ZOMG A Clue!

#1 written by Vasion
about 4 years ago

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Fix L2 for me, please?

#2 written by Heartless Gamer
about 4 years ago

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Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.

#3 written by winter
about 4 years ago

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Once you’re done with L2 please kill Jack Emmert and fix CoH.

#4 written by Heartless Gamer
about 4 years ago

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And the question is whats in the top half of the picture thats been removed -_o

#5 written by Nicademus
about 4 years ago

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Dude… doesn’t NCSOFT own the rights to Fallout????

If you FIX MY DEATHCLAWS DAMMIT!!!!!!!!

#6 written by scottj
about 4 years ago

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> And the question is whats in the top half of the picture thats been removed

The guy who I share an office with, who may not be enthused about the Internet triangulating coordinates to find him.

#7 written by Erkht
about 4 years ago

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Welcome to the City of Bagels!

Meanwhile, in a darkened room deep in the bowels of NCSoft’s Lair, Lum and the brothers Garriott plot the takeover of UO.. Their goal: to finally create UO3D via outsourcing to Vulcan, why? Only the Vulcans have a hope of finding logic in building a top-down world in true 3D..

Whatever, congrads Lum!!!

#8 written by Jason Ballew
about 4 years ago

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Congrats, Scott. Hope NCSoft is good to you.

#9 written by Murgos
about 4 years ago

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So, I guess this is sort of like a blank slate for you?

#10 written by MissFruityPie
about 4 years ago

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The bagel has landed. Congratulations!

#11 written by scottj
about 4 years ago

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> So, I guess this is sort of like a blank slate for you?

Hah hah… no, I’m REALLY on a blank slate, I’m not on any currently announced or even rumored project.

#12 written by Kaalinn
about 4 years ago

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Omg! And John Romero said he’s working on a MMO too!
It’s a conspiracy by NC to create the only other game that will remain after Spore is released!

#13 written by Georgia
about 4 years ago

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Grats scotticus You bastage! You didn’t even tell me you left town yet Mo and I wanted to take you guys out for dinner.

#14 written by Wayabvpar
about 4 years ago

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Glad you survived the trip! Looking forward to hearing what you are working on when A) you find out, and B) you can tell us without killing us.

#15 written by Jenn
about 4 years ago

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I knew I should’ve joined the pool when I had the chance. A winner is me… but probably you. I hope they treat you well and congrats

#16 written by Technogeek
about 4 years ago

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> Dude\’e2\’80\’a6 doesn\’e2\’80\’99t NCSOFT own the rights to Fallout????

> If you FIX MY DEATHCLAWS DAMMIT!!!!!!!!

No, that’s Bethesda.

#17 written by Freakazoid
about 4 years ago

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Part of me kinda hoped you’d work at Wolfpack. Even though I didn’t play shadowbane, a shadowbane 2 under your guidance would’ve been awesome.

Enjoy working on whatever this blank slate will be. Who knows? Maybe they’ll make you lead designer of CoH or even L2 and you can fix them for great justice!

#18 written by Staarkhand
about 4 years ago

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My initial reaction is to not equate ‘lead designer for flagship title’ with ‘shares a cube’. Am I just that out of touch with the realities of the game design business?

I know a lot of people thought Mark Jacobs worked for you, doubtlessly resulting in your receiving a disproportionate amount of hate mail from nerfed zerkers. Just want to avoid that misconception following you to this job.

#19 written by Apache
about 4 years ago

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Maybe it’s with Lord British

#20 written by Soulflame
about 4 years ago

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I eagerly await Dear Leader Online!

#21 written by scottj
about 4 years ago

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> My initial reaction is to not equate \’e2\’80\’98lead designer for flagship title\’e2\’80\’99
> with \’e2\’80\’99shares a cube\’e2\’80\’99.

Office, not cube. Snif.

#22 written by Merusk
about 4 years ago

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OOh NcSoft. Nice dismount, but will you stick the landing?

#23 written by Heartless Gamer
about 4 years ago

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I hear cubes are the new office. Kind of like pink is the new purple.

#24 written by krones
about 4 years ago

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> The bagel has landed. Congratulations!

Classic.

#25 written by scarshapedstar
about 4 years ago

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I was hoping for CCP. EVE blows everything I’ve played out of the water.

With the possible exception, of course, of pre-Trammel UO, praise-and-blessings-be-upon-its-name.

#26 written by Hawken
about 4 years ago

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Congrats Scott, wishing you and your family the best.

#27 written by Apache
about 4 years ago

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I dont think lum would move to iceland :p

#28 written by 3 Stacked Midgets
about 4 years ago

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Toss a harpoon at Garriot for the team!

#29 written by Jiffy
about 4 years ago

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The circle is now complete. What has started with Garriott, has now ended with him. ^^

#30 written by Formica
about 4 years ago

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> I eagerly await Dear Leader Online!

When does beta signup start?

#31 written by scarshapedstar
about 4 years ago

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“I dont think lum would move to iceland :p”

But he’s… mad!

#32 written by Gil Avalon
about 4 years ago

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Woot! How about a 3D UO set in da future with pre Trammel ruleset?

#33 written by RedWick
about 4 years ago

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Those boxes on the name plate…they look almost like….

No, it couldn’t be…

Q-Bert Online…?

The mind boggles at the implications!

#34 written by J.
about 4 years ago

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http://www.damnedvulpine.com/archives/004520.html

Missed you at the party on Saturday.

http://www.austingamedevelopers.com/Events/

See you Friday.

#35 written by scarshapedstar
about 4 years ago

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“Woot! How about a 3D UO set in da future with pre Trammel ruleset?”

