created on ArcheAge may cheer you up a little, idk it may be something to alleviate the distain MindArk continues to create over a lost prospect and the true potential it had having flown right on by.

I will post a podcast there also too, maybe you will get a better understanding of various things.

PS. Just trying to help, I know your angry, upset and frustrated - Even entertained at how ridiculous it has all become to-date. But really you will only drive yourself batty without some sort of alternate nourishment than this ruined by MA sideshow cart called EU that escaped a themepark called PE burnt down by MA. For now anything MA touches "for the most part" turns to This is being worked on, if it gets anywhere, who knows .... < Maybe put some ideas in this thread of your own ?

Once the above is rectified then rebuilding "may" occur in the "near future" how "near" that "future" is is anyones guess. One step at a time and with the correct foot to placed first, first

 

These are the things brought to light that define historically what the results are ... or aren't. When you can take statements like these directly from the mouth of MindArk, and years later present them to show what was or wasn't done, the results are irrefutable.

Thanks for the laugh McC, and for sharing facts that so many of us refer to in our discussions of why this universe is in dire need of more than just something "being on paper" and a lot of words that we have come to regard as really not meaning much based on experiences over the years.

No matter how much we continue to be vocal about the "State of the Universe" (and many at other forums are just as verbose) ... caring is the other thing that we have been consistent with in wanting things to be better ... for players, for game-play, and for the developers to either stop making statements that end up not being worth the effort to put into print, or follow through in a timely manner and not continue to refer to everything coming "in the near future" ... because the near future has come and gone many times over already.

 

Mr McCormick I see you are right back on form! That give me a huge laugh so thank you! I particularly liked

Genius!

Still, thinking about this, all these problems of MA promising the moon and then a few years later all that happened is the moon got a lot bigger could simply be alleviated if they just shut the fuck up about the future and ONLY talked about what they are actually doing RIGHT NOW. My proposition to MindArk therefore is stop letting David Simmonds or any other higher up talk about Entropia. Instead, walk out of the office, go into the main area and find anyone who has some code or art on their screen. Tap them on the shoulder, turn them around and ask them to stop what they are doing and spend the next half hour writing a blog post on what they've been doing for the last week or so.

Then post that. It will still be news to us as chances are that update won't have been released yet. At least that way though MA will be talking about things that are ACTUALLY happening rather than some made up idealised view of the future that will never realistically be implemented.

Wistrel

PS if you are listening MA, where are my mob inhabiting pills?