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Pink Viper · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:14 Post subject: Derek Smart and Freespace 3?

I thought this was pretty hilarious.

Looks like Freespace fans aren't real hot on ole Derek Smart.

http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=50097
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Tannhauser · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:08 Post subject:

Is anyone hot on Derek Smart? Besides himself, of course.

Executioner · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 5:28 Post subject:

As much as I'd love to fly an Orion destroyer, can we just get an actual sequel instead? Wink

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SynthWailer · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:08 Post subject:

GOD. PLEASE. NO.

edit: i had an horrible nightmare...i read at NMA... that derek smart... had bought... the fallout license... Shocked

can't sleep now... happy now pope for ruining my dreams forever?

Roshambo · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:26 Post subject:

Yeah, it's something that ego-stroking primadonna would consider.

"Let me assure you of one thing that you can go to sleep with tonite. I have FULL intentions of getting this license. If I DO get it, you and your teenny leetle friends on your Ferrous Oxide project, are effectively, shutdown because I don't piss around when it comes to IP properties. You would do well to ask around. I've sued publishers for less and I have attorneys around the world, literally on speed dial."
- Derek Smart, AVault Forums (locked thread)

Amusing, he even bullies around fan projects. So that explains the very little modding scene around his games, but who else should develop but that attention whore?

SkynetV4 · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 13:21 Post subject:

Derek Smart? That idiot that had a something awful report written about him?

Ah, another fool for the special bus.

Bwillott · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 15:49 Post subject:

Stupid Man · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 16:02 Post subject: Re: Derek Smart and Freespace 3?

Executioner · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 21:39 Post subject:

Briosafreak · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 0:50 Post subject:

Edit: Fixed

Retlaw83 · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 0:45 Post subject:

Well, I used to be a Freespace fan.

One of the Electronics Boutique people no less than tricked me into buying "Universal Combat". Was I pissed when I loaded it up and found out that it was no less than a sequel to BattleCruiser.

My introduction to Battlecruiser was when I found "Battlecruiser 3000AD" for $3 in a bin at Toys 'R Us. For $3, I figured I couldn't go wrong. Boy, was I mistaken. The interfaces for those games are overly complex and unlike anything known to man. I think you would need to take a semester-long course to learn it. Which is a shame, because from all indications there might be a slightly entertaining game underneath them.

Now, we better stop talking badly of his games before he sues us, the phpBB (who powers these forums), and NMA for libel.
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Roshambo · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:37 Post subject:

tired007 · Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 22:58 Post subject: Battlecruiser

I thought the BC series he put together was very ambitios but way too steep a learning curve. I think you need to pass some test for MENSA to play the thing.

I would have liked to have seen more open options in freelancer though or freespace. Freelancer was a pretty good space RPG but it kind of led you by the nose through the story. Freepsace was week on the RPG side but a pretty good space fighting sim.

I guess I just want a new Privateer to come out then I'll be happy. Freelancer tried, and almost suceeded but it still wasn't as open as privateer.

Just my thoughts

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Scorpius · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 0:33 Post subject: Re: Battlecruiser

GreyViper · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 19:45 Post subject:

tired007 try this link http://www.lancersreactor.com/t/news/newsitem.asp?id=2655&category=Freelancer

Btw I did play the game(B-Cruiser 3000 and still going) but it was half done: no plot, poor combat system and nothing to do.
And having played FS2 I think it deserves some ending that would tie loose ends. Poor WCP trilogy was scraped because EA thought space sim market had run dry.