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General Discussion  » Info on DF from someone who visited them in Aug 2006

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  Freemasons

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Joined: 7/08/08
Posts: 60

 
7/08/08 3:18:49 PM#1

This can seen as both a good thing and a bad thing.

The good? There's really a game trying to come out. But I don't think many people actually doubt that there's a game. What they doubt is if it will ever come out and what shape it's really in. Even the person who visited has doubts about it ever coming out.

The bad??  Darkfall development is self funded. Self funding and MMORPG's simply don't mix good together. Especially one with DF's intended feature set. Just think how much money it took to make World of Warcraft's features and than think of people attempting to match WoW with self funding. An almost impossible feat.

Also , the current 2008 engine and screenshots appear similar to what she saw in 2006.

This is from an editor at woman gamers who visited Aventurine in Aug 2006 who I emailed to ask for some info.

 

Re: [feedback] form submission‏
From: Ismini Boinodiris Roby
Sent: Tue 7/08/08 7:32 PM
   

I spent somewhere in the tune of 4 hours talking to the devs, and maybe 30 minutes actually looking at the engine.  So, I didn't get to see a lot of the complexities of the engine in action, just the combat, some of the zones and the mounts.  I haven't really been keeping up with the latest content, but as far as the graphics engine goes, it looks similar to the screenshots that are currently on their site.

Why do you ask?  I can assure you that after having seen a team of guys at computers working on in-game models and coding, as well as seeing someone ride around in the engine and chop off a few heads, it's not vaporware. They're paying for that office in Athens and that's not cheap.  It's not like a few guys in a garage blowing smoke-- it's very much a studio. 

The Darkfall guys are almost obsessively dedicated to making what they consider to be the perfect game, and since they are self-funded, I wouldn't be surprised if it takes them a long time to get the game out (or on the flipside, if they end up never being content enough to launch it).  Although I can't imagine anyone would fund years of MMO development without ever launching... that would be a massive amount of wasted money in salaries and rent.
 

[edit] I removed her email per her request (spam)

  Freemasons

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7/08/08 3:40:48 PM#2

Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:36:22 -0400
Subject: Re: [feedback] form submission

I'm not sure what their status is today, but when I interviewed them they certainly had a burn rate and were going full speed ahead.  Seeing as how I don't see much updated on their site, and the fact that the news isn't updated frequently (although they did make a post in June), it's quite possible the funding issue bit them in the butt and they had to slow down.  I got the impression that the founder had money from a previous venture though-- he claimed to have enough to pay for the development without a publisher if they couldn't find one that was "hands off" enough.

But it's been several years now... and self-funding for that long is going to take a toll.  Who knows, I'm just speculating. 


 

  User Deleted
7/08/08 3:43:26 PM#3

Amazing that in an e-mail, she would say she saw the game, but in the article, she clearly states the only thing she did was talk to them for four hours in a conference room.

Nice try, but we've already dealt with that article before when fanbois tried to submit it as proof. The woman saw nothing, they took her in a room and talked.

By the way, you forgot to make the headers match on both the e-mails. Noob.

  wumptrooper

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Posts: 77

7/08/08 3:52:25 PM#4

No, no Aventurine offices don't exist, the game doesn't exist, and womangamers is some fake site and that's a fake person invented by Tasos, right, RIGHT?

I am amazed how people suddenly discovered that Darkfall is "self-funded" (which only means that there's no other big company above that funds and controls the development, not that they're all piss poor as certain trolls try imply). It's been known for ages, e.g. from Tasos' posts. Why all these serious investigations to prove something the community has known since Aventurine was created?

I also don't understand why this is brought up as a "bad thing". EVE Online, the best MMORPG to date in my humble opinion, was also funded by its developers. Same with plenty of other indie games. You'd rather deal with the bullshit of EA & SoE? Great, go ahead and play SWG, such a great game with plenty of outside funding!

  Silvarch

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Joined: 6/26/08
Posts: 238

7/08/08 3:53:00 PM#5

Um...he's on your side, Zorvan.

  User Deleted
7/08/08 3:55:06 PM#6
Originally posted by Silvarch

Um...he's on your side, Zorvan.


 

It doesn't make falsifying documents to support an argument any more proper. We start doing this, we're no better than the fanbois.

  Freemasons

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Joined: 7/08/08
Posts: 60

 
7/08/08 3:55:09 PM#7
Originally posted by Zorvan


It doesn't make falsifying documents to support an argument any more proper.

Uhm falsifying documents? ..  LOL

Header not matching? I don't really get what you're talking about..  but if you think my emails aren't real..

Just email her yourself.

I'am not a DF fanboy. In fact I could care less if it comes out or not. And I actually think this is more harmful to DF than it is "good". But it's the facts as she says them to be.

so whatever.

But if you honestly think this person is lying - you have some issues.

  Silvarch

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7/08/08 4:05:28 PM#8
Originally posted by Zorvan
Originally posted by Silvarch

Um...he's on your side, Zorvan.


 

It doesn't make falsifying documents to support an argument any more proper. We start doing this, we're no better than the fanbois.

I thought you had implied he was a DF fanboy making stuff up to defend the game and the article, when it was not. But I guess I was wrong. Regardless, instead of outright denying any possibility of it being true, I think it'd be in your best interests to confirm it instead.

