1.8 - Do the manufacturers read rgp? (rec.games.pinball)
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This article is from the General Pinball FAQ, by Keith Johnson keefer@access.digex.net with numerous contributions by others.
1.8 - Do the manufacturers read rgp? (rec.games.pinball)
You bet they do! Some people who work for them even post on occasion. Most
of them that do post will do so from chinet.chinet.com or mcs.com. There are
a few other places, too, but those are the main ones. Don't let this deter
you from posting a truly objective, honest opinion, though! Both us and them
will benefit more if people can constructively criticize a game and they can
get the problems fixed in future games. Don't expect to hear from them
publically too often, though. And almost never about a current game or
upcoming ones.
If you do recognize one, try to act nicely towards them... We don't want to
scare them off. :) Ed Boon (who as you may or may not know is the main
programmer of Mortal Kombat and the voice of Rudy the dummy in FunHouse)
posted to rec.games.video.arcade Spring 1993 and was accused of everything
from being a phony to being a jerk for not giving out secrets about the game,
etc. etc. Little did they know... Anyway, Ed does not post to rgva anymore
(can you blame him??). I'd say they lost out on a potentially very valuable
source of information. We just don't want to see the same thing happen to
rgp, that's all.
Sometimes you'll see posts from "Uncle Willy." This is the effort of several
Williams/Bally employees to answer some interesting questions people post to
them. There is an archive of Uncle Willy posts on the Williams web site at
<http://www.wms.com/williams/willyworld.html>.
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