Dredging up the past - the Star Wars Galaxies NGE re-examined

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You know I fully expected to read that and end up getting ticked off at another developer that just doesn't get it. But I have to say I really appreciate the honesty and can't bear any ill-will towards this guy. I say this as a SWG vet who played from Day 1 until 2005, it's nice to finally hear someone say "we screwed up and ruined your game, sry bout that."

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Except, he didn't so much say "sorry" as he blamed other departments for the failure. Kind of a difference.

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@Boocher, no reply button beneath your post for some reason...

True he didn't outright say "sorry," and he seems to still be in denial about how cheaply hacked-up and poorly implemented the changes were. But if he still needs to lie to himself and think that he made positive changes to the game to protect his obviously huge ego that's fine with me. The main thing I took from his writing was the "we screwed it up, we made mistakes and I'm not happy with how it ended up" part. He sounds regretful and it's good to hear.

I don't honestly care anymore whether or not the people involved actually think they improved the game. I did for a long time, but not anymore. The fact that the issue still comes up daily about what a disaster the NGE is 3 years after everyone has canceled their accounts is evidence enough for me.

The nicest thing was just hearing his admittance of failure. I couldn't really ask for anything more.

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