tiltjlp
PN co-founder
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2003
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- Favorite Pinball Machine
- Flying Trapeze 1934
I've been back now seven months, and the day I returned, I read a comment about Future Pinball. Since then, I've read opinions and debates and speculation about Black's project. He seems to have assembled a good and loyal beta-hype team. I have to wonder though, how long can Lio and Leon maintain the current level of hype? Just maybe they should have waited to launch the hype until they had an ACTUAL release date in sight.
The VPM/Roms lurker/leecher/warez group is already beginning to wear a bit thin, with their belief that anything prior to 2001 isn't really pinball. I'm just curious, is it possible to surf the web on a cell phone from grade school?
What bothers me the most is that Black actually has some authors not working on tables, simply because they're waiting for FP. They could have one long wait, possibly Forever. He has turned his back on the community at least once, and maybe twice. But now he promises to sell a new emulator that from what I have seen will have a moving camera, which I feel is totally useless, and harsh lighting and reflective glare that will detract and distract from the enjoyment of the game. We'll have to wait until it's in own hands to see if the "user controls" can lesser those effects.
Don't get me wrong, I have no feelings of loyalty to Randy either. He left the community hanging for two years without onw word about what his plans for VP were. There are some who believe the only reason Randy popped up suddenly was because of Black's FP project. So no, I haven't and won't take sides. All I'm trying to say is that we have VP here and now, Today, so why not use it if you have ideas for a table? Why sit on your hands and do nothing at all until FP sees the light of day, if it ever does.
I've been around for over 3 1/2 years, and every day there has been infighting and backbiting of some sort. Neither Randy nor Black has a track record that inspires loyalty. So at least I'm going to keep working on my tables. Not as a sign of support for Randy nor a sign against Black. But simply because I still enjoy working on tables, and I have a program Here and Now that lets me do that.
Now I'm pretty sure that if Leon reads this he'll consider it an attack on both Black and the beta-hype team, but it isn't. I just don't see what the excitement is, but Randy and Black have led us down blind alleys before. Every time Randy gifts us a new update it could be the last one. And every time Black's beta-hype team makes a promise in Black's name, it could very well be empty.
John
The VPM/Roms lurker/leecher/warez group is already beginning to wear a bit thin, with their belief that anything prior to 2001 isn't really pinball. I'm just curious, is it possible to surf the web on a cell phone from grade school?
What bothers me the most is that Black actually has some authors not working on tables, simply because they're waiting for FP. They could have one long wait, possibly Forever. He has turned his back on the community at least once, and maybe twice. But now he promises to sell a new emulator that from what I have seen will have a moving camera, which I feel is totally useless, and harsh lighting and reflective glare that will detract and distract from the enjoyment of the game. We'll have to wait until it's in own hands to see if the "user controls" can lesser those effects.
Don't get me wrong, I have no feelings of loyalty to Randy either. He left the community hanging for two years without onw word about what his plans for VP were. There are some who believe the only reason Randy popped up suddenly was because of Black's FP project. So no, I haven't and won't take sides. All I'm trying to say is that we have VP here and now, Today, so why not use it if you have ideas for a table? Why sit on your hands and do nothing at all until FP sees the light of day, if it ever does.
I've been around for over 3 1/2 years, and every day there has been infighting and backbiting of some sort. Neither Randy nor Black has a track record that inspires loyalty. So at least I'm going to keep working on my tables. Not as a sign of support for Randy nor a sign against Black. But simply because I still enjoy working on tables, and I have a program Here and Now that lets me do that.
Now I'm pretty sure that if Leon reads this he'll consider it an attack on both Black and the beta-hype team, but it isn't. I just don't see what the excitement is, but Randy and Black have led us down blind alleys before. Every time Randy gifts us a new update it could be the last one. And every time Black's beta-hype team makes a promise in Black's name, it could very well be empty.
John