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[BadWolf]

They messed with the wrong programmer:

https://twitter.com/allisonzephyr/status/915036795934531584

 

[c0de]

Obligatory: http://www.ioccc.org/

 

[Ex-Psych]

This is the best.

 

[Wyndstryker]

Was FF2 programmed by that Nasir guy? Who also programmed FF1? Or is this a different person?

 

[mentallyinept]

Comedy gold.

"Ultima is old as hell, newer spells would clearly be more powerful, and no you can't change it I encrypted the source code of the game."

 

[LordOfLore]

This was Nasir probably?

 

[dennism]

lul

 

[Neo-Ryudo]

what a nob, if i was Sakaguchi i would have fired the guy.

 

[Blam]

Nasir strikes again.

 

[kamineko]

bitterness as an actual gameplay mechanic

love it, thanks TC

 

[Fandangox]

Its a lot funnier when you remember one of the characters sacrifice themselves to get you the spell.

 

[Sub_Level]

Funny subversion of the "ancient forbidden spell is powerful" trope.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Got fired right?

 

[Vital Tundra]

Lmao what an asshole.

 

[Trojita]

LMAO at the reasoning. The complete opposite of hidden powerful ancient technique.

 

[ZiggyPalffyLA]

They messed with the wrong programmer

It doesn't sound like they messed with him, it sounds like he was just an asshole.

 

[almostjuliuscaesar]

LOOOL that’s an excellent troll job

 

[Crayolan]

lmao

how do you not get fired for a response like that?

 

[Brandon F]

Pretty dick move. Literally screwing with the game design to fit his own un-vetted pseudo-narrative.

I mean I can sort of understand bringing this concept up in a staff meeting and gauging the temperature on its inclusion, but to ram it in under lock & key without consent? This isn't like some dumb programmer easter egg buried somewhere. Kind of nuts and I would have gone apoplectic on the dude if I was Sakaguchi.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

Amazing.

 

[Ruprit]

That's awesome. I'm assuming Nasir was the programmer. The wiki mentions that Nasir and Sakaguchi are still friends.

 

[jayu26]

Talk about having passion for your work.

 

[Keym]

Reminds me of Unity's bugs and how they ended up being "features" in the game.

 

[True Fire]

The worst kind of game dev. I hope he made better decisions with the rest of his career.

 

[Kanann]

Boy boy, this is the real Lazy Dev (tm) one.

 

[Junahu]

My favourite part of the FF2 "lore" is when Firion thought about casting Toad, but then decided not to, and attacked Guy instead so he'd get more HP.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Hold up, did they fire this man?

 

[Pejo]

Man I'd love to sit down with Gooch and hear these old FF stories. That would have been the best time to be a dev, IMO.

 

[Saikyo]

Got fired right?

Programmed FF2 and FF3, after that he was not involved in the franchise anymore.

That was not nice from Nasir but whatever...

 

[superNESjoe]

I've definitely seen stories like this happen before my eyes in game development. The amount of real human interactions behind the scenes in game development is so interesting, it's a shame more stories like this don't come out.

 

[Kurtofan]

one cool way to get black balled I guess?

 

[Aeana]

There were two other programmers on FF2 besides Nasir, so don't be so quick to levy criticism at him.

Additional Programming
Naoki Okabe
Katsuhisa Higuchi

 

[kotor22]

I would have cast ultima on him

 

[Marcel]

To paraphrase The Dude: the programmer isn't wrong, he's just an asshole.

 

[Begaria]

Fortunately for that guy, Ultima sucking the big one was the least of that game's problems.

 

[ZiggyPalffyLA]

I would have cast ultima on him

It wouldn't have done much damage...

 

[Hispanic! At the Disco]

It wouldn't have done much damage...

Well, that’s something that often happens in life.

 

[GregLombardi]

He should have been given an award for that logic. That is amazing.

 

[NegativeCero]

I wonder where that guy is now. I would guess that he was probably fired. What an awesome story.

 

[Nairume]

Programmed FF2 and FF3, after that he was not involved in the franchise anymore.

He did go on to work on Secret of Mana afterwards, though.

Fortunately for that guy, Ultima sucking the big one was the least of that game's problems.

Eh

It's one of the most prominent examples of FF2's systems not coming together, so it kind of is a big problem for the game.

 

[Yohane]

This dude must be some kind of tensai.

 

[CircusOfClouds]

i'm not sure i understand the programmer's response through the poor translation. what is he talking about?

 

[Nairume]

i'm not sure i understand the programmer's response through the poor translation. what is he talking about?

Ultima is an old spell that doesn't reflect centuries of possible improvement in magic, so it shouldn't be as powerful as "modern" spells.

 

[NeonBlack]

"We fixed your salary, this is something that often happens in life"

 

[Omegasquash]

Pretty dick move. Literally screwing with the game design to fit his own un-vetted pseudo-narrative.

I mean I can sort of understand bringing this concept up in a staff meeting and gauging the temperature on its inclusion, but to ram it in under lock & key without consent? This isn't like some dumb programmer easter egg buried somewhere. Kind of nuts and I would have gone apoplectic on the dude if I was Sakaguchi.

Seems like the kind of thing that one gets fired for. I guess if you don't care/are in a position where you can be a dick with relatively low consequence then...great.

But I doubt Sakaguchi would act as a reference for future job interviews (not that it matters now, decades later).

 

[GregLombardi]

Ultima is an old spell that doesn't reflect centuries of possible improvement in magic, so it shouldn't be as powerful as "modern" spells.

Also - Life is filled with disappointment.

 

[DigitalRicket]

This is the stuff I wish we knew more about in game development. These type of tales are what make these older games even that much more interesting!

 

[Rymuth]

Holy balls @ the encryption

 

[BouncyFrag]

*Cryptarch Rahool nods in silent approval*

 

[Mivey]

With "encrypted" they mean running some code fuzzification over it, right? I mean, it still needs to compile after all.