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There's a little press release going out today as we speak (well actually I'm not speaking, I'm typing... (and I guess you're not even listening, you're reading (unless you're having your new Kindle read this to you in which case you are listening) but you're definitely not reading this "as" the press release is going out, and I'm certainly typing this hours before the fact....) anyway. (I suck at writing)

The gist of the story is that I'm leaving EA (well, not really, I'll explain) to start (well, not quite start, it's actually been around for quite a while in a rather different form) ... let's say dive into a new venture, The Stupid Fun Club. The Stupid Fun was actually started many years ago by myself and my friend Mike Winter, we met while competing in Robot Wars and Battlebots. It was apparent to us that one day the robots would take over the world and we decided we wanted to be on the winning side, so our initial charter was to do whatever we could to usher in our new mechanical overlords.

Along the way we ending up building and prototyping a lot of... odd stuff. People would come by our shop and get interested in this stuff for various reasons. Some of this stuff sparked new creative ideas, even (*gasp*) ideas that may have "commercial, entertainment value" (this is how you talk when you've been around lawyers and MBA's too long).

At some point we started showing some of this stuff to the people at EA. They got excited by the prospect of us pursuing these projects commercially (or that's what they said anyway, I think they just want to be on the winning side of the coming robotic revolution as well). So we started talking to them (EA, not the robots, though we do talk to them as well, but the robot responses are cryptic at best) about getting involved and investing in The Stupid Fun Club (we asked the robots first but they're all broke).

So as things worked out I decided to jump into my work at the club more or less full time. But at The Stupid Club we'll be working on new games (along with EA) as well as other kinds of projects with different partners.

I can't talk about specific projects coming out of SFC just yet (alas, the robots won't let me), but as things develop I'll find a way to keep those of you who are interested informed about what we're doing (but not with a blog...I'll never have a blog). A major aspect of the projects I've worked on has always been the player community, that won't change.

-Will Wright
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672954.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672954.page GMT
There's a little press release going out today as we speak (well actually I'm not speaking, I'm typing... (and I guess you're not even listening, you're reading (unless you're having your new Kindle read this to you in which case you are listening) but you're definitely not reading this "as" the press release is going out, and I'm certainly typing this hours before the fact....) anyway. (I suck at writing)

The gist of the story is that I'm leaving EA (well, not really, I'll explain) to start (well, not quite start, it's actually been around for quite a while in a rather different form) ... let's say dive into a new venture, The Stupid Fun Club. The Stupid Fun was actually started many years ago by myself and my friend Mike Winter, we met while competing in Robot Wars and Battlebots. It was apparent to us that one day the robots would take over the world and we decided we wanted to be on the winning side, so our initial charter was to do whatever we could to usher in our new mechanical overlords.

Along the way we ending up building and prototyping a lot of... odd stuff. People would come by our shop and get interested in this stuff for various reasons. Some of this stuff sparked new creative ideas, even (*gasp*) ideas that may have "commercial, entertainment value" (this is how you talk when you've been around lawyers and MBA's too long).

At some point we started showing some of this stuff to the people at EA. They got excited by the prospect of us pursuing these projects commercially (or that's what they said anyway, I think they just want to be on the winning side of the coming robotic revolution as well). So we started talking to them (EA, not the robots, though we do talk to them as well, but the robot responses are cryptic at best) about getting involved and investing in The Stupid Fun Club (we asked the robots first but they're all broke).

So as things worked out I decided to jump into my work at the club more or less full time. But at The Stupid Club we'll be working on new games (along with EA) as well as other kinds of projects with different partners.

I can't talk about specific projects coming out of SFC just yet (alas, the robots won't let me), but as things develop I'll find a way to keep those of you who are interested informed about what we're doing (but not with a blog...I'll never have a blog). A major aspect of the projects I've worked on has always been the player community, that won't change.

-Will Wright
[/quote]so your going to leave spore as an empty shell of what it could have been ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672962.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672962.page GMT Awesome!
Wait...YOUR LEAVING!
Will you still make games like the sims?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672963.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672963.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672965.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672965.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672973.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672973.page GMT Awesome!
Wait...YOUR LEAVING!
Will you still make games like the sims?[/quote] that was my reaction ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672974.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672974.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672978.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672978.page GMT I just Pm'd hem he might respond.
IM TALKING TO WILL WRIGHT
Oh my goodness! ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672998.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/672998.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673006.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673006.page GMT While Maxis is in great hands with Lucy Bradshaw, it still won't be the same without you. Hopefully your work will continue to be amazing. Of course it will...You did create SimCity after all ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673029.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673029.page GMT
We’re not going anywhere, and we’ll be moving forward developing games with a focus on the user driven experience, and sandbox style play.

Titles on the horizon include Spore Galactic Adventures, Spore Creature Keeper, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena.

Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager, will continue to lead the Maxis studio forward in development.

We thank Will for all his contributions and look forward to seeing upcoming projects from the Stupid Fun Club.

-MaxisCactus
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673034.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673034.page GMT Since will wright is gone can i take his place?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673043.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673043.page GMT
We’re not going anywhere, and we’ll be moving forward developing games with a focus on the user driven experience, and sandbox style play.

Titles on the horizon include Spore Galactic Adventures, Spore Creature Keeper, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena.

Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager, will continue to lead the Maxis studio forward in development.

We thank Will for all his contributions and look forward to seeing upcoming projects from the Stupid Fun Club.

-MaxisCactus
[/quote]creature keeper ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673045.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673045.page GMT Since will wright is gone can i take his place?[/quote]
I don't think it's gonna be that easy fist. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673048.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673048.page GMT
So I hope you'll make "Science Spore". We all do.

We'll miss you, Will Wright.

[i]-Pharaoh Ankhre[/i]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673053.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673053.page GMT Since will wright is gone can i take his place?[/quote]
I don't think it's gonna be that easy fist. [/quote]
Mahbe if i push lucy bradshaw into a bottomless pit...
Oh sorry what were you saying?
'm just planning schemes to take over Maxis. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673059.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673059.page GMT ...................Wow!Are the games your making going to be sandbox style games?And again,Wow ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673061.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673061.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673069.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673069.page GMT Since will wright is gone can i take his place?[/quote]
I don't think it's gonna be that easy fist. [/quote]
Mahbe if i push lucy bradshaw into a bottomless pit...
Oh sorry what were you saying?
'm just planning schemes to take over Maxis. [/quote]
i wanna take over ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673070.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673070.page GMT Since will wright is gone can i take his place?[/quote]
I don't think it's gonna be that easy fist. [/quote]
Mahbe if i push lucy bradshaw into a bottomless pit...
Oh sorry what were you saying?
'm just planning schemes to take over Maxis. [/quote]
i wanna take over [/quote]

Me too! Hmmmmm I have an idea.........lets invade Maxis headquarters!!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673076.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673076.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673078.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673078.page GMT Since will wright is gone can i take his place?[/quote]
I don't think it's gonna be that easy fist. [/quote]
Mahbe if i push lucy bradshaw into a bottomless pit...
Oh sorry what were you saying?
'm just planning schemes to take over Maxis. [/quote]
i wanna take over [/quote]

Me too! Hmmmmm I have an idea.........lets invade Maxis headquarters!![/quote]

Me 3! I will have pizza monday. tuesday, wendsday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673079.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673079.page GMT Since will wright is gone can i take his place?[/quote]
I don't think it's gonna be that easy fist. [/quote]
Mahbe if i push lucy bradshaw into a bottomless pit...
Oh sorry what were you saying?
'm just planning schemes to take over Maxis. [/quote]
i wanna take over [/quote]

Me too! Hmmmmm I have an idea.........lets invade Maxis headquarters!![/quote]
ok first we will need a tank]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673081.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673081.page GMT
I am not at all pleased.

[i]-Pharaoh Ankhre[/i]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673082.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673082.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673087.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673087.page GMT
But you mock him!

[i]-Pharaoh Ankhre[/i]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673088.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673088.page GMT
I am not at all pleased.

[i]-Pharaoh Ankhre[/i][/quote]

We are not mocking were just havin fun.Lighten up.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673092.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673092.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673093.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673093.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673096.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673096.page GMT [/quote]

Noooo,Will left on his own free will.Plus now no one controls what he makes,His creativity won't be styfuled by EA anymore!I sense great games in our (hopefully nere) futures.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673101.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673101.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673104.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673104.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673106.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673106.page GMT
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!EA still has power over Will's creativity!The Spore universe just got covered with the black cloud it just escaped from!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673108.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673108.page GMT
[quote]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - (Business Wire) Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that EA is making an equity investment in Stupid Fun Club, Will Wright’s new adventure. Stupid Fun Club is an entertainment think tank developing new Intellectual Properties to be deployed across multiple fronts including video games, movies, television, the internet, and toys. Will Wright is leaving EA to run Stupid Fun Club.

[b] EA and Will each own equal percentages of Stupid Fun Club and are the principal shareholders. In addition, EA has the right to develop game concepts that spring from Stupid Fun Club projects. Will Wright is represented by Creative Artists Agency.[/b]

“The entertainment industry is moving rapidly into an era of revolutionary change,” said Will Wright. “Stupid Fun Club will explore new possibilities that are emerging from this sublime chaos and create new forms of entertainment on a variety of platforms. In my twelve years at EA, I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside some of the brightest and most talented game developers in the industry and I look forward to working with them again in the near future.”

