A new NM to pay homage to Tanaka

[gifthorse]

Tanaka probably got paid enough to play the scapegoat, so no tears are shed over that. However, saying he is the producer and thus everything is his fault is simplifying the issue. I mention this only because if Tanaka was in charge but his team was understaffed and underfunded, firing him doesn't alleviate the troubles of the former development team, it only perpetuates them. If the real failing wasn't entirely due to Tanaka, then forcing him to step down while ignoring the underlying problems will not help solve anything.

It is best to try and understand the problem, rather than shifting blame onto one person.

[Peregrine]

It's not about the money to these first-generation square people. He would have done it regardless. It's about thinking you're invincible because you made this genre. Small team? Little money? Can we make a new graphics engine and next gen MMO with a last-gen size team and get it out by cataclysm? Yeah I can do that I'm Hiromichi Tanaka, *****es. Things will be fine.

Well, no, things won't be fine. The first team had a death sentence over its head. Tanaka is a better producer than Yoshi-P. Yoshi-P, with his MMO playing experience, would make for a good lead designer. Yoshi-p may succeed where Tanaka failed, even though tanaka has more talent, because Tanaka hit the panic button and now the XIV team has more support.

If this game succeeds, it will not be because Tanaka stepped down. It will be because it finally has the support from the company it should have had 3 years ago.

Yoshi-P brought you agro icons and ridiculously game-breaking MP regen. Tanaka would have said get the **** out of my office with that ****, we play games here not sit there and be played.

[kukurumei]

It's not about the money to these first-generation square people. He would have done it regardless. It's about thinking you're invincible because you made this genre. Small team? Little money? Can we make a new graphics engine and next gen MMO with a last-gen size team and get it out by cataclysm? Yeah I can do that I'm Hiromichi Tanaka, *****es. Things will be fine.

Well, no, things won't be fine. The first team had a death sentence over its head. Tanaka is a better producer than Yoshi-P. Yoshi-P, with his MMO playing experience, would make for a good lead designer. Yoshi-p may succeed where Tanaka failed, even though tanaka has more talent, because Tanaka hit the panic button and now the XIV team has more support.

If this game succeeds, it will not be because Tanaka stepped down. It will be because it finally has the support from the company it should have had 3 years ago.

Yoshi-P brought you agro icons and ridiculously game-breaking MP regen. Tanaka would have said get the **** out of my office with that ****, we play games here not sit there and be played.

Would be a nice story, except for the fact, that Everyone at SE lost a lot of money AFTER FF14, not before. If they didn't want Tanaka as a producer, they sure as heck fooled everyone, including themselves.

If SE higher ups wanted to screw Tanaka with a death slot, they wouldn't have bet so much on FF14. And even if they bet on FF14, they would have sure as heck hedge it, instead of having to all line up with a 90% expected earnings drop.

A producer is chosen by the execs. It's the highest position in the project. IF they had no faith in Tanaka WTF are you giving him a position that is 90 f-ing percent of your expected revenue.

Face it, the walk of shame isn't some kind of super hidden consirpacy theory. There's a lot of shame to go around, Tanaka would have had a whole lot of that simply sitting on that desk.

If someone had it out to stain Tanaka's name they would have given him Last Remnant 2 or something dug up from the grave with 3 interns.

If we want to joke about it, Tanaka is an legit target.

[Peregrine]

You didn't comprehend a single thing that was said. There was only one man in this company who stood a chance in hell of succeeding with the crap they were given to work with in 2008. Tanaka.

[kukurumei]

You didn't comprehend a single thing that was said. There was only one man in this company who stood a chance in hell of succeeding with the crap they were given to work with in 2008. Tanaka.

On a 4yr+ giant project hardly. They could have you know, gotten co-producers. Not to mention the monthly reports Tanaka would have sent to the higher ups, would have raise all sorts of red flags to have him replaced, or co-producer-ed waaaaay before the half way mark.

If Tanaka was their best shot, you wouldn't have had 4yrs to found out otherwise. This isn't a trip to vegas gone wrong.

When did we turn tanaka from a failure to a scapegoat to now a martyr. I don't see how his status can go up of all things.

[Peregrine]

.If Tanaka was their best shot, you wouldn't have had 4yrs to found out otherwise.

Google define logic for everyone's sake.

[Abriael]

It's not about the money to these first-generation square people. He would have done it regardless. It's about thinking you're invincible because you made this genre. Small team? Little money? Can we make a new graphics engine and next gen MMO with a last-gen size team and get it out by cataclysm? Yeah I can do that I'm Hiromichi Tanaka, *****es. Things will be fine.

And what facts do you have exactly to support that? You know tanaka personally? Do you have any insider info on what Tanaka told to the executives? And are you awar ethan the crystal tools engine hasn't been coded by the FFXIV team, and has been in the works since much before cataclysm was even in it's inception stage?

[Akumu]

Nothing to do with tanaka...but are you mad...after how many economic melt downs after how many movies, after just how much money and resources is invested?

Did you read my posts or just skimmed over it? Fact is you can't just point your fingers at one person and believe there weren't others involved(especially in a business).

Don't sit on the managers job ordering people with a good paycheck if you don't want to take the blame yourself for your position.

I gave acknowledgement of the pros and cons of being a leader.

Tanaka was the person in charge of the project. He was suppose to manage things. Thats what his paycheck does, that's why SE hired him and fired him. He wasn't there to have lunch and hi-five people.

SE didn't fire him but he stepped down from his position. Not firing him could be a sign he was just a media fall guy but one could only speculate like I said.

Don't go, "the kid walked out the window himself, it's not my problem.". That kind of attitude that disgusts me. Whatever the producer of FF14 did or didn't do, he was the producer.

What the hell are you talking about with that first sentence? Holding someone accountable for his own merits and actions is what I believe in. Also, why would a kid walk out of a window? Was he curious or entangled in mental confusion to think it was ok? See what i'm getting at here? There is always a set of events that lead to a complex situation. It's the same thing a detective or analyst does.

We can and should make fun of him.

Did I say you couldn't? You made a response to my reply to Abriael. I didn't say "WTF are you guys doing! Stop blaming everything on Tanaka!" /EndRant
You can lynch the beast all you want. However, you would be ignorant to think it created itself and there weren't others with surgical hands.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

All I wanted was to give a suggestion to have him included in some special and fun way now that he stepped down. I wasn't inviting a discussion of who or what is to blame for FFXIV's demise.

Having your own Notorious Monster is an honor!

[TessaJalloh]

Tanaklite Doblyn,

Has no ranks,
Has no levels,
Is not restricted to zones and can seemlessly travel the entire game continent,
When defeated, he spawns a friendly NM: Yoshin Elemental

Yoshin Elemental:
Rank 50, but will gain higher ranks the longer he's up,
Instantly repairs everything the player owns,
Casts a buff that improves combat effectiveness,
Often speaks in chat, telling everyone he's proud of their accomplishments,
Improves Exp gain to all in range of him.