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Article #309885Re: BC3K - History of Mr. Smart's Flame War
From: Daniel Evans
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 00:00
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PJL wrote: > There were also many comments on the ad campaign, which feature > some hot looking chick with the box between her legs. > Any one still have that? Please send me a scan of it, I would > love to read some of the pre release hype. > Some one also compared two versions of the display box, noting > how the dimensions had changed and stuff like that. The BOX > was all there was for a long time. > I tell you my impression of the 'early days.' It was almost > surreal the way DKS dug his own grave by posting in a Jeckle > and Hyde manner. Oh, excuse me, I ment Dr. Jeckle. > Or he would post a version control file with HUNDREDS of bugs. > The amazing thing is, was he even playing the game? If anyone > should have known that the game was not ready for release it > was him. Just recently he made changes to weapon specs and the > battlecruiser handling. 2 years later and he's doing play > balancing. > I forgot about the ad thread. Wasn't there a problem with the model notgetting paid? Didn't Derek say the model was his girlfriend? Daniel
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