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MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
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01/07/10 17:35
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As promised, we've now uploaded our blog about the development of the large scale MMOG "Utopia" - the project that we started last year, contracted by a client who didn't want his identity revealed. I have to make two confessions. At first, I haven't told the full truth about this project here. The spiritual focus was just a cover story. As I'm not bound by oath anymore, I've now disclosed the real purpose of the project in the blog, as well as the identity of the client, the Swiss organization "Embassy Flight and Ground Service". Second, the development is finished - sort of - much sooner than expected. Due to the increasingly bizarre circumstances surrounding the project, we had no choice but to pull the brakes. So the blog is in fact a postmortem. We're not working any longer for Embassy Flight and Ground Service, and Utopia won't go online. The project was not only a strange experience for us, it also had many bizarre and funny aspects. For anyone interested, here's the full and true story: http://www.republic-of-utopia.com/mystery.htmPlease be aware that the story is not suited for minors. If you're below 18, please DO NOT CLICK on that link. Thank you.
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Joozey]
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01/07/10 19:40
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Crazy story! Just googled "Mathias Nievergelt" and got the same address (the one with the ghost house on Google Maps)
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Petra]
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01/07/10 19:56
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Hm. Apart from finding those people, do you have any future plans? Will this stop you from making games again?
~"I never let school interfere with my education"~ -Mark Twain
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Germanunkol]
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01/08/10 03:01
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The president has a final advice for me. They are used to do business on a more personal level than other companies. And they have special contacts. This project should better not fail. Otherwise, no matter how hard I try to hide, they'll find me everywhere in the world. A failure would be the biggest mistake of my life. weren't you scared? i don't think i would have continued after such a statement.
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: ventilator]
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01/08/10 04:27
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Wow, what a great read! Thanks for that, jcl and co. Shame it appears to be over.
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: adoado]
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01/08/10 06:25
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Wow, JCL, you are really a talented writer. Very good to read and your sense for humor is great!
But one questions, was the forum down yesterday because of a DDos attack of pissed 'Embassy Flight and Ground Service' employees?
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Nowherebrain]
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That's a funny name! Good luck with your project (I vote for thin models with small boops - if you have influence over ) Years ago I also had a job on a swiss project named "Utopia" (a software for stockkeeping and cash register). Unfortunately it was never finished by bankruptcy of the company
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Damocles_]
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01/08/10 10:52
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maybe a new kind of pyramid-swindle...? maybe he has own clients, and the clients make invests for "something". With this money he try to make more money. And maybe he has not enough paying clients to pay utopia.... and his clients are "mafioso" and want to see results.... and now his gprs data says, his position is in the atlantic sea, 2000m under water..... this is a realy crazy story..... i like hes high-tech-home
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: maslone1]
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01/08/10 11:09
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Looks like a good story line for an action/suspence movie.
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Rei_Ayanami]
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01/08/10 12:16
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Ohhhh, I see al those big numbers with a money simbol at the end...
uhh, that hurts!
but why the heck somebody needs a 3500 second long sex scene???? its more like 3500 seconds of recorded mocap animation that gets split up into several sex scenes mocap rocks... i assume A7 development now goes faster again?
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: lostclimate]
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01/08/10 18:14
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Very interesting!
Now we have to add the story to the wiki.
"Sometimes JCL reminds me of Notch, but more competent" ~ Kiyaku
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Joozey]
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01/08/10 23:01
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Should have contacted Ex_Citer I'm not so sure, from what I read Utopia was about human on human action, not ape on human.
"Sometimes JCL reminds me of Notch, but more competent" ~ Kiyaku
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: lostclimate]
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01/09/10 00:51
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lol, a great story and shame about the loss, though i can't help but hope your story is part of a trilogy, and we're about to have a great turn of events unfortunately though, it seems there is nothing more than all the initial posts on the Jobs Offered forum, where i wanna make a MMO who can help me, springs to mind. god love the guy for his ingenuity so without the project being canned... i want an mmo i want sex and i want it now how much and when can ya start
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Altimeter]
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01/16/10 04:13
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This is just messed up. Maybe he was hired by some other game engine team to waste your time and resources JCL. Well, at least you still have us.. .. and A7.
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: alpha_strike]
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01/18/10 22:04
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Naja... "Logisex, 16er Version" aus dem Forum schrotten und dann diese Sauereien hier ablassen. Aber was soll´s. Wenn sie ein Projekt mit "Realporn" abziehen wollen, dann kann ich Ihnen mit 35 Stunden schärfstem Lizenz-Material aushelfen. Keine billige Hausfrauen-Filmchen, sondern Material mit international bekannten Stars der Szene, die wirklich gut aussehen. Gruß AS Ich guck immer nur 20 Minuten Was hast du gegen Hausfauen und welche Szene ist das? hmmm womit ich den Thread jetzt wohl völlig kaputt gemacht habe?! Aber ich konnte mich nicht zurück halten.
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Doug]
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01/21/10 19:46
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Landixus]
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01/24/10 19:18
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oh - my - god o.O
das liest sich klasse, JCL! oops, German, sorry. Sounds great! I also enjoyed your scaphander story.
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: lostclimate]
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02/20/10 21:00
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Seriously... what the fuck? Why would anyone do this? I just... come on guys, WHAT?! Only logical explanation I have is that this is the evil deed of a rival company wanting to waste your time/harm you financially. Looking forward to the solution of this story...
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: Sajeth]
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02/22/10 17:08
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The president makes clear that he'll personally fly over to Poland for supervising the production. I think those 9,7hrs of motion captured sex scenes got them stuck in whole a new venture? It's weird they did invest money, only to pull out prematurely.
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: PadMalcom]
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Did they guy really have that kind of money or was it a total scam with you NOT receiving a dime?
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
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Johann Christian Lotter Meister des Betrügens Coming 2011
"Sometimes JCL reminds me of Notch, but more competent" ~ Kiyaku
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Re: MMOG "Utopia" - the true story
[Re: FBL]
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Shit I totally wanted to play that game.
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[Re: Sajeth]
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