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ymenar

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by ymenar » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 06:16:37


> They are approaching Duke Nukem Forever status.

Nah, I think it's DNF that is approaching a West Bros. status ;-D

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by ymenar » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 06:18:50


> You overestimate the importance of this ng. First, there is never a
> general consensus about anything (GP4 sales vs. ng verdict).

Well people still go see Adam Sandler ***movies, that doesn't make them
better then a gem that made 15 million dollars at the B.O.  GP4 sold (at a
much lesser rate then any previous Crammond title) but it had negative press
and is a shame and one of the worst product ever in it's *** era.

The question is, do the teddy bears come with slots for E-cards??? <G>

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by Darf » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:41:48

Why is it that when you don't really care too much about the release of
certain software, it is released quickly?
When you are*** from a cliff waiting for a software release it takes
forever. I have never wanted 2 pieces of software to be released more than
Racing Legends and Duke Nukem Forever.
Maybe they should rename it Duke Nukem Never :-)

Darf



> > They are approaching Duke Nukem Forever status.

> Nah, I think it's DNF that is approaching a West Bros. status ;-D

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by Darf » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:45:23

Apparently, they come with a slot, but there is a problem with the initial
Batch of Teddies, the e-cards wont swipe :-)

Darf



> The question is, do the teddy bears come with slots for E-cards??? <G>

ymenar

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by ymenar » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:48:59


> Why is it that when you don't really care too much about the release of
> certain software, it is released quickly?

Well, BC3000ad took a long time ;-)

Duke Nukem : Racing Legends?  LOL it kinda goes along with my fantasy of
having a first-person shooter in some sort of racing world.  Carmageddon
pushed to the extreme, but on a racing track!  I'm sure EA must have had
some plans about such a game for their NASCAR license <G>

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by Eldre » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:00:50




>> They are approaching Duke Nukem Forever status.

>Nah, I think it's DNF that is approaching a West Bros. status ;-D

Hmm...that might be more appropriate than you thought...
DNF - DidNotFinish...:-)

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by Jussi 'Igor' Koukk » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:36:34


wrote somtehing like this:

Umm... I thought they left all of the WSC code behind, and started
from scratch with RL? So they haven't really worked on RL for 3
years...

BTW, LFS team worked on LFS for over a year before publishing the
demo.

I'd like to see RL finished, but when looking at the West website...
well, seems like they'll have their hands full if they're gonna
include all those features...
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John Pancoas

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by John Pancoas » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:11:26


> On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 00:30:43 -0400, "Mike Beauchamp"

> >Agreed.. I know I've only been here for about a year now and I don't know
> >the history RAS seems to have with these West guys.

> >But I gotta say, all the negativity on this board towards RL would really
> >suck if I was in their position. I mean, they are trying to make a game
for
> >us, it'd just be really discouraging reading on RAS people telling
newbies
> >how the game is "never going to come out" and all that.
> Mike,

> The problem is that the West's have been yapping for years now and
> haven't shown one piece of working code.  All talk about revised
> physics, etc, etc.  They have shown some beautiful renderings of cars
> and some on track screen shots but that's it.  I find the whole thing
> laughable now. Teddy bears for sale??? Jesus.  They are approaching
> Duke Nukem Forever status.  I will buy the sim if it ever sees the
> light of day but I won't fund something that hasn't even shown an
> alpha code base to exist.

> The Live for Speed folks have done the right thing IMHO.  Low profile,
> no BS and then produce an alpha test product for the WORLD to see. Now
> those guys are doing something.

> Until then,  GPL.

  Yep.  And they could have avoided all the, deserved imo, comments if they
too had kept a low profile like the LFS folks.  So, since they didn't, I
don't feel a bit sorry for them.

John

Dan Leac

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by Dan Leac » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:47:55

No they never promised a release date and never set a date on the demo. And
the reason we dont have wsc is cause of empire not the wests ..i know ppl
that have driven it and can assure u that altho it was scrapped it was a
very quality product.
 dan




> >   The wests never issued any promises about wsc or rl except they wanted
to
> >  finish the stated projects. The silly rumours and expextations have ALL
> > come
> >  from idiots in the sim racing community. Many of the stupid ppl in here
and
> >  on rsc/highgear and in vroc created all the various rumours...not the
wests
> >  themselves
> >    dan

> So the Wests never promised a release date for WSC? Or a demo? Why are
> you defending these guys who have been "working" on something for 3
> years and haven't got ANYTHING to show for it?

