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Is MacHeist dead?
It seems like the nanoBundle was a half-hearted attempt to tide us over, and the community seems to be slowing dramatically. The Directorate is busy with their individual projects, and I have a feeling that the long awaited MH4 might never actually happen. Thoughts?
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April 19, 2010 12:46 pm
I doubt that its over, probably more like its just getting harder and more work to get the bundle ready.
I find it hard to imagine Macheist has run its course, its the biggest bundle on the net and whilst there are still developers who want to participate I very much doubt the directorate would just walk away from all that $$$
There are quite a few copycats popping up nowadays so there is definitely still a market for the Bundles, we just need to see decent bundles rather than poor imitations
April 19, 2010 2:05 pm
Burnout is more likely the main contributing factor to the longer break. MH has improved each year, and has required more production and planning overhead each year, so it's more stressful each year, and they need more of a break each year.
Personally, after banging my head against one wall for several months, I think I'd like to go bang it on another one for a while. You know, for a little variety...
April 19, 2010 2:23 pm
awakebyjava wrote:
It seems like the nanobundle was a half hearted attempt to tide us over, and the community seems to be slowing dramatically. The Directorate is busy with their individual projects, and I have a feeling that the long awaited MH4 might never actually happen. Thoughts?
Another noble trolling attempt from awakebyjava. Bravo!
John Casasanta
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April 19, 2010 8:07 pm
johnred wrote:
awakebyjava wrote:It seems like the nanobundle was a half hearted attempt to tide us over, and the community seems to be slowing dramatically. The Directorate is busy with their individual projects, and I have a feeling that the long awaited MH4 might never actually happen. Thoughts?
Another noble trolling attempt from awakebyjava. Bravo!
It's rather effective. It's taking everything in me to not fix the word "tide" and remove the misplaced commas
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April 19, 2010 8:35 pm
Miah wrote:
johnred wrote:awakebyjava wrote:It seems like the nanobundle was a half hearted attempt to tide us over, and the community seems to be slowing dramatically. The Directorate is busy with their individual projects, and I have a feeling that the long awaited MH4 might never actually happen. Thoughts?
Another noble trolling attempt from awakebyjava. Bravo!
It's rather effective. It's taking everything in me to not fix the word "tide" and remove the misplaced commas
I was actually stuck on the missing hyphen in "half-hearted". But now I'm stuck on the lowercase 'B' in nanoBundle. Now I know how MacWorld must feel.
John Casasanta
MacHeist Director
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April 19, 2010 11:33 pm
johnred wrote:
Miah wrote:johnred wrote:Another noble trolling attempt from awakebyjava. Bravo!
It's rather effective. It's taking everything in me to not fix the word "tide" and remove the misplaced commas
I was actually stuck on the missing hyphen in "half-hearted". But now I'm stuck on the lowercase 'B' in nanoBundle. Now I know how MacWorld must feel.
I'll give you the half-hearted (or halfhearted), and your strangely capitalized nanoBundle, but what is wrong with "tide?" My commas are just fine.
I just can't get the hang of this whole trolling thing.
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April 19, 2010 11:42 pm
awakebyjava wrote:
johnred wrote:Miah wrote:It's rather effective. It's taking everything in me to not fix the word "tide" and remove the misplaced commas
I was actually stuck on the missing hyphen in "half-hearted". But now I'm stuck on the lowercase 'B' in nanoBundle. Now I know how MacWorld must feel.
I'll give you the half-hearted (or halfhearted), and your strangely capitalized nanoBundle, but what is wrong with "tide?"
I just can't get the hang of this whole trolling thing.
Keep trollin', trollin', trollin'...
April 19, 2010 11:47 pm
I'm callin' it: johnred is a troll.
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April 19, 2010 11:52 pm
Warbrain wrote:
nfreader wrote:I'm callin' it: johnred is a troll.
I'm callin' that nfreader is a specific type of troll...
