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In article <CyEwo...@crash.cts.com>, j...@crash.cts.com (Jim Stockham) writes:
>John Sabean (doc...@eng.umd.edu) wrote:
>
>: This is true, but to be honest, the former 'owner' of Origin, Richard
>: Gariott, AKA Lord British, sold Origin to EA. They gave him a dump truck
>: full of money and a VP position and equivilent value EA stock, from 
>: what I understand. He made out like a bandit. Face it, he sold out. He's
>: lost touch with the public. He wasn't even at the last big Game Developer's
>: conference, from what I understand. He was at another convention pushing 3DO!
>: You can see the trend. As he became more and more of an executive a couple of
>: years ago, the quality of Origin's games has gone down. I hear he's turned most
>: of the control over U9 to someone else. Wouldn't suprise me a bit!
>
>I hope you aren't criticizing Richard Garriott for selling Origin!  What 
>started out as a hobby turned into a profitable venture, and finally a 
>very successful company - the American dream!  Sure, he's a high paid 
>executive now - and there's nothing wrong with that.
>
>Consumers vote for products and companies with their dollars.  If you 
>feel that a company is no longer offering what you need, don't complain 
>about it or make a big scene, just spend your dollars somewhere else.  
>

You missed my point entirely..... I'm not saying, that given the same 
circumstances, I wouldn't take the cash..... My point is he's pretty much
lost touch with the consumer. A Lord British game used to mean a neat storyline,
lots of stuff to do, and an overall good game. Now a Lord British game means
a game with nothing but flashy graphics, takes up 40+ megs of hard drives space,
and requires a Pentium chip to get basic low level performance.....

As for complaining, if you've noticed this thread, and any thread dealing 
complaints about Ultima 8, you'd see I wasn't alone. I've supported his
games for about 6 or 7 years now. I think that gives me a little room to
moan and groan.