This might piss off those who are still bitter...

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Stavrose

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The complete list of the Top 20 Most Influential People in the MMO Industry:

  • 1. Rob Pardo
  • 2. Hilmar Pétursson
  • 3. John Smedley
  • 4. Jack Emmert
  • 5. Mark Jacobs
  • 6. Todd Coleman
  • 7. Jim Crowley
  • 8. Andrew Gower
  • 9. Chris Cheung
  • 10. Michael Capps
  • 11. Raph Koster
  • 12. Rob Seaver
  • 13. Jeffrey Steefel
  • 14. Russell Williams
  • 15. Gaute Godager
  • 16. Richard Garriott
  • 17. Min Kim
  • 18. Gordon Walton
  • 19. David Perry
  • 20. Jeff Hickman & Paul Barnett
According to Beckett Massive Online Gamer Magazine
 
PrOdiGy said:
a bad influence is still an influence!
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I second that. He is mostly the reason for the collapse of the most marketable name in the business. His name will NEVER be forgotten. His failure will follow him around for the rest of his life and rightfully so. And yes.. I am still bitter. Hell, he deserves to be number one instead of number three lol.
 
Ultimo said:
I second that. He is mostly the reason for the collapse of the most marketable name in the business. His name will NEVER be forgotten. His failure will follow him around for the rest of his life and rightfully so. And yes.. I am still bitter. Hell, he deserves to be number one instead of number three lol.
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Alas, read the article, gentlemen. The list is another case of lulzy gaming journalism blowing smoke up their asses - not a list of the most influential, both good and bad. :mellow:

"Top 20 People in Massively Multiplayer Online Games
Special feature found in July-August #19 Issue of Beckett Massive Online Gamer Magazine

DALLAS, TX (May 28, 2009) --- Beckett Massive Online Gamer magazine has released its annual list of the most influential people in massively multiplayer online games for 2008 in the July-August #19 Issue.

For the second year in a row World of Warcraft's Rob Pardo, EVE Online's Hilmar Petursson, Sony Online Entertainment's John Smedley and Cryptic's Jack Emmert have all made it again onto The Top 20 Most Influential People in the MMO Industry list.

Each year Beckett Massive Online Gamer highlights the most talented people in massively multiplayer video games and gives details on how they've influenced the future of the industry. "This year there are 10 new faces to our annual Top 20 list," said Doug Kale, Editorial Director for Beckett Massive Online Gamer. "The newest star is Todd Coleman of KingsIsle Entertainment. Todd helped launch one of the hottest new MMOs in 2008, Wizard101, which now has over 2 million registered users."

Background information of the people on this year's Top 20 list can be found in this latest issue of Beckett Massive Online Gamer that hits newsstands this week."
 
SOE. Not SWG.
EQ2's doing just fine. FreeRealms is kicking ass and taking names. They've got other stuff coming down the pipe too.

I'm sure you're still camped at Atari's gates with pitchforks and torches over the utter failure that was "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial", too. Ahh, right, most of you weren't even alive for that one :P

Shit happens, the industry moves on. All this has happened before, and all this will happen again... Epic failure is just part of the business.
 
Rankin said:
I'm sure you're still camped at Atari's gates with pitchforks and torches over the utter failure that was "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial", too. Ahh, right, most of you weren't even alive for that one :P

Shit happens, the industry moves on. All this has happened before, and all this will happen again... Epic failure is just part of the business.
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Actually, I was very much alive if you were referring to me. I am 36 and was there playing space invaders and combat when the atari first came out as a little kid. I have grown up with the evolution of video games from the start. Nice jab at "ET", but I could have cared less.

Anyways, yea shit does happen and the industry moves on just like everything in this world does. I agree with you completely on that. My life doesn't revolve around video games but my main gripe is just the fact how much I enjoyed the old SWG and to see what happened to it just for the sake of trying to be competeive with the rest of the market, is still a thorn in my side just like the majority of us here. I haven't played anything else that i like as much as SWG so therefore you can see my discourse for the powers that be who made those changes. This has been said all before though and I have moved on... no big deal.

You say epic failure is just part of the business and whatever but not to this degree with SWG. I haven't seen anyone drop the ball that bad before in this industry. I for one don't make light of it and those assholes can go to hell...hell..hell! I would like to run thru those hallways of their offices with a chainsaw in my hand.

Oh, and I understand that there are still some of you who still play and I honestly hope that you are still enjoying the game. :D
 
I can name two epic failures in MMOs that were at the same degree as SWG but none of them are really remembered that much because they dropped the ball before they had an established player base. If the NGE happened, say, January 2004 not many people would have cared. Dark n Light and Vanguard both were epic failures due to stupid decisions by their devs/owners but npt many people remember or refer to them cause they didn't have upwards of 200,000 subscribers at the time the failures occured.
 
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