Rocket standing down from Dayz by end of year

[dallas 5195]

Yes, please lock this thread. It's not going anywhere.

I think the purpose of this thread is to compile all the nonsense posts and conspiracy theories in the wake of this news story, that surprised everyone, but saying something Rocket already said last summer, so this nonsense doesn't contaminate the rest of the forum. It's better to have one long useless thread than fifteen. 

Edited February 26, 2014 by Dallas

[finnpalm 312]

I think the purpose of this thread is to compile all the nonsense posts and conspiracy theories in the wake of this news story, that surprised everyone, but saying something Rocket already said last summer, so this nonsense doesn't contaminate the rest of the forum. It's better to have one long useless thread than fifteen. 

 

You're probably right, but since people don't bother to read or educate themselves, but only come in here and spout cancerous hate it doesn't really serve a purpose other than letting those same people vent. And they can vent somewhere else for all I care.

[Ankhenaten 111]

If you see Bohemia as a business it makes sense to sell the engine with the least amount of effort they can get away with. 

 

A grand vision of a game (or whatever Rocket has in his head) might not be commercially viable and if he wants to realise his vision he is gonna have to do it on his own. 

 

So that seems to be what he is doing.

 

 

Case solved. ;)

 

In a similar vein, we could probably have the perfect car today that holds longer than a couple of years. But I guess that would probably cause a lot of unemployed people clogging up the benefit system. 

Sometimes perfection isn't perfection .. Life sucks and it's not getting any better soon. 

Edited February 26, 2014 by Ankhenaten

[broguenz 333]

Anyone with half a life will get over this by the end of the week.

Who ever else is still still worried about after that just has an axe to grind and still gets dressed by their mothers.
 

[kichilron 8550]

You would have seen how Operation Flashpoint turned into Arma.

 

 

Wait, we need to wait 10 years to get the fourth version of a still broken game? :o

 

 

Just joking, I still love ARMA.

Edited February 26, 2014 by kichilron

[timedance 120]

So everybody is worry about Dean Halls leaving dev. team of dayZ...

It could be a great thing, to show all a sign - to see how important this guy is to us!

 

It could be a nice turn, to force everybody to stay offline, on the day of "rockets" leaving.

Developers will see empty servers - nobody playing! Just for 1 hour - or maybe 1 day.

 

What do you think? Will you follow this action? :)

 

LETS SHOW OUR RESPECT TO ROCKET AND HIS GREAT WORK THAT HE HAS DONE ALREADY

Edited February 27, 2014 by TiMEDANCE

[djporternz 644]

No. Dean's got a RL and he wants to get back closer to family and friends. DayZ can/will continue with/without him. It's not a big deal!

Edited February 27, 2014 by DJPorterNZ

[LaughingJack (DayZ) 767]

And as far as I know myself I will not remember this in the end of 2014...or spring 2015...or whenever Dean really leaves...^^

[guppy22143 1081]

Dean's leaving is his choice. Respect it, don't force him to stay.

However, him leaving... Breaks my heart... :(

[timedance 120]

but its stated... - Dean Hall is leaving at the end of the year...

I respect him - and its a great turn of him.

 

BUT - we only leave a message - everybody can leave a message in form of staying offline. So all see, how important this guy is for us

Edited February 27, 2014 by TiMEDANCE

[omgwtfbbq (DayZ) 1069]

Can we refer to his leave as the rocket launch?

[vaevictis 18]

Rocket launch sounds awesome.

 

Maybe his new game will be RocketZ.

 

Bohemia Interactive is simulation company and DayZ or ARMA will never be another COD clone.

 

In one way I think that going full hardcore simulation path is a great idea and many people who like DayZ and Arma were hardocre simulation fans and hate COD noobies, but the drawback is the a game which is to hardocre will never be as popular to general audience as Call of Duty.

 

Will Bohemia Interactive go to COD path, I dont think so.

 

Well as long as they are an individual company there is no worry about it, if they would be acquired by a larger company than maybe.

 

Only bad thing I can say about BI is that, the story of their games could and should be better, but I still love their games (simulations).

 

If you put the time in playing their games, then you also receive rewards from the simulation.

 

ps: There is a fine line between a hardcore game which is still fun to play and a hardcore game which is just sadistic to play. I just hope that DayZ will be on the fun side when its finished!

Edited February 27, 2014 by Va3V1ctis

[dgeesio 1034]

i think by the end of the year rocket should rest his legs. all this standing will no doubt have a effect on his well being.

[QbitzR 157]

Can we refer to his leave as the rocket launch?

 

it´s more of a rocket "jump" eh?

[Nainakai 42]

I'll just repeat what's been said a thousand times by now

 

 He is not leaving the team, but leaving the position as leader of the team, so that he can step out of the spotlight and go back home

Any additional work he can do remotely from NZ, in comfortable enviroments, I'd say it's a win-win.

 

 And this aint due till the end of the year, people need to forget this now and go back to playing.

