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Re: BC3K - History of Mr. Smart's Flame War

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From: Daniel Evans
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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Date: 1998/11/03
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