Why you should never trust Brad Mquaid

[Smedy]

Here's why

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October 5, 2001 Press Release - Graphics Upgrades
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THE WORLD OF EVERQUEST® GOES HIGH RESOLUTION WITH EVERQUEST: THE
SHADOWS OF LUCLIN™ EXPANSION

-Old World Environments To Rival Luclin's Beauty With Improved
Graphics-

SAN DIEGO, CA - October 5, 2001- Sony Online Entertainment Inc., (SOE)
announced today that EverQuest®: The Shadows of Luclin™ will launch
with an additional CD-ROM featuring a complete upgrade to all textures
throughout the original world of Norrath and all previous expansions.

"We are pleased to make this surprise announcement," said Brad McQuaid,
Chief Creative Officer & Vice President, Sony Online Entertainment.
"EverQuest players will be amazed at the clarity the texture upgrade
provides and we feel the gameplay experience will be richly enhanced."

http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2011/01/eq4.jpg

srsly brad.... srsly

2001 october 5, never forget when immersion was ruined.... also midi music broke with this patch and never came back

very upset right now, some traumatic memories of my ogre looking like shit and having to pay 120 000 plat for an AON to be able to use old models with that shitty ass horse

never forgive, never forget

[JayN]

those model upgrades were an abomination

[Smedy]

those model upgrades were an abomination

whomever let those models through production should be shot

[dre]

Pantheon needs over 400k in 11 days to be funded

[Smedy]

"We have gone through the entire game and applied the new higher
resolution textures by hand," said Scott McDaniel, EverQuest Art Lead,
Sony Online Entertainment.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/scott-mcdaniel/59/818/335

would not hire

[Rogean]

And if they hadn't of done this, Everquest would still be running on DirectX 8 instead of 9 and would not be compatible with anything over Windows XP.

[quido]

prove it

[Colgate]

rogaine will come to the red forums to dickride brad mcquaid, but won't come to the red forums and help fix this abomination of a server

shocking

[iiNGloriouS]

rogaine will come to the red forums to dickride brad mcquaid, but won't come to the red forums and help fix this abomination of a server

shocking

[mikemandella]

rogaine will come to the red forums to dickride brad mcquaid, but won't come to the red forums and help fix this abomination of a server

shocking

in b4 bant :D

[Smedy]

rogaine will come to the red forums to dickride brad mcquaid, but won't come to the red forums and help fix this abomination of a server

shocking

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UUBBVvfBUcM/T1t8Zi673mI/AAAAAAAAA0c/uEdZ-PA4IpI/s1600/homer-simpson-bush-gif.gif

[Zoolander]

rogaine will come to the red forums to dickride brad mcquaid, but won't come to the red forums and help fix this abomination of a server

shocking

how is he supposed to fix players not being able to compete :confused:

[Kaahbal]

http://www.submariner.org/thepno95/Pictures/not_sure_if_srs.jpg

[Agatha]

And if they hadn't of done this, Everquest would still be running on DirectX 8 instead of 9 and would not be compatible with anything over Windows XP.

literally brad just emailed this to rogean to reply with.


but anyways, I never had a problem with Brad. He made one of my most favorite games.

The only thing I can say is that he will never make another one like everquest, no one will. if each and every one of us was willing to pay enough in subs per month like 150 each, it still wouldn't be enough to justify not catering gameplay to the 1 or 2 hour a day players, who don't want to spend time exploring or figuring shit out.

There will never be another mmorpg worth playing, ever. Thats it. No money in making a good game.

*drops mic*

[Kaahbal]

http://www.estesparknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/duck-proclamation6.jpg

[Smedy]

jesus kaahbal, stop shitting up a perfectly good thread with shitty pictures

sincerely, your pal smedy

[marie]

And if they hadn't of done this, Everquest would still be running on DirectX 8 instead of 9 and would not be compatible with anything over Windows XP.

i use old models on windows 7 64 bit dont know what ur talkin bout

[Eslade]

i use old models on windows 7 64 bit dont know what ur talkin bout

the engine itself is what was upgraded along with the models. the fact that you can still play everquest is because of the upgrade from directx 8. otherwise everyone here would have to either find some way to run a directx 8 box or somehow emulate one.

[Smedy]

the engine itself is what was upgraded along with the models. the fact that you can still play everquest is because of the upgrade from directx 8. otherwise everyone here would have to either find some way to run a directx 8 box or somehow emulate one.

exactly, but nothing kept brad mcquaid from keeping the texture/models and just upgrading it to dx9

[Rogean]

You guys are assuming this was entirely Brad's decision simply because he made the announcement about it.

Not that it surprises me.. the same situations happen here.

[Smedy]

2 replies from rogean, i still have it *taps self on back*

[LastBoss]

http://i.imgur.com/402RCde.jpg

Done son!

[Kaahbal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFt8o7y0jzk

LAST BOSS LAYING DOWN THE LAW

[diplo]

high elves were the only cool looking texture updates.

[Zoolander]

You guys are assuming this was entirely Brad's decision simply because he made the announcement about it.

Not that it surprises me.. the same situations happen here.

well he was lead designer and lead developer

[fiegi 8.0]

rogaine will come to the red forums to dickride brad mcquaid, but won't come to the red forums and help fix this abomination of a server

shocking

http://31.media.tumblr.com/8cb046e6f16e05f8521e15de31927f52/tumblr_mt80mvKYGn1rqfhi2o1_500.gif

[Nirgon]

Good to know while I'm on my way into the office, Grandmaster Colgate has a fresh pot of lulz already brewing for me when I sit down.

