Lord British Fired

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A scoop for you guys, it seems Origin has fired Richard Garriot, better known as Lord British ( a pretty damn well known game designer, you just suck if you haven't heard of him). Guess they weren't happy with some things, or rather some game perhaps. Garriot was designer of the Ultima line of games, which were hugely popular. Not too many details right now, but you saw it here first! :)

4:45pm update Steve: Here is a quote from the Origin PR guy David Swafford from CrackedNuts:

Yes, Richard has decided to leave Origin to pursue other interests but he's not made any definite plans. We have eliminated 20 positions here at Origin, but it is having no impact on UOLive or UO2. I've seen reports out there that another 30 positions have been targeted and that's absolutely false. I'm sorry that info had to get out before I had a chance to respond to your email, but I just saw it."

Of course, word is this is just an April Fool's gag. I guess they started early this year. Knobs.

From The Chatty
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    March 30, 2000 1:42 PM

    wtf?

    don't fire Lord British youuuuuuuuuuuu DICKS!

    Ultima 7 owns the world

    Thank you and goodbye

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