What if.... We're all just trolls and we don't know it?
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April 20, 2010 12:10 am
Oh, no! It's spreading! We're all trolls!!!
But seriously, MacHeist 4 is taking forever. MacHeist 3 started 13 months ago. I guess it's gonna be a late start this year. Can anyone from the Directorate make a comment on this, or is it under the usual veil of secrecy MacHeist loves?
This is a triumph...
April 20, 2010 5:36 am
johnred wrote:
Miah wrote:johnred wrote:Another noble trolling attempt from awakebyjava. Bravo!
It's rather effective. It's taking everything in me to not fix the word "tide" and remove the misplaced commas
I was actually stuck on the missing hyphen in "half-hearted". But now I'm stuck on the lowercase 'B' in nanoBundle. Now I know how MacWorld must feel.
your answers are a little bit off topic, I think...
April 20, 2010 7:06 am
April 20, 2010 7:12 am
April 20, 2010 4:08 pm
jpdyson wrote:
DreadedKilla wrote:something cool will be bound to happen
This thread is just chock full of writers fit for GIZMODO... will be bound to happen? I had a physical reaction to that phrasing similar to the one I had the last time I ate Mexican in a strip mall.
Ha! WIN!
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April 21, 2010 10:32 am
No, it's not dead.
It's just gone to live on a farm up state. Unfortunately, we can't visit it though, because they have rules about that sort of thing. Don't worry though, it's very happy where it is 
April 21, 2010 11:03 am
jpdyson wrote:
DreadedKilla wrote:something cool will be bound to happen
This thread is just chock full of writers fit for GIZMODO... will be bound to happen? I had a physical reaction to that phrasing similar to the one I had the last time I ate Mexican in a strip mall.
Whoops. Had a grammar fail there, but anyway...
April 21, 2010 11:40 am
DreadedKilla wrote:
jpdyson wrote:DreadedKilla wrote:something cool will be bound to happen
This thread is just chock full of writers fit for GIZMODO... will be bound to happen? I had a physical reaction to that phrasing similar to the one I had the last time I ate Mexican in a strip mall.
Whoops. Had a grammar fail there, but anyway...
Well, my response was a bit harsh, in hind-sight. Grammar fail can happen to anyone.
April 21, 2010 1:03 pm
No it's not dead, it's just hiding under that bucket over there.... go poke it with a stick..... go on, I dare you....
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April 21, 2010 9:51 pm
*me beats johnreAd over the head with a classic novel*
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April 21, 2010 10:10 pm
It seems to slow down quite a bit between bundles anyway. Just wait.
April 21, 2010 10:21 pm
awakebyjava wrote:
It seems like the nanoBundle was a half-hearted attempt to tide us over, and the community seems to be slowing dramatically. The Directorate is busy with their individual projects, and I have a feeling that the long awaited MH4 might never actually happen. Thoughts?
awakebyjava wrote:
johnred wrote:Miah wrote:It's rather effective. It's taking everything in me to not fix the word "tide" and remove the misplaced commas
I was actually stuck on the missing hyphen in "half-hearted". But now I'm stuck on the lowercase 'B' in nanoBundle. Now I know how MacWorld must feel.
I'll give you the half-hearted (or halfhearted), and your strangely capitalized nanoBundle, but what is wrong with "tide?" My commas are just fine.
It was an absolutely flawless use of commas (both grammatically, and stylistically, in my opinion). I must also say that I cannot, for the life of me, figure out what was wrong with the use of the word 'tide.' I suppose that if one were not familiar with the expression, "tide (someone) over" ("help someone through a difficult period"), and if one based one's judgment solely upon the definition of the word itself, "tide" might not make much sense there.
But more importantly, I appreciated awakebyjava's comments because I felt they were relevant (and timely); the fact is that I came to this forum with the same specific topic in mind. However, there seems (not surprisingly) to be a dearth of on-topic responses in this thread. Does anybody have any thoughts (or information (or misinformation)) on when we might be treated to another heist?
