JEFF BRIGGS Interview

[ACooper]

Originally posted by jimmytrick
oh gee, i am sorry, what am i thinking about...

of course we never move population by air transit

next thing you know i'll be thinking we can send people to the moon in a rocketship..

Well, so far we haven't done it. Not more than a few people at a time anyways.

[MarkG]

jimmy, i could answer those questions in 85 seconds and it would be with real arguments but i've got better things to do (like answer to a serious post like gp's)

gp, especially on a "mail" interview, it takes two to dance. even in live interviews i believe you will agree that if someone wants to avoid a question, he can. in the end of course, both parties of the interview are judged on the specific questions and answers. and even if some answers are what the expected ones, the fact that they are given is something usefull as well.

[TCO]

Originally posted by MarkG
jimmy, i could answer those questions in 85 seconds and it would be with real arguments but i've got better things to do (like answer to a serious post like gp's)

gp, especially on a "mail" interview, it takes two to dance. even in live interviews i believe you will agree that if someone wants to avoid a question, he can. in the end of course, both parties of the interview are judged on the specific questions and answers. and even if some answers are what the expected ones, the fact that they are given is something usefull as well.

mark, we're not that far off. If you ever interview this guy again, I would skip any questions that are the least political (unless he says ahead of time that they will be answered). And maybe ask some questions other than the standard ones. These sound like a PR automaton had made the responses. There has to be some way to get more interesting content. After all we a are a hardcore civ site, not a general gaming site or a magazine.

[TCO]

jimmy, a little bit of sarcasm is interesting. Your comments in this thread are silly and boring.

[Xuenay]

The stupidity of Firaxis is shown in that even with 1.21 herds of elephants can airlift - but a single LEADER can't!

Sounds like a situation where Firaxis correctly decided play balance to be more important than realism.

[Alexander's Horse]

Pretty lame interview - lots of tough questions have been raised in the forums but none seem to make it onto the interview list.

[Christantine The Great]

Originally posted by Xuenay


Sounds like a situation where Firaxis correctly decided play balance to be more important than realism.

Sush, that would make them look smart!

Pathetic really...

That interview stank.

[Zealot]

Originally posted by Xuenay
Sounds like a situation where Firaxis correctly decided play balance to be more important than realism.

Correctly? Oh goody, just 100 more road squares to get to the other side of the map.
Yeepie...

Oh wait, now I get it, Firaxis wants me to build a boat for it. And since the AI already has tons of battleships roaming the sea, it's going to force me to buld my own tons of battleships to protect my leader! Wow, that's pretty good game designing, no doubt about it. Hurray for air lifting...

[MarkG]

And since the AI already has tons of battleships roaming the sea, it's going to force me to buld my own tons of battleships to protect my leader!

yeah how dares that AI build ships when i choose not to!

[Zealot]

Originally posted by MarkG

And since the AI already has tons of battleships roaming the sea, it's going to force me to buld my own tons of battleships to protect my leader!

yeah how dares that AI build ships when i choose not to!

Yeah, I rather have air supremacy than naval supremacy. I find it more enjoyable. I rather bomb those pesky ships than to have naval skirmishes.

That's why I consider banning leaders to take air lifts an option that's crippling a player's strategic options. It just doesn't make any sense!

[Fitz]

Truley sad. Given the massive flaws incorporated into the last two Sid games that I've played, I doubt I'll ever buy another. I was highly disappointed in the end result of the SMAC/SMAX series, which was nothing. They never fixed a multitude of problems (many game breakers), even though they released 4 patches for SMAC, 1 expansion, and 1 further patch. Then they stopped supporting it. Can we expect to see the same for CivIII?

Who knows, but given the disappointment that CivIII is, does it really even matter?

Jeff Briggs: Apolyton is held in the highest regard around here. We rely on you guys for feedback on things we're doing and to keep our hardcore fans well informed. You always deliver and we appreciate all of your dedication and hard work.

Too bad they have not really delivered in return. I'm starting to agree with jimmytrick here, Briggs is in it to make the quick buck, and doesn't seem to give a crap about making a quality product.

Mark, next time let Jt interview the Firaxians. I suggest you pick someone with a little less negative aspect to join him, of course, or they might start holding you in less high regard. I bet jt asks the best questions though.

And by the way, you're starting to act in the manner the so-called whiners have always accused you of acting. Removing all of a posters comments, some of them very good, just becuase you don't like some of them, is of course your perogative as site owner. It is also a little tyrannical, and certainly makes you look like a Firaxis Sycophant.

[MarkG]

fitz,

1) the fact that you consider smac a dissapointment when other give it as an example of what civ3 should be like(and extend) is certainly something worth of being as an example on the definition of the word "opinion"

2) it seems that the 500,000 people who bought smac didnt think firaxis hasnt delivered a quality product since twice that many people have now bought civ3.

3) on what jt might ask in a interview, he gaves us some examples and in my opinion he would not get a single good answer

4) no posts were deleted. they were simply moved to a separate thread, still availiable for everyone to read and judge on whether or not they were helping in the creation of a constructive discussion.

[Coracle]

So where is the LINK to all the posts Jimmytrick and I posted, posts that were removed no doubt for criticizing the SMUG SELF-SATISFIED ARROGANCE of Mr Briggs and the powderpuff questions asked of him??

[Wittlich]

The thread is in this same forum, in a locked thead titled "garbage"

[player1]

Originally posted by Coracle
So where is the LINK to all the posts Jimmytrick and I posted, posts that were removed no doubt for criticizing the SMUG SELF-SATISFIED ARROGANCE of Mr Briggs and the powderpuff questions asked of him??

Just for you Coracle:

garbage