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Doug Elliso

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by Doug Elliso » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 00:05:37

What on EARTH are you talking about?

Doug

Joe M

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by Joe M » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 00:14:23


Dan,

I find this comment a bit funny.  Blame it on Empire, the big bad profit
hungry corporation.  History and common sense tells us that a specialized
*** product (that WSC purported to be) is an unlikely commercial
success.  Are we to believe Empire misrepresented their intentions to *dumb
down* the game for mainstream consumption in order to "trick" the West Bros.
to sign on with them as distributor?   I certainly have no inside info but
common sense would indicate that the West's needed Empire far more than
Empire needed the West's.

A likely scenario is that the West Bros. desperately needed a distributor
with some development $CASH$ to keep WSC alive (after losing their first
distributor - I cannot remember the details).  I also suspect it was the
West Bros. who induced Empire by offering to dumb down the game to make it
more marketable.  Finally, I suspect that the West's realized they were
"selling out" somewhere along the way (by compromising their "vision") and
refused to finish the game for Empire thus leading to their split.

BTW, I'm rooting for these guys and have been optimistic and favorable
towards them until now.  I now wish they would stop talking about the game
and just get a demo out ASAP.  Lot's of flash so far with no substance.  The
time spent on that website could have been better utilized.

I also find the merchandising angle amateurish.  If they think selling
trinkets will raise enough capital to hire programmers and buy new
equipment, I have less faith then ever that RL will see the light of day.
This falls well short of investment banking 101 for capital investment
ideas. ;0)  It seems that they lack a very important quality: business
sense.  All the programming talent in the world will not overcome that
deficiency.

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> > >   The wests never issued any promises about wsc or rl except they
wanted
> to
> > >  finish the stated projects. The silly rumours and expextations have
ALL
> > > come
> > >  from idiots in the sim racing community. Many of the stupid ppl in
here
> and
> > >  on rsc/highgear and in vroc created all the various rumours...not the
> wests
> > >  themselves
> > >    dan

> > So the Wests never promised a release date for WSC? Or a demo? Why are
> > you defending these guys who have been "working" on something for 3
> > years and haven't got ANYTHING to show for it?

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Goy Larse

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by Goy Larse » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 01:43:53



> >LOL  Yeah Doug, shame the CD they'd be waving wasn't even their's!  Get a
> >grip dude.

> "The Sound of Music" soundtrack CD?

"The hills are alive, with the sound of music"......oh, sorry, got a bit
carried away there

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Ric Seyle

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by Ric Seyle » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 03:34:58

Or some *** Teddy lips! hahahahahaha


> Well, I *could* use a new smoking jacket....



> > Can I interest you in a nice hat or a T shirt then?
> > :-)

> > Darf

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Eldre

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by Eldre » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 05:26:55



>>I think if they can get out even a basic demo it would
>> got a long way in winning over a suspicious group

>Not even a full retail CD waved in their faces would convince some people
>that it's not an elaborate hoax.  Some people are worse than Apollo
>*** theorists round here.

How can you say that?  Several of the sceptics have said they would believe it
when they have the CD...

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by Ronald Stoeh » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 07:23:59

ymenard schrieb:


>>You overestimate the importance of this ng. First, there is never a
>>general consensus about anything (GP4 sales vs. ng verdict).

> Well people still go see Adam Sandler ***movies, that doesn't make them
> better then a gem that made 15 million dollars at the B.O.  GP4 sold (at a
> much lesser rate then any previous Crammond title) but it had negative press
> and is a shame and one of the worst product ever in it's *** era.

Woosh! He was afraid that dissing RL on this ng will reduce the number
of buyers of RL, regardless of quality. That's nonsense, just as it is
nonsense that GP4 lost significant numbers of customers because it is
not liked around here (by 7 or 8 guys ;)

Anyway, GP4 is the be... oh, we had that exchange already!

l8er
ronny


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