(By the way, feel free to critique my grammar and writing style 
(such as my (arguably) excessive use of parentheticals.) I think I appreciate good writing as much as anyone else here.)
April 22, 2010 10:11 pm
Uhh: proper grammar dictates that your last line should read:
PS:
Feel free to critique my grammar and writing style, such as my (arguably) excessive use of parentheticals. I think I appreciate good writing as much as anyone else here.
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April 23, 2010 2:37 pm
johnred wrote:
Miah wrote:johnred wrote:Another noble trolling attempt from awakebyjava. Bravo!
It's rather effective. It's taking everything in me to not fix the word "tide" and remove the misplaced commas
I was actually stuck on the missing hyphen in "half-hearted". But now I'm stuck on the lowercase 'B' in nanoBundle. Now I know how MacWorld must feel.
The question was extremely relevant in my opinion, regardless of improper grammer. Wold you like to actually answer the question posed instead of simply being obnoxious and bashing anyone who questions your company. Your sole obligation is to satisfy your consumers, not to ignore the tough questions and find some childish way to discredit them. Id also really like to know whats taking so long. If you guys ned more time to put everything together i really don't mind-it would just be nice to know some definitive information. And Mia you don't have to be a conceited jerk just cause Johnred is. Im pretty sure being a kiss-ass isn't a requirement for maintaining your position as moderator so you don't have to worry about that.
April 23, 2010 8:53 pm
sigh …
April 23, 2010 11:17 pm
emannolie wrote:
And Mia you don't have to be a conceited jerk just cause Johnred is. Im pretty sure being a kiss-ass isn't a requirement for maintaining your position as moderator so you don't have to worry about that.
Right, because I have such a wide and long history of kissing up to higher authority.
Give me a break.
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April 24, 2010 12:47 am
darkid wrote:
Uhh: proper grammar dictates that your last line should read:
PS:
Feel free to critique my grammar and writing style, such as my (arguably) excessive use of parentheticals. I think I appreciate good writing as much as anyone else here.
Hahahahahaha!
April 24, 2010 5:49 am
emannolie wrote:
The question was extremely relevant in my opinion, regardless of improper grammer. Wold you like to actually answer the question posed instead of simply being obnoxious and bashing anyone who questions your company. Your sole obligation is to satisfy your consumers, not to ignore the tough questions and find some childish way to discredit them. Id also really like to know whats taking so long. If you guys ned more time to put everything together i really don't mind-it would just be nice to know some definitive information. And Mia you don't have to be a conceited jerk just cause Johnred is. Im pretty sure being a kiss-ass isn't a requirement for maintaining your position as moderator so you don't have to worry about that.
I guess you missed that I was just calling out yet another one of awakebyjava's lame, passive aggressive trolling attempts. So if you haven't been paying attention to his other forum posts like this one, my response may have come off as me being "obnoxious" or a "conceited jerk", as you put it.
Given that we just recently finished a nanoBundle event, the question, "Is MacHeist dead?" is a pretty ridiculous one and in no way a "tough question".
If my "sole obligation is to satisfy your consumers", I'd probably put a bullet in my head. My sole obligation is to enjoy my life and I live it that way. That's not to say for a second that I don't try making people happy, and enjoy doing so, but in no way is it any "obligation" of mine. The old adage, "the customer is always right" is complete bullshit from my point of view.
Take all of this as me continuing to being the obnoxious, conceited jerk you accused me of... or realize that I'm just being honest. When you're being an asshole to someone who's serving you but they're still polite to you, realize that they're doing so only because they don't want to lose their job and if that wasn't a factor, they'd likely tell you to go fuck yourself.
