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Tommy Refenes has stated in an interview[1] that he said "it's fine" just because at the time he couldn't do anything about it. The level editor was programmed

Tommy Refenes has stated in an interview[1] that he said "it's fine" just because at the time he couldn't do anything about it. The level editor was programmed in a rush and he didn't think that anyone would exploit something offered to them for free. In the end, the guy who warned him that an "evil hacker" could compromise the system, turned out to be that evil hacker himself. For us web devs it pretty obvious that anything that can be exploited will be exploited. Tommy was naive about it. Imho, his "it's fine" comment made it worse - what he should have said is "thanks, but I can't fix it right now". [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=C2Y-gUIan88#t=3679s http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

incision 14y ago
>The level editor was programmed in a rush and he didn't think that anyone would exploit something offered to them for free. There's simply no way he actually believed that. It reads as a way to further shift blame to the exploiter by painting him as someone who hasn't just exploited an indie game darling, but has taken advantage of their altruism. >In the end, the guy who warned him that an "evil hacker" could compromise the system, turned out to be that evil hacker himself. I really wonder if Mr. Hacker would have gone ahead and done that if Tommy hadn't been so smug about blowing the guy off. If "it's fine" was asking for trouble, "I've done this for a while now" was positively begging for it. I vaguely recall this incident from when it happened, but having recently watched Indie Game The Movie puts a new perspective on it. That chain of events fits the personalities demonstrated in the documentary like a glove.
chris_wot 14y ago
That, my friend, is called spin. I don't believe for one moment that the response "I've done this for years" doesn't smack of eye rolling and dismissiveness. The right answer would have been "DM me", but that was done by the other side.

incision 14y ago

>The level editor was programmed in a rush and he didn't think that anyone would exploit something offered to them for free. There's simply no way he actually believed that. It reads as a way to further shift blame to the exploiter by painting him as someone who hasn't just exploited an indie game darling, but has taken advantage of their altruism. >In the end, the guy who warned him that an "evil hacker" could compromise the system, turned out to be that evil hacker himself. I really wonder if Mr. Hacker would have gone ahead and done that if Tommy hadn't been so smug about blowing the guy off. If "it's fine" was asking for trouble, "I've done this for a while now" was positively begging for it. I vaguely recall this incident from when it happened, but having recently watched Indie Game The Movie puts a new perspective on it. That chain of events fits the personalities demonstrated in the documentary like a glove.

chris_wot 14y ago

That, my friend, is called spin. I don't believe for one moment that the response "I've done this for years" doesn't smack of eye rolling and dismissiveness. The right answer would have been "DM me", but that was done by the other side.