char *DaveRant = {********************START MARTIST RANT************************** \I must say, this was a fun time coming down to San Francisco to do The \New Tetris. Allthough there were a few problems. First of all being \our producer.. D*N, my god.. is this guy useless or what?? \I don't hate you D*N.. but you SUCK, and I mean SUCK as a producer. \You should go back to testing video games, but I doubt you could even \manage that properly. I feel sorry for you. During this project you \just sat around and played video games.. starcraft and everquest. \Don't even deny that.. when you WERE working, it was making stupid \Excel (tm) spreadsheets to try and tell me how many bugs I had left \to fix on a graph.. like WTF is that??? who cares.. I have the bug \list in front of me, like I need to see it in freaking technicolor. \So D*N, I must say this.. hold onto, and fake your job while you can, \because once they find out how truely useless you are, you will be out \of a job. I cannot think of any skillset you would fit into in this \industry, so you better hold on tight. (This guy thought I could save \a name in 8.4 BITS.. like umm.. .4 BITS?? WTF is .4 BITS?? its either ON \or OFF, not in between... anyhow, Enough about you though. \To Nintendo.. It has been nice working with you.. Alot of you are great \or were great. Tom 'Snoop Dog' Hertzog - you were great.. one of the

icest people I have ever met at Nintendo. You and your crews bug testing \was outstanding and I commend you for the excellent work. Erich Waas - \You know we have been friends a long time, but I must say this. After \you had accepted the ART form for The New Tetris, and later on your higher \ups said it was not UNISEX enough, you slapped the blame on H2O, Chris Bretz \in particular. You did not have the balls to accept blame for your \mistake, and stuck our entire team under IMMENSE stress and FRENZY. This \to save your A$$ from getting in trouble at Nintendo. I still like you \Erich, which is more than I can say for the rest of the team that you \screwed because of this. But I guess your standing at Nintendo is more \important than the friendships you had here. You always knew we had telent \and you recognized that. I know you wanted to work with us again one \day maybe outside of Nintendo, I think you screwed up those chances though. \While I am screaming.. I might as well say this: Niel Voss.. your music is \freaking KICK A$$.. you are one really damn talented boy. BUT, you are one \of the laziest music guys I think there isYou could go far if you wanted \to, but you just lack the GO for it. It is a shame. I wish you all the luck \and would reccomend you to ANYBODY just because even though everything is last \minute, and like pulling teeth, the end result is AMAZING. \I am leaving H2O after this project to work at 3DO. I hope this will be a \good move for me. I love H2O, As amazingly disorganized of a company it is. \I LOVE the people, I have so many good friends \there. It will be hard to move on. Of course they will stay my friends. \They were more than just co-workers.. they were FRIENDS. They were the \people I lived with, spent my days and nights with.. went to bars with, \camped with, drank with (alot), did other bad things with (wont elaborate). \They are true great friends, and I love them all and will miss them dearly. \Allthough Vancouver is only a 2 hour flight away, I hope I can visit often. \My best friends would include. Ross, Max, Scott, Jake, Bretz, Roland, Johnny, \Sarah.. these are the people I love the most. And I wish you success. My 4.5 \years at H2O were basically, making games.. drinking alot, playing pool alot, \going to bars and raves and dancing while really screwed up in the head. THAT \HAS TO BE THE MOST FUN I HAVE EVER HAD, and probably ever will. The good old \days. These guys are in Vancouver right now because I got stuck finishing \this project in San Francisco (Which by all means I LOVE and am staying (hence 3DO)) \Well boys and girls, I just thought I would immortalize some thoughts I have at \the moment into a rom which will be burned forever. This game sucks. The music \is great but the game itself is not how we wanted it unfortunately. I mean, it \is a good game, but some things could be polished, as well as sped up. Could \use another month to finish this thing off AFTER all the bugs are fixed. oh well, \woh is me. \I would love to give special loves and kisses to the following. \My Girlfriend Amy Bond, My Family (Joy, Allyson, Jon Pridie, Brant Sangster), \My really really best old friends Selim Arikan, Cory Haberly, Jason Vasilash, \Alfred Huger, Oliver Friedrichs. \Goodbye H2O, it was a blast, and I mean that with all my heart. \(C) 1999 July 1 David Pridie \If you are reading this, you can obviously see this disclaimer. \All this material belongs to David Pridie. If you find it and want to post \it in ANY media format, you must get my permission or feel my wrath. \This text if it is ever read, is intended to be read by hackers whom have \dumped the contents of this rom and viewed it. That is ALL it is for. \And maybe some of them will remember me from the C64 and PC days, Martial Artist \of PE/TDT/RAZOR 1911/INC/FLT/TRN/FBR, I was in them all.. and I made trainers \and intros mostly. I thank that scene for teaching me how to program, because \without it I don't think I would be where I am today. \Well that does it 4.5 years and Two games later (Tetrisphere and New Tetris). \Unfortunately I wont be working on Nomans Quest.. but oh well. \HAPPY CANADA DAY. \*****************************END MARTIAL ARTIST RANT ********************