A lot of that crap has gone on on Rebel FM over the years but I don't think any of the alleged God Hand conspirators were listening at the time he trashed them.
What was this about?
A lot of that crap has gone on on Rebel FM over the years but I don't think any of the alleged God Hand conspirators were listening at the time he trashed them.
I found Day9's to be quite fun.It's a lot of fun seeing the game in action still, I feel like watching some sort of let's play, did Giantbomb play it? Anyone recommend a video?
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Has his already been posted?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ROy6VE5ZsZw
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Yyy? I dont know what to say, You dont really understand what i said?What are you talking about? He was at a press conference. So what? He never defended any of EA's/Maxis' claims.
I've read the article some days ago and it only underlines exactly my point:
The only people commenting the article are the same vocal minority that already knew about those issues beforehand. The rest has already bought the game or will buy it regardless.
They already have their money, this is Diablo 3 all over again (only worse).
At this point, the game has already paid for itself and they wouldn't even have to care for it anymore if it wasn't about those 62 DLCs that are already in the pipeline. Those are the only reason they have to keep apologizing and fixing the servers.
What was this about?
This was a presentation akin the the lengthy videos that Maxis put out, explaining Sim City's systems. Not some "now we show you our secrets, please keep them to yourself" event. He had no "inside" knowledge whatsoever. No one who attended that presentation did.Yyy? I dont know what to say, You dont really understand what i said?
He had knowledge about how online works [city is calculated on pc, region interaction is on the servers] year ago, but he made 3 articles about this 'revelation' based on reddit findings and his sources in last few days, instead of reading or reminding papers/presentation he got from Maxis year ago on gdc 2012 conference.
So, He do not understand them, he forgot that they exist [so havent done research at all, because they are public], or he wanted to make high traffic stories for his webside.
Those are only possibilities i can think of.
He also wrote article about Path-finding behavior, which was also explained in that gdc 2012 presentation, but he didnt use them, instead he used players findings.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/13/simcitys-sims-dont-seem-that-smart-after-all/
See page 40 of 88 in the Vanquish OT.
I said in the journalism thread this morning that picking a fight with John Walker was a bad idea. But I'm glad when other members of the games media get to see the contempt Gies has for his fellow professionals when they dare to disagree with him. Your story goes against my stated position? Well then your source must be phony.
A lot of that crap has gone on on Rebel FM over the years but I don't think any of the alleged God Hand conspirators were listening at the time he trashed them.
EA should comment on this, the Mass Effect 3 one was blown out of proportion for some valid but a lot of not valid reasons. Sim city has been a lot of ridiculous issues that shouldn't have happpened.The silence from Maxis/EA reminds me of the Mass Effect 3 shitstorm. Bioware did the same thing.
Hmm, I'll actually consider buying this game if/when the modding scene takes off.
Reading Gies' Twitter gives me the opportunity to post this gif for the second time today:
First it was "you don't know what you're talking about if you think SimCity can be played offline", then when presented with evidence that said offline play is possible "BUT YOU CAN'T PLAY MULTIPLAYER"... when asked why people would expect to play multiplayer in an offline game "BUT REGIONS". Can the man ever admit when he's wrong?
This was a presentation akin the the lengthy videos that Maxis put out, explaining Sim City's systems. Not some "now we show you our secrets, please keep them to yourself" event. He had no "inside" knowledge whatsoever. No one who attended that presentation did.
I very much doubt you know what you're talking about here.
Sims are recruited by workplaces each day rather than holding down a steady job
As someone that was there at literally minute 1 of the Diablo 3 launch fiasco - this is in another stratosphere compared to that.
Its another cringe worthy moment each day.
I wont even comment on Gies. He has literally dug his own grave.
I read it as a piss take of his now infamous tweet of 'you literally don't know what you're talking about'.
I'm glad people are seeing aegies for the bilious nonsense he constantly spouts. His twitter reeks of corporate ballwashing and fanboy rationalizations.
That's not how you use the word literally Unless he had a shovel and moved 36 cubic feet of dirt with it.
Presenetation was based on those slides http://www.andrewwillmott.com/talks/inside-glassbox/GlassBox GDC 2012 Slides.pdf
Here is dev blog about this event - http://www.andrewwillmott.com/talks/inside-glassbox
Yeah, i know what i'm talking about.
Gamasutra made even short recap of game logic from presentation Maxis provided [and what You can read in slides above]
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/1648...own_SimCitys_Glassbox_engine.php#.UUJmULCtrwo
1up also wrote article about that - http://www.1up.com/news/radical-transparency-simcity from 03/07/2012
Oh well, he didn't carefully analyze those slides and didn't remember the wealth of bullet points after several months. That's what you're trying to fault him for? You're crazy."Sims are recruited by workplaces each day rather than holding down a steady job"
First it was "you don't know what you're talking about if you think SimCity can be played offline", then when presented with evidence that said offline play is possible "BUT YOU CAN'T PLAY MULTIPLAYER"... when asked why people would expect to play multiplayer in an offline game "BUT REGIONS". Can the man ever admit when he's wrong?
EA should comment on this, the Mass Effect 3 one was blown out of proportion for some valid but a lot of not valid reasons. Sim city has been a lot of ridiculous issues that shouldn't have happpened.
Guys... the SimCity Service is CLOSED for maintenance.
Guys... the SimCity Service is CLOSED for maintenance.
Guys... the SimCity Service is CLOSED for maintenance.
Guys... the SimCity Service is CLOSED for maintenance.
I encourage you to go to the Test server so that we can expedite the timeframe in which this feature is brought back to the rest of our servers.
Guys... the SimCity Service is CLOSED for maintenance.
Slides 57 to 59? If You have some brain cells, You can figure out what asynchronous multiplayer means and what box stand for in their engine.I don't know what you're trying to prove/say here. Again: none of this is insider information and nowhere does it say that an offline mode would be possible.
So he hasnt done his research before writing 3 articles. Yeah defend crappy journalism and call me crazy.Oh well, he didn't carefully analyze those slides and didn't remember the wealth of bullet points after several months. That's what you're trying to fault him for? You're crazy.
I will continue to do so.Slides 57 to 59? If You have some brain cells, You can figure out what asynchronous multiplayer means and what box stand for in their engine.
So he didnt do his research before writing 3 articles. Yeah defend crappy journalism and call me crazy.
Gies knew nothing about how Sim City worked, claimed he did, was proven to be full of shit, has egg on his face, now his feelings are hurt. What a toolbox.
I haven't followed this too closely, but where did he do this? All I saw was him saying people who don't have proof shouldn't be acting like they did.
I haven't followed this too closely, but where did he do this? All I saw was him saying people who don't have proof shouldn't be acting like they did.
With the new simulation engine of Glassbox, I think the inherent expectation of a really complicated simulation engine makes flaws in the system that much more obvious and distasteful. The closer and closer we get to a more realistic simulation, the more obvious that performance shortcuts and programming deficiencies stick out like sore thumbs.
I encourage you to go to the Test server so that we can expedite the timeframe in which this feature is brought back to the rest of our servers.
Awesome, maybe if I do some free beta testing for them I can play the game with all of its features intact someday!
I really hope the modding community takes this further. I still won't be buying the game but at the very least this should provide remedy for those who did.
Speaking of Polygon, there're so much defenders on this site... yet all of their defense rests on "features!" Apparently "features!" take more precedence over quality. I bet these people defended Skyrim's terrible UI too.
It looks like you can now download it and try for yourself !
http://www.reddit.com/r/SimCity/comments/1abddh/bagoftrix_version_3_added_unlimited_offline_timer/