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Subject: why put all the hate on Sage Merill?

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why are people blaming him for the state reach is in and became? What did he do that was so detrimental to halo reach?

  • 01.09.2012 9:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.

Armor abilities and by extension the balance mechanics used for them, were his idea. He's the only one on the team that worked on Shadowrun.

  • 01.09.2012 9:14 AM PDT

-He was the sandbox designer
-Reach's sandbox makes up most of Reach's problems one way or another

Therefore, Sage dun goofed.


[Edited on 01.09.2012 9:15 AM PST]

  • 01.09.2012 9:15 AM PDT
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cause its way easier for people to single out one person to place the blame on even if it takes an entire company to put out a game....

  • 01.09.2012 9:22 AM PDT
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It wasn't just him. I was everyone at Bungie.

  • 01.09.2012 9:22 AM PDT
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Posted by: Horse Repairman
RC RuNz the internet. Like the superintendent.

Posted by: SouthPoIe
Clone is an internet God.

Posted by: DerpRoids
RC Clone is the anti-thesis of a lurker.


Posted by: nightspark
It wasn't just him. I was everyone at Bungie.

Not the art team. Not the networking team. Not ui team.

  • 01.09.2012 9:24 AM PDT

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this is why

  • 01.09.2012 9:27 AM PDT

Posted by: MLG Armor King
no offense 'stosh', but I don't think you're funny
Posted by: stosh
No offense, but I don't think you're the armor 'king'.
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Cause he was like "let's make weapons balanced and non redundant" and then they went and did the opposite

  • 01.09.2012 10:47 AM PDT
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i blame stosh!

  • 01.09.2012 11:08 AM PDT

chances are I don't care who you are or what you say.

Sage <3s Shadowrun
+Sage screwed up
+it wasn't just him though, plenty of others either allowed people to continue with the BS or contributed to it

=reach

  • 01.09.2012 11:10 AM PDT

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Poor Sage. He's just a man with a vision.

I enjoyed Shadowrun, but that would explain why I had no problem with Reach's gun mechanics. I think I even got the kill achievement for the game's single shot rifle first too out of all the others.

  • 01.09.2012 11:45 AM PDT

I don't think Reach will kill Halo, just that it's not the same, and, as young as I am, I believe Reach is for the new Generation of Gamers. I grew up with Star Fox, Mario 64, the Legend of Zelda and Halo CE, all classics in there own respect. But, the times change, and so must the classics in a sense You run around in Star Fox now, you go into space with Mario, you look like a cartoon in Zelda and you must "Lock your Armor Spartan!" In Reach

Something about one shot from the DMR flipping the Warthog 50 times just rubs me the wrong way.

  • 01.09.2012 12:56 PM PDT

He forced Halo and Shadowrun to have a retarded baby. And now we have Reach, well a less retarded Reach thanks to 343

  • 01.09.2012 12:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
this is why

  • 01.09.2012 1:00 PM PDT
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I play games for gameplay, not silly gimmicks

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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
this is why

  • 01.09.2012 1:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: meagsIZbeast

Posted by: B RlCE

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
this is why

  • 01.09.2012 1:07 PM PDT

Why all the hate for Adolf Hitler?

  • 01.09.2012 1:11 PM PDT


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Posted by: meagsIZbeast

Posted by: B RlCE

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
this is why

  • 01.09.2012 1:12 PM PDT

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It was popular to specifically target Shishka before he left. I guess the whining has transitioned a bit?

  • 01.09.2012 1:44 PM PDT

I actually kind of feel bad for him...

  • 01.09.2012 1:54 PM PDT

Why? He has financial security and a seven-foot long beard. That's hard to manage in the real world.

Feel bad for orphans and stuff. You're doing it all wrong.

  • 01.09.2012 1:55 PM PDT

I feel bad for him because a lot of the hate towards Reach is also directed towards him, and he doesn't deserve it.

  • 01.09.2012 1:58 PM PDT

Well who does then? He's the director. They're his ideas. His inferiors just follow his lead or they lose their jobs.

He is to blame.

With great power comes great responsibility. Them's the breaks when you are in charge of making big decisions.

  • 01.09.2012 2:02 PM PDT
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He did some lame stuff for Reach, but so did the rest of Bungie. It's easier to target someone or something when you have a face to point at.

Sage is just the victim of being known. I severely disagree with his actions with Reach, along with the rest of Bungie, but he's not the guy who destroyed the potential Reach had. All of Bungie played the part of that.

But, as long as he's the only known person who worked on an aspect of Reach people don't like, he'll be the face of blame.

  • 01.09.2012 2:02 PM PDT

Don't feel sorry for him because he probably doesn't give a -blam!-.

  • 01.09.2012 2:05 PM PDT

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