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It's been fun, but...

DangerzoneDangerzone
edited April 2010 in General Chat
I remember way back in 2005, hearing about this rag-tag group of Ex-lucas arts employees who were making their own company... While I was excited, I was also skeptical... I thought "no way it would work, no one has any interest in adventure games anymore, there is no profit or huge fanbase in them"

I'm glad I was wrong...

... And so, I have been around since 2006... one of the top 10 most vocal and respected users, and I was once the voice of paranoia and reason on this forum... although as of late I have been trouble finding my voice on the current events of the community, and I have been something of a backseat lurker

I am a fiction writer and the telltale stories and puzzles have been huge influences in keeping my dreams alive, their not giving up on the "true" episodic game format (when everyone was unsure it would work) inspired me to not give up on my own innovative ideas in film and fiction... and despite what i am about to say, if they would have me, i would join them in a heartbeat... not many in the game or media industry are as passionate about their work as they are, a rare breed indeed

But my original fears have been confirmed several times over the 5 year period I have been here... bottom line, they are a company... and they do what they must to grow that company. For many, their ambition is a good thing... but to a player like myself, I am often left behind by that ambition

I do not expect anyone to follow me, I am not off to start some kind of revolution here... I don't want change, apologies, or compensation... in fact if anyone else leaves, they are an idiot... the loss of my old voice means what it means, that the voice has said all it can say...

That's the fact of life anywhere... that people come and go, many have gone without so much as a goodbye... others were lost in the wind or moved on bigger and better things

I have always looked forward to my 1000'th post... I've been inching up to it for months and always had it in the back of my mind to say something special, or clever, or funny, etc. but never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined anything like this... (seriously, you can't make this shit up!)


*Sniffle*

Goodbye :(

It's just... Yeah, it's time for me to go

I will miss you guys, and I will be around to keep an eye on things... But its time for this voice to go silent... My heart is just not in this anymore

A wise man once said that the dream of episodic gaming would change the world of gaming forever... I'm glad I was right... too bad that the world gaming has changed the dream of episodic gaming forever as well

Comments

  • Giant TopeGiant Tope
    edited April 2010
    :I

    ...

    Was a bunch of yuppies getting sam and max a couple days early really worth all this?
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited April 2010
    1,000 is just a number. It's just as valuable as 6, 74, 839, or 2.

    I think you're being ridiculously brash. The decision that seems to have "broken the camel's back", as it were, is something that particularly does not affect the understood contract between developer and customer.

    Also, I continue to be emotionally unaffected by "I'm leaving the internet forever" messages.
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited April 2010
    You cared enough to make a post.

    Maybe that means you'll change your mind. We can only hope. :)
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited April 2010
    You should go outside and play with fluffy bunnies and kitties. It will make you feel better and then you will be happy and this won't be such a big deal!

    Then maybe you could go get some candy. I love candy. :)
  • MajusMajus
    edited April 2010
    Please watch your tongue PariahKing.
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited April 2010
    Majus wrote: »
    Please watch your tongue PariahKing.
    Certainly sir. I will comply with your request pleasantly. :)

    I will in fact edit it to reflect your request.
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited April 2010
    If they released a game early, so what companies do it all the time, and the Ipad, are you really getting worked up over an apple product really? I mean, telltale is doing what they feel is right, so let them do what they want.
  • Harald BHarald B
    edited April 2010
    Oh humbug. Telltale is one of the awesomest game companies out there. Are you really leaving because they make a business decision sometimes? Way to be unrealistic.
    Look, this is an unforgiving market for newcomers, and Telltale is in a particularly risky segment. Without some sound business decisions Telltale wouldn't have been where it is today, and might not have been here anymore at all. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited April 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    Also, I continue to be emotionally unaffected by "I'm leaving the internet forever" messages.

    Agree with this. I see it as an attempt to get attention and maybe garner a bit of sympathy to a certain point of view. A bit pointless really, at the end of the day to be honest.

