[ut3] UT3 Linux Projekt an "Pet" Projekt?

Luiz Gustavo Angelo loezix at gmail.com
Sat Apr 5 10:37:37 EDT 2008


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On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Kevin Guillaume <kevin.guillaume at gmx.net>
wrote:

> I wouldn't call it a binding contract, but it does affect their image.
> Ryan
> and Epic seem to be coasting on a lot of good will from something they did
> years and years ago, but which is clearly no longer the case.
>
> Luckily I decided not to buy anything until a Linux client was delivered,
> so
> I'm just waiting and watching. And all I've seen in 5 months is just
> another
> one-platform game developer, but one that spews just a little more BS than
> the rest.
>
> As near as I can tell, Epic is full of b**llshit, but they do have one
> developer that's a Linux enthusiast. Yay.
>
> If Ryan truly is the saint that so many here have indicated, it should be
> painfully obvious by now that he's now working for the wrong company.
>
> -
>
> On April 4, 2008 04:05:24 pm David L. Willson wrote:
> > There's a difference, Kevin.  If you say you WILL give me a game, you
> owe
> > me a game.  If you say you WILL win a game, you are expressing
> confidence
> > in a probability.  What is in question here is effort, not probability.
> > Yes, a statement is a promise is a binding contract.  You don't have to
> say
> > "I promise to pay for my car, or house, or whatever. As long as you say
> you
> > will, you've promised, contracted, committed to do it."
> >
> > On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:51:50 -0400, Kevin Podbielniak wrote
> >
> > > right, saying it WILL happen should be a binding contract.  :)
> > >
> > > I *WILL* win the big game for hundreds of million dollars!
> > >
> > > --kevin
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 3:38 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu
> >
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > Not to mention that they SAID it WILL happen, not MIGHT, WILL, so
> they
> > > > need to make it
> > > > happen.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:35:11 -0400, Kevin Podbielniak wrote
> > > >
> > > > > I'm only a couple of hours from the Raleigh area.  I may drive
> down
> > > >
> > > > there
> > > >
> > > > > and politely drop my copy of UT3 on the doorstep of Epic.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not upset it hasn't come out, I would LOVE for a linux port to
> > > > > come
> > > >
> > > > out
> > > >
> > > > > (soon), but not upset about it.  I'm more upset I dropped over $50
> > > > > for
> > > >
> > > > the
> > > >
> > > > > game when it was released in hopes to play a Linux port by Xmas
> 2007.
> > > > >  I lost my job the day the windows demo was released, and just
> > > > > recently
> > > >
> > > > started
> > > >
> > > > > a new one.  I was out of work when I bought it, so that shows how
> > > > > much dedication and loyalty I had towards Epic.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Cironir <cironir at furcadia.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > > I returned my copy to the store for a full refund. (Hadn't
> opened
> > > > > > it.) Epic's credibility took quite a bit of damage here, I
> think.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 16:24 +0200, Thomas Kuehling wrote:
> > > > > > > Thomas,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > i don't think so anymore. I think i'll sell my game in the
> next
> > > > > > > days
> > > >
> > > > on
> > > >
> > > > > > > ebay. I'm really fed up of waiting until we'll get a port.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Bye
> > > > > > > Thomas
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Am Freitag, den 04.04.2008, 15:35 +0200 schrieb Thomas
> Kowaliczek:
> > > > > > > > Have we an chance to be come an Linux Port?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > *Mark Rein says this: * . . . and Linux, it's just kind of a
> > > > > > > > pet project, so if it happens it happens.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Ryan can you give an answer please? Is the port stil in
> > > >
> > > > development?
> > > >
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> > > > David L. Willson
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Luiz Gustavo Angelo

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