The way you wrote your response makes it seem like your life depends on MacHeist 4 happening ASAP. I could make a giant list of things you could be doing instead of obsessing over the start date of MH4 but I'll just limit it to one... your crabby posts here would have much more weight if you didn't post them with a Barney avatar. Something with angry eyes would be a lot more effective, IMO.
John Casasanta
MacHeist Director
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April 24, 2010 7:04 am
johnred wrote:
emannolie wrote:The question was extremely relevant in my opinion, regardless of improper grammer. Wold you like to actually answer the question posed instead of simply being obnoxious and bashing anyone who questions your company. Your sole obligation is to satisfy your consumers, not to ignore the tough questions and find some childish way to discredit them. Id also really like to know whats taking so long. If you guys ned more time to put everything together i really don't mind-it would just be nice to know some definitive information. And Mia you don't have to be a conceited jerk just cause Johnred is. Im pretty sure being a kiss-ass isn't a requirement for maintaining your position as moderator so you don't have to worry about that.
I guess you missed that I was just calling out yet another one of awakebyjava's lame, passive aggressive trolling attempts. So if you haven't been paying attention to his other forum posts like this one, my response may have come off as me being "obnoxious" or a "conceited jerk", as you put it.
Given that we just recently finished a nanoBundle event, the question, "Is MacHeist dead?" is a pretty ridiculous one and in no way a "tough question".
If my "sole obligation is to satisfy your consumers", I'd probably put a bullet in my head. My sole obligation is to enjoy my life and I live it that way. That's not to say for a second that I don't try making people happy, and enjoy doing so, but in no way is it any "obligation" of mine. The old adage, "the customer is always right" is complete bullshit from my point of view.
Take all of this as me continuing to being the obnoxious, conceited jerk you accused me of... or realize that I'm just being honest. When you're being an asshole to someone who's serving you but they're still polite to you, realize that they're doing so only because they don't want to lose their job and if that wasn't a factor, they'd likely tell you to go fuck yourself.
The way you wrote your response makes it seem like your life depends on MacHeist 4 happening ASAP. I could make a giant list of things you could be doing instead of obsessing over the start date of MH4 but I'll just limit it to one... your crabby posts here would have much more weight if you didn't post them with a Barney avatar. Something with angry eyes would be a lot more effective, IMO.
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April 24, 2010 7:59 pm
Warbrain wrote:
I grow weaker with each day that MH4 doesn't start...
Save me, daddy...
I'm trying hard to resist using the words "satisfy" and "consumer" again in this context. 
John Casasanta
MacHeist Director
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April 24, 2010 9:44 pm
April 24, 2010 11:22 pm
Note to the powers that be:
I thought I had told you that my computer was dying a slow death and had to take it into the shop under Applecare, but I guess that message didn't make it to you like I thought it had. You see, I figured that by doing so, it might speed up the Macheist Bundle 4 coming out as per Murphy's law that when I don't have a computer, then it would be time to start and probably end while the system was in the shop.
Well, I am happy to report that my system is back running robust and strong so let the games begin!
p.s. - written in jest and not really a request, I am happy to know that it is in the works and am patiently waiting.
April 27, 2010 11:54 pm
No, Murphy is only satisfied if you buy expensive SOFTWARE.
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April 28, 2010 2:26 pm
JMarkevich wrote:
No, Murphy is only satisfied if you buy expensive SOFTWARE.
Are you kidding me? Three months after we got our Power Mac G4/400 Apple releases the speed bumped models with the 450 MHz G4 that I should have gotten. And then after I bought my MacBook with the GMA 950 Apple releases a MacBook with the GMA X3100 three *weeks* afterward. And don't get me started on those poor schmucks who bought an SP 1.8 Ghz Power Mac G5 before Apple spring the stealth dual processor 1.8 Ghz update.
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April 28, 2010 2:51 pm
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/28/apple-di … e-desktop/
When stuff like this happens, I think the eventual end of MacHeist is assured. Maybe not for MH4, but at some point the relevancy of desktop software is going to end. I was really just wondering if the forward thinking directorate was already making the move away from desktop software in MH as they have in their own software development. I am a fan of hyperbole though, so I stand behind my thread title.