    Personally, I applaud Telltale for taking a chance on putting their latest product on a brand new piece of hardware, and a popular one at that. There's no sense in company not growing, not attempting to do things they've not done before. If you don't expand in a environment as competitive as the games industry, you die. Telltale isn't a big company (though they are bigger than they were 5 years ago) and so can't normally be at the forefront of a new piece of technology and so when they were offered (I'm guessing here with 'offered' - for all I know they were the ones who suggested the idea to Apple but anyway) the chance to have their latest game be involved right at the launch of the latest product from one of the biggest tech companies in the world, how could they refuse, even if it meant giving it to them earlier than their main customer base.

    I like the path Telltale have taken in the last couple of years, expanding their platform base from just Windows PC to all current generation consoles and Macs. Now the iPad marks their first foray into what is really an unknown market especially regarding games. Of course they have to be careful when expanding to not forget where they came from but I see little to make me think that will happen, certainly not in the near future. I want them to be able to reach as many gamers as possible, how could anyone want to deny them that.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited April 2010
    Seriously though... iPad is getting it early.... who cares.. is that going to make the PC release of less quality... no.. is it effecting what they said we would be getting in the PC release NO.

    Get over it dude... and yes they are a company and they have a right to make decisions that will make them survive in the business world.

    I understand you being upset... what I do not understand is acting like they have personally slighted you.
  • [TTG] Yare[TTG] Yare Telltale Alumni
    edited April 2010
    Dangerzone wrote: »
    Stuff.

    Please tell us more about what it is like to be Mayor of Overreactionville.
  • BadStrongBadStrong
    edited April 2010
    Oh, the drama. It's a game man. It's not like Telltale just gave iPad players 50 more years of life, and not you. Relax.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited April 2010
    [TTG] Yare wrote: »
    Please tell us more about what it is like to be Mayor of Overreactionville.

    I am definitely on team YARE now.... if Nikasaur edits this maybe I will be leaving the net forever too.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited April 2010
    Maybe i'm a bad person, but I lol'ed at the unecessary drama of it all.

    Let's just be thankful Dangerzone's not a Modern Warfare fan or we'd have to send people over to his house to check up on him

    See you around pal!
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited April 2010
    So why is he leaving again?
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited April 2010
    One thing is for certain, we all know what highway he will be taking when he leaves.

    Edit
    Is there anyway that highway to the danger zone could play when people opened this thread... it really needs a soundtrack.

    edit edit
    please open this youtube video in another browser page and then read this thread
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rZWw9HE7o
  • ShauntronShauntron Telltale Alumni
    edited April 2010
    We still love you Dangerzone.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited April 2010
    All joking aside (and I think its warranted, as this is a board that talks about games filled with sarcasm and humor)

    I hope he realizes he is over reacting and comes back to have more fun with us all..
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited April 2010
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    So why is he leaving again?

    Because when he buys DVD's sometimes he doesn't buy them from certain shops and misses out on the tacky crap they throw in and he's sick of this shit. Straw that broke the camels back was the iPad "exclusivity deal"

    It's pretty goddamn silly stuff
    Irishmile wrote: »
    I hope he realizes he is over reacting and comes back to have more fun with us all..

    But can he though? He'd never live it down
  • patterspatters
    edited April 2010
    Sorry, What is your problem? If it is that the ipad is getting it first then you are pretty much the worst.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited April 2010
    I would talk to him if he came back heck, he wouldn't even have to admit to over reacting.
  • deadlinejondeadlinejon
    edited April 2010
    okay, STUPEDEST. REASON. EVAAAAR.

    SO THE IPAD GETS IT 2 WEEKS SOONER. SO YOU GOT SNUBBED ON STUFF. SO YOU ALREADY ORDERD THE PC/PS3 VERSION AND NOW THE IPAD VERSION IS RELEASED.
    SO WHAT? THATS NO REASON TO RAEGQUIT THE FORUMS.
  • David EDavid E Telltale Alumni
    edited April 2010
    Not sure what you expected from this thread, or if you care, but it has become flamebait and will be closed now.

    Thanks for your contributions to the community over the past few years. Take it easy.
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