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Offline SunKing

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« Reply #60 on: April 12, 2002, 01:32:05 PM »
I think at this years con HTC needs to rent one of those oversized boxing rings and sumo suits and sell tickets.. Im sure it will be well used.

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« Reply #61 on: April 12, 2002, 01:33:11 PM »
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I think at this years con HTC needs to rent one of those oversized boxing rings and sumo suits and sell tickets.. Im sure it will be well used.


Post potato. :D

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« Reply #62 on: April 12, 2002, 02:12:52 PM »
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Originally posted by MANDOBLE
IMO, it is a risk for any software project to have it depending on a single programmer and a single modeler, mainly when the customer base has grown to a noticeable size.


I would steer your attention to Fred Brooks' wonderful book, _The Mythical Man-Month_.  If a small team is capable of doing the work, you *should* have a small team, because you waste less time in intra-team communication and spend more time doing the work.

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« Reply #63 on: April 12, 2002, 02:16:46 PM »
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Originally posted by hitech
Now we not only our game sucks, but we also suck at building a company.
Whooow is me, might as well end it.


Naw, that's too harsh.  Just send those bottles of Scotch to me, until you've atoned for your software engineering sins.  I'll let you know when that is...

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« Reply #64 on: April 12, 2002, 02:20:02 PM »
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Originally posted by Citabria
what if mandoble gets hit by a bus?

we better get more mandoble's to be safe

so i've determined that if we rename the following players everything will be ok.


wilbuz=mandoble2
minus=mandoble3
lazs=mandoble4

this way we will always have somone named mandoble talking giberish.


oh this one's a classic
<----ASSASSINS---->

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« Reply #65 on: April 12, 2002, 03:58:04 PM »
Ronni is a programer.  She writes code for AH.  How can she write code for AH, if she doesn't know how the code for AH works.  Oh wait, let me take a shot at this one, she does.  :)

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« Reply #66 on: April 12, 2002, 04:46:33 PM »
lol

it must not be broken (HTC) because we're all still paying !

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« Reply #67 on: April 12, 2002, 04:55:00 PM »
Mandoble just wishes he had someone at HTC that would see things his way.
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« Reply #68 on: April 12, 2002, 05:02:32 PM »
To be fair to Mandoble (with whom I frequently disagree and sometimes can't understand) I know what he was trying to say.  I don't think it was necessarily intended to be an insult, though it is easy to see how it might be taken that way. Cut him a little slack.

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« Reply #69 on: April 12, 2002, 05:32:22 PM »
I agree Kieran. I dont know how much of his post was sideways whineing about the 109k but I dont think he had any intention of insulting anyone are HTC.
Maybe when HT has to take 10 months off to write AH 2.0 another hand will be needed to back up Ronni.

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« Reply #70 on: April 12, 2002, 05:33:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Kieran
To be fair to Mandoble (with whom I frequently disagree and sometimes can't understand) I know what he was trying to say.  I don't think it was necessarily intended to be an insult, though it is easy to see how it might be taken that way. Cut him a little slack.


When it comes to taking his posts as insults, Mandy has made his bed, now he's got to lie in it. Almost anyone could have posted this in here and not gotten much flack. But because of his history of contentious posts, Mandoble is stuck with the consequences of his reputation.

Indeed, now Mandoble knows how Joan or Arc felt :rolleyes:

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« Reply #71 on: April 12, 2002, 06:25:32 PM »
Mando seek help.

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« Reply #72 on: April 12, 2002, 06:40:50 PM »
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Originally posted by banana
I understood what MANDOBLE was saying, even in his first post. I think HiTech and Pyro just took it the wrong way. I took his meaning to be that he was concerned what would happen to the development cycle of the game if HiTech were to be hit by a bus.

It'a legitimate concern, but not something that is any of our business.


This is how I read the original statement as well.  Poor MANDOBLE may have dug himself into a deap hole before he even had a clue what he was actually saying.
Anyway, I'm going to assume that his intentions were not all that bad and he just did a poor job of expressing himself in his second language.

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« Reply #73 on: April 12, 2002, 06:51:31 PM »
HT owns a Ferrari?! WTG!! Can I take it out for a short drive and give it the 'ole road and track?:D
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« Reply #74 on: April 12, 2002, 07:03:45 PM »
This thread is just like:

A: Hey B, beware, this room is dark and there are holes in the floor.
B: ARE U CALLING ME STUPID??? RETARDED! I KNOW THERE ARE HOLES AND I HAVE SOME TOOLS FOR THE MATTER!!

Frankly pathetic, but typical ...

Desired, but utopical version:
A: Hey B, beware, this room is dark and there are holes in the floor.
B: Dont worry A, I have a torch with me, but thanks anyway.