Re: Elite IV
Bret Ripley
<memn...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:36:26 -0700, Bret Ripley <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote:
> >On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:44:51 GMT,Memnochwrote:
>
> >> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:22:08 GMT, "Jonah Falcon" <jonahny...@mindspring.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >>>How come this is being developed and there's almost no press about it?
>
> >> Because there is next to no information about it I guess. Their offices in
> >> Cambridge are just across the road from me on the Science Park. I guess I
> >> could hang around and stare through their windows for you guys! :-))
>
> >OK, it's a deal. Of course, we'll expect you to give us regular status
> >reports on the project. Considering the history of Elite IV's development
> >cycle, an update every 2 or 3 years should be adequate.
So, Memnoch: how's your first report coming along?
> I wasn't even aware it was them till about 3 years ago. We moved offices to
> the North end of the Science Park. I walk past their offices every day and the
> first time I looked at the Frontier sign I thought "That looks familar...."
> ;-)
Well?
Bret
PS: It almost looks like csipgs-s is showing faint signs of life. Well it
won't work, I tell you. This froup is dead. It says so in the FAQ.
Memnoch
>On Mar 30 2007, 10:34 am, Memnoch
><memn...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:36:26 -0700, Bret Ripley <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote:
>> >On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:44:51 GMT,Memnochwrote:
>>
>> >> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:22:08 GMT, "Jonah Falcon" <jonahny...@mindspring.com>
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >>>How come this is being developed and there's almost no press about it?
>>
>> >> Because there is next to no information about it I guess. Their offices in
>> >> Cambridge are just across the road from me on the Science Park. I guess I
>> >> could hang around and stare through their windows for you guys! :-))
>>
>> >OK, it's a deal. Of course, we'll expect you to give us regular status
>> >reports on the project. Considering the history of Elite IV's development
>> >cycle, an update every 2 or 3 years should be adequate.
>
>So, Memnoch: how's your first report coming along?
Well...erm...err....oh yeah, about 5 months or so ago they had a fire on their
roof. I was watching from upstairs and was probably the first to spot it, you
know, since I've been sitting there with binoculars for the last few years and
all! At first we thought it was just buggered air conditioning or something
and then the fire engines turned up.
Other than that nothing to report. And unfortunately I've since left that
company as it has been closed down but at least those developers over there
don't have to worry about me staring at them from across the road any more!
:-)
MindFever
"Memnoch" <mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Heyya Memnoch!
Hmm, do you work for a gaming industry btw? I had a weird notion that you do
(before reading this post,mind you) ;)
Also: WHAT?...fire on their roof? ah man ... i hope nobody was hurt. Well at
least nobody was FIRED,I trust ? :P (lame joke)
Lol, you stared them every day ? I could blackmail you that I will report
you if you don't give me a free copy of Elite IV ;)
Bret Ripley
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:19:09 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mar 30 2007, 10:34 am, Memnoch
>><memn...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:36:26 -0700, Bret Ripley <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote:
>>> >On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:44:51 GMT,Memnochwrote:
>>>
>>> >> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:22:08 GMT, "Jonah Falcon" <jonahny...@mindspring.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>How come this is being developed and there's almost no press about it?
>>>
>>> >> Because there is next to no information about it I guess. Their offices in
>>> >> Cambridge are just across the road from me on the Science Park. I guess I
>>> >> could hang around and stare through their windows for you guys! :-))
>>>
>>> >OK, it's a deal. Of course, we'll expect you to give us regular status
>>> >reports on the project. Considering the history of Elite IV's development
>>> >cycle, an update every 2 or 3 years should be adequate.
>>
>>So, Memnoch: how's your first report coming along?
>
> Well...erm...err....
Yes, yes: out with it, man.
> oh yeah, about 5 months or so ago they had a fire on their
> roof. I was watching from upstairs and was probably the first to spot it,
Well done! Of course, we expect nothing less from csipgs-s's number one
industry spy.
> you
> know, since I've been sitting there with binoculars for the last few years and
> all!
That's the spirit!
> At first we thought it was just buggered air conditioning or something
> and then the fire engines turned up.
Don't tell me, let me guess: you donned firefighter's gear, rushed into the
building, bashed in Braben's door with your fire axe, and made copies of
his development notes?
> Other than that nothing to report.
Oh.
> And unfortunately I've since left that company
Oh, dear. That's a blemish on your file, and no mistake.
> as it has been closed down
Save the feeble excuses, if you don't mind.
> but at least those developers over there
> don't have to worry about me staring at them from across the road any more!
> :-)
Oh, I think I see what you're getting at: Braben spotted you spying on him,
and realizing your cover was blown you arranged to have your "employer"
shut down as an excuse to relocate so you could continue to monitor the
development of Elite IV from a secure locale .... brilliant!
We look forward to your next report, due some time around 2012. Carry on!
Bret
MindFever
"Bret Ripley" <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote in message
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Sarcasm overload... take it easy ;)
Memnoch
>
>
>"Memnoch" <mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> Other than that nothing to report. And unfortunately I've since left that
>> company as it has been closed down but at least those developers over
>> there
>> don't have to worry about me staring at them from across the road any
>> more!
>> :-)
>
>Heyya Memnoch!
