Hellsfury said:This is why its crucial we stop with the battling over which is greater, which was more successfull, which was played more, which sucks more... It has to end. It's nolonger about T1 or T2 or T:V or Legends period. It's now, just about Tribes. We have to put all that baggage that has dogged us over the years away.
Our differences no longer matter. The PanamaJack's, NoFix's, Bitraisers, Marweas's, Hellsfurys, Virs, SLaMs, KineticPoets, KnightMares, Pachacutecs no longer matter, we're all just Tribesplayers right now. As much as it hurts to suck it up and lay down our ego's and not battle each other over the petty shit that is truely no longer important as of this moment in our history, we have to for the sake of the one thing, if the only thing, we ever had in common. TRIBES.
If we could do that, and I don't pretend it would be easy, it would be the greatest thing we could ever do to honor the thing that brought all together in the first place. It might just be the first step towards the only way to save TRIBES.
Zxqv8 said:So when does something actually happen?
Plague said:Look at the games that GG endorses/puts out. 2D scrollers, simplistic chibi-style children's shooters, puzzle games, 3D children's platformers. That's what the people that work for GG enjoy. And that's what's easiest to produce for the GG community members.
Now imagine Tribes in their hands, with no one breathing down their necks telling them to make it dark and realistic. Handing over the IP to GG is a far cry for wistful thinking, a last hope that will remain an unrealized dream, since it's the only thing you guys have left to grab onto. Before you praise them for being able to put out the perfect game, take a moment to think about what they'd actually do.
Translation: Probably never.Fatman said:when we put aside the diffrences, unite and make something happen.
Red Shifter said:Translation: Probably never.
-Bane said:Lay off. No one cares what COULD have been, we want to know what CAN be NOW.
Pakocino said:Stop trying to find a scapegoat.
FlyingElmo said:marweas was one of the biggest reasons there was a T:V. Even if the game fucking sucked, at least thats better than the franchise dying at T2. I honestly never heard any complaining when he announced that a 3rd game would be made and irrational would be making it; he deserves a lot of credit for making an opportunity for it. Irrational were the developers so if you're looking for someone to point the finger at, at least point it in the right direction.
Not only do they not own HL2, they don't even have exclusive rights to the distribution of it.donnykrun said:You forget they own HL2 and WOW
FlyingElmo said:
NetAtNite said:When do you and I play? Your like some kind of T2 legend...and I love to kick a legends butt
Seriously, your maps are outstanding. I hope you have received the appreciation that you so fully deserve.
Let me know when I can kick your ass on your own maps...that would be a special day indeed...
Hellsfury said:This is why its crucial we stop with the battling over which is greater, which was more successfull, which was played more, which sucks more... It has to end. It's nolonger about T1 or T2 or T:V or Legends period. It's now, just about Tribes. We have to put all that baggage that has dogged us over the years away.
Our differences no longer matter. The PanamaJack's, NoFix's, Bitraisers, Marweas's, Hellsfurys, Virs, SLaMs, KineticPoets, KnightMares, Pachacutecs no longer matter, we're all just Tribesplayers right now. As much as it hurts to suck it up and lay down our ego's and not battle each other over the petty shit that is truely no longer important as of this moment in our history, we have to for the sake of the one thing, if the only thing, we ever had in common. TRIBES.
If we could do that, and I don't pretend it would be easy, it would be the greatest thing we could ever do to honor the thing that brought all together in the first place. It might just be the first step towards the only way to save TRIBES.
FlyingElmo said:marweas was one of the biggest reasons there was a T:V. Even if the game fucking sucked, at least thats better than the franchise dying at T2. I honestly never heard any complaining when he announced that a 3rd game would be made and irrational would be making it; he deserves a lot of credit for making an opportunity for it. Irrational were the developers so if you're looking for someone to point the finger at, at least point it in the right direction.
guy.welch said:I agree with "Tribes the Xerox PARC of the gaming world." I stood next to the EA guy at the 2005 CES show and said that BF2 was basically Tribes, and he totally agreed.
KillerBunny said:One of the problems with doing a game that is almost exactly like Tribes but isn't Tribes is what I'd call the "off by one shade" problem. When you have two colors that are almost the same, but are one shade off, it looks worse than if you have two colors that are like 5 shades off. It's the same way with doing a lot of things. If you try to animate a human, you basically get a better looking picture progressivly as you get more skill, then it starts to look "worse" because it's close enough to 'real' to be compared with something real, and it pales in comparison. There's a mental-disconnect that goes on before that. I'm afraid that trying to do a Tribes game without it being Tribes would be much the same way. (Ala T:V) We would rather join everyone else in saying, "Tribes was a great game," and being right, than to have everyone know us as the guys who tried to rip-off Tribes and fucked it up or something.