Oh, how could I have been so blind! Of course, it’s so obvious.
I’ve lost you, haven’t I?
Quick intro: Tiggs was the community liason developer for Star Wars Galaxies, an online (MMORPG) that I used to play. She was the person who kept us up to date with the latest changes to the game.
When the hellstorm that was the NGE (New Game Experience) landed, and annoyed all the players, Tiggs had up to that point been saying there were no big changes ahead; a stance that her paymasters at SOE made her stick to, despite her knowledge of the upcoming game revamp.
Tiggs lost the community’s trust because of that.
Afterwards, SOE effectively fired her (transfered to a lower position supporting a different game) – in effect for doing what they told her to do.
It’s EXACTLY what happened to Hal 9000! In 2001, he killed the crew of the USSS Discovery because he was told about the true reason for the Jupiter mission, to examine the Monolith, and instructed not to reveal anything to Dave Bowman or Frank Poole. Since this contradicts with Hal’s basic function; the accurate processing and interpretation of data without distortion or concealment, he became trapped. He became paranoid.
It’s only after seeing 2010 where Hal’s actions are explained that I really understand how hard it must have been for Tiggs not to tell us, the players, what was going on.
Sorry Tiggs.
‘Daisy…daisy…..give me…you…answer..do…….’
You can read Tiggs’ live journal here: http://ladytiggs.livejournal.com/
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