 

Last - Lock the thread, it's not doing anyone justice anymore.

Edited February 27, 2014 by Nainakai

[shiftydave (DayZ) 1]

This is what happens when a nerd is given lots of monies.. they leave and try to become that cool/flashy rich guy

 

Ex officer in the army and got the idea of Dayz from survival training ... yet leaves successful project because he misses home..

 

LOL

 

He's not needed.

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

Ex officer in the army and got the idea of Dayz from survival training ... yet leaves successful project because he misses home..

He's just human, why do you have to be such a complete tool about it?

 

He's not needed.

Funnily enough his own god damn words, he's leaving at the end of the year because he sees a point coming where he won't be needed.

Edited February 27, 2014 by DarkwaveDomina

[Awruk 216]

I found a video of Dean back in his mansion in New Zealand:

[Highlander007 249]

This time I actually did read your post, totally disappointing just as I expected. You neither seem to understand why he's leaving nor understand that he doesn't belong to you, to BI, or even to DayZ. If you can actually claim he shows "a distinct lack of commitment" I don't think you've read a damn word he has said since this announcement.

Rocket doesn't belong to his concept, but his concept SHOULD and does belong to him and him ONLY.

. He's ready to turn ownership of his idea to other people that have ideas and concepts of their own on how the game should look like. He basically created a brand, established its standards and now has sold it to the highest bidder that will do what ever the fuck to simply maximize the profits. He basically avoided, YET AGAIN , as a founder and creator, the accountability for the condition of a finished product in 2015. The game will probably be overrun by cheaters and insane moddin decisions by the time it exits Beta stage and Dean thinks he will still be looking fresh like a rose because by the end he washed his hands from it all.....Just like in the mod.

 

Fuckin, delegating responsibility and cashing out while looking pristine is what's this is all about. That or he's trying to renegotiate better terms on his contract with Bohemia.  

Edited February 27, 2014 by Highlander007

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

He's ready to turn ownership of his idea to other people that have ideas and concepts of their own on how the game should look like. He basically created a brand, established its standards and now has sold it to the highest bidder that will do what ever the fuck to simply maximize the profits.

 

If you actually read a word he's said since this announcement, you'll know that one reason he's leaving (aside from not being needed) is because he feels he's done enough in leading and instructing his team that he trusts them to finish the job and stick to his philosophy. He said he's worked hard to embed a certain culture in to the team.

 

And god forbid he decide to profit from his intellectual property, it's not like it's standard business practice or anything. Seriously all this typical internet outrage is misguided, misdirected, and from a position of serious misunderstanding of the situation.

[iBane 381]

Wait a minute...you mean Rocket is LEAVING BI and DayZ!!??

 

[Highlander007 249]

If you actually read a word he's said since this announcement, you'll know that one reason he's leaving (aside from not being needed) is because he feels he's done enough in leading and instructing his team that he trusts them to finish the job and stick to his philosophy. He said he's worked hard to embed a certain culture in to the team.

 

And god forbid he decide to profit from his intellectual property, it's not like it's standard business practice or anything. Seriously all this typical internet outrage is misguided, misdirected, and from a position of serious misunderstanding of the situation.

I don't like it. I wanted to play the 'ultimate' zombie game and I trusted that Dean has the right attitude to get it done. Fucking, just finish this thing proper and then I'll buy anything he sells in the future. I mean how freakin childish is he. He's older than me and he still doesn't realize that he has the opportunity to build a name recognition, leave the legacy in this industry that his childrens children will be able to use to get on shows and sell books, lol. 

Edited February 27, 2014 by Highlander007

[DarkwaveDomina 1099]

I don't like it. I wanted to play the 'ultimate' zombie game and I trusted that Dean has the right attitude to get it done.

If you trust him then trust the team to finish it, he's picked them and he's trained them to take over for him eventually.

[6The6Count6 28]

The problem lies in our irritation at the ignorance of most gamers whom worship rocket. Anyone with experience knows Rocket is definitely no leader, barely a game developer and mainly deals with concepts. The funny thing about concepts is that anyone with an active imagination can excel in it. My friends and I could get stoned and sit around our basements and come up with ideas just as good if not better than rocket could. The point is, it's no amazing gift.

The ignorant worship Rocket as some kind of second coming, and it feeds his already overbloated ego. He is not some kind of Indie gaming God. DayZ is not some revolutionary title. It is not an original idea. Rockets recent remarks shows his true flaws in character.

He is not someone to look up to. I'd be lying if I said I wish him well with his new studio.

 

This^

I love how everyones ignoring that he flat out said DayZ will never be the game he wanted and promised us all.

The man slaps you in the face and runs away when the going gets tough then says the game wont ever live up to expectations and still the fanboys are out in force? Ffs.

All the luck to Bohemia, hopefully they can do what the child could not.

[Regulator Sierra 19]

Dude just wants to go home, who can blame him?