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7:21 PM on 03.31.2007

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OOT2D creator not quite dead
Aaron Linde

OOT2D creator not quite dead screenshot

I wish I could say "I told you so", but I didn't write the post. But if I did go through with some long-winded rant about how Richard Denton, creator of the fabled Ocarina of Time 2D fan project couldn't possibly be dead, you can be damn sure I'd be laughing about this now. Oh, okay, I'll laugh anyway. Hah!

As it turns out, Denton's been pretty busy -- you know, for a dead guy. Since the news of his untimely demise broke, his MSN and MySpace accounts have been active, and legions of Internet Detectives have picked apart the story of his fatal car accident, searching for police records and news reports, any evidence of a Richard Denton eatin' it on a stretch of highway. As the Latin goes, whole lotta nada

Yeah, he's not dead. Faked it. Why? Dude, you'd be wishing for death too if you had all of the Nine Interwebs beating down your door to finish a difficult fan project. If you remember all the ire volleyed at Square Enix when they put the kill on Chrono Resurrection and point that kind of anger at, y'know, a kid, it becomes a scary situation. Can't blame him for wanting out. But still, Denton -- faking your own death? Really?

The Internet is full of resourceful people with far too much time on their hands, which is why trying to fake your own death is a bad idea. Incidentally, that's the same reason that it's mildly terrifying to let down the potentially hundreds of thousands of people eagerly anticipating your completed project. Here's the lesson: having someone kill you would probably be an easier way out. 

[Via SquidNews; thanks Tim!]



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BlackDove's Avatar
BlackDove at 03/31/2007 19:23

Awesome.

Now he should be beaten by people who really are dying.
zaqu's Avatar
zaqu at 03/31/2007 19:29

ive been had, great joke
wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 03/31/2007 19:30

Thats just odd. Surly shouting "GTFO my face and STFU you Zelda whores" would also have worked?
Scape's Avatar
Scape at 03/31/2007 19:30

Now the shit he will get for faking his death and not finishing the game will be 10x worse than the shit he will get for just not finishing it.
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icarus at 03/31/2007 19:32

On the one hand, I am glad he isn't dead because he seemed like a talented guy and it's really tragic for a family when people die suddenly like that. But on the other hand, it is an incredibly dickhead thing to fake your death and have tons of people sympathizing for you when your are sitting at home safe and sound. He should have just manned up and said he wasn't going to finish it. Sure there would have been some backlash, but faking your death is just low.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 03/31/2007 19:43

Bring out your dead!
William Haley's Avatar
William Haley at 03/31/2007 19:52

I would have updated my own story, but I was watching really, really, REALLY, ridiculously terrible Street Fighter videos.
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plyr3005 at 03/31/2007 20:22

phht, he DID die. he just pulled of a Jesus and reurrected. God sent back so he could finish his goddamn project. [/jk]
ozkr's Avatar
ozkr at 03/31/2007 20:44

he is alive in our hearts and our memory... whoever the fuck he was.
Rezbit's Avatar
Rezbit at 03/31/2007 20:56

He just seems like a little punk who wanted some e-fame. What a tool.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 03/31/2007 22:26

Lucky he kept that extra fairy in a bottle.
Oni's Avatar
Oni at 04/01/2007 00:36

Mxyzptlk: You win. That was absolutely amazing. Nobody else bother posting unless you're praising that line. That was truly awe-inspiring.

I lol'd
Artadius's Avatar
Artadius at 04/01/2007 00:36

Told ya so.
trydizon's Avatar
trydizon at 04/01/2007 01:19

@Mxyzptlk:

thats tits. just tits.
Bloodborne's Avatar
Bloodborne at 04/01/2007 02:00

Coulda' fooled me.
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vgfreak30 at 04/01/2007 02:24

Haha what a bum nun. Oh well, this will all eventually pass over.
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Justice at 04/01/2007 02:42

nobody even cares, the guy could have just closd his webpage for no reason and no1 would cry, its a remake of the best 3D game evarrrr(in my opinion). I bet it was just photoshop he used.
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masamunecyrus at 04/01/2007 21:41

The guy should have told the truth -- he's sick of the project, he doesn't think he can finish it, and he'd rather not work on it anymore. People would be pissed, but they wouldn't be as pissed as they are after finding out that he didn't actually die. Also, many people would be sympathetic as many of us have worked on something, only to never finish it because we grow tired of it.
He's a coward, simply put.
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PetiePalo at 04/02/2007 14:02

I totally called this. People wouldn't be pissed if he was "suddenly alive" with the game completed as they would be now that he botched his suicide lol.

Let the man be. In the words of Blizzard, it'll be done when it's done.


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