Derek Smart.....?

Richard Dower

Wow!....good know how i came upon this, never heard of the guy and then read this:

http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/3/21/2884331/redemption-derek-smart-flame-line-of-defense-battlecruiser-3000AD

^ pretty awesome article, as a former egomaniac and usenet flame war fighter i can relate, tis hard when people trash your work and then make it personal.

Reading this brought back some old memories for me

Skerries

I remember Battlecruiser 3000ad back in the day and as said it was really unplayable and complicated

Reekwind

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ pretty awesome article, as a former egomaniac and usenet flame war fighter i can relate, tis hard when people trash your work and then make it personal

Were you a professional games developer abusing your customers and critics in public?

It's a decent article but I do hope it doesn't kickstart some revisionism over Smart and his atrocious games. The man gives developers a bad name

TomCo

Reekwind wrote: »

Were you a professional games developer abusing your customers and critics in public?

It's a decent article but I do hope it doesn't kickstart some revisionism over Smart and his atrocious games. The man gives developers a bad name

True that.

I vividly remember the controversy surrounding the original Battlecruiser in the months following its release. Not to mention the suspiciously high review scores which brought some reviewers integrity into question.

He never fails to come off as arrogant and self aggrandizing in the few interviews he's conducted. It takes a special kind of person to brag about how much money they've made from self professed shoddy products and then throw a public tantrum when said products are criticised!

(and we haven't even mentioned that time he pretended to have a doctorate)

Anyway, eagerly awaiting his next release:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIn1_9YvGds