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

Sat Apr 5 11:13:34 EDT 2008

As long as I know, Ryan is not an Epic employee. He is an independent
developer that port games to linux.  Epic contracted him to do this
port.

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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