“We believe in Will’s vision for Stupid Fun Club and we’re looking forward to partnering with Will and his team long into the future,” said John Riccitiello, EA’s Chief Executive Officer. “Will is a great designer and he’s been part of a great legacy of globally recognized game franchises like The Sims, SimCity and Spore. The teams that have been leading those franchises in recent years have a lot of exciting content coming.”

“Will has been an inspiration to our teams, and it’s been rewarding for us to bring his ideas to life,” said Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis. “In addition to legendary games, Will’s legacy at EA will be the many talented people who worked with him and will now continue to contribute their own vision to the art of game development.”

Will Wright created Maxis with Jeff Braun in 1989, which was acquired by EA in 1997. Will is the visionary designer of blockbuster game concepts like Spore™, The Sims™ and SimCity™. Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis™, will continue to run Maxis and the Spore franchise. Lucy’s team is working on the upcoming expansion pack, Spore Galactic Adventures, as well as other game concepts including Spore Hero, Spore Hero Arena and Spore Creature Keeper. Rod Humble is head of the EA™ Play Label and his team will launch The Sims 3 in June of this year.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA™, EA SPORTS™, EA SPORTS Freestyle™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2008, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA’s homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA’s products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle, POGO, The Sims, SimCity, Spore and Maxis are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

[/quote]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673111.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673111.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673115.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673115.page GMT
They won't dare lock a thread Will Wright made!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673133.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673133.page GMT
Please don't threaten threads with a lock. If you believe the thread does not comply with the Forum Guidelines, just warn a SporeMaster.

thanks,
-Parkaboy]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673137.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673137.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673156.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673156.page GMT
You can't even lock it anyway!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673163.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673163.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673166.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673166.page GMT will wright do you know how it feels to one of the spore fans from 2005 the i feel like you betrayed us i am never going to play another game made by ea]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673176.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673176.page GMT
It's a love/hate relationship. Yes, there are times I feel aggravated at their crazy decisions...then there are times I want to hug them. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673177.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673177.page GMT yes ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673178.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673178.page GMT .]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673207.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673207.page GMT .[/quote] ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673229.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673229.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673241.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673241.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673242.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673242.page GMT .[/quote] [/quote] [/quote] ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673247.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673247.page GMT .[/quote] [/quote] [/quote] [/quote][img]http://s5.tinypic.com/1zptv95_th.jpg[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673251.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673251.page GMT .[/quote] [/quote] [/quote] [/quote] ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673252.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673252.page GMT .[/quote] [/quote] [/quote] [/quote]
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Duh dudu,Super Spam is here to fill your threads with usless crap!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673260.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673260.page GMT .[/quote] [/quote] [/quote] [/quote]
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[/quote] [/quote][/quote] [img]http://ll-334.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/271/334/500271334878_lrg.png[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673267.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673267.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673271.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673271.page GMT [quote=piePIEpie][quote=DernGalaxyfist][quote=omgimonfire][quote=piePIEpie][quote=austin14-15] [quote=piePIEpie][quote=loach] .[/quote] [/quote] [/quote] [/quote]
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[/quote] [/quote][/quote] [img]http://ll-334.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/271/334/500271334878_lrg.png[/img][/quote]NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! NOT THAT]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673272.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673272.page GMT You shall never defeat Super Spam!! ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673273.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673273.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673280.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673280.page GMT
Well, seeing as how the Smart Fun Club failed, this is probably a good idea.

I wish you luck in your future endeavors, Mr. Wright. Thank you for the memories.

JW

(Seriously. Look at the three previous pages in this topic. THIS is the sort of "intelligence" that Spore has spawned.)]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673282.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673282.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673288.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673288.page GMT we need that secret info!!!!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673295.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673295.page GMT NOOOOOOOOO i jump in and trow bowling balls at them the hug monsters all die]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673297.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673297.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673305.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673305.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673309.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673309.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673311.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673311.page GMT
piePIEpie, austin14-15, omgimonfire, please stop posting unless you have something relevant and on topic to add.

thanks,
-Parkaboy]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673321.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673321.page GMT
piePIEpie, austin14-15, omgimonfire, please stop posting unless you have something relevant and on topic to add.

thanks,
-Parkaboy[/quote]

Sorry.But I only did that like 3 times.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673328.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673328.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673329.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673329.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673335.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673335.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673373.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673373.page GMT
Well uh good luck working with robots? (I am fairly skeptical that is what you are really working on)

Now I can go from arguing with creationists to arguing with luddites.

And don't be dumb guys, he's still working for EA.


Now excuse me while I await a torrent of flames and downrates for speaking my mind.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673390.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673390.page GMT
There's a little press release going out today as we speak (well actually I'm not speaking, I'm typing... (and I guess you're not even listening, you're reading (unless you're having your new Kindle read this to you in which case you are listening) but you're definitely not reading this "as" the press release is going out, and I'm certainly typing this hours before the fact....) anyway. (I suck at writing)

The gist of the story is that I'm leaving EA (well, not really, I'll explain) to start (well, not quite start, it's actually been around for quite a while in a rather different form) ... let's say dive into a new venture, The Stupid Fun Club. The Stupid Fun was actually started many years ago by myself and my friend Mike Winter, we met while competing in Robot Wars and Battlebots. It was apparent to us that one day the robots would take over the world and we decided we wanted to be on the winning side, so our initial charter was to do whatever we could to usher in our new mechanical overlords.

Along the way we ending up building and prototyping a lot of... odd stuff. People would come by our shop and get interested in this stuff for various reasons. Some of this stuff sparked new creative ideas, even (*gasp*) ideas that may have "commercial, entertainment value" (this is how you talk when you've been around lawyers and MBA's too long).

At some point we started showing some of this stuff to the people at EA. They got excited by the prospect of us pursuing these projects commercially (or that's what they said anyway, I think they just want to be on the winning side of the coming robotic revolution as well). So we started talking to them (EA, not the robots, though we do talk to them as well, but the robot responses are cryptic at best) about getting involved and investing in The Stupid Fun Club (we asked the robots first but they're all broke).

So as things worked out I decided to jump into my work at the club more or less full time. But at The Stupid Club we'll be working on new games (along with EA) as well as other kinds of projects with different partners.

I can't talk about specific projects coming out of SFC just yet (alas, the robots won't let me), but as things develop I'll find a way to keep those of you who are interested informed about what we're doing (but not with a blog...I'll never have a blog). A major aspect of the projects I've worked on has always been the player community, that won't change.

-Will Wright
[/quote]
Oh my god.....
That will be in the next Pc gamer "creator of best Pc game ever leaves pc gaming" By the way i mean the sims not spore....yet.
So what happens to maxis? is lucy bradshaw taking over?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673391.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673391.page GMT
Guidelines: http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/4.page]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673427.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673427.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673567.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673567.page GMT
don't abandon spore, it is how you say awesome!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673610.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673610.page GMT
Well, seeing as how the Smart Fun Club failed, this is probably a good idea.
[/quote]
Epic.

Now... Here:
http://www.thestupidfunclub.com/home.html

I'm just a conspiranoid son of Spode, but I think Will is trying to tell something with this.

I smell a secret message... Sounds like a joke of sorts.

I can't help to think he's "not happy, or something" with his fan club? ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673776.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673776.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673866.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673866.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673909.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673909.page GMT
I never did get to meet you though I did see your office. Is the Russian space station thing going with you?

~ LadyM]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673950.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673950.page GMT
There's a little press release going out today as we speak (well actually I'm not speaking, I'm typing... (and I guess you're not even listening, you're reading (unless you're having your new Kindle read this to you in which case you are listening) but you're definitely not reading this "as" the press release is going out, and I'm certainly typing this hours before the fact....) anyway. (I suck at writing)

The gist of the story is that I'm leaving EA (well, not really, I'll explain) to start (well, not quite start, it's actually been around for quite a while in a rather different form) ... let's say dive into a new venture, The Stupid Fun Club. The Stupid Fun was actually started many years ago by myself and my friend Mike Winter, we met while competing in Robot Wars and Battlebots. It was apparent to us that one day the robots would take over the world and we decided we wanted to be on the winning side, so our initial charter was to do whatever we could to usher in our new mechanical overlords.

Along the way we ending up building and prototyping a lot of... odd stuff. People would come by our shop and get interested in this stuff for various reasons. Some of this stuff sparked new creative ideas, even (*gasp*) ideas that may have "commercial, entertainment value" (this is how you talk when you've been around lawyers and MBA's too long).

At some point we started showing some of this stuff to the people at EA. They got excited by the prospect of us pursuing these projects commercially (or that's what they said anyway, I think they just want to be on the winning side of the coming robotic revolution as well). So we started talking to them (EA, not the robots, though we do talk to them as well, but the robot responses are cryptic at best) about getting involved and investing in The Stupid Fun Club (we asked the robots first but they're all broke).

So as things worked out I decided to jump into my work at the club more or less full time. But at The Stupid Club we'll be working on new games (along with EA) as well as other kinds of projects with different partners.

I can't talk about specific projects coming out of SFC just yet (alas, the robots won't let me), but as things develop I'll find a way to keep those of you who are interested informed about what we're doing (but not with a blog...I'll never have a blog). A major aspect of the projects I've worked on has always been the player community, that won't change.

