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UC4 Game Director Justin Richmond Leaves ND (And famousmortimer leaves GAF #1393)
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He did apologize. Personally to Col Rodgers. Both Col and Mort posted that he did.
Agent X
Gold Member
Col, thank you for taking the time to explain this situation, which I'm sure has been difficult. I wish you, you son, and your family well. My prayers are with you.
vpance
Member
2014 has been a bad year for GAF insiders. Now that CBOAT and famousmortimer are gone, who do we turn to
HipHopGamer, Kevin Dent and Gies.
thuway is good, I still believe in him.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
We just need to wait until that FF7 remake comes out to check his credentials.
velociraptor
Junior Member
Is CBOAT permabanned?Holy freaking GAF Drama, wow...
Col, best of luck with your son. I hope he gets well. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors as well. It's a shame you had to type personal details about your family to clear your name, but I hope at least now that we know about it, our collective good wishes and karma to you gives you some moral support...
Oh how has Pete Dodd fallen
2014 has been a bad year for GAF insiders. Now that CBOAT and famousmortimer are gone, who do we turn to
digoutyoursoul
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Aquamarine
Member
He was banned for 72 hours for getting the "Titanfall 720p" claim wrong. He's back now, but he hasn't posted anything new since then...he last logged on a month ago.
Bluekaveli
Member
I am going to sleep lol.
I take a break from gaf and all of this has escorted? Wow, happy Friday everyone. R. I. P to our fallen homies.
Pour out a little liquor.
digoutyoursoul
Member
He's good for Sony gossip, I want more than that. Who are the folks with good Nintendo info?
jim-jam bongs
Member
What good Nintendo info?
Nintendo's got their ninjas. I don't think anyone is brave enough to leak their stuff here.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Anything. I'm tired of hearing 1080p and framerate shit
I would too. I just picked those 2 because they are more the "known" ones. I assume there are many people that are in the know but refuse/don't act on it
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
Wow. I am seriously late to the shitstorm that went on in this thread.
It's unfortunate that it got to the stage where Col had to post on gaf about such personal matters but I hope everything will be ok for him and his family. I can't imagine what he must be going through.
It's unfortunate that it got to the stage where Col had to post on gaf about such personal matters but I hope everything will be ok for him and his family. I can't imagine what he must be going through.
I don't consider what he did as an apology, more like damage control. Just like a bully in elementary school. they're going to continue to keep doing the same stuff, (I'd keep an eye on his site for that.) If he was truly sorry that would be the first thing he would've been out and said.
I've lost all respect I had for him.
Cbajd5
Member
They're all dead bro. Ninjas and all that.
I WORKED HARD TO POST THAT LINK USING THE MOBILE EDITOR, PLEASE TELL ME IT WORKS.
Outside of retro. People working with Nintendo like their jobs too much.
Aquamarine
Member
Any person with insider Nintendo info on GAF is smart enough to stay 100% silent about it.
DarkLordMalik
Member
For Nintendo, the only two source of info that come to my mind are Emily Rogers and GameXplain(Website). But they don't usually leak info, so there's that.
That Mort tweet aftermath is disappointing. All hail the glory and regret the demise of the great famousmortimer.
Don't listen to this clown, ever. You'll be better off.
Don't listen to this clown, ever. You'll be better off.
digoutyoursoul
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Steverulez
Member
His twitter reads like a Sony promotional website.
statham
Banned
(Today, 08:33 PM)
For his Thuway comment?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
E3 is just a couple of months away - I hope he goes crazy again lol
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
What makes you believe that a medical student in Pakistan would have inside knowledge?
dragonbane
Member
Around 240 developers just when they announced the move to the new office. About 170 devs credited on MobyGames for working on Ascension (including QA). Let's assume 20 or so employees probably work on other stuff such as The Order and porting PS3 games over to PS4.
So yeah, I would think that Stig's team was 60 people at most from 2010-2013. Between 2013-2014 they probably increased the team to full production size. Can't imagine the total budget reaching $40m tbh.
