The New Technology: Evilution (1995/10/27 Press Release)
da Muddy_One
Hi again.
I know many are waiting for TNT: Evilution to be released today.
The snafu that occured Monday was this:
We made TNT too cool, at the 11th hour, we were contacted about the
possibility of it being released commercially and asked to delay
release until Friday so they could determine if they wanted it.
They do.
Futher discussions are currently underway.
The upshot of this is that TNT will probably be released in stores
around the world in January.
I will post further information as soon as I can.
--H2HMud (TeamTNT PR coordinator)
P.S. no, sorry, I am not at liberty to provide any further information
at this time.
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Tantor
writes:
>
>Hi again.
>
>I know many are waiting for TNT: Evilution to be released today.
>
>The snafu that occured Monday was this:
>
>We made TNT too cool, at the 11th hour, we were contacted about the
>possibility of it being released commercially and asked to delay
>release until Friday so they could determine if they wanted it.
>
>They do.
>
>Futher discussions are currently underway.
>
>The upshot of this is that TNT will probably be released in stores
>around the world in January.
>
>I will post further information as soon as I can.
>
>--H2HMud (TeamTNT PR coordinator)
>
>P.S. no, sorry, I am not at liberty to provide any further information
> at this time.
>
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Jeff Dixon
poster mentioned "this reeks of a PR stunt." I personally am willing
to make the commitment that whatever company publishes this can count
my group out of its customer base -- for any product it releases.
Selling Wads is fine, but promoting and hyping it and then saying --
oh, it was just too cool -- is in rather poor taste. Not entirely
impossible to understand from the sellers point of view, but I'm
nevertheless annoyed enough to act.
Arthur Chang
Even if it's not, and I don't think it is, I am dissapointed with
their decision. When id started out, they intended for people to have FUN with
level editing, not to make a profit off their (id) work. Although I can
understand the desire to go commercial, this being such an organized project
of such scope, I am sure there are wad editors out there (like me) who, even
though they aren't as good, are learning and will one day be as good, who
would be willing to do such a project for free in the future. I'm expecting
heated debate over my comments, but please, no flames, ok? =)
-Arthur Chang
alc...@wam.umd.edu
da Muddy_One
>
>In <46rva6$b...@news.unicomp.net> jel...@conline.com (da Muddy_One)
>writes:
>>
>>
>>Hi again.
>>
>
>This reeks of a PR stunt.
Sorry to disappoint you, it's just the straight skinny. Ask anyone
who knows me, I'm telling it like it is.
-- H2HMud
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da Muddy_One
A very understandable point-of-view.
However, I believe you will find that you are being a bit hasty with
your assumptions.
1). From it's inception 7 months ago, TeamTNT had planned to release
TNT:Evilution as freeware on the net.
2). All out promotion efforts have been guided by the fact that it was
only going to be available on the InterNet.
3). 12 hours before we were going to upload TNT:Evilution to ftp.cdrom.com
we were contacted by a company--no, it's not appropriate to say how at
this time--who wanted to release it commercially.
4). TeamTNT has not yet decided whether to accept this offer or go ahead
with the freeware release.
5). If we had not been promoting TNT on the Net in preparation for a
freeware release or if we have been contacted a month ago instead of
last Monday, no one would have been informed of its possible commercial
release. The fact is we were left with several options: (a) just lie
to everyone who was looking forward to checking out TNT:E by telling some
lame story about an indefinite delay (utterly unacceptable); (b) just
say nothing (rude and unacceptable); (c) come out and inform the public
of as much as we can at the time and take all the heat that might result
from it (the only honorable course of action).
--H2HMud
da Muddy_One
:In article <46s51k$7...@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>,
:>This reeks of a PR stunt.
:
: Even if it's not, and I don't think it is, I am dissapointed with
:their decision.
Thank you Arthur, it's not.
BTW, let me note that TeamTNT has not yet made a decision about whether to
accept the offer and go ahead with a freeware release. I'm sure they will
be paying close attention to the ensuing discussion of the ethics of
commercial wads.
