I think it is a good sign for Vanguard that Brad is back, At least the game seems like it will get the attention it deserves.

no wonder free to play is a disaster.

Remember: If a meeting in the parking lot is called, Do Not Go!

Hmm....

Is Brad guilty for that shitty F2P model? I mean it is one of the worst concepts in regards of pricing and what u get for F2P on the market right now. Or is it just SOE which cant get the throat full enough? They missed a great chance to call us back to the game we loved so much. Saying that, i remember it had the worst MMO start ever. Even worst than AoC was. And now we get this.....i'm not amused and they will not see my money until they change the concept. And funny, im not alone in thinking that.

Is this the guy that we can blame stuff on?

Brad's Ego is crushing the free to play model. He thinks his game should be only played by those selective few who shell out the 15 dollars a month.

Pay close attention everyone, this is how you kill something twice.

Originally posted by Darth-Batman

Pay close attention everyone, this is how you kill something twice.

so... is vanguard the first zombie? but then again i hope for a human-zombie apocalypse, not a pc-software one.

But, but, but, didnt this incompetent dev cost tons of poor poor poor game devs their jobs (that they didnt deserve to begin with) .... ?

Wasnt that the gist of the last pity party post by this site when one of the other incompetent devs recently failed miserably like this clown did at his job ,for the last trainwreck ?So now he's back , like bad fish and  pc game devs,and alls forgiven.He'll be praised to the rafters by this site.again.

Its like watching someone enable an abused wife to constantly welcome the abusing husband back.And the customer base is the couples kids,constantly screwed over by both the wife and the abuser.

SOE's abilities to screw up things even more, is simply amazing.

They should have let Brad finish the job, but EA wanted him to make the greatest MMO ever for only $20M, and then SOE took over for a few dimes just to kill the project and not to loose any subscribers on EQ2.

When Brad left Vanguard, it was only a half finished game. 

its a shame it never got finished.

The worst thing that could possibly happen to Vanguard.

His mismanagement, ego and painkiller addiction are what doomed VG from the very start.

Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

They should have let Brad finish the job, but EA wanted him to make the greatest MMO ever for only $20M, and then SOE took over for a few dimes just to kill the project and not to loose any subscribers on EQ2.

 

When Brad left Vanguard, it was only a half finished game. 

 

its a shame it never got finished.

 

EA ?  Talk about pulling facts out of your ass I think you mean Sigil Games who had a publishing deal with Microsoft,   Microsoft got tired of the constant delays and rumour has having to deal with Butler and McQuaid and their respective ego's.

Many employees have stated both where an extrmeemly disruptive influence on the other staff and that McQuaid in particular had little to do with it and what little he did do caused a lot of conflict.  1 employee even accused him of theft of prescription meds to fuel a well documented addiciton at that point in time.  He should have been off the project from the very early stages but his name still carried weight so I think people where scared to get rid.

Seriously!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Darth-Batman

Pay close attention everyone, this is how you kill something twice.

Take a look at Vanguard's population.  You cannot kill that which is already dead.

Originally posted by tkobo

But, but, but, didnt this incompetent dev cost tons of poor poor poor game devs their jobs (that they didnt deserve to begin with) .... ? 

Wasnt that the gist of the last pity party post by this site when one of the other incompetent devs recently failed miserably like this clown did at his job ,for the last trainwreck ?So now he's back , like bad fish and  pc game devs,and alls forgiven.He'll be praised to the rafters by this site.again. 

Its like watching someone enable an abused wife to constantly welcome the abusing husband back.And the customer base is the couples kids,constantly screwed over by both the wife and the abuser.

So long as they dont allow him anywhere near a management position, or put him in charge of anything or anyone. Basicially, let him sit in a corner with some crayons and occasionally check to see if he has come up with anything interesting.

I can't believe they hired this f***ing idiot back.  

I mean, he managed the impossible - to make a game so bad that selling it to SOE actually improved it.

Originally posted by PyrateLV

Remember: If a meeting in the parking lot is called, Do Not Go!

 Made me LMAO...I remember that from days of old, but I'm all for giving everyone a second chance before pulling the plug on anyone or thing.

Bandit

I'm going to give a chance, hopefully the model will change.