Step into the on-line office of 4th Degree, watch their progress, feel their pain, hear them downing another brewsky to keep battling, battling for another few minutes before ADD takes another victim, delaying the release of Pfhrenzy 2 by another few precious minutes.
You'll find below an outline of the major stages and milestones in the process of putting together a CD of this kind.
Phase 1
The idea, the conception if you like (although not quite as fun).
COMPLETED
Phase 2
The planning of it all.
YET TO COMMENCE
Phase 3
Scanning the internet aimlessly for a period of 12 months, downloading
everything and anything with the words Marathon or Bungie or the letters
'Pfh' in it. The result - over 600 Marathon maps, shapes and utilities,
pictures of skinny Kenyans running, quicktime movies of people throwing
themselves off high places with a length of processed long-chained
hydrocarbons tied around their ankles, and various usenet postings from
alt.remedial.spellers who can't spell and put f's in their words beginning
with Ph just for good luck.
COMPLETED
Phase 4
Go through all the readme's and find out the map names, the writes names and
email addresses. Compile a database of this information and email them all
asking for permission to use their maps/shapes/utilities on Pfhrenzy 2.
COMPLETED
Phase 5
Many maps had no readme's or email addresses. HANW was searched for the
missing email addresses, and if that failed, the remaining permission mail
messages were sent to 'Anon' asking for their permission. All but one
bounced back. At least one of you out there received this email and hasn't
answered, or doesn't want me to use their real name. Where are you Anon?
PROGRESSING
Phase 6
Answer incoming emails from map makers, find additional maps they've
completed on the internet and sort through the other maps sent directly to
me. Sort the approved maps from the unapproved maps.
PROGRESSING
Phase 7
Recontact those who haven't responded.
Phase 8
Artwork for the CD cover. Any artists out there? Send pics to me! Marathon-looking if possible :)
Phase 9
Burn some CD's. Beta Test. Approval from Bungie.
Phase 10
CD and Artwork to the replication plant. Twiddle thumbs.
Phase 11
Distribution. Pay off bills
Phase 12
Retire to Laguna or Rottnest Island
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