-- H2HMud
Ben Morris
: 5). If we had not been promoting TNT on the Net in preparation for a
: freeware release or if we have been contacted a month ago instead of
: last Monday, no one would have been informed of its possible commercial
: release. The fact is we were left with several options: (a) just lie
: to everyone who was looking forward to checking out TNT:E by telling some
: lame story about an indefinite delay (utterly unacceptable); (b) just
: say nothing (rude and unacceptable); (c) come out and inform the public
: of as much as we can at the time and take all the heat that might result
: from it (the only honorable course of action).
Hey guy - if any of you used DCK, I want a piece of the action. It's only
logical; If you hadn't used DCK, your release schedule might have been
before this date or after it, and the company who is now interested might
not have seen the right promo at the right time and would never have
contacted you.
Now, since I spent a heck of a long time on DCK - a freeware project
(until 3.0 - sorry guys :), I figure I deserve a slice of the pie if any
of the members involved were using my program. Can you dig it?
(sheesh: just release the thing already. you'll get the home market if
you go commercial, but everyone on the net will think you guys are
weiners.)
no damage yet, though .. <grin>!
-/-
Ben Morris: Irritant at large bmo...@islandnet.com
SavanTech/Zerius/C++/Rush/DCK http://www.islandnet.com/~voltaire
Watch for DCK and HexenCK 3.0 real soon now, eh! Real soon! Yeah!
Adam Williamson
bmo...@islandnet.com "Ben Morris" writes:
>
> -/-
> Ben Morris: Irritant at large bmo...@islandnet.com
> SavanTech/Zerius/C++/Rush/DCK http://www.islandnet.com/~voltaire
> Watch for DCK and HexenCK 3.0 real soon now, eh! Real soon! Yeah!
>
I don't think, technically, you can ask for money off this Ben. Think of all
the games that use 3D Studio gfx - the authors of that get nothing.
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Scott Smith
>Actually, Jim was just saying why it hadn't been released! And Jim...don't
>be stupid and have people selling it. Ask yourself: Would YOU buy a .wad,
>when there's people like me, Briam Vannetta, Dweller and others turning
>out perfectly good wads for free, because we enjoy doing it? No you bleeding
>well wouldn't. If you want to make 50 dollars, sell it. If you want lots
>of praise, lots of users and a nice warm feeling inside, give it away. Get
>me? I will never BUY a PWAD.
I'm indifferent, because I think we'll be able to get it without
having to pay, regarless of whether it goes commercial, or not (unless
it's Id Soft that wants the thing).
As I understand it, one cannot legally "sell" a PWAD. The work around
that allows people to make money off of PWADs is that they say they
are charging for the distribution of the PWAD, and not for the PWAD
itself, which is public domain material. What's to stop the first
person that buys the commercial distribution of this public domain
PWAD from uploading the PWAD CDROM.COM for everyone to download? I see
nothing that could legally stop that from happening.
Scott A. Smith - sc...@gate.net
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William J. Bessette
: >
: >This reeks of a PR stunt.
: Sorry to disappoint you, it's just the straight skinny. Ask anyone
: who knows me, I'm telling it like it is.
He's telling it like it is. When I was in on the project early
on, it was to be freeware.
dsquid
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Ben Morris
: I don't think, technically, you can ask for money off this Ben. Think of all
: the games that use 3D Studio gfx - the authors of that get nothing.
I was just trying to prove a point - i'm not serious about the money at
all. I'm just of the opinion that it's a weinerheaded thing to do; no
amount of time could make even a 32-level PWAD worth spending money on,
when I've enjoyed a dozen times the entertainment it'd give me from other
wads that have all been free.
Anyway ..
John Duquette
: 1). From it's inception 7 months ago, TeamTNT had planned to release
: TNT:Evilution as freeware on the net.
This is fine. So what you shuld do is exactly that. Release it as freeware.
And instead of going for the dollars do the "right" thing. There are
thousands of PWADS available for free over the net and via bbs' and I also
agree that I can't see myself paying for one.
: 4). TeamTNT has not yet decided whether to accept this offer or go ahead
: with the freeware release.
I am glad to see that you havent made up you minds yet. There are alot of
people who would have just gone ahead and sold it.
