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Old 10-01-2008, 08:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Jeff Freeman, Former SWG Lead Gameplay Designer, Dies

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Despite the fact that he continued to suffer online abuse at the hands of Star Wars Galaxies players unhappy with the NGE changes even after leaving Sony Online Entertainment in late 2006, Freeman's brother clarified that his suicide had nothing to do with the game. "I want everyone to know that it was not SWG that led him to take his life," he said. "He has been troubled for some time. There were a lot of personal issues that tore at him."
Somehow I doubt that.

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Old 10-01-2008, 08:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Raph Koster, who got him hired into the SWG team, remembers him: Raph's Website » Jeff “Dundee” Freeman

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Have you seen some of the comments under Jeff's last blog post on his own site? Sick motherfuckers.
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Old 10-01-2008, 09:49 AM   #5 (permalink)
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SWG, fuck ups and all, still remains as my favorite MMO of all time. If it wasn't fucked up, it could've been the greatest.

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I made 007 Racing and never received the abuse he got.

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Wow.

I remember Jeff. I was in beta for SWG. He took all the heat but I always blamed Koster.

In fact I got banned from the forums and only took potshots when Ralph posted.

I really hope this had nothing to do with a stupid game but it was his job and he had to deal with the no-live losers who actually continued to carry on after they stopped playing.

RIP man.
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This is sad news to hear. SWG was one of the first MMO's I ever played and still love it.

It still amazes me after all this time how much hate there is towards the NGE and SOE because of it. We all lost something..but jesus how long ago was it? that's sometime to be holding so much hate over something. Move on get a grip.
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However, I am taking his brother's word for it that this had nothing to do with SWG and I wouldn't assume that it did, personally. It takes a lot to drive someone to suicide.
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I made 007 Racing and never received the abuse he got.

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So you are to blame for that fiasco.

P.S. I never played the game and was just trying to lighten things up.

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However, I am taking his brother's word for it that this had nothing to do with SWG and I wouldn't assume that it did, personally. It takes a lot to drive someone to suicide.
People sometimes live quite a long time with suicidal thoughts and hide it from others. He might have had those thoughts before SWG came out.
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