Pantheon > whatever else comes out.

[Nirgon]

I do enjoy a good circular finger point when it comes to things like who allowed these Luclin models.

[Awwalike]

so u guys kno u could play with old character models/elementals rite?

[Nirgon]

Greetings from Amazon Payments,

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Willing to pay 3x for something close to EQ style game play over 3 more WoW expac boxes.

If he fails, ya he done. But I think he can do somethin' here.

Can't hate on the guy that made the best MMO ever.

[Mac Dretti]

Pras nigaron

[Nirgon]

Pras nigaron

Known to bro down and not be cheap. Pras.

[thisuserwasbannedlol]

inb4dickride

[Yagebasto]

rogaine will come to the red forums to dickride brad mcquaid, but won't come to the red forums and help fix this abomination of a server

shocking
o boy..
http://oi40.tinypic.com/mbrgwx.jpg

[Tradesonred]

rogaine will come to the red forums to dickride brad mcquaid, but won't come to the red forums and help fix this abomination of a server

shocking

He also came to post picture of his wheels, dont be so harsh

[magician]

rogaine will come to the red forums to dickride brad mcquaid, but won't come to the red forums and help fix this abomination of a server

shocking

dickride bradmcquiad into another failed game 8) hahaha.. what a sucker

[Gaffin 7.0]

Pras nigaron

[Fame]

http://31.media.tumblr.com/8cb046e6f16e05f8521e15de31927f52/tumblr_mt80mvKYGn1rqfhi2o1_500.gif

lold

[Nirgon]

Some day I hope to host forums of my very own filled with people who hate me.

[phacemeltar]

Some day I hope to host forums of my very own filled with people who hate me.

[Gaffin 7.0]

http://i59.tinypic.com/2up4cjd.gif

[Mac Dretti]

I like her

[Potus]

I need that woman's name so I can introduce her to my parents.

[phacemeltar]

her name is charlie, which apparently is a guys name??

[fiegi 8.0]

thought it was a tranny at first glance

[JayN]

http://media.egotvonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/i-need-money.jpg

spare some dollas for new game i make gais

[Gaffin 7.0]

man yall hatin on my wife, she works hard for her money

[Aenor]

Thread fuckin delivered.

[Rhuobhe]

I forgive Brad but this Pantheon Kickstarter is not working out.

[Nirgon]

I forgive Brad but this Pantheon Kickstarter is not working out.

Give your 60 to this instead of WoW/Diablo 3 expac

[Rhuobhe]

Give your 60 to this instead of WoW/Diablo 3 expac

I pledged 150 on day one.

[thisuserwasbannedlol]

you got suckered out of your 150

[Rhuobhe]

you got suckered out of your 150

Not if they fail to reach 800k.

Brad can have my money.

[nilzark]

Does Brad realize, we few P99's, are the only ones who care about this Pantheon pipe-dream? Frankly I am surprised he has raised as much as he has so far. I'm not a hater, just sayin...

[vouss]

brad has a resume of falling short on promises, selling out, ruining good games, and making bad games for the last 13 years would not even donate a dollar

[Nirgon]

But who is he going to sell out to this time? He's making a game for a niche? You think he's going to use this money and try to go WoW clone on this? Sounds like a great way to never get an expansion out of us.

Understand he had corporate overlords/marketing "geniuses" and was rolling his eyes at some of the shit that went in as much as us I'm sure.

[runlvlzero]

Brad was already out of the loop and those model upgrades were outsourced from Japan, N Korea, China. Indonesia.

Sony by then had it's draconic claws deeply imbedded in Brad's IP. Such is life. The empire marches on.

[runlvlzero]

On another note, if Verant hadn't been in Sony's corporate HQ and they didn't get the funding from Sony they needed EQ would have never existed at all.

[runlvlzero]

But who is he going to sell out to this time? He's making a game for a niche? You think he's going to use this money and try to go WoW clone on this? Sounds like a great way to never get an expansion out of us.

Understand he had corporate overlords/marketing "geniuses" and was rolling his eyes at some of the shit that went in as much as us I'm sure.

This, I didn't bother to read down. I don't blame Brad for anything. Maybe he will make his artistic game and be content with a niche.

[runlvlzero]

Part of the fail, was poor team leadership and bad designers/artists which should have been killed dead or never hired on by upper management. But I blame corporate HR for that too. Then again that's just speculation. But it is what it looks like.

A lot of the novice/amateur level design in old EQ is 100x better than the shit trained monkeys could crank out later.

[runlvlzero]

But amateurs make wierd/unprofessional mistakes, and don't meat deadlines.

[Recycled Children]

Who still listens to trance?

[runlvlzero]

Who still listens to trance?

sometimes i do

[Aenor]

Does Brad realize, we few P99's, are the only ones who care about this Pantheon pipe-dream? Frankly I am surprised he has raised as much as he has so far. I'm not a hater, just sayin...

I offered to pitch sponsoring Pantheon to the IT company from which Riot Games leases its entire backbone and didn't hear back from Brad. I wonder if I'll hear from him after Kickstarter fails.

[Portasaurus]

But amateurs make wierd/unprofessional mistakes, and don't meat deadlines.

WTB meat deadlines