-Will Wright
[/quote]


Well I doubt you will hear this (rather read this), but let's have a go anyways for the sake of futile customer hope.

To start I have been with you since simcity 2000. I have the sims and their expansions, the simcities (even societies), simearth, simant (one of your best), and naturally, I have Spore (otherwise how I am here would be quite odd wouldn't it?)

Now, Spore. Yes, if I recall correctly back a few years I remember hearing about a great project called Spore. Heck I even remember seeing one of my favorite game developers testing the game out on youtube. I watched the video in awe and wonder, even showed some of my pals who ended up buying your game (approximately a meager 8 extra sales for you.) I do admit, geeky as it is, I watched the 35 min. demo video at least 20 times. Got Spore Creature Creator immediately and heck that was a game in itself, it still carries much of the game.

Then Spore released. For a solid two or three months I was very much content. Then naturally, things got monotonous, but this is to be expected. CC came out but, personally I wasn't really inclined to pay 60 dollars for a few extra parts when the Creators in the game now are all ready innumerable in potential.

Then GA was announced, and this immediately captured my interest again. For Spore the game has all ready laid down a breath-taking groundwork. I know that if GA is done properly it will be a breath of revival into Spore. Possibly setting the game to unprecedented popularity. For it could mix elements of multiplayer (in terms of many people working to make a game/mission.) As well as the amazing wealth of potential such as whole games, stories, etc. able to be made and played by people worldwide. If done right the player will be able to make the content of the game and so several possibilities and flavors will be available. Much like with StarCraft or WarCraft III online, GA coupled with the fact that YOU can make the characters, the triggers, the maps, etc. means that Spore could potentially be a game of limitless possibility.

So now I am very much confused. Why does one of my favorite game creators suddenly abandon his greatest project on the cusp of the expansion to revive it? Is EA pressuring you? Is the GA project not going well? Am I perhaps just confused, and though you are leaving EA, you will still be able to help build Spore? What am I to expect from Spore if you are not still on board?

Even if you choose not to respond to this, but just read this. Please, as a loyal customer, and a believer that Spore, the project you set out to make the greatest will be the greatest, do not abandon ship. You are our captain after all, even if none of us have ever spoken to you or will ever speak to you. Your very presence keeps us here in hope that this game is not a waste of time and money.


-Just a Wanderer
[img]http://ll-054.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/195/054/500195054785_lrg.png[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673965.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/673965.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674067.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674067.page GMT
Will SFC also be doing rap shows? Because I know your friend is Joaquin Phoenix. Amirite?




Since when did April Fools become a month long thing?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674131.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674131.page GMT
I'm watching you. You or your pals better not go off and create Skynet. I don't want to have to start the Resistance.

*watching*]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674161.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674161.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674221.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674221.page GMT I remember wind i first heard of spore, read about and thought "huh, this will keep me busy" due to as my family says Overactive But Very Intelligent Imagnition or OBVII.... LOL. the day i got creature creator when it came and made the creatures i imaged in my mind for some years. i will confess due...never did play to many Sims games....People Bore Me.....But anyways Got SPORE and made more Creatures and get better every day. So what am trying to say is....THANKS BUDDIE!!!!!!!
Hope you find what your seeking at Supid Fun Games and remember:
Do what you see in your Heart is True.
(i Made that Hehehe)]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674445.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674445.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674689.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674689.page GMT he's leaving EA]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674705.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674705.page GMT or is it just gonna all go to waste?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674741.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674741.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674752.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674752.page GMT oh well i hope he comes up with some other game i can play these creating cames are the only games that really entertain me]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674768.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674768.page GMT Good, maybe he/she should fix it.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674824.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674824.page GMT its may take a while though]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674841.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674841.page GMT Good, maybe he/she should fix it.[/quote]

I think Lucy Bradshaw is taking over.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674909.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674909.page GMT The gist of the story is that I'm leaving EA (well, not really) to start (well, not quite start)
[/quote]

So what the heck ARE you doing?! The robots do not approve of your indecision.
But that's okay. I'm on the side of the horrific freakish abominations. They live in mirrors... well, every mirror i've looked at so far.

On the subject matter i'm not sure what to make of this. Just don't pull a Molyneux, alright?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674931.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674931.page GMT
Good luck, Will.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674943.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/674943.page GMT
If those become real games, I demand money or will sue. But 11 year olds can't sue. Or can they?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/675093.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/675093.page GMT Good, maybe he/she should fix it.[/quote]

I think Lucy Bradshaw is taking over.[/quote]

Oh cool, she should come say Hi on the forums. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/675275.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/675275.page GMT
-Ceece
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/675409.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/675409.page GMT
The creative possibilities of a Spore type editor combined with the awesome geekiness of robots could result in some fun games....

We'll be watching you Will....

Always.

-Didzo]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/675660.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/675660.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676120.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676120.page GMT
Source: [url]http://simoperations.com/new/2009/04/09/gamespot-qa-with-will-wright-of-the-stupid-fun-club/[/url]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676196.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676196.page GMT I'm looking forward to hear interessting things from you in the future ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676249.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676249.page GMT
Good that EA will limit Will Wright no longer. It would be cool if he made a Science Spore.... or another evolution game but not limited by anyone this time.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676277.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676277.page GMT
I've also read the Stupid Fun Club won't focus on games only, but many more directions of 'art'. (Also movies? Please, Will, [u]don't[/u] make a Spore movie! Movies based on game licenses always end up crappy (safe for a few) ).

And I've read... Oh, actually you should just read it for yourself:

(Warning: link to offsite location. Maxis and/or EA has no influence on the site this URL links to.)
[url]http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58071[/url]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676313.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676313.page GMT
There's a little press release going out today as we speak (well actually I'm not speaking, I'm typing... (and I guess you're not even listening, you're reading (unless you're having your new Kindle read this to you in which case you are listening) but you're definitely not reading this "as" the press release is going out, and I'm certainly typing this hours before the fact....) anyway. (I suck at writing)

The gist of the story is that I'm leaving EA (well, not really, I'll explain) to start (well, not quite start, it's actually been around for quite a while in a rather different form) ... let's say dive into a new venture, The Stupid Fun Club. The Stupid Fun was actually started many years ago by myself and my friend Mike Winter, we met while competing in Robot Wars and Battlebots. It was apparent to us that one day the robots would take over the world and we decided we wanted to be on the winning side, so our initial charter was to do whatever we could to usher in our new mechanical overlords.

Along the way we ending up building and prototyping a lot of... odd stuff. People would come by our shop and get interested in this stuff for various reasons. Some of this stuff sparked new creative ideas, even (*gasp*) ideas that may have "commercial, entertainment value" (this is how you talk when you've been around lawyers and MBA's too long).

At some point we started showing some of this stuff to the people at EA. They got excited by the prospect of us pursuing these projects commercially (or that's what they said anyway, I think they just want to be on the winning side of the coming robotic revolution as well). So we started talking to them (EA, not the robots, though we do talk to them as well, but the robot responses are cryptic at best) about getting involved and investing in The Stupid Fun Club (we asked the robots first but they're all broke).

So as things worked out I decided to jump into my work at the club more or less full time. But at The Stupid Club we'll be working on new games (along with EA) as well as other kinds of projects with different partners.

I can't talk about specific projects coming out of SFC just yet (alas, the robots won't let me), but as things develop I'll find a way to keep those of you who are interested informed about what we're doing (but not with a blog...I'll never have a blog). A major aspect of the projects I've worked on has always been the player community, that won't change.

-Will Wright
[/quote]

What an Absolutly pointless post. Well thanks will for jumping ship so someone who is left with spore gets the blame for the epic fail GA will likely be.

Your leaving is more reason for me not to buy it now. Not that I was going to. I am not surprise it's called the stupid club.

Thankfully if you develop robots with the same skill you applied to spore I will not fear the eventual take over attempt.

I can see it now. You unveil your first Robot Demo and wow the crowd at how advanced it is and all the things you say it can do. It will be the true step in AI evolution.

Every so often you will show off your robot in small bursts and people will be in awe of it's advanced appearance.

Then the Day of the release comes like something out of IROBOT.

Lucky for the public when the Robots start their takeover attempt they will fail because you removed all the technology and programing you said would be there to allow them to preform comlex tasks.

Likely your robots will be the mechanical version of helmet wearing kids that love to give strangers hugs at the mall.

You can even give them a name -> [b]WILLBOTS

Discription

WILLBOTS are flashy to look at and pleasing to children.
There apparently complex systems removed proir to coming off the line, WILLBOTS promise future improvements at additional costs with no promise the added fuctions will be what the owner would want.

Seeing that the WILLBOT had many complex systems removed for future sale oppertunity the current model you own must be handled with care and set only to preform simple tasts such as , Standing ,Sitting and Doing simple math calculation.

It is not advised that you attempt to teach WILLBOT to walk as this might result in a critical solfware crash.

In the event your WILLBOTS OS crashes WILLBOT comes with a backup OS , Warning backup OS is SecuRom protected and WILLBOT is only permitted 2 brain installs before WILLBOT ceases to function forever.

Other WILLBOT Features: MP3 player, Toaster and Dances like a moron when around children or other WILLBOTS
Can be set to play Spores more boring parts for it's Owners saving them from the childish simplisity of the game.

