CompuServe Thread

Flaming

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#129294From: Doug WingerJun 11, 1988 10:09 PM
Henry, Ah, it's not little bugs, or even major screwups. If you have been listening to the complaints (and yes, complaints and flames are more common, as when buy something, you _expect_ it to work, and heaven help the people responsible if it doesn't) the largest, most searing flames have been from people that got bitten by it. Jet, for example, promised analog joystick, and thrills a minute. It didn't fully deliver. The first one wouldn't run with fast ram, and the joystick interface got pulled, it was so bad. I had _major_ bugs in it; not just bugs, but _major_ ones. That's the difference, Henry. You can forgive someone releasing something unfit for sale IF they fix it right away and don't promise the Moon, while giving you _a_ moon. The flames you see are from those that exhausted the 'polite' methods, or have been screwed seriously. The petty flames are from those who have got something that works, but want better (and are usually knowlegable enough to know what _could_ be done) Witness the Interceptor peeves about analog support. (and if a certain mesage contains anything remotely resembling the truth, those complaints should turn around _reet_ quick.) Most of the loudest complaints have been from people that _could_ have put it in the software. (Personal feelings: The digital is _very_ good, but the analog stick done right…Heaven!) Doug