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Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)
Posted By: Matt <matt@bungie.com>Date: 10/16/00 1:48 p.m.

In Response To: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.) (Cpt. Sqweky)

> And so, I
> ask: Do you, (or anyone else at Bungie,) ever get frustrated with the lack
> of recognition that you recieve?

Things are much better now than they used to be. Myth really opened a lot of doors for us.

I have a vivid memory of my first day manning the Bungie booth at GenCon a few years ago, showing off Myth several months before it was done. The editor of a major gaming magazine (no need to name names) waltzed up and asked "So why haven't you jerks sent me a beta of this yet? It looks great. What are you, stupid?"

I stared blankly at him for a few moments, wondering if I should mention that we would have sent him a beta months ago if he or anyone else on his staff bothered to return our phone calls. The only other response that occurred to me was to beat him down right there on the show floor. Luckily someone else spirited the offending sucker away before I could decide.

In the early days it was difficult to get anyone to take us seriously. Even the Mac press were tough. Once we'd been on the periphery of public consciousness for a few years it got a little easier, but it wasn't until Myth shipped that the gaming press gave us our due.

Jason was offered a spot on that "Gaming Gods" cover and he passed. That's just a personal thing with him. He'd rather be working.

-Matt

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Replies:

I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Cpt. Sqweky 10/15/00 1:20 a.m.
     Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Bachus 10/16/00 12:28 p.m.
           Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Nijhazer 10/16/00 8:50 p.m.
                 Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Bachus 10/16/00 10:45 p.m.
                       Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Dan Rudolph 10/16/00 11:13 p.m.
                             Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Zaki 10/17/00 5:46 a.m.
                             Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Cpt. Sqweky 10/17/00 11:14 a.m.
                                   Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Harry 10/17/00 11:33 a.m.
                                         Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Cpt. Sqweky 10/17/00 2:38 p.m.
                                               Yeah I missed the sarcasm ;) *fwap* Bad Harry!(nt)Harry 10/17/00 2:40 p.m.
           Donatellozippy 10/17/00 12:50 a.m.
     Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Matt 10/16/00 1:48 p.m.
           Wow... that remindes me...Cpt. Sqweky 10/16/00 2:50 p.m.
                 Re: Wow... that remindes me...sarwat 10/16/00 7:05 p.m.
                       There's more to it than that... NIMRedox 10/16/00 11:05 p.m.
           Re: I was wondering... (Matt, this is for you.)Maestro 10/17/00 7:32 p.m.



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