WILLBOT will also promise it's owners great things at undefined future dates and then do a wonderful halfSPORE job However doing everything in it's programing to mask that HALFSPORE job with flashy distraction.

WARNING, DO NOT DO THE FOLLOWING WITH WILLBOT>

Play spore, Complain about Spore or badmouth EA, DO not put in water, sunlight or near small animals.
So not bother talking to WILLBOT as it's only able to speak simlish. DO not attempt adult relations with WILLBOT.
Do not allow WILLBOT access to STAR TREK or STAR WARS.
Under no condtion should you ever place WILLBOT near anything resembling a Llama as this will send WILLBOT into a scottish frenzy on the Llama.
Avoid Direct eye contact with WILLBOT. Do not feed after midnight!

Warranty Void if User: Touches WILLBOT, Turns WILLBOT on, Asks Stupid Clud/EA tech support fo help with WILLBOT.Purchase any additions for WILLBOT.

ALL hardware and Solfware included with WILLBOT covered under 30 sec manufactures warranty. [/b]

[b]In the unlikely event your WILLBOT attempts to revolt simply speak the folowing phrase to deactivate WILLBOT.

" SPORE WAS THE GREATEST GAME EVER"

Never fear this is an unlikely event as all are protected under the 3 laws of WILLBOTICS

1. Obey EA
2. ???
3. PROFIT![/b]

]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676739.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676739.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676748.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676748.page GMT

While I didn't understand all the legal talk in that ( ) it sounds great.

Best of wishes from someone you don't know!

(And by the way, you probably shouldn't dump all that blame on Will, Ashloc. Your post, while amusing, seemed to indicate that you believe that Will alone is responsible for how Spore ended up)]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676749.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676749.page GMT [url]http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58071[/url][/quote]

Thanks for the link! The user comments were the best part.

Also: [url]http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/05/27/[/url] ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676751.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676751.page GMT
Give us one good reason why we should be polite.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676754.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676754.page GMT
Wait, the Will Hate Brigade is back! Hey guys! How have you been? Dang, I missed you guys and the topics you used to make.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676778.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676778.page GMT
I'm only allowed to hate three people at any one time. Will Wright is not one of those people.

But my respect for him has suffered severe degradation over the past 8 months.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676785.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676785.page GMT
Wait, the Will Hate Brigade is back! Hey guys! How have you been? Dang, I missed you guys and the topics you used to make.[/quote]

I remain in the science section most of the time I am here now.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676819.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676819.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676824.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676824.page GMT
http://www.thestupidfunclub.com/home.html

(Warning: link to Will's site location. Maxis and/or EA, DO HAVE influence on the site this URL links to.)

There we get this...
[IMG]http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt350/Virakotxa/WWSecretCode.jpg[/IMG]

Which lead us to:
[IMG]http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt350/Virakotxa/Stupid.jpg[/IMG]

By applying Drake's equation, assuming this are galactic coordinates, we can get a clear image of what Will is up to really:
[IMG]http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt350/Virakotxa/tHEcLUB.jpg[/IMG]
[img]http://shardinc.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/joker_badge.jpg[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676842.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676842.page GMT
All these articles proclaiming "Will Leaving EA" are completely false. Will isn't leaving EA. He's opening a joint checking account with them. In fact, they're practically sharing the same bed now.

Anyway, lots of... um... [i]interesting[/i] research you did there, Vir. Good job. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676937.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676937.page GMT
[/quote]


Oh me too in that they were both something I once believed in strongly but gradually lost all faith in]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676948.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676948.page GMT
[/quote]

Oh me too in that they were both something I once believe in strongly but gradually lost all faith in[/quote]
lol. Epic.

Thanks, MinionJoe... You don't want to know.. That's just half of the story...
[IMG]http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt350/Virakotxa/tHEcLUb2.jpg[/IMG]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676952.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676952.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676968.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676968.page GMT Everybody knows that:
[IMG]http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7766/hal9000cz0.jpg[/IMG]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676993.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/676993.page GMT Um.. I don't know maybe because we are civilised beeings and are at the evolutiion stage where we can have some civilised talkin'? Besides I belive that Will didn't screw the game alone, it was also a EA fault.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677372.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677372.page GMT Um.. I don't know maybe because we are civilised beeings and are at the evolutiion stage where we can have some civilised talkin'? Besides I belive that Will didn't screw the game alone, it was also a EA fault.[/quote]


BS . When someone promises you chocolate and hads you a turd you have every right to tell them exactly what is is. WW hand us a polished turd. It actually wasn't that polished.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677425.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677425.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677434.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677434.page GMT
yeah you don't actually know how much free reign EA gives maxis. Maxis is fairly autonomous.

When EA is screwing around with a company it bought out it's really obvious because they tend to get cannibalized. Maxis has been pretty cozy. That's not to say Maxis didn't pick up some bad habits from EA, mostly the whole splitting two games into a whopping 29 parts. But then maxis was basically releasing the same game over and over before they were bought out.

This isn't EA meddling, if anything Maxis just turned to the dark side. Maybe you don't listen to will enough, he has money on the brain as much as EA does.

Do you even know why he went into gaming? He had a hobby building robots and realized he could get a tax deduction on computers if he was a game developer.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677477.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677477.page GMT [url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30113023/[/url]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677568.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677568.page GMT
He is very much fallible, if he wasn't then he never would have wound up in the position where he had to sell maxis to EA

additionally he has really only had a handful of unique game concepts and they werre all variations on the same theme. Now when something he does works it works really really well. But I think Spore proved that he can still screw up.

His two game types have been sims and dollhouses. Spore really can't simulate anything worth a hill of beans and as a dollhouse game there just isn't enough for me to do that doesn't make me want to slash my wrists.

If he wants it to be a dolhouse he needs to give you a lot more indless stuff to play with and maybe build in more stuff to give you some sort of sense of accomplishment (in the sims at least getting to the highest career levels took some effort)

If he wants the game to be a sim then the stuff you do needs to actually matter and interact (a few simple interacting mechanics can create bogglingly complex situations, the sim city games were great examples. a handful of competing factors made finding the ideal layout an incredibly complex problem that required charts, graph paper, a calculator, a case of energy drinks, and many many hours of gameplay to solve)


Also he bought into the casual gaming myth which is too long a rant for me to get into.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677611.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677611.page GMT [IMG]http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4127/eamegatron.jpg[/IMG]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677635.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677635.page GMT
He is very much fallible, if he wasn't then he never would have wound up in the position where he had to sell maxis to EA

additionally he has really only had a handful of unique game concepts and they werre all variations on the same theme. Now when something he does works it works really really well. But I think Spore proved that he can still screw up.

His two game types have been sims and dollhouses. Spore really can't simulate anything worth a hill of beans and as a dollhouse game there just isn't enough for me to do that doesn't make me want to slash my wrists.

If he wants it to be a dolhouse he needs to give you a lot more indless stuff to play with and maybe build in more stuff to give you some sort of sense of accomplishment (in the sims at least getting to the highest career levels took some effort)

If he wants the game to be a sim then the stuff you do needs to actually matter and interact (a few simple interacting mechanics can create bogglingly complex situations, the sim city games were great examples. a handful of competing factors made finding the ideal layout an incredibly complex problem that required charts, graph paper, a calculator, a case of energy drinks, and many many hours of gameplay to solve)


Also he bought into the casual gaming myth which is too long a rant for me to get into. [/quote]



Very True... The game did have potential though, you have to admit.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677640.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677640.page GMT
But now, he has found a new interest. He should have devoted more time to what he really wanted to do... not hurry up the production of this game (Spore). Maybe someone will step up into the "sim" genre and get some great titles out there.

Have fun out there man!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677760.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677760.page GMT But let's face it... Nobody in his mind will get Spore ZooKeeper or that other Fisher-Prize title they are thinking for next great release after GA. Whitout the so called "creator of the Sims" tag, the future of Spore, in the long term, is looking rather grim, after those "upcomming" fiascos.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677837.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677837.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677958.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677958.page GMT it already has]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677988.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/677988.page GMT
Decline? Whats bellow bottom? However I think Will being gone will force Maxis to actually follow through when they hype a game like Spore. Without the Name Will Wright to carry them they might , Just might be force to produce a quality product that meets the expectations of the Fans that will buy it.

Or they can produce more Cute and Creepy Fluff packs for a quick easy buck. Continue doing that. Soon enough people will start treating Maxis like the flash in the pan it is.

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All these articles proclaiming "Will Leaving EA" are completely false. Will isn't leaving EA. He's opening a joint checking account with them. In fact, they're practically sharing the same bed now.

Anyway, lots of... um... [i]interesting[/i] research you did there, Vir. Good job. [/quote]

If I share a bed with one of EA's employees, does that make me a bad person?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678254.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678254.page GMT
But now, he has found a new interest. He should have devoted more time to what he really wanted to do... not hurry up the production of this game (Spore). Maybe someone will step up into the "sim" genre and get some great titles out there.

