GSX Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I've been around these forums for a while and it all seems that the game revolves around Charles ad his ability to cover everything. I have asked this question before but never got an answer. Is it only Charles that can code the game, the modules and everything? Surely on a project so big and so important extra help can be hired to do a Module or such while Charles continues on with the coding of the next game or patches to the current one. If it is a one man show, what happens if you ever lose your one man? God forbid he gets ill or something??? Or do I have the stick totally by the wrong end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adultery Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 one more man = $/more 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 yes, god forbid anything ever happens to Charles, BFC would go down the drain... ...I'm sure Steve and Madmatt will keep him locked up in a padded room, safe from the outside world, until he has finished coding all the CMx2 titles and modules... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I think you are vastly overestimating the size and success of the CM franchise. It has been fairly successful *in its niche market.* But the numbers are nothing like the mass market games that the big boys put out. I'm sure BFC would love to be selling enough copies that they could afford hire a competent assistant for Charles, to spread out the workload. Who knows, maybe someday it will happen. . . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Krejcirik Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 The difficulty in introducing another programmer into the system probably far outweights possible benefits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I always imagine Charles as a sort of mad scientist who works by instinct and does not keep any records of what he does..an assistant would probably spend his time making coffee and listening to his war stories... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntarr Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 How does a brain in a jar get ill or leave for that matter? :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I managed to track this down after much detective work: Charles and Steve beta testing the latest build. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mishga Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Charles? Are you a nutty professor? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statisoris Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Doc Brown on the left must be Charles' parasitic host when he must manupulate objects in the real world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtweasle Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Originally posted by GSX: Why only Charles?Only one containment vessel, i.e Mason Jar, in Steve's basement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hev Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Possable proof that waiting for a patch can drive you crazy? You decide 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 what makes you think we were sane before... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molotov_billy Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Originally posted by Martin Krejcirik: The difficulty in introducing another programmer into the system probably far outweights possible benefits. Absolutely not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikoyanPT Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Is there any proof that Charles really exists ? They may just receive a disk with the code from a beam of light from outer space and decided to call it Charles, instead of calling him a beam of light from outer space. Are you buying that line of " A super programmer called Charles does all the code on himself ", yeah right. They just needed a nice name to put in the tax declaration, beam of light wasn´t accepted has a viable tax payer. Even supernatural entities have to pay taxes you know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I second molotov. Now, the monetary cost of adding another programmer might break BFC's bank as posited earlier in the thread. (Good points, YankeeDog.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMC Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 How big do you think the BFC insurance policy for Charles is? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstar44 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Originally posted by RMC: How big do you think the BFC insurance policy for Charles is? There was an movie based on Charles http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085894/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstar44 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Originally posted by MikoyanPT: Is there any proof that Charles really exists ? They may just receive a disk with the code from a beam of light from outer space and decided to call it Charles, instead of calling him a beam of light from outer space. Are you buying that line of " A super programmer called Charles does all the code on himself ", yeah right. They just needed a nice name to put in the tax declaration, beam of light wasn´t accepted has a viable tax payer. Even supernatural entities have to pay taxes you know. I've heard that Norm Koger is in fact coding all games but Fedex guy who takes code in and out is named "Charles" So it's just big set up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzermartin Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Basically BFC is touring the states with the play "Charles in a jar and friends" to help promote the CMx2 series. There is simply no room for an extra guy in Madmatt's station wagon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Charles is actually in the same condition as Reed Richards ,aka Mr. Fantastic, is in the comics, not the movies. His brain is in another dimension powering a Star Ship and he uses telepathy to move his body here on Earth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budge4 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Charles must be another Geoff Crammond and he knocked a few gooduns out in his time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis50 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Anyone counting how many times the word "Charles" appears in this thread? And why not "Chuck" instead of "Charles"? Charles ears gotta be ringing. Also thanks Charles for all that you do. Regards, Char ...oops ..Gunz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 You're a good man Charlie Moylan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Something along the same lines Mord 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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