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Posted: Jan 15th 2009 6:37PM (Unverified) said

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I am starting to get tired of this guy. He seems to do alot of talking and not much else.

Posted: Jan 15th 2009 8:07PM Everrest said

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I'm not a big Garriot fan either. His choices in UO and his implementation of Tabula Rasa don't appeal to my vision of "good" MMO design.

His experience marks him as a Grandfather of the genre. But it is perhaps time to pack this guy up and ship him off to the nursery home because all i get from him is 30mph on the 70mph MMO freeway.

Posted: Jan 15th 2009 9:04PM Scarecrowe said

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After TR and his use/abuse of his fame to get into space, it's hard to take him seriously. I'd love to see the debacle that a MMO would be if we could see Garriott paired up with Brad McQuaid. :)

Posted: Jan 16th 2009 12:37AM ultimateq said

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stole the words right out of my brain!
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Posted: Jan 16th 2009 7:30AM hami83 said

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Use and abuse? He spent almost all of his money trying to do what he did... How the hell is that use and abuse? lol

As for him making MMOs though.. Meh, he's the father of modern MMOs but he's the father, not the bringer or something new.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2009 12:50PM Anatidae said

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What's up with this quote?: if he would have been "in charge."

The guy has his name on the box for god's sake?!? I mean really, who the hell was in charge? And if some idiot is going to put his name on a game that someone else is making, then he deserves to be kicked to the side of the road.

Can someone explain what level of stupid this guy is?

Posted: Jan 16th 2009 1:18PM Holgranth said

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I'd say on the scale of 1 to 10 hes trying for eleven. I personally think he has totaly lost his touch if he ever actually had one.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2009 2:40PM TheJackman said

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Richard Garriott I see that blizzard is looking for someone new on there team please go there and get a job they may even put your name on the chair :P

Posted: Jan 16th 2009 3:49PM Psychotic Storm said

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I assume he means "in charge of the financing" which he probably wasn't, what I get from the interview is that he likes or better specialises in story telling, something he admits suits better in single player, Tabula Rasa can be played as such and indeed the community has acknowledged it (one request is to be patched for single player), maybe that is the problem and maybe if he tries a single player game to actually produce something good, or even innovative, but so far I still maintain the "captain that abandoned ship" view I have for him.

time will tell.

Posted: Jan 16th 2009 6:10PM Suspiro said

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i Think he could redeem himself by buying and saving TR

Posted: Jan 16th 2009 8:34PM (Unverified) said

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Agreed with the earlier comment. This is a guy that had enough hubris to put his name on the box, and meanwhile while the game is struggling he decides to go play spaceman. Why would any game company take him seriously anymore. He's shown me, he's not really interested in making games, let alone good ones.

Posted: Jan 18th 2009 5:59AM Psychotic Storm said

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Well in his defence "Tabula Rasa" is not copyrightable "Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa" is.

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