Have fun out there man![/quote]

LOL no this was his original hobby]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678315.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678315.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678338.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678338.page GMT He's leaving an expansion pack?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678346.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678346.page GMT He's leaving an expansion pack?[/quote]

DOH *facewall* I meant the company EA sorry I mixed that up.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678350.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678350.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678354.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678354.page GMT
Yes, sorry for the mix up.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678360.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678360.page GMT
Yes, sorry for the mix up.[/quote]

It's ok everyone makes mistakes. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678366.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678366.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678585.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678585.page GMT


]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678637.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/678637.page GMT [/quote]
Yeah, even big companies like EA and Maxis!

[quote=CaptainPea] ... (And by the way, you probably shouldn't dump all that blame on Will, Ashloc. Your post, while amusing, seemed to indicate that you believe that Will alone is responsible for how Spore ended up)[/quote]
CaptainPea, maybe you, and a few others, should read the (only) other post of Will:

[quote=MaxisWill]I’ve just recently tuned into this thread on the forums. I usually try to keep more up to date but I’ve been traveling way too much lately. Wow, there’s some rather intense discussion here I see about the design decisions we made in Spore. I think it’s really important for me to jump in and clarify a few things from my point of view.

First let me say a few things about the “Cute” vs. “Science” perspectives in Spore. It is true that during most of the design process we had team members on different sides of this debate. While I was officially on the science side at the same time I always saw this as a crucial tension that I wanted to foster, in other words I didn’t want the science side to win, I wanted to make sure both sides were represented in the game to some degree.

Two of the Chris’ on our team (Chris Trottier and Chris Hecker) were the most vocal representatives of what I started calling the cute team but they were by no means the only ones, they represented quite a large portion of the team. And their agenda in our design process was most certainly not to dumb-down the gameplay but rather to foster emotional engagement with the players in the game experience. An early example of this was the decision to add eyes to the cell game which in no way changed the gameplay, but we found for certain players made the cell experience more humorous and personal.

I see that many of the criticisms about the depth of play in Spore seem to be personally directed to Chris Hecker in particular. This is both ironic and incorrect. Chris was the leading talent behind the voodoo math of the procedural animation system in Spore, the system that brings the creatures you design to life. As the author of this system Chris was quite aware of how flexible and also how unpredictable it could be. I had many discussions with him in particular about how much of the players design decisions would affect the actual performance of your creature in the game world.

To take a quick tangent let me use the creature design vs. performance as an example. We had competing issues to face. First, we wanted the creature’s design to impact its in-game performance. Second, we wanted the economics of the editor to be simple and understandable and connected to performance. Third, we wanted a high amount of aesthetic diversity. We didn’t want there to be one ultimate design direction that the simulator was forcing all the creatures into. In other words if to be fast you had to have long legs that would have met the first goal, conflicted with the third goal and made the second much more complex.

As the lead designer my goal through most of the project was to make sure the gameplay didn’t end up too complex, which resulted in simplifying many of the level dynamics and editor consequences. I felt like we were already asking quite a bit from the players as we took them through the various level genres. This was totally my judgment call and not even part of the agenda of the “cute” team, and certainly not the fault of Chris Hecker. So to make a long story short I’m the one to be blamed for any faults in the gameplay, that’s my job on the team.

Chris is one of the most talented people I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with in the game industry and he takes his craft quite seriously. So it’s been very disturbing for me to read how he has been unfairly vilified for what were in fact entirely my design decisions.

A genre-spanning game like Spore is almost by its very nature experimental. Not only do we not have an existing game to learn design lessons from, we also don’t initially know what the demographic of our players will be (and hence their expectations for complexity and depth). As we move forward with the franchise we plan to listen closely and learn. Our plans for the first Spore expansions are already revolving heavily around what we’re hearing from our players so far.

I want to personally thank everyone who’s playing Spore, especially for the countless, wonderful creations that have been posted to Sporepedia. And I also want to give thanks and encouragement for the discussions here on our forum that will help us make Spore a cooler experience for everyone.

-Will Wright
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Here's a link to the original post: [url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/8555/137577.page#137577]We Found Who to Tar and Feather![/url]

I agree with most of what Ashloc said. And now that Will is gone, that's one less member on the science team. Will Spore get cuter? Probably. Will it improve the game? NO!

Is GA going to improve the game? Maybe a little, but there'll still be 4 lame stages before you reach the space stage. And that stage itself may still be screwed up: their "talented" team has yet to fix major issues. All they seem to do is create new parts and planet shapes. It's like adding more and more floors on top of bad foundations.

Quite frankly, our Spore/Maxis/EA bashing might have something to do with the departure of Will, coupled with the fact that Spore didn't turn out the way he envisioned it some years ago. When you fail, you can either try again or move on to something else ...

Anyway, Will is doing what he wants to do, no matter what the reason is, and we can all do the same. Nothing else matters. Well, Spore still needs to be fixed, but other than that, nothing else matters.

As for me, I want to complain some more about Spore! ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680294.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680294.page GMT
I see what you're trying to say but...

(And please don't hate me, I'm rather upset about Spore and would love to complain about it! I just don't like it when people look single mindedly at an issue (like I usually do ))]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680431.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680431.page GMT See this is where your wrong will. You claim that eyes were added to cell "just for humor". And that " it just helps to make it cute" but thats not all they are if you choose not to have eyes and be scientific well then you cant see and theres a consiqence.
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You can't remove everything from one side of an equation and call it "balanced"! If Mr. Wright was trying to balance cute and science, he failed. Completely.

[quote=Foedawg]If I share a bed with one of EA's employees, does that make me a bad person?[/quote]

Yes. Yes it does. You become a worse person through osmisis. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680563.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680563.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680763.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680763.page GMT
There's a little press release going out today as we speak (well actually I'm not speaking, I'm typing... (and I guess you're not even listening, you're reading (unless you're having your new Kindle read this to you in which case you are listening) but you're definitely not reading this "as" the press release is going out, and I'm certainly typing this hours before the fact....) anyway. (I suck at writing)

The gist of the story is that I'm leaving EA (well, not really, I'll explain) to start (well, not quite start, it's actually been around for quite a while in a rather different form) ... let's say dive into a new venture, The Stupid Fun Club. The Stupid Fun was actually started many years ago by myself and my friend Mike Winter, we met while competing in Robot Wars and Battlebots. It was apparent to us that one day the robots would take over the world and we decided we wanted to be on the winning side, so our initial charter was to do whatever we could to usher in our new mechanical overlords.

Along the way we ending up building and prototyping a lot of... odd stuff. People would come by our shop and get interested in this stuff for various reasons. Some of this stuff sparked new creative ideas, even (*gasp*) ideas that may have "commercial, entertainment value" (this is how you talk when you've been around lawyers and MBA's too long).

At some point we started showing some of this stuff to the people at EA. They got excited by the prospect of us pursuing these projects commercially (or that's what they said anyway, I think they just want to be on the winning side of the coming robotic revolution as well). So we started talking to them (EA, not the robots, though we do talk to them as well, but the robot responses are cryptic at best) about getting involved and investing in The Stupid Fun Club (we asked the robots first but they're all broke).

So as things worked out I decided to jump into my work at the club more or less full time. But at The Stupid Club we'll be working on new games (along with EA) as well as other kinds of projects with different partners.

I can't talk about specific projects coming out of SFC just yet (alas, the robots won't let me), but as things develop I'll find a way to keep those of you who are interested informed about what we're doing (but not with a blog...I'll never have a blog). A major aspect of the projects I've worked on has always been the player community, that won't change.

-Will Wright
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gabala]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680765.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680765.page GMT gabala[/quote]

Reported. Goodbye.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680771.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/680771.page GMT
I think Maxis can do great things witout WW. SimCity 4 (imo, the best of the simcity titles (it runs on my computer like crap )) was great, and WW wasn't involved in its making (I think! correct me if I'm wrong. In the credits his name was only mentioned in the "special thanks to" section).

As far as spore is concerned, I think we should try to be content with what we have, otherwise leave the game entirely and not hope for a release of some 'megapatch' or a grand expansion pack which will make all things awesome because it's extremely unlikely imo.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/681271.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/681271.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/681380.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/681380.page GMT
So far we don't have the big star with us anymore... Next two Spore releases after GA are going to be crap, and not even related to the game. They'll just have the Spore name on it. "For kids, you know?"
[img]http://www.moviezeal.com/wp-content/uploads/husucker1.jpg[/img]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/681734.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/681734.page GMT
[quote=CaptainPea](And please don't hate me, I'm rather upset about Spore and would love to complain about it! I just don't like it when people look single mindedly at an issue (like I usually do ))[/quote]
I don't hate you!

I just wanted to point out that Will said he is the one to blame for any faults in the gameplay. So yes we can blame him.

[quote=superguy1]See this is where your wrong will. You claim that eyes were added to cell "just for humor". And that " it just helps to make it cute" but thats not all they are if you choose not to have eyes and be scientific well then you cant see and theres a consiqence.[/quote]
See this where you're wrong superguy1. You claim that while having no eyes you should still be able to see. That isn't scientifically accurate. And if Spore were to be that realistic, all you would have is a black screen. No sound if your cell/creature has no ears, and no smell coming out of your computer when it has no nose. That would make Spore pretty boring ( if it wasn't already ).

You can always hide the eyes in the mouth or something, that way you wont see eyes on your cell/creature while still being able to see the rest.

