I hope I pick my words carefully. I'm concerned about sounding like I think he was overrated. I wouldn't say he was overrated.
I don't know all the people that worked on EQ, and I don't know much about Brad. I don't know how much he was in lead. I'm sure many people in the team were also responsible for great things in EQ as well.
I'm sure he could also have been just a regular guy. But I think a regular guy is what would have been needed to make something great like Everquest. Back in the beginning of video games, people probably had less fear of failure, and didn't overthink ideas.
But I also don't believe in free will. I also think everyone would have done, what all people have ever done. Good deeds or evil deeds. With that philosophy, it is easier to entertain the idea, (If needed.) that no one technically does something that makes them greater than others, or gives them a skill no one else could. We are all the same, and the great have no free will to make them great. Something just makes them that way.
Don't get me wrong, I think all the Jesus's in life, are greater than us all. But technically no one chooses, or has some ability where they choose to be great. As often in life, maybe I'm just not saying it good enough.
So, I think we needed a regular nerd, to make something great like EQ.
I also don't like people saying he is overrated. I didn't know Brad, or if it was all his vision. I know that something took over modern Everquest, and took away the original vision. Or at least, that's how I feel.
A vision that would be required from a regular nerd.
I hope I didn't make it sound worse. I was trying my best.
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