Steverulez
Member
Because he talks like he has insider knowledge!
digoutyoursoul
Member
What comment ?
dragonbane
Member
There are still some out there. Every once in a while we get something. Just make sure to pay attention
Steverulez
Member
At least thats what it sounded like from what he said on twitter..
I know I might be very late to this and I'm sorry my good fellow GAFfers but it breaks my heart that the director of Driveclub had to reach us to explain a very sensitive issue about his son. He didn't have but so he did...
It also breaks my heart when people provide facts that end up being something very, very inaccurate. I don't follow closely famousmortimer but I remember to send him a PM with my thoughts long time ago (when he got some freebies from Boyes I guess?) and he thanked me for always trying to see the good things in this industry. I just wish more could see and praise the good instead of focusing on the bad side of things, hating on others (hate solves nothing). After that PM, not much changed, I guess. When someone posted a thread on GAF to fund his website I also asked some questions in there but those were left without answer and later on the thread was closed.
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As a community we should always try to welcome anyone and provide a sense of being part of something good. Only like this a community can grow. Learning to respect each other, being helpful and so on it's already something that many of us do. And I really wish we can keep it that way. We need to focus on proper discussions, even there is a rumour then let's hear it but if you are not sure what you are saying and you just "spit" words to grab attention than that's just wrong. But what makes it more wrong is when you say something that harms others. Having to deal with a son with something like that it's already bad enough... the last thing someone like the director of Driveclub deserves is more negative talk about him not delivering or not being enough to handle Driveclub. Instead, he might need support from their friends and family but I believe that support from their fans can also be appreciated.
I know this is a great community and words can't express how glad I am to be part of GAF but in times like this I can't help but remember myself and all of us that the purpose of a community like this one must focus on what's really important about this hobby we love. Saying information about someone and make him (by conscience, not saying he was forced) to tell us his personal reasons is not a proper act of a good place like this. I'm almost ashamed that he felt the need to explain such thing to us. We can do better than this so let's keep focusing on making this the best place to talk about what we love to talk about. I'm always ready to help any GAFfer if he needs and we should always make others feel good in here, not the other way around.
It also breaks my heart when people provide facts that end up being something very, very inaccurate. I don't follow closely famousmortimer but I remember to send him a PM with my thoughts long time ago (when he got some freebies from Boyes I guess?) and he thanked me for always trying to see the good things in this industry. I just wish more could see and praise the good instead of focusing on the bad side of things, hating on others (hate solves nothing). After that PM, not much changed, I guess. When someone posted a thread on GAF to fund his website I also asked some questions in there but those were left without answer and later on the thread was closed.
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As a community we should always try to welcome anyone and provide a sense of being part of something good. Only like this a community can grow. Learning to respect each other, being helpful and so on it's already something that many of us do. And I really wish we can keep it that way. We need to focus on proper discussions, even there is a rumour then let's hear it but if you are not sure what you are saying and you just "spit" words to grab attention than that's just wrong. But what makes it more wrong is when you say something that harms others. Having to deal with a son with something like that it's already bad enough... the last thing someone like the director of Driveclub deserves is more negative talk about him not delivering or not being enough to handle Driveclub. Instead, he might need support from their friends and family but I believe that support from their fans can also be appreciated.
I know this is a great community and words can't express how glad I am to be part of GAF but in times like this I can't help but remember myself and all of us that the purpose of a community like this one must focus on what's really important about this hobby we love. Saying information about someone and make him (by conscience, not saying he was forced) to tell us his personal reasons is not a proper act of a good place like this. I'm almost ashamed that he felt the need to explain such thing to us. We can do better than this so let's keep focusing on making this the best place to talk about what we love to talk about. I'm always ready to help any GAFfer if he needs and we should always make others feel good in here, not the other way around.
vagabondarts
Member
Professionals respect the NDA. It's like deadlines, it's just part of the territory.
