Incline Chris Avellone Appreciation Station

[Trashos]

You can disagree all you want, bitches. It does not change the fact that Hanlon is responsible for some of the most boring writing known to mankind. I challenge you to go through all his dialogue tree without yawning the first time you meet him. You all probably remember just the suicide scene.

 

[Humbaba]

You can disagree all you want, bitches. It does not change the fact that Hanlon is responsible for some of the most boring writing known to mankind. I challenge you to go through all his dialogue tree without yawning the first time you meet him. You all probably remember just the suicide scene.

I called bullshit on his entire plan and the fact that I couldn't smash in his office door because I could smell his suicide from a mile away.

 

[Bliblablubb]

If you ratdiplomacy peasants failed to convince him to peacefully step down, you deserve to be miserable.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

If you ratdiplomacy peasants failed to convince him to peacefully step down, you deserve to be miserable.

Lmao why would I even bother.

 

[Roguey]

I'm not trying to be controversial or being insulting toward your work. I love the writing in KOTOR II. Kreia and Atton are my two favorite Star Wars characters of all time. But the game works better as a story than as a game. The combat is terrible in both games

I agree, when I first played KOTOR I thought the turn-based approach felt odd and out of place, and we didn't have time to change it (it would have been a big undertaking for such a short project, and I don't think we could have done it).

In other news, Josh Sawyer did some talk for DStars Connect earlier this year.



I'm not going to watch it because I don't care. However someone on 4chan claims he says the following things about Chris when asked about him:

"I used to consider him a friend, but I don't think he likes me."
"I respect him professionally, so I wont go into any more detail."

Seems like something Josh would say even if made up.

 

[Ninjerk]

I'm not trying to be controversial or being insulting toward your work. I love the writing in KOTOR II. Kreia and Atton are my two favorite Star Wars characters of all time. But the game works better as a story than as a game. The combat is terrible in both games

I agree, when I first played KOTOR I thought the turn-based approach felt odd and out of place, and we didn't have time to change it (it would have been a big undertaking for such a short project, and I don't think we could have done it).

In other news, Josh Sawyer did some talk for DStars Connect earlier this year.



I'm not going to watch it because I don't care. However someone on 4chan claims he says the following things about Chris when asked about him:

"I used to consider him a friend, but I don't think he likes me."
"I respect him professionally, so I wont go into any more detail."

Seems like something Josh would say even if made up.

There's no Q&A in the video you linked FYI.

EDIT: I did 2x the video and 5 second skipped a bit but I'm pretty sure it isn't there, in any case.

 

[Abu Antar]

It probably doesn't mean much, but he has a new profile and header image on twitter. I don't know if it's just a random picture, something hugely popular that I should know about, or if it's a teaser.

 

[Harthwain]

It probably doesn't mean much, but he has a new profile and header image on twitter. I don't know if it's just a random picture, something hugely popular that I should know about, or if it's a teaser.

For a moment I thought it's from the move District 9, but after looking into it (a bit) this seems to be an art made by "Cornelius Dämmrich" (and is nothing more than that).

Some other stuff of his can be found here, if anyone is interested: https://www.artstation.com/zomtech

 

[Wunderbar]

Based Todd invited Chris to work on Starfield

 

[Wunderbar]

Some lost New Vegas concept art that @ChrisAvellone shared at a presentation years ago. Hopefully all of FNV's art gets an official release at some point

Brian Menze is the man - he nailed the look of the Ghost People on the first try.

Spoiler

 

[Humbaba]

Dead Money wasn't very good.

 

[MpuMngwana]

Dead Money was very good.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Dead Money wasn't very good.

t. Father Elijah

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I thought dead money was good. They were all decent in their own way, with different quirks and styles to them.

Edit: But this isn't about FONV. IT's about MCA.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

it's nice to see a developer(or celeb or ...) interact with fans in a positive way and stay professional, something that has sadly started disappearing in the age of social media



https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/with_replies

 

[Gahbreeil]

rusty, self appreciation? Also, Chris should've kept Troika going. Great studio.

 

[Sordid MCA/Prosper Hybryd]

It is important that his colleagues (the most worthy of them) gradually begin to react to Chris not as a cancelled pariah.

 

[Latelistener]

None of those characters clicked with me unfortunately, aside from Luka. He has an interesting story and a good fitting end.

Danielle Sho is a pure cringe and a SJW insert though. She also just disappears in the middle of the game. For a project which internal name is Danielle this is really weird. It's like they didn't have time to finish some stuff, when in fact this game is probably the most expensive LG-style game.

 

[Larianshill]

implementation of Caravan

Ah yes, Caravan, everyone's favourite part of NV.

 

[Nano]

Caravan is fun once you learn the rules.

 

[Duraframe300]

Caravan is fun utterly broken once you learn the rules.

Fixed that for you.

But, yes.

 

[Swole dude]

Chris Soyvellone

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

implementation of Caravan

Ah yes, Caravan, everyone's favourite part of NV.

I'm definitely not here to defend Caravan

 

[deuxhero]

I'm sure it's old to his more dedicated stalkers fans, I just found out MCA did some work on Champions
Some art from the final Adventurers Club, confirming it's the same MCA

A Word of Warning
Block Party does not deal with mature themes in any way, shape, or form, and some GMs may find this childish action-intensive slugfest inappropriate for their otherwise tranquil Champions campaigns. GMs should be aware that some players may find the idea of superhero combat uncomfortable, and GMs should take this into consideration when running Block Party

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Some of us have been aware of Chris Avellone's interest in superhero RPGs since he wrote two related articles for Dragon Magazine in the mid-90s:

"Essential Villainy: What Every Supervillain Needs - Character" by Chris Avellone in Dragon Magazine #207 July 1994
"For Truth and Justice: An Adventure Checklist for Superhero GMs" by Chris Avellone in Dragon Magazine #214 February 1995

Edit: This post and the previous post have been moved here from the Chris Avellone thread in the Gaming Drama subforum.