*cough* EVE *cough*

#36 written by Psychochild
about 4 years ago

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Staarkhand wrote:
My initial reaction is to not equate \’e2\’80\’98lead designer for flagship title\’e2\’80\’99 with \’e2\’80\’99shares a cube\’e2\’80\’99. Am I just that out of touch with the realities of the game design business?

Yeah, you’re a bit out of touch. At 3DO everyone was in a cube, even good ol’ Trip. Of course, top management cubes were along the windows and a bit larger than everyone else. Eventually they went even cheaper and seated most people in “bullpens”, which are 4 people sitting at each corner of a large cube. Thankfully, I left before that went into full effect.

Offices are rare, but a well-funded company like NCSoft probably has more than most. Sharing an office isn’t unusual, even outside the industry. A friend of mine that’s an associate at a big law firm shares an office with someone else.

The nice thing about working from home is having my own “office” in a spare bedroom.

Oh, and public congrats, Scott. Do something awesome for us.

Have fun,

#37 written by unbeliever
about 4 years ago

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damn am too late.

would have been fun to do a…

prize: games i have cd hacks for – civ4, aftershock etc.

game: guess what and where this gun toting idiot who was lum the mad will be working on.

myself i say he lefy because tweety told him its over, thats just me mind.

#38 written by unbeliever
about 4 years ago

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forgot to say, there goes NCSoft, they has such promise

#39 written by Andrew Crystall
about 4 years ago

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Cube? We have an open plan office here.

#40 written by Nick
about 4 years ago

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I haven’t been too impressed with NCSoft and destination-games. Tabula-However-you-spell-it-Rasa did a tripple backflip in mid-air, transforming from one game into something completely foreign. The initial pictures looked like an RPG from happy-happy-land and then the ending pictures looked like an rpg-based planetside.

A new 3D UO would be awesome. I think thats what Star Wars Galaxies started out to be, but it failed because Lucas put up too many barriers to content and the game was too much work to play. I don’t know if we’ll ever see another UO, and I don’t know if anyone would risk the money to make one.

At any rate, I want to wish Scott good luck at his new job. Hopefully he can find something fullfiilling, rewarding, and fun to work on.

#41 written by Dren
about 4 years ago

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I know what you are working on.

Five o’clock just like the rest of us. Except, at the end of the day, you have to release something more popular than WoW.

You might want to stay until 6:00.

#42 written by Azaroth
about 4 years ago

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Hm, well. I think they’ve made an intelligent hire.

Happen to be working with Big Tony, Scott?

#43 written by Atricks
about 4 years ago

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Congrats Scott, it was cool to see NCSoft and destination sign up several years ago and watch the Austin house grow. No with you it finally has grown up!

#44 written by Sumyung Guy
about 4 years ago

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First of all, CONGRATULATIONS! I hope you went *DING* and leveled up with that job change. Second:

***winter says on March 6th, 2006 at 4:01 pm:

Once you\’e2\’80\’99re done with L2 please kill Jack Emmert and fix CoH.
***

Actually, could you just get right to the fixing CoH part? I know everyone’s gotten all distracted with the big shiney of City of Villians, but ultimately CoH needs a LOT of work, NONE of it having to do with nerfing tankers.

Thanks.

P.S. (Yes, and to the crowd out there posting and reading the comments…my wife and I DID quit CoH SPECIFICALLY because our favorite characters were nerfed like mad with Issue 5 (I think it was 5, it was the one that nerfed the CRAP outta defenses across the board, along with a lot of other stuff).

#45 written by Demolira
about 4 years ago

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Shoot, that’s practically next door!

#46 written by Bitti
about 4 years ago

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Well, dang. You’re the first person to ever LEAVE northern Virginia.

#47 written by Gawain
about 4 years ago

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WOOT! NCSoft is my current favorite mmorpg company. Im excited now!

#48 written by dutch_gamer
about 4 years ago

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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8442

This is probably the new project Scott is working on. A new project nobody knew about and it gets mentioned only a few days after he got the job at NCSoft.

#49 written by scottj
about 4 years ago

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Nope.

I’m really not kidding. It’s nowhere near ready to be announced. Honest.

#50 written by =j
about 4 years ago

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MegaTraveller Online
WTFPWNO
Age Of Empires Online
Neko Neko Online
DN4EO
ItsNotLikeHeWouldAdmitItIfWeGuessedRight Online (INLHWAIIWGRO)

I hope it is the first, but in my heart of hearts, I know it is the last.

#51 written by Kaalinn
about 4 years ago

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what about “Taxi to Victory Online” ?

#52 written by Larry Lard
about 4 years ago

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Space Taxi Online! That could work!

#53 written by Bobwl
about 4 years ago

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Kreskin says – http://www.spacetimestudios.com/pages/main.html

Discuss

#54 written by Amber
about 4 years ago

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We have just begun a next-generation, AAA-scale MMO…

So…it’s either an MMO about those tiny batteries you never have around the house, or at long last NCSoft are going to develop “Roadside Assistance Online.”

So Scott…you did say you left Mythic on good terms, right? That could be important.

Amber

#55 written by Antarius
about 4 years ago

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Man, my heart sunk when I read “original IP” on the spacetimestudios website, I had secretly been hoping for a Wing Commander MMOG

#56 written by Aaron Lewis
about 4 years ago

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Bahahaha.. i called it!

#57 written by Pakka
about 4 years ago

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Congratz

I’m glad to hear you made it to Texas
I hope you enjoyed the small rain we had this weekend.

I don’t think I’ve left a message on here since I left DAoC, but I read a note on the AutoAssault boards indicating you had made a move so I went looking

Look forward to the next big thing, and glad your not associated with AA right now, as I think its going to fall down go boom

TTFN
Pakka

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