![]() So he gets headlines because of things he did back in the late 90s. I was merely pulled into his Usenet vortex back in the day. I have never even played any of the titles he has shipped. I, like many, have stronger opinions about him than any title he has ever shipped. He has done little to earn him or his products headlines in the past two decades save for being himself. He gets headlines because he delivers the goods that get people talking. His ability to issue the hottest of takes, as we might say these days, remains undiluted. He bootstrapped himself into the realm of Usenet legends through hard work and an uncompromising willingness to piss people off. But the tales of those who opposed him have faded while his fame remained. A whole series of people and groups made it their business to log on and spar with him every day. He became a topic undo himself and people battled over statements he made about almost anything, a maelstrom Mr. He was so active in certain parts of Usenet that he drew in spectators and opponents from well beyond the horizons of his video game. He gained a reputation of tolerating no criticism and conceding zero points against his work in terms so far from subtle that you simply couldn’t travel from where he was to subtle in a single lifetime. If you posted anywhere on the newgroups about his game, he would find you. As Jason Scott succinctly put it in his Great Failure of Wikipedia presentation ( listen here), the first question of the internet is always “Who the fuck are you?” In this case you may rightly ask, “Who is Derek Smart and why does he get press coverage?”īack in 1996 when his game Battlecruiser 3000 AD shipped, he went on to Usenet to engage with his customers, potential customers, and reviewers of his title.Īnd by “engage,” I mean he went to fucking war with anybody who had even the most minimal negative thing to say about the game. What you may not understand is why he is making headlines. I think Connor over at MMO Fallout offers the most reliable coverage on that front. Maybe it was even related to one of his video games, though those tend to get less press coverage than he does. Your credentials are no longer valid Admiral Smart ![]()
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