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Exalted 3 - What the hell?

Started by DisgruntleFairy, February 24, 2014, 01:51:28 AM

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Snowman0147

#780
January 30, 2015, 12:15:26 PM
Quote from: Kiero;813202Or more likely, their idea of rebuilt doesn't match that of anyone outside the echo chamber.

Nothing, but the truth had been spoken in this post.

Nexus

#781
January 30, 2015, 05:37:12 PM
Is it just me or does it seem like a good chunk of the questions in the "Ask a Developer" threads are being answered by Isator Levie and not a Developer (Holden or hatewheeek/John Morke)?
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Warboss Squee

#782
January 30, 2015, 08:02:07 PM
Quote from: Nexus;813320Is it just me or does it seem like a good chunk of the questions in the "Ask a Developer" threads are being answered by Isator Levie and not a Developer (Holden or hatewheeek/John Morke)?

Par the course.

Nexus

#783
January 30, 2015, 08:45:18 PM
Who IS Holden anyway? The only thing I recall about him is he was some random poster on the old WW forums with a hamster avatar. And then, bam, overnight he's one of the Twin God Kings of Exalted.
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Snowman0147

#784
January 30, 2015, 09:00:00 PM
Actually I don't know how he got promoted I been in those old forums.  It just seems white wolf pick notice him one day and just said, "Eh...  What can go wrong?"

Brand55

#785
January 30, 2015, 09:51:54 PM
Basically, yeah. He was one of the more frequent posters on the old WW forums and eventually got tapped to work as a freelancer. This was later in 2E's run when the system had become an over-complicated dung heap and most people with any sense wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. Among the faithful, he's supposed to be some sort of a god when it comes to RPG mechanics, but I've never liked adding more complications to try to balance things out.

I believe his first work for WW was on the Alchemicals book, though I could be wrong. By the time he started actually working on official products, my interest in the game was waning and my group was looking to move on to a game with combat that didn't take 4+ hours.

Bren

#786
January 30, 2015, 10:20:11 PM
Quote from: Brand55;813363I believe his first work for WW was on the Alchemicals book, though I could be wrong. By the time he started actually working on official products, my interest in the game was waning and my group was looking to move on to a game with combat that didn't take 4+ hours.
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Orphan81

#787
January 30, 2015, 11:52:57 PM
From what I understand is Holden and the rest of the "Ink Monkies" started doing errata for Exalted for free on their own, and eventually white wolf decided to hire them based on the merits of the work.

As for Isator Levie, well he'd probably give his right hand to be part of the Exalted Crew himself, so it's to be expected.
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#788
January 30, 2015, 11:54:29 PM
Quote from: Bren;813367So D&D 4E? ;)
Heh, not quite. Another GM tried to get a 4E game going while I was doing Exalted. That didn't last very long. I think we managed two sessions before deciding 4E wasn't for us.

James Gillen

#789
January 31, 2015, 12:14:11 AM
Quote from: Brand55;813363Basically, yeah. He was one of the more frequent posters on the old WW forums and eventually got tapped to work as a freelancer. This was later in 2E's run when the system had become an over-complicated dung heap and most people with any sense wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. Among the faithful, he's supposed to be some sort of a god when it comes to RPG mechanics, but I've never liked adding more complications to try to balance things out.

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Snowman0147

#790
January 31, 2015, 01:39:00 AM
Hey this could be a American success story if it wasn't for the fact that it is a failure.

One Horse Town

#791
January 31, 2015, 05:43:05 AM
Picking people up to work on the official line because they are frequent posters to the company boards can be a good way to unearth new talent - especially if their unofficial stuff is awesome. That's how i got picked up for WFRP v2 a few years back. ;)

Snowman0147

#792
January 31, 2015, 12:17:20 PM
Okay so you are a great American success story in the small scale.  That still doesn't mean that Holden was successful.

Anglachel

#793
January 31, 2015, 12:58:50 PM
Quote from: Brand55;813363Among the faithful, he's supposed to be some sort of a god when it comes to RPG mechanics, ...


lol...yeah, no, just no. None of the Ex3e Team has any clue about mechanics. They think they do but i bet all of them have, at best, a highschool understanding of mathematics. And it shows.
Or maybe i'm unfair...and they had to work with that horrible mess and just did not achieve to make it any better.

The sad thing is, they had the chance to get a real mechanics guy into the team...there were a couple to chose from, even on rpg.net (Jon Chung, for example)...but they did not. Chance squandered.

One Horse Town

#794
January 31, 2015, 01:26:37 PM
Quote from: Snowman0147;813444Okay so you are a great American success story in the small scale.  That still doesn't mean that Holden was successful.

I'm not American. :D
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