: 5). If we had not been promoting TNT on the Net in preparation for a
: freeware release or if we have been contacted a month ago instead of
: last Monday, no one would have been informed of its possible commercial
: release. The fact is we were left with several options: (a) just lie
: to everyone who was looking forward to checking out TNT:E by telling some
: lame story about an indefinite delay (utterly unacceptable); (b) just
: say nothing (rude and unacceptable); (c) come out and inform the public
: of as much as we can at the time and take all the heat that might result
: from it (the only honorable course of action).
: --H2HMud
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: PR coordinator for "The New Technology: Evilution"
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Listen to your conscience.
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TeacherMAO
(William J. Bessette) writes:
>: >This reeks of a PR stunt.
Even if it isn't ..... I do not like the idea either.
>: Sorry to disappoint you, it's just the straight skinny. Ask anyone
>: who knows me, I'm telling it like it is.
I do not doubt that you are. I suggest you go with your first instincts
and make it FREEWARE .... Public Domain.
>He's telling it like it is. When I was in on the project early
>on, it was to be freeware.
As it should be a freeware project! There are far to many good, nay I
say GREAT, wad authors making their wads freeware why would any one want
to pay for any!
I admire the work of the Windsor's, Stewart's and the many others to
numerous to mention. I'm thankful for their generosity and giftedness
with regards to their creations.
I sincerly hope to place you and your associates up there with them and
not in another category, that I refuse to extrapolate on.
Jim Wraith
)Adam Williamson (Ad...@scss.demon.co.uk) wrote:
): I don't think, technically, you can ask for money off this Ben. Think of all
): the games that use 3D Studio gfx - the authors of that get nothing.
)I was just trying to prove a point - i'm not serious about the money at
)all. I'm just of the opinion that it's a weinerheaded thing to do; no
)amount of time could make even a 32-level PWAD worth spending money on,
)when I've enjoyed a dozen times the entertainment it'd give me from other
)wads that have all been free.
Actually, from all the legal hoo-haa I can understand, you *can* make
money from utilities you've written, but not levels/gfx etc.. Seeing
as you've done all the coding.. Ben, I don't have any dollars, but
don't be surprised if you get a couple of quid in the post ;)
)Anyway ..
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Brian Kidby
[lotsa stuff about TeamTNT]
As I said befiore, you really should check out TeamTNT's home-page
before condemning TeamTNT (http://www.neosoft.com/~teamtnt). What
you find there just might make you rethink your position.
Cheers,
Brian K.
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I really think you ought to take a look at TeamTNT's web-page before you
condemn them. What you find there might just make you rethink your
position. The URL is http://www.neosoft.com/~teamtnt
Enjoy (I know I did!),
Simon H. Garlick
Did you pay for your level editors? For the tips and skills you picked up
in this forum? For the advice you received from other players? When other
players have made suggestions or criticism, have you paid them consultancy
fees?
Did the authors of great pwads such as Aliens-TC!, trinity.wad,
uac_dead.wad, raven.wad, asd2.wad, 2diehell.wad, boothill.wad,
return01.wad, etc. ask anyone to pay them for it?
You may get a _few_ dollars - although Doom will never die, Quake is just
around the corner - but is it worth the contempt and disgust of the entire
Doom community?
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> You won't buy Quake then? Yes, its id that's buying TNT. Open mouth,
>insert foot.. just like the whole of doom-editing did.
Not me. I suggested that they go for it.
Neil
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Avery Andrews
such as Olivier Montanuy who wrote free or nearly free utilities on
the basis that they would get to enjoy the wads thereby created
(nearly free would include shareware under $15 or maybe even $20
all-versions rego). Such people ought to get a free copy (also
the archive maintainers, specification compilers, etc.), and
maybe some of them would even be satisfied by this. After all,
when the authors' cut is split 22 ways, how much would the individual
authors be getting?
The Bishop of Battle
Hey, wait just a darn minute here! The TNT team isn't the only people
out there who can design/build/assemble a 32 level PWAD collection. Sure,
we all wanted to play TNT and I was really looking foreward to killing time
with it till Quake came out but, now that's not gonna happen.
I have a suggestion: Let's build our own 32 level PWAD and release it for
free BEFORE the January release of TNT.
