Gisteren heb ik een vrij lange post gemaakt over de 'onder de gordel' aanval op Chris Hecker, Spore devolper en Animator, op het Amerikaanse Spore forum en op andere sites.Lucy Bradshaw, Executive Producer, heeft gereageerd en maakt even goed duidelijk dat Chris een waardevol Spore team lid is en dat de hele 'Science versus Cute' discussie binnen het hele team werd gevoerd, met Will Wright erbij die de uiteindelijke beslissingen over welke kant Spore op moest zelf nam:
Hi all. I wanted to weigh in on this thread. I appreciate the comments and the open discussion about the game, the look and everyone’s expectations. I think that this type of dialog is a healthy exchange of ideas. We get a lot out of it and I’m not interested in shutting that down. However, I do think that the aspersions toward any individual member of the Spore team are unwarranted and are getting out of hand here. The concept of Spore that Will presented at GDC 2005 was the guidepost for the development and execution of the game. Will very much remained the visionary and design leader throughout the development of Spore. He worked collaboratively with the team when opinions differed but decisions were definitely in his domain.
The cute vs. science debate within the team had more to do with the concept of accessibility, character and aesthetic than it had to do with the underlying gameplay. Some of this was driven by the simple reality of a very unique and rather cutting edge approach to animation. Procedural animation is just one of the incredible contributions that Chris Hecker made to this game. It was a huge area of focused work and learning for us as the animation engineering team developed this system. One thing that we learned is that setting an expectation of very realistic looking animations that, for instance, captured the discrete differences of movement of a cat vs. the movement of a dog would be off target. Moving away from an aesthetic that set such expectations was a well considered decision on our part. I’m personally amazed at what the animation team was able to achieve. Will set a goal for the team that we be able to hit a mark, in terms of creative breadth, that reached from Pixar to Geiger. The aesthetic, physical and placement constraint decisions that we made regarding the Creature Creator were held to our tenets of unconstrained creativity and accessibility for the creators.
Chris contributed so much in the way of innovations for Spore and deserves to be recognized for his work. While we have no interest in stifling conversation on the Sporum about Spore from anyone, I request that people show respect for others and refrain from outright defamation and threats.
Thanks,
Lucy
EA heeft gisteren de kwartaalcijfers bekend gemaakt en daaruit blijkt dat Spore tot nu toe al 2 miljoen keer is verkocht.
Net klaar met het typen van een bericht over een nieuwe rel rondom Spore en de volgende rel is alweer te vinden in 
Er is weer een nieuwe rel aan het ontstaan rondom Spore en dit maal is Chris Hecker, Spore devolper en Animator, de man die nogal onder vuur ligt.
Een paar dagen geleden meldde ik al in 
Sinds gisteravond is het mogelijk om onder je Spore master account meerdere schermnamen aan te maken zodat er op 1 account meerdere mensen Spore kunnen spelen.
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De laatste dagen zijn er op het US Spore forum en het forum van Gaming Steve nogal wat spelers die melden dat al hun achievements na de laatste patch verdwijnen zijn. Én dat ze ook geen nieuwe achievements meer krijgen, ook niet in nieuwe games waar ze geen cheats gebruiken.
EA Nederland heeft een nieuwe Spore Nieuwsbrief verstuurd. Heb je geen email gehad dan kun je hem op 
Al eerder in 