>
>Hmm, do you work for a gaming industry btw? I had a weird notion that you do
>(before reading this post,mind you) ;)
Sadly no. I used to work in IT for a large pharma company, until it got bought
out by an even bigger one run by tossers and all but 10 of us quit or rather
accepted their very generous redundancy offer. :-))
Bret Ripley
That's too bad about your old company. I hope you landed on your feet.
Bret
Bret Ripley
Elite IV's development arc was one of the minor (but persistent)
side-threads back when this froup was fairly active. The group's raison
d'etre, of course, was ... I forget. I think it had something to do with
Bill Huffman.
>... take it easy ;)
Oh ... OK. Just how does one do that?
Bret
MindFever
"Memnoch" <mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Ah man,sorry i brought that up ;)
MindFever
"Bret Ripley" <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote in message
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WHAT? :) Bill Huffman? The guy who DEBUNKED Derek Smart's phony PHD? Are you
sure? :) He rocked ,totaly ,back then...
> Oh ... OK. Just how does one do that?
Dunno,read the FAQ of BC3000 (you will fail ;) ) :P at least you will learn
patience in a ZEN-BUDDHIST kind of way... man, for that garbage one must
become the divine itself.
Why do i keep to bring up DS and BC3k? Because it is a legendary piece of
crap and because i still think DS owns me some money
Memnoch
>Why do i keep to bring up DS and BC3k? Because it is a legendary piece of
>crap and because i still think DS owns me some money
I have been looking on and off for a while now for a YouTube review of one of
the BC games and haven't found it yet. Perhaps DS has had it removed? I'm
pretty sure it was A World Apart. Anyway, I visited the 3000AD site to double
check the game name etc. It has to be one of the worst designed corporate
websites I have ever seen. For a professional game developer to use that as
his shop window is pretty shameful. I had a look at the job vacancies page and
there is no mention of web design on there so I guess they are happy!
I have to admire his balls though. Anyone who can continue to release the same
game over and over again and make it sell too really should be in charge of
getting some of us out of the financial mess we are in now. The latest
incarnation really doesn't look all that different than the previous
incarnations. There are some pretty cool looking desert formations and
reflective bodies of water but that's about it.
Graham Thurlwell
<snip>
> Elite IV's development arc was one of the minor (but persistent)
> side-threads back when this froup was fairly active. The group's raison
> d'etre, of course, was ... I forget. I think it had something to do with
> Bill Huffman.
IIRC, csipg.strategic and csipg.flight-sim decided that discussing
games where you flew around selling drugs and fluffy animals to aliens
wasn't sufficiently on-topic and ran us out of town on a rail. Or
something like that.
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Bret Ripley
> On the 10 Jan 2009, Bret Ripley <rip...@gotsky.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Elite IV's development arc was one of the minor (but persistent)
>> side-threads back when this froup was fairly active. The group's raison
>> d'etre, of course, was ... I forget. I think it had something to do with
>> Bill Huffman.
>
> IIRC, csipg.strategic and csipg.flight-sim decided that discussing
> games where you flew around selling drugs and fluffy animals to aliens
> wasn't sufficiently on-topic and ran us out of town on a rail.
The bastards. The least they could have done was run you out of town on a
fluffy animal.
> Or something like that.
That's how I remember it.
Bret
Bret Ripley
Please genuflect when you speak that name.
> The guy who DEBUNKED Derek Smart's phony PHD?
The very same.
> Are you sure?
As sure as the day is long.
> :) He rocked ,totaly ,back then...
Yes, and somehow he managed to do so without transposing his commas and
spaces.
>> Oh ... OK. Just how does one do that?
>
> Dunno,read the FAQ of BC3000 (you will fail ;)
You are correct -- and I'm happy to continue failing for the foreseeable
future.
> ) :P at least you will learn
> patience in a ZEN-BUDDHIST kind of way... man, for that garbage one must
> become the divine itself.
>
> Why do i keep to bring up DS and BC3k?
Because you are a DS sock-puppet trying to drum up attention?
(Randomly accusing people of being a DS sock-puppet was also a favorite
pastime in these parts.)
> Because it is a legendary piece of
> crap and because i still think DS owns me some money
Why? Were you a Coke machine in a former life?
Bret
adultc...@gmail.com
They say Elite 4 is coming and I would like to see it hit the market
but we will probably be waiting for a while... :( There are some other
space sims coming out soon that look interesting like Jumpgate
Evolution and The Black Prophecy. I also just recently started up a
space sim gaming website where I try to do my best to gather all the
info on all the happenings in the great gender. It's been online since
late December and I think it is layout complete and wouldn't mind some
feedback on the site :)
Check it out at http://www.spacesimcentral.com
Thanks
-D1-
Bret Ripley
<snip>
> I try to do my best to gather all the
> info on all the happenings in the great gender.
I think you probably mean "genre", but with space-sim you can't be too
sure.
Bret
DarkOne
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 05:57:17 -0800 (PST), adultchitc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > I try to do my best to gather all the
> > info on all the happenings in the great gender.
>
> I think you probably mean "genre", but with space-sim you can't be too
> sure.
>
> Bret
Thanks for the correction Bret :) I meant genre.
Bret Ripley
Hey, no problem Mr. One. I see you've also corrected the spelling on your
website. I think that means I can now add "Website Design Consultant" to my
CV.
All kidding aside, good luck with your site.
Bret