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From: matth@bellatlantic.net (Matthew Hulett)
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Subject: Re: scea ?
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:28:49 GMT
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How can I say this in a non-flaming form...

O.k., quite simply, I suggest you write either Mario, or another
staffer, and ask for an explanation. It's that simple. 

I did this after your original post in our freetalk group, and I
purposefully took the time on numerous occasions to share said
information with other team members in Freetalk, to assuage any
anxieties.

Until you hear it from a staffer, you will probably not believe that
our "non-productivity" has nothing to do with the member cap.
Logic requires facts, not assumptions.

Don't take this to heart, we have had a few laughs together, but I am
getting quite irked with all this baseless speculation and anxiety
about the membership cap. No, it's not just you. The truth has been
posted, on multiple occasions.

Go ahead, write Mario, it's his job to answer our questions. Or, post
a thread in freetalk. 

You have a yaroze, and a wonderful opportunity to program games.
I would appreciate it if you would stop criticizing our membership. I,
for one, am aware of your displeasure with SCEA's lack of
productivity. I am also aware that a few other members who criticized
us for our lack of productivity in the past are now absent. Meaning,
they burned bright, they burned fast,  and they died young. I am not
drawing an analogy to you, no farther than to request patience.

This is a long term endeavor, worthy of years of learning, time, and
investment. Rome was not built in a day. Note, no europeans  remark on
the fact that the Japanese put us all to shame. It is meaningless. 
I suspect, in the end, Americans are a bunch of rich spoiled brats
with so much extra cash, that they were willing to purchase the yaroze
on a whim. While, our counterparts in other countries where cash is
tighter were much more, how would you say... less casual in their
purchase, i.e. only the experienced programmers would invest limited
resources in such a pursuit.

With patience, you may be surprised what comes in time.

-Matt