All we gotta do is come up with a name, build a WWW page, and throw together
32 kick ass single player Doom 2 levels. I'll bet we can even have some new
graphics and sounds.
Anyone who is interested in having their un-released PWAD added to the 32
"Un-Named 32 Level PWAD" please E-Mail me right away.
Include a uucoded copy of your PWAD even if it is not finished, that way I
can start getting an idea of the difficulty of your .WAD and the order I want
to put it in.
I already have my own WWW page, I can whip together a WWW page as good as
TNT: Evilution in a couple of days.
We could have the whole thing thrown together by the end of November!
E-Mail me with comments/suggestions/levels!
The Bishop of Battle
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>All we gotta do is come up with a name, build a WWW page, and throw together
>32 kick ass single player Doom 2 levels. I'll bet we can even have some new
>graphics and sounds.
Only single player? TNT:E has single, coop, _and_ deathmatch modes, all
extensively playtested and very refined. All this and unified themes, too.
---SNIP---
>We could have the whole thing thrown together by the end of November!
>
Keyword: thrown
>E-Mail me with comments/suggestions/levels!
>
>
>The Bishop of Battle
>bis...@primenet.com
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Adam Williamson
> Adam Williamson (Ad...@scss.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> : Uhhh...Mack, who told you that?
>
> It's on the TeamTNT Web page. There's a big centered header that says
> "That company is id software!" It's still pretty lame, though,
> considering id didn't actually have to do anything but shell out cash.
>
> Aaron
>
Ahh, so the rest of you finally found out then :)
Avery Andrews
>...
>me? I will never BUY a PWAD.
>...
>
I wouldn't buy it either, if they just stuffed the wads in a box and stuck
them in the stores. But does this sound like Idsoftware in action? I'd
expect to see significant enhancements to the exe, such as maybe looking
up and down, Heretic-style carryable items, or Jetpacks.
That would be quite a different story, and I think it would justify some
price, tho not as much as for a genuinely new game. And I'd still
maintain that free/cheap utility authors, archive & faq maintainers,
etc. should get it free.
Simon H. Garlick
I'm not going to get over-critical here, but consider a paraphrasal of the TNT
storyline:
"The UAC is conducting matter teleportation experiments at a base in the Solar
System. Something takes control of the teleporter gates from the other side, and
before the UAC can shut the gates it forces its way through. All communication
from the base has ceased. Someone has got to go in..."
Does that sound like a "NEW STORYLINE" to anyone?
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Robt_Martin
they haven't done yet would consider the main good reason for id to
distribute the best wads by others: to prevent the blatant rip-off of wad
creators by folks putting out freeware/shareware DOOM add-on cds and disks.
I mean, what about that open invitation by one outfit for wad creators to
enter their contest for a $1000 prize? The only trouble with that was you
had to sign away all rights to your wad in order to enter their contest.
Meanwhile, ONE good wad represents more than a grand worth of work.
If id can make it possible for wad authors to make a few dollars for
their sweat, WHAT is the great crime? Free wads will still be made,
and if they are not up to the quality of those that id *may* choose to
distribute, anyone who wants a totally free, high-quality wad is
welcome to download an editor and build one!
Nobody *owes* anyone a free ride; if you think you're owed, then that
just shows the level of your own ingratitude for what's already been
given to you. The fact that id made their offerings editable, and have
encouraged creativity on the part of the players, is already more than
you deserve!
mono...@conline.com
>Sure. What we're bitching about is the timing. Crash (sorry, that's from
>the e-mail address) summed it up greatly earlier on - TNT dudes are basically
>taking this attitude:
>"Heh, it's too good for you, thanx for the support and encouragement, but
>we're gonna sell it off for a fast buck, even tho we told you it was gonna
>be free. I'm off to sign my pact with the devil now, BYE!"
Do I sense good old-fashioned jelousy there Adam?
Adam Williamson
> Do I sense good old-fashioned jelousy there Adam?
>
No. No. No. <Adam's fist scrunch up into little balls.> NO! WHO ARE YOU CALLING
JEALOUS!?!?!?!?!?! :)
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> Adam Williamson <Ad...@scss.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Just testing!