Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com From: "Jeff Lawton" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: omigod Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:40:24 -0500 Organization: SCEA News Server Lines: 51 Message-ID: <6caek3$5bj13@scea> References: <34E10AF7.F024308@ix.netcom.com> <34E2F857.714@sms.ed.ac.uk> <6c1n9l$4706@scea> <34E87B54.B3@sms.ed.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool4.groupz.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 James Rutherford wrote in message <34E87B54.B3@sms.ed.ac.uk>... >> I don't know about that... I would say the biggest thing >> that separates them from us is the amount of time they are willing >> to spend working on something.. > >This is true to an extent, but there's no denying that those guys have >shown a talent for spotting what worked in the games of that genre and >boiling them down into something that gelled together really well. >I'm sure there are a lot of people who can do that among our ranks - and >I look forward to seeing the results, but I reckon it's more than just >time - Talent, passion and dedication are right up there as well. Kinda left all the yammering in there... Just so people know what we are talking about... Anyhow... I agree that they have talent... Wasn't in question was it? Was it unmentioned, or maybe I thought that went without saying.. I would think that almost anyone that has a Yaroze figures they have the 'talent', I was just trying to state that it was a matter of time more so than talent. I think that only core coders that truely enjoy coding as more than a job are the ones with Yarozes, and the ones that are probably the future of gaming... Even though we have talent, we tend to also look upon personal lives as important, and many times the goals we set for ourselves tend to be more than the 'one' can handle. I strongly believe that teams will make the difference, as far as Yaroze coding goes... I just feel that people in the US seem to keep things to themselves.. I don't know how many conversations I have had with people where they tell me they haven't published source, or they don't want to post anything in the news groups because they feel intimidated by some of the posts.... Don't know why that is, but it is there... I hope that in the future more of us can start banding together to try to make something decent... As for time... Hopfully if we form groups we can work together on creating products, and in the end give ourselves a better understanding of the machine through communication. Only time will tell... :) >Here's to the games of the future (and their authors)... Agreed! To the future, and their respected authors! Regards, Jeff / ROGUE