I sometimes wonder when CJ is going to get bored of working on AGS and then decide to not work on it anymore. How many years will he keep working on a program that is free and he works on it in his own time, not even making a dime. I guess we could still use older versions of AGS, but then i am guessing the forums will vanish. I am always thinking when he will say AGS is done, i'm sick of programming 24 hours a day and then tell us all to have a good night and then disappear. Will this happen?? Maybe CJ wants to do more in his life than program AGS and upgrade for us.
This is intended to be a fun thread, but also what if?? It will happen someday. He could also sell the rights to a new owner. But i fear that day.
i'm getting a little verklempt, so talk amongst yourselves..
edit: Electronic Arts Adventure Game Studio :)
The day CJ quits is the day AGS goes Open Source!
Open Source AGS would be awesome! It'd be totally pimped out with all kinds of crazy plugins... Or CJ could decide to sell the rights to Sony. :(
Quote from: Steel Drummer on Thu 17/05/2007 03:29:02
It'd be totally pimped out with all kinds of crazy plugins...
Err, what prevents that from happening already?
Everybody being lazy and waiting for CJ to do it for us...?
Come on, this is the 21st century. If Mr. Jones decides it's time to hang up his compiler, then we'll just clone him and force his clone into servitude. If the clone refuses to work on a new version of AGS, then we'll clone him again, and make the new clone watch us blow away the old clone.
Seriously, now: I think, to ensure AGS never suffers any one of those fates, everyone should make sure and show him some gratitude every now and then for everything he does to make this program so great.
CJ: "What is this thread about me quitting in the future? I can't take the pressure! I.. quit!!!!"
Now look what you did. ;)
Nothing lasts forever. If CJ wanted to quit, I won't be pointing a gun at him to continue, it's his choice! Just like if a band stops making music that I love; I'd be very sad but I can't force them to keep at it.
Also, if this forum died, I'd still have the online mates I'd befriended on here!
It's the Internet. You can't actually kill something on the Internet, especially not communities. And if CJ quit, I'd find him and flood his bank accounts with donations until he gets a real bad consciousness and comes back :=
Yeah, with 3840 users listed, and atleast third(?) of them acutally active, we could collect load of donations.
I don't think that it's the CJ who quits, but AGS that'll be - like - ready?
The day CJ quits will be the day he gets the Make My Game button work...
No, honestly, the man must have some love for AGS. As far as stability and features are concerned, AGS can be considered THE standard since, huh, version 2.6? 2.5, even? Everything that's done recently is polishing things up, adding little stuff that makes life better for the community. And that's what keeps CJ working on this big blue cup- a soft spot for adventures, a community that cares, and lots of caffeine.
The day that CJ quits will be the day THE MIGHTY BIG BLUE CUP BREAKS
And legend has it that the cup of destiny is made of diamond and can never break.
Really though why think this way would he really want to quit ... I dont think so
But if he did it would be because he has a brand new love
Will Tony Hawk ever quit skating
Will David Suchet ever get rid of that dodgy moustache
Will David Attenborough ever stop documenting animals
NAHHHH
Sin
But someday he'll die and that means unless there is a future generation CJ AGS is going to die, too and waaaah, it's all so senseless!
[/fake emo]
I have it on good authority that CJ can only be killed if you cut off his head.
There can be only one!
Quote from: Sinsin on Thu 17/05/2007 12:32:13
Will Tony Hawk ever quit skating
Will David Suchet ever get rid of that dodgy moustache
Will David Attenborough ever stop documenting animals
Quote from Attenborough "Once I have completed the reptiles series . . . that will be enough,"
David Suchet http://www.broomeman.com/images/suchet.jpg
2 down 1 to go.
Quote from: Ghost on Thu 17/05/2007 12:06:22
And that's what keeps CJ working on this big blue cup- a soft spot for adventures, a community that cares, and lots of caffeine.
Caffeine? I doubt it :P
What really keeps CJ going with AGS is that for a week, twice or thrice yearly, he goes on drinking binges.
No community, no binges :'(
Well I don't see why CJ would leave. I don't know him very well but if I were him I wouldn't leave. He has build up a great engine and like wise community. Money isn't the only thing of value you know. Many people enjoy AGS and it's forums, I'm sure CJ is proud of that (I know I would be). Besides if one person leaves doesn't mean the forum will colapse and die. And I think AGS can also last pretty well without any updates.
Either way there isn't too much to worry about. Only if you know CJ very well and you might loose a friend if he quits. Well anyway lets pretend like CJ is going to run AGS and it's forum forever.
Yeah but he might get shot too.
Goddamn terrorists!
