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Post by Cyan_Griffonclaw on Jul 19, 2017 9:06:15 GMT
To Aaryn Flynn
Thank you for 17 years of gaming bliss. Every title you touched was progressively better than the last. You're a special talent and I hope you stay close to BioWare. If not, whereever you go, I will have strong optimism with whatever you touch. I also know you're tough. You can take a lot of heat. I respect that.
Maker Bless You, Cyan Griffonclaw (griffonclaw39 from the official forums)
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Post by fchopin on Jul 19, 2017 9:15:20 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story.
I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games.
If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize.
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Post by rma2110 on Jul 19, 2017 9:22:31 GMT
To be honest, I'm not very familiar with the inner workings of BioWare even though I've been enjoying their games for a long time. I'll still add happy trails Mr. Aaryn Flynn. I wish him nothing but the best.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 9:28:05 GMT
To Aaryn Flynn Thank you for 17 years of gaming bliss. Every title you touched was progressively better than the last. You're a special talent and I hope you stay close to BioWare. If not, whereever you go, I will have strong optimism with whatever you touch. I also know you're tough. You can take a lot of heat. I respect that. Maker Bless You, Cyan Griffonclaw (griffonclaw39 from the official forums) Yes. Thank you for posting this. It ´ s good to see that at least someone is still willing to stay civil in all this. It ´ s disgusting how some people will jump at every possible opportunity to bash and insult someone, who worked his ass off to deliver them something, that they hate and will hate anyway. However, I don ´ t want to see how much shit will be posted in this topic, so I ´ ll leave now. But not before I wish Mr. Flynn good luck in the future and thank him for his hard work he did during all his years at Bioware. So, thank you Mr. Flynn. For everything.
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Post by abaris on Jul 19, 2017 9:28:43 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story. I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games. If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize. Goes to show how uninformed and unfanlike I really am. I don't know who this mr Flynn actually is, but the above quote makes me like him. That's why I keep buying Bioware. Companions, not story. No game story I know of is Pulitzer material anyway.
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Post by ProbeAway on Jul 19, 2017 9:49:04 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story. I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games. If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize. The context of that, if I recall correctly, was that he had to choose one or the other. It wasn't that he didn't think story was important (assuming it was him).
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Post by kumazan on Jul 19, 2017 12:38:24 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story. I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games. If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize. I think that was Mac, or at least I've seen that quote attributed to Mac before. And, as ProbeAway said, context is necessary for this kind of quotes, because he wasn't saying that story doesn't matter or is something of lesser importance. Edit: And, if there's one BioWare game which was companions über alles with story as an afterthought, that was ME2, created under Hudson's direction.
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Post by fchopin on Jul 19, 2017 12:40:02 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story. I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games. If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize. I think that was Mac, or at least I've seen that quote attributed to Mac before. And, as ProbeAway said, context is necessary for this kind of quotes, because he wasn't saying that story doesn't matter or is something of lesser importance. In that case i take back what i said.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 12:56:08 GMT
All the best!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 13:10:10 GMT
I think that was Mac, or at least I've seen that quote attributed to Mac before. And, as ProbeAway said, context is necessary for this kind of quotes, because he wasn't saying that story doesn't matter or is something of lesser importance. In that case i take back what i said. “The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.” Hopefully, people will show more understanding for your errors than you were willing to show Mr. Flynn when you thought the quote was attributed to him and all the while ignoring the actual context of it as well. Aaryn Flynn was the person who revealed during an interview prior to the release of ME:A that the ending fiasco had caused such a personal strain that he had sought therapy to help him through it. From the very personal tone of his announcement, I think this ME:A fiasco has also caused him a lot of distress, so he's leaving the company and, perhaps, even the industry. I hope Aaryn finds fun and satisfaction again in whatever work he finds himself doing in the future. ETA: Just for clarity, this is a link to an article detailing the interview I'm referring to (Which was on Aaryn gave while standing up with a reporter during a conference (E3, I think) which is not the one posted below by Shinobuwww.gamespot.com/articles/mass-effect-andromeda-dev-on-studio-tensions-femal/1100-6440814/
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Post by timebean on Jul 19, 2017 13:25:26 GMT
I know know nothing of Flynn, but I assume he is a person who does a job and like most of us, tries to do his best. So...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 14:56:14 GMT
Wish you well! Hope you return one day. I believe there were a lot of people that made BW great. You were no doubt one of them. If we could just have all those people or most of those people back, think of the amazing things you all could do!
Best wishes and hoping you will one day write a coming home message as well. In the meantime, live long and prosper.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 14:59:34 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story. I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games. If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize. In fairness, the majority of people wouldn't know a good story if it whacked them upside the head. They are more than happy to run around in hoard mode with no actual story and call it a story. The state of movie and television pretty much tells me I am right.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2017 15:11:41 GMT
Here! Here! *raises glass*
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Post by suikoden on Jul 19, 2017 15:19:54 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story. I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games. If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize. Goes to show how uninformed and unfanlike I really am. I don't know who this mr Flynn actually is, but the above quote makes me like him. That's why I keep buying Bioware. Companions, not story. No game story I know of is Pulitzer material anyway. That was Mac, not Flynn.
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Post by Shinobu on Jul 19, 2017 15:19:57 GMT
Thank you, Aaryn Flynn! I hope you have much happiness and success in the future!
Here's a video interview with Aaryn prior to Andromeda's release.
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Post by KaiserShep on Jul 19, 2017 15:26:47 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story. I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games. If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize. Funny thing about this is that both Dragon Age and Mass Effect leaned heavily on its central cast and casually slapped internal logic around for fun (more so Mass Effect). Just look at Mass Effect 2, a game that would quite literally be roughly an hour of fighting bugs for crazy reasons if not for all the recruitment and loyalty padding.
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Post by kino on Jul 19, 2017 15:30:57 GMT
To Aaryn Flynn Thank you for 17 years of gaming bliss. Every title you touched was progressively better than the last. You're a special talent and I hope you stay close to BioWare. If not, whereever you go, I will have strong optimism with whatever you touch. I also know you're tough. You can take a lot of heat. I respect that. Maker Bless You, Cyan Griffonclaw (griffonclaw39 from the official forums) I'll happily cosign that. He's been an instrumental part of BioWare for years and I, for one, appreciate all of the work he's done.
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Post by griffith82 on Jul 19, 2017 15:38:46 GMT
To Mr. Flynn I say this.
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Post by Cyan_Griffonclaw on Jul 19, 2017 16:08:43 GMT
Thank you, Aaryn Flynn! I hope you have much happiness and success in the future! Here's a video interview with Aaryn prior to Andromeda's release. Thanks for posting this!
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Post by ioannisdenton on Jul 19, 2017 17:37:10 GMT
To Aaryn Flynn Thank you for 17 years of gaming bliss. Every title you touched was progressively better than the last. You're a special talent and I hope you stay close to BioWare. If not, whereever you go, I will have strong optimism with whatever you touch. I also know you're tough. You can take a lot of heat. I respect that. Maker Bless You, Cyan Griffonclaw (griffonclaw39 from the official forums) I too sign this! Ioannis Denton
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Post by smilesja on Jul 19, 2017 17:39:38 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story. I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games.
If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize. Like the ME3 endings?
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Post by colfoley on Jul 19, 2017 20:15:42 GMT
I think he is the person who said that if it was a case of choosing story or companions he would choose companions and not worry about story and options so I stopped listening to anything he said after that and stooped trusting him to be able to make a good game with a good story. I am glad he is gone and we have someone who believes and fights for story back in the games. If I am mistaken and it was someone else who said then then I apologize. assuming characters and story can't coexist of course.
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