Bill Iburg, aka "Lord Brinne," died in 1999.He is immortalized with tributes in:Morrowind>https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Ashes_of_Lord_BrinneMight & Magic VIII>https://mightandmagic.fandom.com/wiki/The_Tomb_of_Lord_Brinneand, as I just discovered for myself on a recent playthrough, Deus Ex>pic relatedAre they any others I haven't listed?This guy must've been pretty well-liked to have tributes done to him in more than one classic all-time great PC game.
how the fuck did he manage that. ive been a forum poster my whole life and I wont get immortalized in SHIT.
apparently Ultima IX also has a grave in-game dedicated to himhttps://gigi.nullneuron.net/ultima/u9/fun.php>In the same thread, Sergorn also wrote about a similar reference found in Britain: >Sergorn Drakael wrote: "There's also a different memorial near the Britain Cimetary devoted to Lord Brinne, fellow Ultima fan and a prominent member of Ultima IX Horizons who passed away a few month before the game came out. :(">>11503459He seems to have been a very active and respectable member of many online gaming CRPG communities.
I've been carrying around "ashes of lord brinne" in my recent playthrough. I was wondering what the hell those were.
>>11503459You have to die first anon
>>11503459It was somewhat common back in the day because social media didn't exist and the forums were much more personal, and devs would interact with their fanbase directly without any "community managers".E.g. Arcanum (2001 CRPG) has a couch in the bordello, it can be highlighted with the mouse cursor and it will say "Plastic Couch", and when you hit it, the nearby sheep will bleat. There used to be a shitposter called Plastic Couch on Troika's forums way back when.I guess Kickstarter rewards in some of the KS era games are the next closest thing. But those are usually much more in your face as they're paid rewards.
>>11503451fucking lowtax got in morrowind tooat least his artifact was gay and suckedlord brinne got the royal treatment. mentors ring is a staple of basically any early game character
>>11503459Posted a lot, made good posts, being a large fish in what was a smaller pond.
>>11503690As lame as people like lowtax were, I do miss when ecelebs actually had to write shit for their fame.
>>11504319lowtax's only crime was allowing his own site to be taken over from within and not doing a damn thing about it until everyone decided to leave.
>>11503641>I guess Kickstarter rewards in some of the KS era games are the next closest thing. But those are usually much more in your face as they're paid rewardsHappens in early access indie games too if they manage to establish a stable community. >>11504386The bad energy was there from day one, they just didn't have the perfect social trends to pour it into.
>>11503641I remember being a kid posting a whole bunch of stupid questions on the forums for a big-name RTS game right before release and the devs actually answering my questions. It was a wild time
>>11503459>ive been a forum poster have you also kow-towed the line while swallowing dev meat and taking janny meat in the rear?>my whole life and I wont get immortalized in SHITperhaps...expand your horizons somewhat?
>>11503459You now understand why modern life is shit. Everything obeys the supply and demand chain, including human life. Back when the supply of internet denizens was low, their value was high, and every individual poster was appreciated. Too many people means no one cares about anyone.
