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People News David Gaider Complains about "Increasingly Toxic" Fan Feedback
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I believe this is what you're looking for:
this would be a modern version of it
http://images.4channel.org/f/src/cherry-pie.swf
DraQ
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Yes. Yes, it is.I believe this is what you're looking for:
Tommy Wiseau
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Mr. Gaider finally realizes romances have negatively affected his company's fanbase and decides to crack down on them?
deuxhero
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If the game allowed you to summarily execute any character upon meeting Merrill should be the first to get the headsman's axe. Isabella and Anders are more annoying but none of them are more dangerous through the force of sheer stupidity than she is.
What gets me laughing here is how the quoted poster mentions "that heart-squeezy feeling you get when you see a basket of kittens or something" because it is what Mariko says to herself in Girlfriends when she is desperately trying to rationalize away her homolust for Akiko and stay in the closet (in fact, it's the only other instance of it I've seen).
Of course that was better written than any Bioware has ever put out.
edit: Actually with the user name and way it is written, I think the poster IS female and trying to cover for homolust.
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I like how Gaider tutt-tutts the hardcore romance fanbase and romance complainers by saying that romance is not very important, etc.
Yet he fails to realise that the lack of thematic, plot relevance and variability/depth for romances is precisely why they encourage the fanatics. If your romances boil down to "click on love icon for sex", if they have no real thematic gear to grind, if they are tertiary to the actual story, why else are they there?
To emotionally engage the player and let them romance NPCs in an act of escapism. It's wish fulfillment fantasy and by standing by such a method, you only encourage Tali sweat analysis, Liara sex penetration, Thane licking or whatever fucking depravities that are on the BSN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9RC-84Wp0U&feature=youtu.be&t=3m52s
"We were able to take them in some wildly different directions. From virginal girl next door, to crazy up against the wall, let's have it on right here."
Sure thing, Mr. G.
Another aspect that may influence things is that the game itself is not very enjoyable to play, and this forces people to focus on other aspects like the story, compounded by BioWare's use of cinematics for every dialog interaction. At least, that's my theory. Because it's much the same now as it was back for BG 2, but BG 2 never had the same level of fanaticism and did not feel as cheap, either. Same goes for KotOR.
Yes Carth was a whiny little bitch, but romances didn't feel so degenerate in those games. Maybe it's just the writing, who knows.
Yet he fails to realise that the lack of thematic, plot relevance and variability/depth for romances is precisely why they encourage the fanatics. If your romances boil down to "click on love icon for sex", if they have no real thematic gear to grind, if they are tertiary to the actual story, why else are they there?
To emotionally engage the player and let them romance NPCs in an act of escapism. It's wish fulfillment fantasy and by standing by such a method, you only encourage Tali sweat analysis, Liara sex penetration, Thane licking or whatever fucking depravities that are on the BSN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9RC-84Wp0U&feature=youtu.be&t=3m52s
"We were able to take them in some wildly different directions. From virginal girl next door, to crazy up against the wall, let's have it on right here."
Sure thing, Mr. G.
Another aspect that may influence things is that the game itself is not very enjoyable to play, and this forces people to focus on other aspects like the story, compounded by BioWare's use of cinematics for every dialog interaction. At least, that's my theory. Because it's much the same now as it was back for BG 2, but BG 2 never had the same level of fanaticism and did not feel as cheap, either. Same goes for KotOR.
Yes Carth was a whiny little bitch, but romances didn't feel so degenerate in those games. Maybe it's just the writing, who knows.
These people, these developers, are fucking scum who need to get laid.
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When you turn off persistent gore, the blood doesn't splatter your character at all. "Blood effects during combat" refers to characters leaking blood when they get hit.
Meh, they should all still rot for creating these fucking romancable characters in games.
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The other "writers" are fangirls whose primary interest in writing is homosexual smut. Gaider has hit a midlife crisis and has become disillusioned with his fanatic following and finally realized that this pocket plane called BSN where he is God cannot truly fulfill him. He wants an out, but taking it up the ass from above the chain of command has become too habitual. Ultimately, he's the one who got himself in this situation and he deserves no pity.
Excidium
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Best thing about this thread is how it shows on the main page:
DraQ
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My god, I'm fucking famous.
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Why do you lie?
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Why do you care?
I betcha he's as interested in homo smut as they are.
Why do you think he's complaining about you?
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BTW, it may not just be a midlife crisis. I say he's looking at what his friends and colleagues at Obsidian and inXile are doing these days, and he feels jealous.
7 years ago, after what happened to Troika, Gaider thought he had chosen his career path wisely. But he who laughs last...
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I don't like dishonesty or the inherent sexism in suggesting that the women are only there to write gay people.
You like LARPing Lesi, you mean.
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Before he worked at Bioware, he was a hotel manager. A friend got him the job because he wrote a homebrew p&p system and was running a play-by-mail campaign. He's milked this gig for all its worth, including becoming a published author (of horrible books) but I doubt he has much interest in relocating to write games elsewhere.
He has mentioned on the Bio-forums and elsewhere that Obsidian takes a lot more risks than Bioware and he doesn't particularly enjoy playing modern RPGs but does so anyway for research purposes. He also donated to Shadowrun Returns and Project Eternity (but not Wasteland 2; probably rightfully suspicious) so I'm sure he's quite happy to have some RPGs coming out that he actually does want to play.
evdk I love taking advantage of Poe's Law but my opinions are legitimate, just heavily exaggerated sometimes.
Tommy Wiseau
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Perhaps he can still be redeemed. Finally realizing that romances have absorbed his fanbase could be a sign of improvement.
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