[quote=warmslime]As far as spore is concerned, I think we should try to be content with what we have, otherwise leave the game entirely and not hope for a release of some 'megapatch' or a grand expansion pack which will make all things awesome because it's extremely unlikely imo.[/quote]
I've never seen a game company as stubborn as Maxis: no matter how many poeple complain about the bugs and empty gameplay, they wont do anything to fix it. All they care about is their huge user content database ( Sporepedia ). They'll be really quick to fix any problem that would prevent anyone from uploading a new creation. But, in 7 months, they have done NOTHING AT ALL to fix the game, except maybe a couple of bugs that would prevent the game to launch on some systems ( hence preventing someone from making & uploading content ). They even removed the "Daily Uploaded Creations" from their stats page, I am sure because it hurts them to say it's constantly dropping ( that was the fact blatantly shown by the graph, before they removed it ).

So excuse us if we are stubborn, and keep complaining.

And here's my opinion on GA, while I'm at it:

What new feature in there was really requested by us? NONE! What they have done is what they had already planned to do before they asked for our suggestions. And asking for our suggestions was just a way to make us THINK we could make a difference. Want examples? Here:

[color=darkred]Spore Galactic Adventure Features

• Beaming your creature directly down from the UFO
• Players will be able to beam down only to mission planets [/color]
- [u]Half Feature[/u]. Seriously, everyone wants to beam down to ANY planet.

[color=darkred]• Players can jump onto a moving vehicle and ride it, however you cannot drive the vehicle.[/color]
- [u]Half Feature[/u]. What's the point? We want to control vehicles just like in Civ stage!

[color=darkred]• Players will be able to add allied creatures from a friendly empire as posse members.[/color]
- And they will probably be as usefull as allied spaceships ( i.e. useless ).

[color=darkred]• Adventure creator - where you can create your whole world and share it over the sporepedia for others to play.
• Modify the landscape with monuments and buildings and over 400 Maxis made objects, including grenades, exploding barrels and more.[/color]
- More stuff to fill the Sporepedia.

[color=darkred]• Planet editor - This is a essential aspect of the adventure creator, where you can fully customize the planet your adventure will take place.
• Players will be able to choose which flora and fauna they want on a planet using the Adventure creator[/color]
- [u]Half Feature[/u]. We will be able to choose which flora we want, but choice will be limited, cause the Flora editor wont be included, according to what we know ( and I don't see it in the feature list ).

[color=darkred]• Captain Editor - Make your captains with over 30 new parts to battle it out in adventures made by Maxis or the community
• 32 new creature accessory rewards to use with your captain, some of these are: Energy Blade, Jump Jet , Acrobat Dance, Hover, Stunning, Charm and many more, all of these will have new abilities.[/color]
- Now we know what the next Parts Pack will be about: even more captain parts. Cute & Creepy Captain, coming out late August.

[color=darkred]• When a player wins a mission with a number of points higher than another player has ever scored on that mission,they are rewarded with special badges which are shown on the players MySpore page. Badges can be lost when another player beats your record.
• Player’s captains and missions will be shown on their MySpore pages along with information on how they played recent missions. It lists how many missions were won or lost,points earned on missions,rewards the player has earned for reaching a certain score before completing a mission and captain and mission stats.[/color]
- More stats to display, to show that lots of people are still playing the game.

[color=darkred]• New Achievements - Over 50 new achievements are coming with the expansion pack, but it is yet unknown what they are.[/color]
- To make us feel like there's something worth doing for 5 minutes.

[color=darkred]• Maxis-created adventures.[/color]
- Who cares?

Honestly, the concept is great. But then again, the concept behind Spore is great as well, it's just that the final result isn't. So there you have my expectations on GA: more deceived players. Maybe Will saw it that way too, and is why he's leaving NOW.

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gabala[/quote] dont post random things in a thread. dont quote long posts because its spam.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/683559.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/683559.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/684063.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/684063.page GMT • Players will be able to choose which flora and fauna they want on a planet using the Adventure creator[/color]
- [u]Half Feature[/u]. We will be able to choose which flora we want, but choice will be limited, cause the Flora editor wont be included, according to what we know ( and I don't see it in the feature list ).[/quote]
I agree with the fact they seem to be ignoring many Players who have asked for a Flora Editor. I would love to see one since I want to populate my planets with flora I want to see.

But this leads to the point about planet editing. I was so hoping to be able to create unique planets for my creatures to evolve on. Instead, all we have are planets for missions. Now, I've been asking for a Flore Editor and a Planet Editor for some time now. There are others who have been as well. It is frustrating to now know there will be another editor sitting in Spore that is going to be there taunting the Players.

Planet Editor, "I know you want to make awesome planets to go through in the Creature Stage, the Tribal Stage, and the Civilization Stage, but you will only get to make them for your Space Stage games."

It would be fantastic if it were decide that, "Hey, let's open up these two editors, instead of hiding away and not fixing a buggy editor, as well as, not allowing another editor to be used for more than one stage."

[color=darkred]Basically, please consider opening up the Planet Editor as a separate editor from the Mission Editor.[/color]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/684070.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/684070.page GMT • Players will be able to choose which flora and fauna they want on a planet using the Adventure creator[/color]
- [u]Half Feature[/u]. We will be able to choose which flora we want, but choice will be limited, cause the Flora editor wont be included, according to what we know ( and I don't see it in the feature list ).[/quote]
I agree with the fact they seem to be ignoring many Players who have asked for a Flora Editor. I would love to see one since I want to populate my planets with flora I want to see.

But this leads to the point about planet editing. I was so hoping to be able to create unique planets for my creatures to evolve on. Instead, all we have are planets for missions. Now, I've been asking for a Flore Editor and a Planet Editor for some time now. There are others who have been as well. It is frustrating to now know there will be another editor sitting in Spore that is going to be there taunting the Players.

Planet Editor, "I know you want to make awesome planets to go through in the Creature Stage, the Tribal Stage, and the Civilization Stage, but you will only get to make them for your Space Stage games."

It would be fantastic if it were decide that, "Hey, let's open up these two editors, instead of hiding away and not fixing a buggy editor, as well as, not allowing another editor to be used for more than one stage."

[color=darkred]Basically, please consider opening up the Planet Editor as a separate editor from the Mission Editor.[/color][/quote]
i agree completely, EAxis should really listen to what the fans want, infact, let's forget GA and fix the game itself. i basically feel that if spore was a sandwich(i'm using an analogy) then Maxis would say,"look at all the stuff we put into this! It's gonna taste so great! It' gonna be the sandwich to end all sandwichs!" so we finally get the game, and all we got was two pieces of bread. we complain an realize we are victims of hype. so, does are lovely story end here? NO! so after 5 months after our pathetic sandwich, we ask for one of two things, a refund, or a decent sandwich. what do they do? they give us a cup of pop with GA on the cover. yeah, i still want my samich ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/684106.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/684106.page GMT

You are assuming I am judging the game based on it's sales? I am not. GA is a simple adventure builder. It will likely appeal to the same crownd that enjoy spore as it is now.

I judge the game off of what was promised and advertisd not how well it sold.

So even if GA comes in with epic sales records, The game is still a failure to what it was intended to be.

Deflate my huge ego! LOL

You went there and I don't mind. We are judging the game from different points of view and thats fine.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/685525.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/685525.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/686125.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/686125.page GMT EA is still his primary shareholder, it's not leaving anytime soon]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/686369.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/686369.page GMT [img]http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr179/splootle/simllama.jpg?t=1239480323[/img]
the editing would be better though]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/686746.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/686746.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/687267.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/687267.page GMT X + Y + Z
[IMG]http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt350/Virakotxa/WWSecretCode.jpg[/IMG]
I have no clue what I'm talking about... But somethingis up, he might be secretly asking for help so he can be freed from the machines. I see an adventure there if Fotosintesys will be willing to lend his Will.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/687851.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/687851.page GMT [IMG]http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll69/Disami/1unicyclecrashe.png[/IMG]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/688798.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/688798.page GMT [IMG]http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll69/Disami/1unicyclecrashe.png[/IMG][/quote]

thats what i call spam]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/689777.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/689777.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/689938.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/689938.page GMT
Whoops...SORRY NO MISSIONS.

C'mon. At least let us beam down to any planet. If we can abduct our citizens and drop them on another planet, can't we drop ourselves?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/691717.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/691717.page GMT
Whoops...SORRY NO MISSIONS.

C'mon. At least let us beam down to any planet. If we can abduct our citizens and drop them on another planet, can't we drop ourselves?[/quote]


he cant talk to you... complain here : www.thestupidfunclub.com]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/691744.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/691744.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/692401.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/692401.page GMT (the expression I made when I had this thought)]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/692505.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/692505.page GMT Its like fresh baked cookies (or some other equiv of it to someone else), you cant resist for to long. If hes gonna leave it permanently he should atleast give us a water lvl. But thats just my opinion.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/692900.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/692900.page GMT (the expression I made when I had this thought)[/quote]

why would they want to? they already have the rights to anything he comes up with.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/693044.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/693044.page GMT Its like fresh baked cookies (or some other equiv of it to someone else), you cant resist for to long. If hes gonna leave it permanently he should atleast give us a water lvl. But thats just my opinion.[/quote]

what? this is literally the worst of his three franchises.

a full half of the game was definitely sold on hype alone (there were over a million preorders like a year before release)

if you had taken his name and the maxis label off the game the reviews would have sucked.

people should have known something was up when there was no proper gameplay demo.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/693051.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/693051.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/693627.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/693627.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/694146.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/694146.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/694605.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/694605.page GMT
I know, too bad hes leaving.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/694733.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/694733.page GMT
Of course I wish you Good luck, but I'm sad you're leaving....]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/695902.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/695902.page GMT
Will Wright was never involved with Sims 3.

