Poll: Was Brad Mcquaid Overrated?

[magnetaress]

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[Evia]

I think he's under-rated if anything. He (and a large part of the original dev team) were essentially pioneers of the modern mmo. I don't think McQuaid should get all the credit because it was a team effort but you can't deny that brads vision was in a sense revolutionary to the genre, and to 3d gaming.

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think he's under-rated if anything. He (and a large part of the original dev team) were essentially pioneers of the modern mmo. I don't think McQuaid should get all the credit because it was a team effort but you can't deny that brads vision was in a sense revolutionary to the genre, and to 3d gaming.

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by WokeCat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There’s a cool documentary where they interviewed him and several of the super early devs. Was really well done and they actually talked about why EQ had such in depth lore. Apparently they hired some guys who had spent 10 years writing a MUD. Kang remember they said they were scared that they might get sued by the people who invented Dungeons and Dragons when the game launched.

I’ll try to find / link the vid tomorrow. I hate doing anything on my phone.

They did get sued or kinda.

[magnetaress]

Drolvargs lol.

Which is f'd up cuz gnolls r stoled right outa mythos.

To heck with WoTC. They r satan.

[Lampolo]

Vanguard sucked. So will pantheon. Pretty sure someone else was responsible for eq. Brad was on the team but didn't seem to know what made eq good.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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It's less specific commentary on him in particular, and more my experience in software development in gneral. I don't actually know enough of what it was like to work under Aradune to say anything specifically about him.

However, I believe anyone at the top is "overrated": they are only barely more responsible for the final product than the tons of other people working on it, and often enough the people at the top's contribution was to make things worse, not better.

[Lampolo]

Originally Posted by WokeCat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Apparently they hired some guys who had spent 10 years writing a MUD.

This makes sense

[mycoolrausch]

Seeing as after EQ -> WoW he knew what made MMOs more popular and successful, but continued to make games that purposely didn't do those things, he gets an A+ in my book, regardless of any other faults.

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's less specific commentary on him in particular, and more my experience in software development in gneral. I don't actually know enough of what it was like to work under Aradune to say anything specifically about him.

However, I believe anyone at the top is "overrated": they are only barely more responsible for the final product than the tons of other people working on it, and often enough the people at the top's contribution was to make things worse, not better.

Back then was different. He was not a rich executive he failed at that actually.

Vanguard was awesome. It's a shame they didn't get better funding. Where pushed to develop too fast. Didn't have the tools and experience of developers today.

It was too ambitious. Half as many starter races and classes in development with the design for the rest to be added in expansions would have helped.