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#1 Jan 23, 2008 1:08 AM
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From Oliver Wade
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#2 Jan 23, 2008 1:09 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Wow, that's quite lucky. I'm placing it as a sticky for a couple of days.
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#3 Jan 23, 2008 1:12 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
It certainly threw me for a loop. ^_^ I think I've had dreams like this where I got to talk to the designer of my favorite character, but I certainly never expected to get such a great opportunity.
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#4 Jan 23, 2008 1:32 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
That's cool we have original developers looking at our forum.
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#5 Jan 23, 2008 2:42 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Sweet, awesome. Its good to see that developers are browsing
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#6 Jan 23, 2008 4:02 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
I'm speechless. Well, except for that comment. Good for you, Razz! ^_^
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#7 Jan 23, 2008 5:44 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
well received email!
It is rare that you get an email from a game developer/art designer.
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#8 Jan 23, 2008 3:31 PM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Yeah. that is pretty rare.
Cool too.
Man Razz you get all the luck. :-P
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#9 Jan 23, 2008 4:00 PM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Lucky you
I'm glad you got that answer for him, it was very kind of him to read on the forum and then reply to you - almost no one else does this.
Do me a favor and tell him how nice he's been to reply. ^_^
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#10 Jan 24, 2008 12:40 AM
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#11 Jan 24, 2008 12:55 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
That is so cool.
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#12 Jan 24, 2008 1:29 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Wow...talk about a once in a life-time honor! *goes speechless after the comment*
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#13 Jan 24, 2008 1:32 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
That's interesting.
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#14 Jan 24, 2008 5:25 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Woah! great to receive some decent sketches!!!!
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#15 Jan 24, 2008 10:19 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
I just love the quircky stories behind the characters, and all the sketches that goes before the final design - but the developpers almost never shows the early steps of the design fase, so it's really cool to get a glimpse of Olivers work
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#16 Jan 24, 2008 8:49 PM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
I ought to go through these e-mails and post some more of the answers to some questions I've been asking Mr. Wade. But I thought this was interesting.
"The interesting thing about those early Insomniac days is that there were only about 12 of us and I was the only character designer. I did most of the designs while sitting in meetings discussing the levels (I would draw while everyone else was coming up with gameplay) and I almost never made more than one attempt at a design. We really didn't have time for too many revisions back then."
Reading that makes me feel a lot better about my own artistic tendencies.
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#17 Jan 24, 2008 9:01 PM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Sweet. This guy really likes you.
When I got my letter from Ricci a painting of The Professor came with it along with some other stuff.
I don't think it was the original but it's still pretty cool.
I wouldn't be able to ask for permission anymore so I don't think I could post it.
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#18 Jan 24, 2008 11:50 PM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Razz, you should ask him if he wants to come on spyroforum and do a Q&A thread.
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#19 Jan 25, 2008 1:02 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
that would be cool if someone like that join here ^.^
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#20 Jan 25, 2008 1:11 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Oh my gosh! Razz, you should convince Mr. Wade to come on over and join. It would be so cool to have a member of the Insomniac staff here. I have so many questions to ask him. *Asks if I can have his autograph*
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#21 Jan 25, 2008 1:30 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
^.^ and we can ask him to help out with the movie, if he wants to
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#22 Jan 25, 2008 3:15 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Dn't get too crazy with that idea.I do want him to be here more than anything!But lets not bug him too much.
"When you wake up,the world will be a different place"
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#23 Jan 25, 2008 3:31 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
If I can think of a polite way to ask him if he could do a Q&A here, I shall, SR.
As for the rest... Yeah, don't get too carried away. Mr. Wade is a pretty busy guy. He's doing a lot of work for other games right now.
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#24 Jan 25, 2008 5:55 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Wow that is...
that would be cool to have a staff though on the forum...
This forum is the OFFICIAL spyro forum there is...
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#25 Jan 25, 2008 6:18 AM
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Re: From Oliver Wade
Well we all know which one is the ORIGINAL forum..right?
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