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Quote from: Bluepatchx on December 28, 2016, 06:25:56 AM
Still, free-lancing so much that you're confident in your connections at 20 should mean you're guaranteed a job in no time. So I'd put them back on the resumé, it'll show your diversity in skill.

A little secret about this industry: Skill/expertise > a high school / uni degree.

Not to say that a degree isn't worth anything, but what you learn in theory in a classroom for 4 years can be learned in 6 years of hard work. Plus experience out weighs any paper theory you have. I only did my degree because it's nice to say you've got a "Masters of Science in Game and Play Theory" lol.

Ha.

I was looking for a best-buy job, and they said I'd be an asset to the company and I aced all the interviews, however I got outweighed by someone with a frigging G.E.D!

Oh well, let's hope BC becomes alive again.

General Discussion / Re: Why did BC die ?

December 28, 2016, 05:11:26 AM

Quote from: Bluepatchx on December 28, 2016, 04:27:22 AM
Cool. I'm just saying it's a lot more complex than what most people think. Was really just throwing my two cents in because I've been in this industry for a little over 8 years.

And it's pretty awesome, you've worked on so many projects at 20 kudos to you. Must be impressive what you've got on your resumé lol.

It's ironic that you state that.

I've taken off any projects in which I contributed to in any kind off all my resumes as it didn't seem to make a difference in impact when it came down to if I had my diploma from highschool.

Corporations are really stingy regarding education so I've just continued to stay freelance as a lot of people don't ask for a resume.

I'm sure if the "team" behind the game came back from being MIA there may be a movement towards repopulating the game.

General Discussion / Re: Why did BC die ?

December 28, 2016, 03:40:18 AM

Quote from: Bluepatchx on December 28, 2016, 02:12:18 AM
You wouldn't be allowed to brand it as "Bots Acclaim" even if you got your team together. It's a copyrighted name and logo. Granted it went under and was bought out by another company, you still wouldn't be allowed to brand it as that.

Also, it requires a bit more than just programmers and a server host. You need a modeler/animator, gfx artist, etc. It's much more complex than most people imagine. If you don't have someone who knows what they're doing, you end up with a very messed up game with broken functionality (take a look at the Dark Meto Gun as an example)

And as I said in my previous post; you need to make this game into something more than what it currently is. You need to look into other engines, dev software, etc. (which costs a lot.) As it stands, the nostalgia of this game won't give you the income required to run it permanently. Also, an investor is only good for starting it up - no investor will place money into something that doesn't give back.

In other words, if you want something that will survive on it's own and become self sufficient, you will be making a game from scratch. And even with dedicated supporters, it will take a good year or two. Otherwise you're throwing money down a bottomless hole and it becomes a lengthy and very painful venture.

I've managed a lot of projects which have created a lot of bridges of connections, so none of this will be of concern, nor issue.

Also, I know that bots acclaim is copyrighted, It was just that people know "Bots" as "Bots Acclaim".

If I have a lot more free time after closing out of a few business deals, I'll invest quite a bit into creating a proper game that won't die after a couple of year(s).

Depending on how you market and "sell" a game to people, it may last a life time, but I digress.

The main topic is that the game Allie invested her time in, is dying.

Edit: What I just noticed is that when someone creates a "Is this game dead" thread, the whole forums gets a lot more active, and then it dies once again.

General Discussion / Re: Why did BC die ?

December 27, 2016, 04:21:40 PM

Quote from: Yz on December 27, 2016, 06:21:21 AM
Quote from: Bluepatchx on December 27, 2016, 12:43:35 AM
Quote from: Eat4two on December 26, 2016, 10:41:37 PM
I think your hint was clear in your first post. $$

I was actually hinting at the fact they've tried to ask me to do it for free before. It's terrible mismanagement.

And as far as competition against other games go; of course. But the premise of this game (Stage-based beat-em up) actually has a place in the market right now as older styled, retro-feel games are coming back into fashion. They just need to inject some time and a decent team into re-utilizing the assets.

game was dead before then. advertisements always been the issue because new players can't find the game, what's content matter when everyone already quit?

Quote from: daluzman123 on December 27, 2016, 03:16:38 AM
If only someone had a large sum of money that can be freely invested into reviving Boutcheetah.

If only someone.

never really been the issue

Having someone with the money to invest will surely encourage other people to revive what was once dead.

I was looking towards re-creating a bots; as I've already contacted a few programmers and server hosters and a single investor, but the files are missing a client so I'm awaiting information regarding the next step.

There's a lot of people whom would love to play bots acclaim, but don't know there's boutcheetah, nor bots.zylon

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