Aquamarine
Member
I'm not sure I would exactly call those two "insiders."
I don't doubt Emily Rogers knows people at NOA, though.
digoutyoursoul
Member
I see. Well I wasn't haven't a sly dig, he's good for Sony info, I just want info about the other two aswell. Good info, not just negativity.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Thank You
gundamkyoukai
Member
yep hardware and game leaks no problem but as soon as you start talking about people it's a whole other ball game.
Whipped Spartan
Member
Great post Monk. I love GAF. But the high profile the boards have risen to this past year is often a let down for me as it's frequently used for click bait on bogus aggregate sites and reddit.
Corpsepyre
Banned
So, you're discrediting a guy because he's a medical student and may or may not be from Pakistan? (Last I knew, he was a States resident, but I might be wrong)
Either way, what the fuck?
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Woah.
I don't even know what to say. Well I'll say one thing, this was sad.
Hope your son recovers, Col.
I don't even know what to say. Well I'll say one thing, this was sad.
Hope your son recovers, Col.
Thank you Spartan.
And I know I was probably very late to this but I felt the need to voice my opinion...
Sometimes there are some people who wish that they could pull a chair up next to their workstation, tell Gaf to sit down and share the passion that they have for what they do and how they do it.
Share that some of the most coolest things you have ever seen are created without ever seeing the light of day. That devs are continually content with working behind the scenes when what they do and achieve continues to blow minds.
And you dont even know.
You should. Whether through other language, riddle, vague nuance. You need to see what we've seen. Because sometimes your industry is a better place when it opens itself up.
Share that some of the most coolest things you have ever seen are created without ever seeing the light of day. That devs are continually content with working behind the scenes when what they do and achieve continues to blow minds.
And you dont even know.
You should. Whether through other language, riddle, vague nuance. You need to see what we've seen. Because sometimes your industry is a better place when it opens itself up.
that and it becomes a legal mess
dragonbane
Member
Haha. Completely agreed. Love you Gopher <3
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Yeah im seconding this apology for believing in mort's post too. Whether or not Mort still makes fun of being a 'gaf insider', he gained the trust of many posters/readers here scarily enough that game journalists thought enough to report on it.
This thread is a tragedy:
I get that people despise Mort now, his fall from grace, his false insider information, yeah yeah yeah. But I still appreciate him for NoDRM, because I don't see Sony's current gamer-conscious approach ever having happened without it. Who knows, maybe Sony would have still received a standing ovation at E3 2013, sought out indies and more cross buy games, not included DRM, and other pro-consumer techniques had Shu never acknowledged the campaign. Who knows. But I do appreciate him being proactive and not simply reactive like many of us here on planet Gaf. Sucks that things turned out the way they did.
The real tragedy is Col (who is going through a difficult family crisis) having to lay his private family matters out in the open due to speculation painting him in incompetent light... Speculation that is all too common here from famous posters or otherwise, egged on by a hunger for SONY/MS/NIntendo/dev transparency. I was late to this thread, but his post still makes me feel bad for contributing to things like that in the past.
I get that people despise Mort now, his fall from grace, his false insider information, yeah yeah yeah. But I still appreciate him for NoDRM, because I don't see Sony's current gamer-conscious approach ever having happened without it. Who knows, maybe Sony would have still received a standing ovation at E3 2013, sought out indies and more cross buy games, not included DRM, and other pro-consumer techniques had Shu never acknowledged the campaign. Who knows. But I do appreciate him being proactive and not simply reactive like many of us here on planet Gaf. Sucks that things turned out the way they did.
The real tragedy is Col (who is going through a difficult family crisis) having to lay his private family matters out in the open due to speculation painting him in incompetent light... Speculation that is all too common here from famous posters or otherwise, egged on by a hunger for SONY/MS/NIntendo/dev transparency. I was late to this thread, but his post still makes me feel bad for contributing to things like that in the past.
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