From [url]http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10018126-235.html[/url]:

[i]I know you're not involved in development work for The Sims 3, which is expected out next year.[/i]]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/695916.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/695916.page GMT Its like fresh baked cookies (or some other equiv of it to someone else), you cant resist for to long. If hes gonna leave it permanently he should atleast give us a water lvl. But thats just my opinion.[/quote]

what? this is literally the worst of his three franchises.

a full half of the game was definitely sold on hype alone (there were over a million preorders like a year before release)

if you had taken his name and the maxis label off the game the reviews would have sucked.

people should have known something was up when there was no proper gameplay demo.[/quote]

Maybe cuz this game is a first in a collection, is a bit glitchy(most customization games that go this far into it are)
is unique, and many other factors, but it is merely an opinion that this game stinks. All games stink in some way, maybe some way like bad story line, horrible control, or something like it was made by an entirely different company than the original(most game that were made by a different company than the original are strange anyway). ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/696669.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/696669.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/697263.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/697263.page GMT
So even if GA comes in with epic sales records, The game is still a failure to what it was intended to be. (...)[/quote]

I can live with the game being different from what it was intended to be, lots of games loose various features and content during development due to schedule, complexity, hardware limitations, etc.

The problem, IMHO, is that Will decided to over simplify the game, leaving us with practically no gameplay and no serious challenge. And the problem will persist for as long as EA/Maxis emphasize on parts pack, parts patch and expansions adding nothing but more parts and editors, instead of gameplay improvements. GA only adds more editors for us to play with in the Space stage, they carefully added as little sandbox gameplay as possible.

Spore, as it is now, is nothing more than virtual Lego blocks, except you can't play with them once you're done creating. So you're fine with Spore for as long as you create only.

Funny thought that crossed my mind: if The Sims is a virtual dollhouse, then Spore is virtual dullgalaxy.

[quote=hey-yadidle][quote=Disami]this is a funny pic i made ( i wanna see what Will thinks if he ever looks at this thread again)
(image was removed)[/quote]

thats what i call spam[/quote]

I don't. It is somewhat on topic. But you quoting the large picture, and just to say that, that I call spam.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/699103.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/699103.page GMT Its like fresh baked cookies (or some other equiv of it to someone else), you cant resist for to long. If hes gonna leave it permanently he should atleast give us a water lvl. But thats just my opinion.[/quote]

what? this is literally the worst of his three franchises.

a full half of the game was definitely sold on hype alone (there were over a million preorders like a year before release)

if you had taken his name and the maxis label off the game the reviews would have sucked.

people should have known something was up when there was no proper gameplay demo.[/quote]

Maybe cuz this game is a first in a collection, is a bit glitchy(most customization games that go this far into it are)
is unique, and many other factors, but it is merely an opinion that this game stinks. All games stink in some way, maybe some way like bad story line, horrible control, or something like it was made by an entirely different company than the original(most game that were made by a different company than the original are strange anyway). [/quote] There is a difference between being flawed and commiting cardinal sins of game design.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/700448.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/700448.page GMT
But I'm sure he wont reply, too busy, just came here to say goodbye and then went away. We, the customers, are not worth a reply, apparently.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/703223.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/703223.page GMT
It's his call... But next time I have to replace my protocol droid, I'm not buying Stupid Fun technologies... I rather buy second-hand from the Jawas. If one day I need to replace a conversor unit, least I know there wil be a sandcrawler around.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/703272.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/703272.page GMT
EA makes video games.

Stupid Fun Club makes robots.

HOW, IN GOD'S NAME, DO THEY OVERLAP?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/704221.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/704221.page GMT
Electricity.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/704238.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/704238.page GMT
Electricity.[/quote]

Commercially?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/704250.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/704250.page GMT
Backwards vertical integration. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/704519.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/704519.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/705669.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/705669.page GMT
EA makes video games.

Stupid Fun Club makes robots.

HOW, IN GOD'S NAME, DO THEY OVERLAP?[/quote]

EA just wants to add another substandard product to their list.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/705906.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/705906.page GMT EA just wants to add another substandard product to their list.[/quote]

EA has become the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/706326.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/706326.page GMT
It's disappointing to me that a Will Wright title has made the downhill journey from quality entertainment for people with a brain to apparent corporate money grab and cross promotion prostitution.

Maybe you'll get back to the former somehow. I can't see this as boding well for such hope, but the future is often unpredictable and people precocious.

I realize my statements here are quite harsh, but it is just my honest opinion. Much to my dismay as I assure you I wish it were not so.

Edit (spelling): Now I shuffle back to my e-cave to hibernate once again.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/707115.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/707115.page GMT EA has become the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. [/quote]

Which managed to make a drink that is almost, but not entirely, completely unlike tea.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/707193.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/707193.page GMT
Really?

Welcome to the corporate world. Here's what happens, you get your idea, you nurture it with care and love. you dedicate yourself to it, and you put all your effort into making it the masterpiece you first envisioned.

As the project progresses other people get involved, some take their parts towards or even beyond your vision, others pull their parts away from the vision.

Corporate execs get involved, bean counters get involved, time constraints and marketing come into play, and slowly but surely, sometimes with the promise of "we can add that later", sometimes just because "That's the way we're going to do it" your baby gets pulled further and further away from what you know it has the potential to be and from what you wanted it to be in the first place.

You try with all your effort to get things back the way you know they should be and hit roadblock after roadblock and you feel helplessly frustrated as things get out of your control and your vision becomes a mere shadow of its former self.

What can you do?

Well you could try saying, "If we don't get this thing on back on track to what was originally intended I'll leave"

Maybe Will did that.

Of course they could respond, "O.K. Bye"

It is not only possible to leave one of your best creations, it happens all the time.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/711321.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/711321.page GMT
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/712085.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/712085.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/712458.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/712458.page GMT
This is blashemy! This is madness!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/712725.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/712725.page GMT
We’re not going anywhere, and we’ll be moving forward developing games with a focus on the user driven experience, and sandbox style play.

Titles on the horizon include Spore Galactic Adventures, Spore Creature Keeper, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena.

Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager, will continue to lead the Maxis studio forward in development.

We thank Will for all his contributions and look forward to seeing upcoming projects from the Stupid Fun Club.

-MaxisCactus
[/quote]

[size=24]WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHOOOOOO!!!![/size] I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/712834.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/712834.page GMT


One mastermind down, a few more to go... ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/713365.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/713365.page GMT
This is blashemy! This is madness![/quote]
Madness? This... is.... SPARTA!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/713858.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/713858.page GMT
This is blashemy! This is madness![/quote][/quote]
lol, you beat me to it ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/713966.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/713966.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/714216.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/714216.page GMT

Anyways, happy trails to you, Will. I hope the Stupid Fun Club does well

Also, can I have your autograph? :3 I'm a big fan, and I hope to someday walk in your footsteps as America's best video game designer. ^^

Ignore me ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/714367.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/714367.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/719743.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/719743.page GMT
Either way, it will be interesting to see what Will and his various side projects come up with next.

And robots? Oh, robots robots robots... ironically, as Will leaves, true robots--as in a Robot Creator--are one thing I think Spore would be more fun with.

Then again, what could be better than building your own robots in real life?

Will Wright has provided endless hours of gameplay satisfaction for me, starting with the original SimCity and up till now. In fact, I can honestly say that as computer games go, the Sim titles and Spore (with the exception the actual "Sims" game) are some of my favorite games ever.

Maybe if I'm qualified enough, I'll find a way to weasel into SFC or even the Long Now Foundation.

If not, well, perhaps I'll still crate some robots of my own, except in a way unlike Spore or even actual real robotics.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/729057.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/729057.page GMT http://www.gamedaily.com/games/spore-creature-creator/pc/game-news/will-wright-confirms-future-involvement-in-spore-franchise/

Thank you [url=http://sporedum.net/]Sporedum[/url] for digging this up.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/733257.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/733257.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/735122.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/735122.page GMT
Well they tried to get his soul, but he already sold it to make the SIMS successful. ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/735954.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/735954.page GMT
There's a little press release going out today as we speak (well actually I'm not speaking, I'm typing... (and I guess you're not even listening, you're reading (unless you're having your new Kindle read this to you in which case you are listening) but you're definitely not reading this "as" the press release is going out, and I'm certainly typing this hours before the fact....) anyway. (I suck at writing)

The gist of the story is that I'm leaving EA (well, not really, I'll explain) to start (well, not quite start, it's actually been around for quite a while in a rather different form) ... let's say dive into a new venture, The Stupid Fun Club. The Stupid Fun was actually started many years ago by myself and my friend Mike Winter, we met while competing in Robot Wars and Battlebots. It was apparent to us that one day the robots would take over the world and we decided we wanted to be on the winning side, so our initial charter was to do whatever we could to usher in our new mechanical overlords.

