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Message: 1187
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 14/11/2000
Subject: Re: Erix1's last words (He's Ok though :
> I emailed Erix1, and we had a shortcyber-chat!
> This is what was said...
>
>
Gawp:
> VE !! why man ?? What's happened ? I hope
>
everything is OK over there. It's a bit
sudden
>
> Erix1:
> No no, nothing like that. I'm
feeling great! I
> just needed to get my priorities
straight. I
> have way to much to do, and way to much
to
> learn, so I had to erase some distractions
like
> collecting Willy-games and doing Spectrum
games.
> As long as I have the MinerTech-site
up-and-
> running, I'll keep getting drawn back to it,
and
> my current situation and goals in life
doesn't
> allow that. Anyways, if I win the lottery or
my
> life goes down the drain, I'll probably
come
> back...
I'm sad that Erix1 has retired
from MM/JSW. He had a unique visual style which I
don't think I could imitate, and his technical
contribution was on a par with Geoff Eddy's.
But I
understand that MM/JSW is an addiction which can take over
one's life, so some people would only be able to get
out of it by announcing their retirement and stopping
completely. I've had to greatly reduce my MM/JSW intake due
to my PhD and other distractions, but I would never
jack it in completely. I may be forced into exile by
losing access to the Internet, but I plan to Kari on
Willying for the rest of my life.
>
Gawp:
> I do wish you'd warned me though, I'd have
saved
> some of the pages from MMT and put some stuff
up
> at Remakes. If you still have any of the
reviews
> or info, any chance you could mail them
to
> me...?
>
> Erix1:
> Sorry,
they all went down the toilet in my
>
no-more-messing-around-with-Miner-Willy-ritual.
> (Only way to go about it for a
JSW-junkie)
I happen to have some .htm/.gif/.jpg files from the
Manic Miner Technologies website that I saved in
February 2000, but sadly I've lost all the reviews, except
that I took printouts of the reviews of my five games.
I could email you the files I've still got soft
copies of.
> Gawp:
> Can I let the guys
know you're OK ?
>
> Erix1:
> Tell
them I went to Canada to start my new life
> as
a lumberjack. (Kidding, tell'em I'm all
>
right...)
>
> Vidar (former JSW-junkie) Eriksen (father of
god
> knows...)
>
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>
> so he's OK then! :)
Except for severe
Willy withdrawal symptoms I presume! ;-)
At
least we have that demo of Maria vs Some Bastards.
Would anyone be up for building on this? Either writing
a new game on the modified game engine, finishing
the game itself, or perhaps using it as the starting
point for a new game such as Jet Set Willy Mythologies:
Maria - Lady of the Bedroom? ;-) I don't suppose it's
too feasible to use the rooms in the UC128 mass
collaboration, unless the JSW128 game engine is modified
accordingly - a problem known in the trade as program
integration...
--
Andrew
Broad
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/ target=new>http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/>
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/spectrum/ target=new>http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~broada/spectrum/>
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