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[Syokhan]

General Battuta wrote...

Also, he was very very careful not to comment on the Indoctrination Theory. He did not confirm or debunk it.

Thanks for the information, Battuta. By the way, since you said you talked to him again, were you able to get more information on the things that you couldn't remember very well?

Modifié par Syokhan, 08 avril 2012 - 07:10 .

[JrSlackin]

Interesting read, thank you for this.

[Xion66]

Michael Gamble wrote...

Luiginius wrote...

Weekes said those were his statements seen through the eyes of the person asking the questions.
I don't know what other confirmation you could ask for. In no way is it accurate, Weekes said that himself, but it's still the best PR piece concerning bioware.
Done by a fan, answers given by a man in the writing team, no pr people in sight.
Paints a pretty clear picture what is the other issue bioware is having besides the ending.

You know, most of us in game development would love to have all the time in the world to make our games, but that doesn't mean we put something out that we don't believe is quality.

As for some of this specifics of the questions...

Of course joker wouldn't abandon Shepard for no reason, and yes - let's not underestimate FTL here let's also not forget about quantum communication...or the incredible store of food rations that the Normandy has.

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Why doesn't Bioware just do a Q & A on the forums, it would make a lot of people happy with no room for paraphrasing?

/hopefulplea

[The Charnel Expanse]

Michael Gamble wrote...

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Honestly, after all the valid and incisive criticism leveled at the Catalyst and his presence in the ending, why insist on keeping him around? 90% of what's wrong with the ending can be solved simply by retconning him out of existence.

Why not just answer this question directly?

Modifié par The Charnel Expanse, 08 avril 2012 - 07:12 .

[JaylaClark]

I'm restating my position as said ... fairly often on this board, and at least once on this thread:

From a meta standpoint, we know the relays didn't annihilate the galaxy, because a) no writer would consider that to be a good ending to a heroic story and we see people alive in the future. The problem is they presented it in the same way that they presented Arrival's relay explosion, without saying why it's different or how.

Some of us will never be able to accept the explosions at all, and I am not denying them their right to have an issue. At all. Some of us, the 'rocks fall Galaxy dies' idea never occured to them. Again, your right. The middle ground ... I think we should make a conscious effort to change the discussion to 'how did the galaxy survive the relays breaking up?' instead of 'why would they kill the galaxy?' We'll have to go through 'Did they realize the consequences when they wrote this?' to get there. (I'd say it's 50/50 they didn't, and the clarification will smell like a retcon, when it's ... kinda both.)

[DESTRAUDO]

The Charnel Expanse wrote...

Michael Gamble wrote...

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Honestly, after all the valid and incisive criticism leveled at the Catalyst and his presence in the ending, why insist on keeping him around? 90% of what's wrong with the ending can be solved simply by retconning him out of existence.

Why not just answer this question directly?

Im guessing because until the dlc is locked in and in the can, nothing he will say can be official or final. 

[Kanon777]

Xion66 wrote...
Why doesn't Bioware just do a Q & A on the forums, it would make a lot of people happy with no room for paraphrasing?

/hopefulplea

Because they are still working on the content and prefer to have most ideas the themselves instead of making more promises they might have to back out of...

[kbct]

Xion66 wrote...

Michael Gamble wrote...

Luiginius wrote...

Weekes said those were his statements seen through the eyes of the person asking the questions.
I don't know what other confirmation you could ask for. In no way is it accurate, Weekes said that himself, but it's still the best PR piece concerning bioware.
Done by a fan, answers given by a man in the writing team, no pr people in sight.
Paints a pretty clear picture what is the other issue bioware is having besides the ending.

You know, most of us in game development would love to have all the time in the world to make our games, but that doesn't mean we put something out that we don't believe is quality.

As for some of this specifics of the questions...

Of course joker wouldn't abandon Shepard for no reason, and yes - let's not underestimate FTL here let's also not forget about quantum communication...or the incredible store of food rations that the Normandy has.

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Why doesn't Bioware just do a Q & A on the forums, it would make a lot of people happy with no room for paraphrasing?

/hopefulplea

Exactly. Remove the PR filter and just talk.

[apieros]

Michael Gamble wrote...

You know, most of us in game development would love to have all the time in the world to make our games, but that doesn't mean we put something out that we don't believe is quality.

Hello, Mr. Gamble. Thanks for stopping in. Just want to say one thing:

The game itself was great. The endings were a mistake.

But that's not what's poured fuel on the fire. Bioware's stonewalling and robot-like PR speke have cause more harm to Bioware than any anger over the endings could have.

If you read parts of the thread, you should know how grateful we've been for some straight-up answers. More of this would improve the fan's attitudes immensely.

Just mention this to anyone in charge. Let them know how far a little honesty, humility, and sincerity goes.

Just my 2 cents.

[pikey1969]

Michael Gamble wrote...

Luiginius wrote...