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April 28, 2010 2:53 pm
rampancy wrote:
JMarkevich wrote:No, Murphy is only satisfied if you buy expensive SOFTWARE.
Are you kidding me? Three months after we got our Power Mac G4/400 Apple releases the speed bumped models with the 450 MHz G4 that I should have gotten. And then after I bought my MacBook with the GMA 950 Apple releases a MacBook with the GMA X3100 three *weeks* afterward. And don't get me started on those poor schmucks who bought an SP 1.8 Ghz Power Mac G5 before Apple spring the stealth dual processor 1.8 Ghz update.
OK I guess I should know this, since I bought an eMac about 4 months before the USB 2.0 version came out. Let me alter my statement to clarify:
MacHeist Murphy is only satisfied if you buy expensive software.
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April 28, 2010 3:22 pm
Since we are pulling out Murphy's law. Let me pull out MY personal favorite. Godwin's law...
MacHeist 4 = Nazism.
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April 28, 2010 3:57 pm
awakebyjava wrote:
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/28/apple-di … e-desktop/
When stuff like this happens, I think the eventual end of MacHeist is assured. Maybe not for MH4, but at some point the relevancy of desktop software is going to end. I was really just wondering if the forward thinking directorate was already making the move away from desktop software in MH as they have in their own software development. I am a fan of hyperbole though, so I stand behind my thread title.
They should rename it TH4: TrollHeist 4.
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April 28, 2010 4:46 pm
awakebyjava wrote:
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/28/apple-di … e-desktop/
When stuff like this happens, I think the eventual end of MacHeist is assured. Maybe not for MH4, but at some point the relevancy of desktop software is going to end. I was really just wondering if the forward thinking directorate was already making the move away from desktop software in MH as they have in their own software development. I am a fan of hyperbole though, so I stand behind my thread title.
Warbrain assures me that MacHeist will run on iPhone, it certainly runs on my macbook. I just don't get the idea MH would die if desktops died. 
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April 28, 2010 5:09 pm
rampancy wrote:
They should rename it TH4: TrollHeist 4.
+over9000
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April 28, 2010 5:37 pm
So TH4 is not dead at all...
April 28, 2010 5:44 pm
awakebyjava wrote:
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/28/apple-di … e-desktop/
When stuff like this happens, I think the eventual end of MacHeist is assured. Maybe not for MH4, but at some point the relevancy of desktop software is going to end. I was really just wondering if the forward thinking directorate was already making the move away from desktop software in MH as they have in their own software development. I am a fan of hyperbole though, so I stand behind my thread title.
Let's just get it all out there in the open, awakebyjava, so everyone's in the loop and gets where you're coming from... you're pissed-off that I refuse to make you a moderator, so you continue to make these little snippy, passive aggressive remarks.
"Oh noes... MacHeist may die out in 10 years!!!!!"
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April 28, 2010 7:19 pm
johnred wrote:
Let's just get it all out there in the open, awakebyjava, so everyone's in the loop and gets where you're coming from... you're pissed-off that I refuse to make you a moderator, so you continue to make these little snippy, passive aggressive remarks.
Maybe at some point I wanted to be a mod, but it was quite a while ago. My snippy little remarks are more likely motivated by the long wait for the new heist. I apologize if that wasn't clear. I'll try to make the motivation for my passive aggression more obvious in the future.
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April 28, 2010 8:57 pm
johnred wrote:
Let's just get it all out there in the open, awakebyjava, so everyone's in the loop and gets where you're coming from... you're pissed-off that I refuse to make you a moderator, so you continue to make these little snippy, passive aggressive remarks.
"Oh noes... MacHeist may die out in 10 years!!!!!"
Can I be a mod?
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April 28, 2010 9:07 pm