Message Forum: Re: 20,000 Collaborate on a Video Game?

Re: 20,000 Collaborate on a Video Game?

Posted By: wintermute, on host 65.189.42.201
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at 17:20:57
In Reply To: 20,000 Collaborate on a Video Game? posted by Sam on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at 11:28:45:

> Does this make any sense at all? How are 20,000 people going to collaborate on anything? Isn't the management nightmare -- even though I'm sure it's mostly done in software -- going to prohibit any real forward progress on a game like this?
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> Or is it just going to be a core team of 20 or so, sifting through 20,000 submitted texture maps?
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> What a weird idea. But whether it succeeds or fails, here we are again, exploring the unique potential of the Internet to service heretofore unheard of levels of collaboration.

"We will end up with 100,000 people on this team. if 1% is any good, we are good to go."

Yeah, you'll just have 99,000 people's work to undo...

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Message:	> > Does this make any sense at all? How are 20,000 people going to collaborate on anything? Isn't the management nightmare -- even though I'm sure it's mostly done in software -- going to prohibit any real forward progress on a game like this? > > > > Or is it just going to be a core team of 20 or so, sifting through 20,000 submitted texture maps? > > > > What a weird idea. But whether it succeeds or fails, here we are again, exploring the unique potential of the Internet to service heretofore unheard of levels of collaboration. > > "We will end up with 100,000 people on this team. if 1% is any good, we are good to go." > > Yeah, you'll just have 99,000 people's work to undo...
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