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In fact I can deny that SWG hype and launch were great because the hype was unfounded(beta poll) and launch was terrible.

I do not share your enthusiasm for wherever Raph goes something great and important is going to happen. I think I know what I'm getting with these developers, based on previous work. It is a theme you often touch on. Now a Rob Pardo game on the other hand, would be worth checking out.

An interesting situation you dreamed up with Raph and other developers "fighting it out." Sources tell me that this did happen quite often on the direction of the game (as I'm sure it does in other mmorpgs). But since Raph was head honcho, who would overrule him? He would just as soon take their criticism to the game as he did yours.

You write that playing these games is about increasing personal power. Well it is also true for developing games. That's why developers leave and that's why they cling to their ideas, good or bad.

Raph deserves credit for being active in the community. Beyond that...