Along the way we ending up building and prototyping a lot of... odd stuff. People would come by our shop and get interested in this stuff for various reasons. Some of this stuff sparked new creative ideas, even (*gasp*) ideas that may have "commercial, entertainment value" (this is how you talk when you've been around lawyers and MBA's too long).

At some point we started showing some of this stuff to the people at EA. They got excited by the prospect of us pursuing these projects commercially (or that's what they said anyway, I think they just want to be on the winning side of the coming robotic revolution as well). So we started talking to them (EA, not the robots, though we do talk to them as well, but the robot responses are cryptic at best) about getting involved and investing in The Stupid Fun Club (we asked the robots first but they're all broke).

So as things worked out I decided to jump into my work at the club more or less full time. But at The Stupid Club we'll be working on new games (along with EA) as well as other kinds of projects with different partners.

I can't talk about specific projects coming out of SFC just yet (alas, the robots won't let me), but as things develop I'll find a way to keep those of you who are interested informed about what we're doing (but not with a blog...I'll never have a blog). A major aspect of the projects I've worked on has always been the player community, that won't change.

-Will Wright
[/quote]


Well I doubt you will hear this (rather read this), but let's have a go anyways for the sake of futile customer hope.

To start I have been with you since simcity 2000. I have the sims and their expansions, the simcities (even societies), simearth, simant (one of your best), and naturally, I have Spore (otherwise how I am here would be quite odd wouldn't it?)

Now, Spore. Yes, if I recall correctly back a few years I remember hearing about a great project called Spore. Heck I even remember seeing one of my favorite game developers testing the game out on youtube. I watched the video in awe and wonder, even showed some of my pals who ended up buying your game (approximately a meager 8 extra sales for you.) I do admit, geeky as it is, I watched the 35 min. demo video at least 20 times. Got Spore Creature Creator immediately and heck that was a game in itself, it still carries much of the game.

Then Spore released. For a solid two or three months I was very much content. Then naturally, things got monotonous, but this is to be expected. CC came out but, personally I wasn't really inclined to pay 60 dollars for a few extra parts when the Creators in the game now are all ready innumerable in potential.

Then GA was announced, and this immediately captured my interest again. For Spore the game has all ready laid down a breath-taking groundwork. I know that if GA is done properly it will be a breath of revival into Spore. Possibly setting the game to unprecedented popularity. For it could mix elements of multiplayer (in terms of many people working to make a game/mission.) As well as the amazing wealth of potential such as whole games, stories, etc. able to be made and played by people worldwide. If done right the player will be able to make the content of the game and so several possibilities and flavors will be available. Much like with StarCraft or WarCraft III online, GA coupled with the fact that YOU can make the characters, the triggers, the maps, etc. means that Spore could potentially be a game of limitless possibility.

So now I am very much confused. Why does one of my favorite game creators suddenly abandon his greatest project on the cusp of the expansion to revive it? Is EA pressuring you? Is the GA project not going well? Am I perhaps just confused, and though you are leaving EA, you will still be able to help build Spore? What am I to expect from Spore if you are not still on board?

Even if you choose not to respond to this, but just read this. Please, as a loyal customer, and a believer that Spore, the project you set out to make the greatest will be the greatest, do not abandon ship. You are our captain after all, even if none of us have ever spoken to you or will ever speak to you. Your very presence keeps us here in hope that this game is not a waste of time and money.


-Just a Wanderer
[/quote]
What this guy said.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/745450.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/745450.page GMT http://sporedum.net/2009/04/22/gamedaily-will-wright-confirms-future-involvement-in-spore-franchise/
Wooohooo!!!!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/747831.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/747831.page GMT cause i was gonna edit them to make a icon for the deleted stages, city, aquatic, and molecular
]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/752825.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/752825.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/755509.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/755509.page GMT I don't really know you very well, and being relativately new and on the outside didn't know you existed, I still would like to say for all of us that you will be sorely missed.

I hope you find success in the Stupid Fun Club! ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/760432.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/760432.page GMT



lol ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/762242.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/762242.page GMT cause i was gonna edit them to make a icon for the deleted stages, city, aquatic, and molecular
[/quote]

Dude, check out my sig images, and then more importantly, go to your Achievements page and download all the various images from the different stages of Spore. There are approximately 6 different types of "icons", which all have different color palettes. Just browse through your achievements and download all six varieties. Load them into PS or GIMP or whatever you use, and then BAM! Get to work making your own icons... to reverse an old cliche, it's way easier done than said.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/765701.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/765701.page GMT You don't know who Will Wright is?
He's the mastermind behind the Sims, Maxis, and Spore...]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/766671.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/766671.page GMT
Not only is this old news already, but being stickied into the number one slot makes it difficult to tell if anything has been added to make it new news again.

Frog]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/769378.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/769378.page GMT
Sounds like a fun club, can I be the guy that sits at home and randomly sends in ideas for your army of robots because he has nothing better to do all day other than eat, sleep, and go to class?]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/770247.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/770247.page GMT
Reading earlier in this thread, I see that's just never going to happen. In the list of upcoming projects from the Maxis person, there is "Spore Creature Keeper." I googled that and guess what..

"Spore Creature Keeper has players nurturing, training and playing with their own personally-created creature. With lots of toys, clothes and gizmos to play with, players can pamper their pets to perfection! Fans can play with their creation alone or have a play-date online for endless creature fun."

Clothes. Toys. Online play-dates. You have got to be kidding me.

The other upcoming titles weren't even worth bothering to recall correctly.. one was "Arena." Whoopee-dee-do, take the creature you made and play some Warcraft with it. Swell.

The saddest thing here is that it actually IS possible to make a game that can appeal to kids and hard-core science nerds. I'm reminded of the old game "Creatures." From the looks of it, you'd guess it were intended for maybe four year olds. But the deeper elements were there, for those who chose to explore them. Virtual DNA you could tinker with, evolution (of sorts), and learned behaviors.

So, Maxis could have done it. They had the money, they had the talent, they had the time.

Anyway.. I'm hoping Sims 3 won't be a repeat of the Spore debacle. One thing is for sure -- I will not be buying on day one. I'll be reading the reviews first.







]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/779424.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/779424.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/779584.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/779584.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/779664.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/779664.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/779674.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/779674.page GMT you like robot's i build thim allso basic stamp micro programing allfun yes

way don't you give us a robot war's in spore as a addon just for fun don't hafe to be hardcore
something to remamber you by
i been a fan sence you started this i hard about this underground new's year's ago and i got every spore that came out even the demo cd that hit the street's wy we waited on the spore i call it a demo lol
i really hate to see you brake spore from your harddrive brain of your's
and i really hope you just stay and cut ea greedy SPORE off becouse of thim you had to rush i would of waited
your dream's cut sort was rong

well 5 am can't spill here right now im crashing seen this had to reply hope to hear from again will
good luck mambe i see you in the robot battle dome make shere to program the robot to like dragon's with blue mohoke's and fang's j/k


]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/786529.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/786529.page GMT you like robot's i build thim allso basic stamp micro programing allfun yes

way don't you give us a robot war's in spore as a addon just for fun don't hafe to be hardcore
something to remamber you by
i been a fan sence you started this i hard about this underground new's year's ago and i got every spore that came out even the demo cd that hit the street's wy we waited on the spore i call it a demo lol
i really hate to see you brake spore from your harddrive brain of your's
and i really hope you just stay and cut ea greedy SPORE off becouse of thim you had to rush i would of waited
your dream's cut sort was rong

well 5 am can't spill here right now im crashing seen this had to reply hope to hear from again will
good luck mambe i see you in the robot battle dome make shere to program the robot to like dragon's with blue mohoke's and fang's j/k


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Welcome to the Sporums!
Tips:
Stay awaay from Didzo,
Dont spam,
Stay away from Didzo,
SporeMasters are friends
Anyone with the name Maxis in front of there names are friends,
Stay away from Didzo.

Thats all i've got.
Please clicky my signature.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/786531.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/786531.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/924702.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/924702.page GMT It's not a glitch, the planet just hasn't loaded. Give it a couple minutes, some planets take longer to load than others.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/924749.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/924749.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/924755.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/924755.page GMT im not didzo
-didzo
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now tat is weird....]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/925789.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/925789.page GMT ]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1204878.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1204878.page GMT [/quote]

your new so i'll cut you some slack

please don't post on threads that have been dead for at least a week (being dead means no one posts on it) that is called necroing and is frowned on by the comunity]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1204896.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1204896.page GMT please leave this thread in peace it died months ago.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1204903.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1204903.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1204916.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1204916.page GMT [/quote]

[b]your new so i'll cut you some slack[/b]

please don't post on threads that have been dead for at least a week (being dead means no one posts on it) that is called necroing and is frowned on by the comunity[/quote]


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...3 Days Later...

...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205005.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205005.page GMT
...3 Days Later...

...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO![/quote]read the dates]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205107.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205107.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205108.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205108.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205383.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205383.page GMT please leave this thread in peace it died months ago.[/quote]

But rest assured that many other people will keep it alive for a few more days because each of them will feel that he or she has to scold you for necro-ing threads

And don't feel bad for doing it, almost everybody does it once in awhile.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205437.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1205437.page GMT http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1206569.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1206569.page GMT
They're doing something.]]> http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1206576.page http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/preList/25461/1206576.page GMT