Or he is back or this is a case of homonymy.

Noone remembers David Allen? Come on, there was much drama around him. He is the guy who started Horizon before he quit and was replaced by the other clueless guy (David Bowman). Then he went to start another company without any concrete foundation (Pharaoh), planned big and failed again. I think in the meantime he only delivered a crappy “Eye of the Beholder” clone. More or less on the same level of the Glitchless guys and Dawn.

I went digging old links and stuff but got bored quickly. You can find some legendary stories here, though. The internet is rich if you have time to waste.

Summarizing, this is part of the golden age of mmorpgs when everyone thought you could homebrew one in a garage with a bunch of amateurs. I thought this age was long over and that we didn’t believe anymore on fairy tales.

Instead he is back. At least for a laugh.

“As a group of dedicated gamers, we feel that the design of Crusade marks the direction we would like to see the industry go,” said David Allen, co-founder and CEO of QOL. “The MMOG subscriber base is growing at a rate that the current quality of products cannot keep up with. We must raise our vision of what is held as innovative and learn from what has been successful. Stay grounded while reaching for the stars. That is what Crusade is about – taking MMORPGs to the next level.” David continued, “we are also working to establish a strong player-developer relationship that allows the player base to actively participate in the ongoing development of the game by interacting with our team members to provide detailed feedback on what is important to gamers. Evolving the core concept and design of Crusade during development based on player feedback is key to developing a successful product.”

Yeah, sure. /yawn

I’m sure he can see the stars.

Some people REALLY never learn. It seems time didn’t pass at all, they took him back out of the wardrobe and he’s still saying the same stuff with the same confidence.

Just the other day I was writing how we really don’t need another mmorpg. In particular amateurish ones that are dead before even entering the very first day of development. The day of brand new companies who pretend to do a mmorpg as their very first project are over. If you want to be in the industry and have a talent to offer, join one of the companies who are already out there and do your best to make things as good as possible. As I wrote, all these game worlds have huge potential and they only need resources, execution and good ideas.

There’s so much to do. And noone needs another pretentious shoebox sold as a mmorpg.

You can be sure he won’t go anywhere, but you can be also sure he’ll try again. How sweet.