[ut3] Possible reason for UT3 Client delay

[Steve M Morehead III]

couldn't have said it better.


On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 11:23 +0200, Cironir wrote:

> Dean --
> 
> Why are you surprised that Linux users are upset after they were tricked
> into pre-ordering and buying the Windows version of UT3? With what
> turned out to be false and empty promises, which were then followed by
> months of complete silence and disregard. Ryan is not the hand that
> feeds the customers. The customers are the hand that feeds Ryan. It's a
> common misconception that customers of game studios need to be somehow
> grateful for the privilege of being allowed to give the company their
> money.
> 
> So, they didn't want my business as a Linux user. That's fine. ID and
> Splash Damage got the money I had planned to spend on UT3 instead. Not
> that SD is very reliable when it comes to release estimates, but they do
> this obscure thing called "communication". Respect for your customers
> does lead to customer loyalty. I hardly feel respected by Epic or Ryan
> after this whole mess. (It is the silence, not the fact that other
> issues may have come up.)
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 09:14 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> > 
> > You have a list which Ryan, the developer/porter has graciously provided.
> > 
> > Insulting him, in a medium HE graciously provides is... rude maybe?
> > ungrateful? tactless?
> > 
> > take your pick.
> > 
> > Dean
> > 
> > David L. Willson wrote:
> > > Feeds what?  I don't run a server, so what have I gotten?  Game?  No.  Updates?  No. 
> > > Information?  No.
> > > 
> > > The hand doesn't feed.  Eat it.
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 09 May 2008 08:44:43 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote
> > >> hmm, nice work. biting the hand that feeds.
> > >>
> > >> Dean
> > >>
> > >> Philipp Schmieder wrote:
> > >>>> This mailing list doesn't belong to Epic. It's Ryan's baby.
> > >>> Well, then he seems to be a bad father.
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