Weekes said those were his statements seen through the eyes of the person asking the questions.
I don't know what other confirmation you could ask for. In no way is it accurate, Weekes said that himself, but it's still the best PR piece concerning bioware.
Done by a fan, answers given by a man in the writing team, no pr people in sight.
Paints a pretty clear picture what is the other issue bioware is having besides the ending.

You know, most of us in game development would love to have all the time in the world to make our games, but that doesn't mean we put something out that we don't believe is quality.

As for some of this specifics of the questions...

Of course joker wouldn't abandon Shepard for no reason, and yes - let's not underestimate FTL here let's also not forget about quantum communication...or the incredible store of food rations that the Normandy has.

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

And we are all eagerly awaiting to see your true response to this in form of that DLC.

Jessica, given her job (dealing with the community), does see a lot of trolls and pricks. I can't say much for the trolls who have had it out for her since day 1 of this debacle. 

But as for most people in this thread, I don't think anyone is really hating on Patrick here, if anything the majority of the responses have been quite the opposite of that.

Modifié par pikey1969, 08 avril 2012 - 07:16 .

[AllThatJazz]

Michael Gamble wrote...

Luiginius wrote...

Weekes said those were his statements seen through the eyes of the person asking the questions.
I don't know what other confirmation you could ask for. In no way is it accurate, Weekes said that himself, but it's still the best PR piece concerning bioware.
Done by a fan, answers given by a man in the writing team, no pr people in sight.
Paints a pretty clear picture what is the other issue bioware is having besides the ending.

You know, most of us in game development would love to have all the time in the world to make our games, but that doesn't mean we put something out that we don't believe is quality.

As for some of this specifics of the questions...

Of course joker wouldn't abandon Shepard for no reason, and yes - let's not underestimate FTL here let's also not forget about quantum communication...or the incredible store of food rations that the Normandy has.

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Thanks for commenting. It needs to be said that this unofficial fan-chat with Mr Weekes has actually been an incredibly positive thing for many in the BSN. Quite a number of fans are starting to feel a little better and more hopeful about everything, and are beginning to look forward to the Extended Cut (I know I am, but I was anyway). Also, there is mucho love and respect here for both Patrick and Jessica . No worries there, at all.

Hope you enjoyed PAX 

Edit: Apparently some people are hatin' on Jessica, which I find mind-boggling. She's unfailingly polite, civil and pleasant in the face of some quite extreme Raging here on these forums. 

Modifié par AllThatJazz, 08 avril 2012 - 07:21 .

[kbct]

General Battuta wrote...

Also, he was very very careful not to comment on the Indoctrination Theory. He did not confirm or debunk it.

By the way, great questions. Thank you for paraphrasing the answers for us. Still, not sure why you asked about the cameltoe and not the god-child.

[The Charnel Expanse]

DESTRAUDO wrote...

The Charnel Expanse wrote...

Michael Gamble wrote...

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Honestly, after all the valid and incisive criticism leveled at the Catalyst and his presence in the ending, why insist on keeping him around? 90% of what's wrong with the ending can be solved simply by retconning him out of existence.

Why not just answer this question directly?

Im guessing because until the dlc is locked in and in the can, nothing he will say can be official or final. 

That's what I fear to be the case, but if BW still has some flexibility and a window of opportunity exists to affect what's in the DLC, why not address the matter directly rather than tiptoeing around it? We all know it's the 900-pound gorilla in the room.

[Xion66]

tobito113 wrote...

Xion66 wrote...
Why doesn't Bioware just do a Q & A on the forums, it would make a lot of people happy with no room for paraphrasing?

/hopefulplea

Because they are still working on the content and prefer to have most ideas the themselves instead of making more promises they might have to back out of...

They do not need promisses or discuss future content to calm a lot of people, facing questions like Patrick Weekes just to put a stop to some of the more negative speculations of the ending, may help promote the **** out of their EC

[Ubergrog]

Michael Gamble wrote...

Luiginius wrote...

Weekes said those were his statements seen through the eyes of the person asking the questions.
I don't know what other confirmation you could ask for. In no way is it accurate, Weekes said that himself, but it's still the best PR piece concerning bioware.
Done by a fan, answers given by a man in the writing team, no pr people in sight.
Paints a pretty clear picture what is the other issue bioware is having besides the ending.

You know, most of us in game development would love to have all the time in the world to make our games, but that doesn't mean we put something out that we don't believe is quality.

As for some of this specifics of the questions...

Of course joker wouldn't abandon Shepard for no reason, and yes - let's not underestimate FTL here let's also not forget about quantum communication...or the incredible store of food rations that the Normandy has.

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Don't worry buddy, we are not hating on Patrick.  He gave us legitimate answers that certain individuals did not.

We ARE hating on Jessica because she is treating those who talk with her very poorly. Any time someone provides some sort of clarity, she gets her knickers in a twist.  Also, please tell the others that every time they use the "A" word, the entire company loses credibility.  