Yeah, let's start a war to bring peace to their savage la- Dammit, Bush got ahead of me yet again...
Quote from: MrColossal on Thu 17/05/2007 16:25:34
Quote from: Sinsin on Thu 17/05/2007 12:32:13
Will Tony Hawk ever quit skating
Will David Suchet ever get rid of that dodgy moustache
Will David Attenborough ever stop documenting animals
Quote from Attenborough "Once I have completed the reptiles series . . . that will be enough,"
David Suchet http://www.broomeman.com/images/suchet.jpg
2 down 1 to go.
You will never take his feet from him
Quote from: Hammerite on Thu 17/05/2007 19:13:59
Yeah but he might get shot too.
Or I could get kidnapped and get loads of celebrities to offer huge rewards for my return.
It was AGA's fault for not using the creche facilities offered.
What few people realize is that we're on our third "CJ" at the moment. The original CJ vanished during the first Mittens, never to be seen again.
The second CJ choked on an onion ring, somewhere in the greater Staines area.
The current CJ has an GPS device lodged in his skull, and an anti-onion ring braclet affixed to his ankle.
Our stocks of replacement "CJ's" are...plentiful.
EDIT: We're also on our 12th "Helm", our 7th "Darth Mandarb"...and we've lost count of how many times "AGA" has had to be replaced.
But I digress...¬¬
Quote from: LimpingFish on Thu 17/05/2007 20:35:22
The second CJ choked on an onion ring, somewhere in the greaters Staines area.
Hey don't blame Staines, we get a bad enough rap as it is!!
We almost lost a CJ in benidorm - Onion Rings, Calamari Rings, it were a disaster waiting to happen...
Quote from: Geoffkhan on Thu 17/05/2007 05:36:48
Quote from: Steel Drummer on Thu 17/05/2007 03:29:02
It'd be totally pimped out with all kinds of crazy plugins...
Err, what prevents that from happening already?
True, but there would be even more plugins, and eventually someone would come up with an open source iMuse-esque one *cough Nikolas cough*..
QuoteBut someday he'll die and that means unless there is a future generation CJ AGS is going to die, too and waaaah, it's all so senseless!
We have really nice female members among these thousands, don't we?
Who wants to volunteer for saving the tomorrow?
Nice blonde British guy, good genes, genius' DNA...
Step up, ladies!
And when we have new one, we don't really need old one... But for any case, we could still freeze him!
Until human cloning really works and we don't need traditional reproducing system.
Yay for unlimited DNA supply!
Now that i think about it, CJ may just be a robot. His only directive is to make AGS, or he could be like the Terminator, get us to sign up for his forums, then knock us off one by one until his mission is complete. Maybe that is what the AGS world map is for.
For those who attend Mittens, does CJ say I'll be back alot? :)
Quote from: Domino on Fri 18/05/2007 02:44:25Now that i think about it, CJ may just be a robot. His only directive is to make AGS, or he could be like the Terminator, get us to sign up for his forums, then knock us off one by one until his mission is complete. Maybe that is what the AGS world map is for.
For those who attend Mittens, does CJ say I'll be back alot? :)
Good thing he's not a paranoid android...
QuoteHey don't blame Staines, we get a bad enough rap as it is!!
Oh come on, it deserves it! :D
Edit: Gah, this was Becky again. I must stop using Adam's computer to post.
I have a feeling that most of the people will quit AGS long before CJ. How many more decades can that ol' nostalgia for Monkey Island MIDI and Pixelliness last? How much more time will even those small amount of people be willing to type in what they want their character to do? Unless AGS 3 will be AGS3D, we are a dying breed! The geek gene has doomed us!
Why would CJ quit being a god?
And in reality, even if he decided to stop doing anything he'd probably leave the source code with someone he could trust. I don't think he'd release open source, but you never know.
-MillsJROSS
If CJ got shot, who will adopt Cuppit?
Quote from: mattgoble on Thu 17/05/2007 20:49:11Hey don't blame Staines, we get a bad enough rap as it is!!
Hey, don't be dissin' my homey Ali G (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_G_Indahouse)! :P
CJ won't quit. He'll just keep working on AGS until the day he dies. Then he'll pass on all his knowledge to his son. His illegitimate love-child son. Via a brain-transfer mechanism.
I saw M0DS and CJ kissing in spain. After that, no one knows what happened, although I heard sex-like noises coming from the tent area.
But if M0DS was carrying CJ love-child, he would boast. Just like he boasted about kissing 5 people in a night, all of which were guys. But we never discuss what went on at the Rover's Return, although, you can see it on ITV wednesday week. A climatic (in more ways than one!!!) episode of Corrie.