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Message: <blockquote data-quote="psionotic" data-source="post: 16989" data-attributes="member: 397">Wow..I'm frankly quite surprised about the negative reaction here, especially among some posters that have been huge Monte supporters in the past.  Its kind of fickle to get all pissed over an offhand comment, isn't it?  I probably shouldn't respond, but here goes:Monte never said that we should be excited about his upcoming project, but rather that he's excited about it.  He even goes so far as to mention in the paragraph that announces the project that he knows his fans are "...tired of hearing about secret projects from me at this point...".  As far as Monte being a 'hype machine', I think that some people on this thread are being a bit dramatic, don't you?  Telling potential fans you are working on a surpise project is not a very effective method of hype or advertising.  That's why Variety magazine doesn't have ads from Paramount touting their 'upcoming secret film', etc.  Hence, I don't think that salesmanship was really his goal here.Monte already said he would tell us what his WotC project is if he could.  The difference between it and his Malhavoc project is that one of them is already completed, and the other one hasn't been started yet.  Its no different than my company (Symantec).  Everyone knows we are going to release a new version of NAV every year, and probably one or two 'new' products as well.  Our press releases tout upcoming technologies and strategies, without giving any hint as to what they are.  But giving people the feature list before the product is finished and about to be released is foolishness.  You are not only opening yourself up to imitation and competition from competitors, you are setting your customers' expectations incorrectly when the product does ship if a certain feature doesn't make the final product, etc. The great thing about Monte and his site is that he actively makes an effort to communicate with his fans, answer their questions, etc.  So send in the flames if you like, but I really think that a lot of people on this thread are knee-jerk overreacting for no good reason.</blockquote>

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