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LucasFans to you: Shhh 16 May, 2001 / Comments: 26

By Jake


LucasFans' webmaster Joonas Linkola has posted a feature/mini-rant, titled "Stop Whining," about fan reactions to this years all Star Wars E3 line-up. "In a vain attempt to correct a few common delusions and false accusations, I've gathered here a list of topics brought up in the discussion." You can read it here.

More on this as we bother LEC about it ;)...
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26 Comments

  • penbrook on 17 May, 2001, 21:37…
    Nice article, Swordmaster. Now you have to get people to read it and follow it.
  • Maximar on 17 May, 2001, 20:17…
    I couldn't agree more with Swordmaster's rant. The following may not come accross as intelligent or constructive, but if (after this article) you still think LEC is not going to live up to its promises you are just stupid. Period. :)
  • Trinity on 17 May, 2001, 21:14…
    Well, technically all the adventure-loving people at LEC could die suddenly and be replaced by people who will cancel any projects that I hope they're working on right now, but that seems unlikely. Let's just wait and see.
  • Maximar on 19 May, 2001, 15:19…
    Well they're outsourcing all the big Star Wars projects so who knows what they're developing themselves??
  • Huz on 17 May, 2001, 16:15…
    I move that the 'Comments' link be renamed to 'Complaints' for the duration of E3, to save people thinking it's worthwhile clicking on. Get to it DJG!
  • penbrook on 17 May, 2001, 21:33…
    HAha. He's got a point, DJG.
  • Rummy on 17 May, 2001, 15:17…
    LEC is going to die a long and horrible death the whole 50/50 thing was pure 110% BS! who ever heard of a company focusing on just ONE concept and making different situations or it? GOD damn! Can they at least be like Blizzard, and make a f**kin' amazing game like they do? Face it people, the next time we see an adventure game from lucasarts is when we will be old and grey, and IF they DO make an adventure game, its probably gonna be based on STARWARS!!! arg!! what ever happened to good ol' Indiana Jones? ;)
  • Huz on 17 May, 2001, 16:05…
    Yes, a company focusing on one concept to - heaven forbid - make some money is totally unheard of. That's why the Army Men, Worms, Wing Commander and Pokemon are all such great, original, fresh titles. All of them. I think LucasArts should make Monkey Island 5 through 20, just to annoy you all for your collective attitude.
  • GregD on 17 May, 2001, 11:59…
    Of course its a lie its far easier to make 20 games on 1 concept... than trying to make a game out of original ideas. Sadly I don't see this changing.
  • Chunkey Monkey on 17 May, 2001, 09:22…
    OK the 50 percent star wars 50 percent original games is a BIG LIE. I don't see ONE original game in that E3 line up as of yet.
  • Swordmaster on 17 May, 2001, 10:45…
    Didn't you read the article? That was one of the issues I addressed.
  • Chunkey Monkey on 17 May, 2001, 13:46…
    Yeah I did read the article. That's what I'm trying to say. In case you didn't realise the rule IS A BIG FAT LIE.
  • Swordmaster on 17 May, 2001, 14:01…
    And I guess you have some sort of highly-secretive insider information on this subject?
  • GregD on 17 May, 2001, 14:26…
    If you wrote that article Sword you dont have a right to say "stop whining" as we are expression our own opinions. There is such a thing as freedom of speech.
  • Swordmaster on 17 May, 2001, 15:03…
    True, but fundamental attacks against LucasArts are not the way to achieve things. If anything, it will only weaken our position.
  • Trinity on 17 May, 2001, 21:11…
    Plus whining is damn annoying and since we all have freedom of speech, everybody has the right to tell others to shut up, even if they don't have to comply.
  • Remi O on 17 May, 2001, 01:18…
    Even though I don't agree 100% with Linkola, I can see his points. Telling him to show it up his ass is just silly.(still - where is the new adventure that was gonna be announced at E3? Huh? Huh?)
  • GregD on 17 May, 2001, 12:04…
    Defending LEC is bad, we should be trying to convince them to make something new all together and at least reinstall faith in us. This is why my comment was so abusive because I think people are letting LEC get away with it.
  • Swordmaster on 17 May, 2001, 12:31…
    Oh, and spreading obscene comments, creating senseless speculation and telling them basically to die is the way to change their mind? Excuse me my uncontrolled laughter.
  • GregD on 17 May, 2001, 14:30…
    Blame Jefferys with his senseless speculation of 50/50 which stirred all this up and confuses fans as to what is truth and what is a lie.
  • Maximar on 17 May, 2001, 20:21…
    Jeffery is the best thing that ever happened to LEC. However, a lot of the recently projects announced were still approved under the previous president. Give the man a chance! You can't see what's going on behind the screens.
  • Trinity on 16 May, 2001, 23:51…
    Oh, come on. He has some good points. Let's wait a few years more and then start whining again if we don't see anything.
  • Metallus on 17 May, 2001, 01:42…
    I agree with this, except replace years with months.
  • GregD on 16 May, 2001, 22:33…
    He can shove it up his arse for all we care... Its just a thing LEC are doing to make more money thats all..
  • Swordmaster on 17 May, 2001, 08:31…
    And if you were LEC, you wouldn't be doing more money? What world are you living in?
  • GregD on 17 May, 2001, 11:57…
    They already have enough money they are just being greedy and capitalising on 1 idea. If they were making original titles and making money i would not object, but i hate the whole corporate bandwagon, where they make 20-30 games on 1 topic.