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Tom Chick wrote in message <3592d5c6...@news.primenet.com>...
>
>I don't mean to nip any bitter sarcasm in the bud, but I just got back
>from a visit with the HG2 team yesterday.  It's almost an entirely new
>team from the HG1 guys (I believe many of the HG1 folks left
>Activision);  the HG2 folks seem to have a renewed sense of
>priorities, particularly an emphasis on team tactics during single
>player games and a whole new framework for mission design.  Although
>the demo looked great, it was really hearing the guys talk that was
>most encouraging.
>
>Unless marketing pulls rug out from under them ("We're going to ship
>this weekend to beat the Labor Day rush!"), I'm very excited about
>HG2.


Exactly.  And a "Producer" is 50% marketing weenie.   I hope they make this
one what Heavy Gear should have been but I don't trust Activision.   It has
nothing to do with the development team, it's the people who run the company.

-Krud