Bethesda responds to NMA's preview

Brother None

Brother None

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Responding to our preview and the rather sneaky way in which we attained it, Bethesda's community manager Matt Grandstaff notes:<blockquote>Pete called me on Friday (or maybe it was Thursday), and he suspected that someone at NMA had met with him based on questions he got, and reading the interview, you can definitely tell they're from Fallout fans.
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Nope, no conspiracy [to keep Fallout fans out]. He was simply letting me know to be on the lookout for coverage from NMA on the game. We hadn't allowed fan sites access to the game, because we are only showing the game to gaming press at this time. Given that both of the guys got press access, they got to see the game.
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[You're going to add it to the preview links on the official site?] I would say there's a bit of finagling in this case, wouldn't you? This was a press event after all...one that we couldn't even accommodate all the press that wanted to see the game.</blockquote>I don't see how the NMA preview is just as valid as any other one, finagling or not.

Link: thread on BGSF.

Thanks Briosafreak.
 
We hadn't allowed fan sites access to the game, because we are only showing the game to gaming press at this time. Given that both of the guys got press access, they got to see the game.
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Damn straight.

They seem to be taking it pretty well.
 
Pipboy2000 said:
They seem to be taking it pretty well.
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They don't really have a choice. Besides, it's just a case of someone using a trick to get to see something. We didn't smuggle out information that wasn't supposed to get out, we didn't illicitly "steal" sounds or screenshots to publish. It's a preview, done in an irregular manner, but just a preview, and I find it a but juvenile of them not to post it.

But hey, they can't take it "worse" than they are. That'd just make 'em look stupid
 
It would make them look stupid. They have no choice but to be tactful, lest they come off as the bad guys. At least Pete Hines is a nice guy :P

Alsoplustoo:
Azure Stone said:
Gah! Stop this quoting nonsense! He was the last person to reply, there's no need to quote! Agh!
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It also let's everyone read whatever nonsense that was quoted again, just in case they are in doubt about how stupid someone may or may not be.

Back on topic, I find it funny how some people at the Beth forums are hurt by Brother None's and SuAside's interview. I wonder if it's because we finally got a good Q&A (not to mention a Q&A from a dedicated fanbase, kudos), or if it's because they enjoyed how blacked-out the fan community is/was. I wonder if it's the same frustration we felt when none of the questions we had were answered, or how we aren't regarded as a press site.
 
Top notch job to the both of you. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Thanks for going in and getting the interview.

BTW, I get all my Fallout news from NMA? Who say's this isn't a news site. :twisted:
 
it prevents confusion if someone were to post before you click submit
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Pip was just making a classic Orderite joke, stemming from the confusion we initially had when moving from WebBBS to this forum, in quite different styles (WebBBS is threaded)

Paladin Solo said:
I wonder if it's the same frustration we felt when none of the questions we had were answered, or how we aren't regarded as a press site.
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Quite possible, there are quite a surprising number of people that have an irrational hate for NMA, and were gloating over our "despair" or whatever. They're probably still pointing and chuckling going "look at them gnash our teeth."

*shrug*

They're the mental equivalent of our worst and most juvenile members. I guess it's karma that a rabid fanbase would have rabid detractors ;)
 
Havok said:
BTW, I get all my Fallout news from NMA? Who say's this isn't a news site. :twisted:
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you could argue that we're not making money from it, but neither are some 'amateur' gaming press sites they did invite?

so whatever... it's just an excuse anyway. it sounds plausible enough to the average reader, but anyone digging further will certainly have doubts.


<---- 5000th post btw. :twisted:
 
things were getting along too well eh .. they just couldnt help but hint that they are a bit dessatisfied of the NMA preview happening. . .

p.s. i'm sure theyre not extremely worked up about it but still .. whats with the dodgy response ...

ZOMG Suaside ! 5k
 
Brother None said:
They're probably still pointing and chuckling going "look at them gnash our teeth."
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That just gave me an image of us holding onto their jaws and gnashing them together.

Now that would be satisfying
 
how in the hell could they say that what was said in the preview exactly what they were expecting?

with the way they normally talk about nma or do so in veiled reference, they are talking about something rosh would say/do...

almost makes me wish that rosh had done the preview for the hell of it :)
 
You already know that it is the best preview to date, I loved reading every paragraph and find it a damn shame they aren't posting it on their "Fallout" site.

Fuck em, though. They are an economic mainstream company that doesn't care about quality control, just marketing abilities. It's easy to sell something based on what looks good on paper, rather than putting extra effort into content.

Every reaction they give and recieve slides me one step farther away from any hope of ever seeing Fallout 3.
 
TheWesDude said:
how in the hell could they say that what was said in the preview exactly what they were expecting?

with the way they normally talk about nma or do so in veiled reference, they are talking about something rosh would say/do...
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It takes only a little browsing of the Beth forums to get the distinct impression that the mods, as well as many of the developers who post, are rather childish in demeaner, looking to get the last word and squelch discussions with lame excuses like "Post count reached." (I haven't read Beth's rules, admittedly, so maybe that is a legitimate thing, but I don't know of any forums where threads are always locked after reaching a certain number of posts.) I'm sure that particular dev thought he was scoring argument points by making it sound like he's just got NMA so pegged that he can predict everything the site will do, perched up on his throne made from the skulls the original supermutants, glued together with the Vault Boy's innards.
 
the mods at Beth forum are volunteers, mostly Oblivion fans. they are not paid by Bethesda.

as for Grandstaff, he isn't a dev, he's the community manager. and what a good job he does for Fallout. ;)

Briosafreak said:
"Carbon dated and proud"? Eheheh
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loosing my goddamn rad signs at an alarming rate :P

making me look like a nuubian!
 
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