Author Topic: Wow, need some SERIOUS help verifying an Activision contact (Read 5901 times)

Dante Leonhart · « **on:** May 12, 2007, 01:00:22 PM »

Hey guys. This is my first postee here! ^_^

I'm gonna go straight to the point cuz I'm fairly excited about this email I just got. Derek Chester, the guy who wrote the story for BC has supposedly sent me an email but I wanted to verify that this really is him before I got my hopes up. I was wondering if anyone here or at bcfiles had any Activision contacts so that I could be sure that its him. I'd be willing to send the email addy and the message itself in a PM if necessary!

Rob Archer · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2007, 01:24:56 PM »

I took this directly from bridge commanders credits code

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	CreateSingleDatabaseCredit("Story Editing", pSubSeq,  5, 0.00, 3)
	CreateSingleCredit("D.C. Fontana", pSubSeq,  7, 0.05)
	CreateSingleCredit("Derek Chester",

its probably not much help

Nebula · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2007, 01:29:02 PM »

no I don't rly think that helps...

BES · « **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2007, 02:22:24 PM »

Looks legit to me...

but still, its hard to say if the email is legit,someone could be playing games with ya,but I found this:

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,36040/

you can search for him,hes definitly involved with BC and Legacy supposidly,and probably other ST games..do a yahoo search he pops up everywhere..you might eventually find a email link that matches the one you have..

Dante Leonhart · « **Reply #4 on:** May 12, 2007, 02:27:43 PM »

Oh man... if only there was some verifiable contact info on the page!

BES · « **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2007, 02:28:53 PM »

http://www.gamedaily.com/star-trek-legacy/pc/game-features/4940?articleID=34363

^^another one,he was co-writer of the story in ST Legacy..supposidly.

MLeo · « **Reply #6 on:** May 12, 2007, 02:34:45 PM »

Most certainly interresting.

Dante Leonhart · « **Reply #7 on:** May 12, 2007, 02:38:40 PM »

Definitely, but REALLY need a way to make sure this guy is who he says he is. Too bad there's no contact info anywhere there for this guy.

Nebula · « **Reply #8 on:** May 12, 2007, 03:10:57 PM »

nvm I solved it for him

Dante Leonhart · « **Reply #9 on:** May 12, 2007, 03:17:48 PM »

I blame Nebula.

Yeah, supposedly this guy has a live video page and it seems legit and matches up with the email I got. If this is the real deal, them I am very excited. Hopefully it checks out.

JimmyB76 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 12, 2007, 03:20:31 PM »

tell him to give us the source code lol
if he doesnt have it, he must know someone who does

or tell him to come here to BCC, and help mod the game lol

MLeo · « **Reply #11 on:** May 12, 2007, 03:30:19 PM »

Quote from: JimmyB76 on May 12, 2007, 03:20:31 PM

tell him to give us the source code lol
if he doesnt have it, he must know someone who does

or tell him to come here to BCC, and help mod the game lol

Indeed!

I would even like to have the source code without the (licenced) 3d engine!
Why? Because with Excalibur, it wouldn't even matter. ;)

[EDIT] If you won't mind, would you tell us what this is about?

Defiant · « **Reply #12 on:** May 12, 2007, 03:32:40 PM »

Yeah get them here so we can finally slap someone who is responsible for this big amount of buggy code for this Crash Commander game.

RhVaurek · « **Reply #13 on:** May 12, 2007, 03:37:58 PM »

Sounds very exciteing! A real live BC developer! Didn't think those guys were still around anymore lol must have noticed your find work for the BC community Dante.

MLeo · « **Reply #14 on:** May 12, 2007, 03:45:01 PM »

Quote from: Defiant on May 12, 2007, 03:32:40 PM

Yeah get them here so we can finally slap someone who is responsible for this big amount of buggy code for this Crash Commander game.

Yeah, we are really pushing it, aren't we? 8)

It's bound to fall over a couple of times.

Dante Leonhart · « **Reply #15 on:** May 12, 2007, 04:24:00 PM »

Sorry, guys I don't want to post the actual email in a public forum, but from what I gather, he found the BC videos I made and was impressed. Oh, and the guy isn't a coder, from what I gather, he's the scriptwriter for Bridge Commander, so I dunno if he knows ANYTHING about writing code for BC. BUT he has wrote scripts for a few lil known TV shows like Battlestar Galactica and Deep Space Nine... as well as worked with D.C. Fontana.

In any case, he was wanting to involve me in a 'project' he's working on. I would love to help him if he's really who he says he is, but considering the turmoil I've been through recently, I needed to be absolutely sure.

*whipsers*If I do end up at Activision HQ though... I'll be sure to snag the source code ;)

Mark · « **Reply #16 on:** May 13, 2007, 04:51:15 AM »

Lol he was an author for the plot, why would he know anything about the game engine..

I have previously spoken to eric novales and a few other scripters of BC... and emailed a couple of the guys who worked on bridges.. Overall they remember very little of the development.

RhVaurek · « **Reply #17 on:** May 13, 2007, 06:45:58 AM »

Quote from: Dante Leonhart on May 12, 2007, 04:24:00 PM

In any case, he was wanting to involve me in a 'project' he's working on. I would love to help him if he's really who he says he is, but considering the turmoil I've been through recently, I needed to be absolutely sure.

*whipsers*If I do end up at Activision HQ though... I'll be sure to snag the source code ;)

Grab the code Grab it!
Hope you do work on this project with him Dante, it would be so cool.

Legacy · « **Reply #18 on:** May 14, 2007, 08:37:21 AM »

Quote from: Mark on May 13, 2007, 04:51:15 AM

Lol he was an author for the plot, why would he know anything about the game..

I have previously spoken to eric novales and a few other scripters of BC... and emailed a couple of the guys who worked on bridges.. Overall they remember very little of the development.

I would be surprised if they did remember *anything* to be sincere.
I exchanged some emails with Erik Novales when i was working on developping a way to port bridges into game (first nebula bridge, 2003) and by that time, when Totally games was still alive, they could barely remember anything.

RhVaurek · « **Reply #19 on:** May 14, 2007, 06:02:39 PM »

I think BC is the only totaly games, game that I have lol

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