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Killing or not - bugs are eternal
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| Author | Topic: Killing or not - bugs are eternal |
| Immacolata |
posted 06-10-99 06:28 AM ET 
Jeff, FIRAXIS, is right when he claims that no game will ever be made perfect enough to please the online communities. And no such thing as bug free or code exists with todays games. As a matter of fact there was plenty of buggy arcade games all through the 80's. |
| Aredhran |
posted 06-10-99 06:39 AM ET
Actually, I thing our goal as programmers is not to design a nice application/game that works, it's to create the coolest bug ever ! It's an ongoing challenge, and I thing Firaxis is with the top 3 with the infinite missile range one (unfortunately, rumor has it that some evil person found it and killed it) Aredhran |
| Darkstar |
posted 06-10-99 05:45 PM ET
A program can be made to have 0 bugs. Its just not economical to do so. But if you don't DEMAND perfection, they will continue at the minimal level of quality that they think they can get away with. It's simple economics against customer expectations. -Darkstar |
| Aredhran |
posted 06-11-99 03:58 AM ET
Right on the money, Darkstar ! Aredhran |
| Rackam |
posted 06-11-99 08:35 AM ET
Aredhran - Infinate missle range will never be as cool as Daggerfall's 'Void Surfing' ~Rackam |
| Aredhran |
posted 06-11-99 09:21 AM ET
O Amphibious one, I wouldn't know about Daggerfall, I never played it. But I'm sure the infinite missile range is certainly worthy of the Guinness Book for being the bug that takes longest to fix... Hell it's been in the game since Civ2 ! |
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