[Moogberg]

Michael Gamble wrote...
Of course joker wouldn't abandon Shepard for no reason, and yes - let's not underestimate FTL here let's also not forget about quantum communication...or the incredible store of food rations that the Normandy has.

Which brings up the BIG question: are some of these food rations kosher?

[MorSterling]

Actually glad to see parts of the "old" Bioware are still alive despite the so called PR-people doing their best to destroy any confidence in the companys earlier ideals.

[Tirranek]

I hope that what was said wasn't twisted to a point where it's untrue. Curious what it is he seems to be upset about.

[Luiginius]

Michael Gamble wrote...

Luiginius wrote...

Weekes said those were his statements seen through the eyes of the person asking the questions.
I don't know what other confirmation you could ask for. In no way is it accurate, Weekes said that himself, but it's still the best PR piece concerning bioware.
Done by a fan, answers given by a man in the writing team, no pr people in sight.
Paints a pretty clear picture what is the other issue bioware is having besides the ending.

You know, most of us in game development would love to have all the time in the world to make our games, but that doesn't mean we put something out that we don't believe is quality.

As for some of this specifics of the questions...

Of course joker wouldn't abandon Shepard for no reason, and yes - let's not underestimate FTL here let's also not forget about quantum communication...or the incredible store of food rations that the Normandy has.

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Didn't mean to come across negative. I tend to make short posts, so that doesn't help I guess. My point was that
Weekes' discussion seemed to have had the most positive effect to this board. I certainly felt more at ease after reading that. Honest discussion, even if it isn't 100% accurate or represent the official line, is always nice.

edit.: concerning ms Merizan, you guys ought to give that girl a raise. The manner in wich she has conducted herself keeping in mind the amount of contact she's had with people is admirable.

Modifié par Luiginius, 08 avril 2012 - 07:24 .

[UrgentArchengel]

Xion66 wrote...

Michael Gamble wrote...

Luiginius wrote...

Weekes said those were his statements seen through the eyes of the person asking the questions.
I don't know what other confirmation you could ask for. In no way is it accurate, Weekes said that himself, but it's still the best PR piece concerning bioware.
Done by a fan, answers given by a man in the writing team, no pr people in sight.
Paints a pretty clear picture what is the other issue bioware is having besides the ending.

You know, most of us in game development would love to have all the time in the world to make our games, but that doesn't mean we put something out that we don't believe is quality.

As for some of this specifics of the questions...

Of course joker wouldn't abandon Shepard for no reason, and yes - let's not underestimate FTL here let's also not forget about quantum communication...or the incredible store of food rations that the Normandy has.

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Why doesn't Bioware just do a Q & A on the forums, it would make a lot of people happy with no room for paraphrasing?

/hopefulplea

I agree with this, it is a good, constructive idea on the part of Bioware.  Use Q&A to help fan the flames off of everyones questions and the ME team's a**es.  It kind of a win-win.

[Yahmosa007]

I am curious to see how they will write out teleporting squad members, since IT is false now

[Kanon777]

Xion66 wrote...

tobito113 wrote...

Xion66 wrote...
Why doesn't Bioware just do a Q & A on the forums, it would make a lot of people happy with no room for paraphrasing?

/hopefulplea

Because they are still working on the content and prefer to have most ideas the themselves instead of making more promises they might have to back out of...

They do not need promisses or discuss future content to calm a lot of people, facing questions like Patrick Weekes just to put a stop to some of the more negative speculations of the ending, may help promote the **** out of their EC

You might be correct, but their policy clearly indicates they prefer to avoid make content promises like this. Look what happened to DA2: Exalted March, they gave us many hints that it was coming and now they cancelled it...

[Shiran]

The think about this interview that it confirms with 100% certainty what most reasonable people who enjoyed the games already knew and expected.

The whole "everyone is dead and starving!!!!" scenario was entirely hyperbolated by rabid chicken littles in order to exaggerate and over dramatize their hatred for the near-perfect dark ending.

It's funny to see oh so many turn now to "oh! well than this is good news!" when all the total doom and gloom scenarios of "Tali has to eat Garrius to survive an extra week" were entirely in the mind fans and only in the mind of fans looking to stir up trouble.

[Michael Gamble]

The Charnel Expanse wrote...

Michael Gamble wrote...

Cmon - give us some time with the DLC, and let's try to avoid hatin' on Patrick or Jessica:P

Honestly, after all the valid and incisive criticism leveled at the Catalyst and his presence in the ending, why insist on keeping him around? 90% of what's wrong with the ending can be solved simply by retconning him out of existence.

Why not just answer this question directly?

Is your question about whether or not we are going to retcon the catalyst? The answer is no. We've already said we are not changing the endings, but again - there are many things that we *can* do without changing them. 

A lot of folks had questions that we want to answer for them - but just like any piece of content, we are not going to outline the specifics before release. 

Modifié par Michael Gamble, 08 avril 2012 - 07:23 .