  Freemasons

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Joined: 7/08/08
Posts: 60

 
7/08/08 4:06:53 PM#9

  Friction2u

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Posts: 316

Yay! Quote!

7/08/08 4:09:36 PM#10
Originally posted by Freemasons

 

Photoshop ... no, scratch that ... MS Paint.

 

 

Give us your email and password so we can check it for ourselves or it didn't happen ... or get a reporter from a gaming magazine to visit you and see the email for him/her self.

  User Deleted
7/08/08 4:10:57 PM#11
Originally posted by Freemasons
Originally posted by Zorvan


It doesn't make falsifying documents to support an argument any more proper.

Uhm falsifying documents? ..  LOL

Header not matching? I don't really get what you're talking about..  but if you think my emails aren't real..


 

Originally posted by Freemasons

 

 


 


 

 

 

Originally posted by Freemasons





 

Do you get it now?
 

  Freemasons

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Joined: 7/08/08
Posts: 60

 
7/08/08 4:14:24 PM#12
Originally posted by Friction2u

Give us your email and password so we can check it for ourselves or it didn't happen ... or get a reporter from a gaming magazine to visit you and see the email for him/her self.

Photoshop? LOL

Are you serious? Wow you're seriously nuts.

Email her yourself. 

  Friction2u

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Joined: 8/31/07
Posts: 316

Yay! Quote!

7/08/08 4:14:48 PM#13
Originally posted by Freemasons

Photoshop? LOL

Are you serious? Wow you're seriously nuts.

Email her yourself.

 

 

If you're fibbing I'm sure the reporter would not like to get a dozen emails from Dakfall followers in her inbox. Harassment by proxy?

  Freemasons

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Joined: 7/08/08
Posts: 60

 
7/08/08 4:16:44 PM#14

Are you seriously that caught up with DF or it's success that you can't bring yourself to email a person who visited them and believe what she is saying because it has negative undertones?

Holy moly bat man. You're a headcase.

Check it out. This is the extent that DF fanboys will go to for Darkfall.  Disbelieving anything and everything that shows DF in even a slightly bad way.

and Zorvan. I am putting you in the same basket. lol

My emails are 100% legit

  Friction2u

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Posts: 316

Yay! Quote!

7/08/08 4:20:35 PM#15
Originally posted by Freemasons

Are you seriously that caught up with DF or it's success that you can't bring yourself to email a person who visited them and believe what she is saying because it has negative undertones?

Holy moly bat man. You're a headcase.

Check it out. This is the extent that DF fanboys will go to for Darkfall.  Even disbelieving facts.

 

You're posting someone's email address on a forum and asking people to email it.

 

That's not a nice thing to do, especially if you are fibbing.

  Aragon100

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Joined: 2/06/08
Posts: 1687

7/08/08 4:21:28 PM#16

{ Mod Edit }

 

OP have some serious problems. Why go through all this trouble making fake e-mails just to bash some coming MMORPG?

If this really is Polarization (teedle), i think you haters should really take a deeper look on what kind of work he is "capable" of  going through just to bash Darkfall and Aventurine.

Aragon - Member of B@D guild

  Freemasons

Novice Member

Joined: 7/08/08
Posts: 60

 
7/08/08 4:22:07 PM#17

So what's your point?

This is not confidential information.  She even said that she would be willing to email the DF devs and see if she can get a Q&A with them to check on the status of things.

I would post that email also.. but of course it's fake. 

unbelievable

  User Deleted
7/08/08 4:23:02 PM#18
Originally posted by Friction2u
Originally posted by Freemasons

Are you seriously that caught up with DF or it's success that you can't bring yourself to email a person who visited them and believe what she is saying because it has negative undertones?

Holy moly bat man. You're a headcase.

Check it out. This is the extent that DF fanboys will go to for Darkfall.  Even disbelieving facts.

 

You're posting someone's email address on a forum and asking people to email it.

 

That's not a nice thing to do, especially if you are fibbing.

Also happens to be against this sites' rules.

  • Posting Other's Personal Information Without Consent
    • It is against our rules to post the personal information of other people without their consent. This includes, but is not limited to, email correspondence, contact information, photographs, financial information and social security numbers. It is to the moderator's discretion to decide whether or not the line has been crossed.


 

  wumptrooper

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Joined: 1/10/05
Posts: 77

7/08/08 4:24:59 PM#19

What I find most entertaining is that both a pro-DF fanboy and an anti-DF troll work together to to discredit / flame the OP

As for the headers, guys, do you even know how they work? They differ like that quite often if the person is using different computers/clients e.g. home/office. Not to mention you have all the means to check if he lies, but you'd rather just not try it in case he doesn't ;)

Oh, and yes it could be Polarization, there's not many people who would spend so much time "investigating", but in that case I am again amazed by his trouble to "prove" that the game is self-funded. Thanks Sherlock, I knew that since 2004.

  Freemasons

Novice Member

Joined: 7/08/08
Posts: 60

 
7/08/08 4:29:23 PM#20
Originally posted by Aragon100

OP have some serious problems. Why go through all this trouble making fake e-mails just to bash some coming MMORPG?


 How do I have serious problems? I simply emailed an editor who visited them to get some info. Where exactly did I "bash" anything???

Fake emails? I think you're the one who has serious problems if you think my emails are fake.

My correspondence is 100% legit and i did nothing wrong.

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