Frol

I do not know even where to start other than we really need to rate him. What the fuck happened to SoE under him?

Hmm, SWG NGE, EQ2 LU 13 or 14(?), Vanguard purchase, livegamer, the pirates game etc... and I am sure there is more but what I really want to know is what else you got for us big slick if you are even able to make decisions anymore. Where is the vision you had when you first got the job and what happened to that?

Honestly, have you ever thought about what if I did this and what that if would have been? Well if you did and this is the shit we all have to deal with, then please find another job.

Daedalus

Making a RAR about Smed is like going to the Special Olympics to make fun of retarded people.
Major fail, imo.

Frol

Well, maybe that is where my logic fails. I did not assume he was mentally disabled considering the paycheck he banks.

Daedalus

Nope, you probably are if you have such disdain for everything that he's ever done, yet you continue to pay your monthly fee.

Frol

Probably in regards to me, but what has he done for gamers or SoE? imho, nothing but push more BS on us and expect that we except it or move on. That mentality died when WoW pushed 9 million or so subs. I expected more. What about you?

Daedalus

What are you going to say that hasn't been said before?
No originality, and the little paragraph or so that you did write sucks ass.
What the hell did you expect? A medal of honor for saying that SoE is run by a moron?

Frol

What I say is not as important as what needs to be said even though I am not able to say it to your pleasure.

Daedalus

And that is why this RaR fails so much.

Frol

What fails are your replies to this thread. Attack what I have said and prove me wrong or add to what I have said and say I did not say enough and that is why it fails.

You have an opinion, share it. Do not hide behind negativity and quick comments.

Caswydian

1. NGE was LucasArts, not SOE. Nothing Smed could do about that.

2. LU13 was a necessary update. That it was unpopular with some doesn't mean it was the wrong move.

3. Buying up properties like Vanguard makes sense, as SOE can get them cheap, and with it comes the IP that can be used for other games. Further, they provide a bit of revenue for SOE even if they aren't big hits. The alternative is these games get shut down or never get published.

4. SOE simply handled the publishing for PotBS, not development. It was a niche game to begin with, and SOE took a bit of a risk, but so what?

5. LiveGamer is a collaborative effort involving many companies, not just SOE. FunCom, for example, is also involved. SOE is not involved in the development of the LiveGamer service, either. Nonetheless, creating a viable, cross-game, RMT service would be a major improvement for the North American gaming market, and would greatly help pave the way for micro-transactions, and even more visionary ideas like creating a common MMO framework which different worlds could plug into, similar to how different web pages all share the same framework of the internet.

Further, the 3 big projects SOE has in the works - The Agency, FreeRealms and DC Superheros are all very different from what other companies are currently working on. There seems to be far more vision there than at other companies. SOE seems far more willing to embrace uncertainty and risk than other companies.