Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Let's face it. Mr. Vogel will one day die. Though that may not be soon, it will most probably happen before my death. AND I will be a life long spid web player. I am curious. What happens when Jeff's time comes? A life without spiderweb software? Will an heir or stranger take its throne? Will games of the series's be made by someone new? Will the forums shut down? Will all things spiderweb software related Ceace to exist? I could not think of such a thing. Xx Trenton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Creepy, but I've had these worries about Randall Munroe, Howard Tayler, Jeph Jacques et al myself. I suppose we'll have to face the fact that we will eventually be gone, and so will the people who create our entertainment. Well, or we can start working on immortality technology. I want Avernum CXIV for my two hundredth birthday, dammit. Meanwhile, Jeff isn't old. He'll be writing games for a good long while yet, I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The company, including all its series, goes to Jeff's heirs, which I assume would be his family. They could sell it, but I'm not sure who would buy it, or if they'd do it justice. If a daughter takes up the programming and design mantle, maybe it could live on as a father-daughter business. The likely outcome, of course, is that the company stays around for a while selling the existing games, then closes up shop and the forums disappear. And honestly, the more likely outcome is that Jeff gets bored, runs out of spark, or retires before dropping dead. —Alorael, who doubts the forums would survive without new games bringing in fresh blood anyway. At least not unless the games truly do go mainstream and pick up an enthusiastic modding community to keep them alive without creator input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The world is going to end in a few months when the Mayan calendar reaches the end of the cycle. The point is moot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Oh, but the world's been ending several times a year for all of recorded history. The common theme is that all humans ever have predicted the end of the world within their lifetime. Most of them are now dead, though, so my bet is on the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 As George Carlin would say, "The World's going to be just fine. Humanity? Well that's another question." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Valdain the King Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 You cant kill an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Sure you can. An idea is only as hardened as the skull it resides in. —Alorael, who also is pretty sure Spiderweb isn't an idea. It's a handful of franchises in an incorporated entity. Granted, corporate personhood means some people are now very hard to kill, but they're also not great at original thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Death Knight Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 I would like to see jeff do one more game series in the future that is separate from avernum but is similar in that you create your whole party. That'd be epic as they are so hard to find these days...done good that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Mysterious Man Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Spidweb dead? I think my reaction is best summed up by these Empire Archers of Folt Dolthar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 The Empire Strikes Back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Long before death brings in the end of Jeff's life, I see retirement as bring the end of Jeff's working with Spiderweb Software. Perhaps there will be some young protege to pass along the mantle of the business. Perhaps that protege will be Jeff's own flesh and blood. That cannot be said. What can be said, however, is that Jeff isn't going to retire anytime soon. He's got a kid to support and get through college, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Originally Posted By: Randomizer The world is going to end in a few months when the Mayan calendar reaches the end of the cycle. The point is moot. Normally I'm not a gambler, but how much do you want to bet it won't happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 More than one kid. That's a lot of games' worth of tuition. —Alorael, who won't place a bet that he'll be in no position to collect on if he's right. He's even less likely to place that bet when he's going to be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chittering Clawbug Avadon Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Maybe fans will take up the mantle and continue to carry the torch. After all we have Blades of Exile/Avernum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 BoX isn't exactly doing great, if you haven't realized. It's heyday was years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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