Talk:Chris Sawyer

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Contents 1 Better part of four days? 2 Question 3 Footballer 4 future 5 Photograph 6 Date of Birth

[edit] Better part of four days?

I take issue with the following paragraph: "Sawyer developed an interest in roller coasters, and changed the project into what would become RollerCoaster Tycoon. During the research for this game, Sawyer rode a roller coaster so many times that he ended up in bed for the better part of four days."

What does it mean, "for the better part of four days"? When were the four days mentioned? I want to know where this bit came from. Red Plum 02:28, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

In other words, you'd like a citation (and clarification) for the statement. You can mark it with the {{fact}} template. I've done it for you in the article. — Frecklefoot | Talk 13:53, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

I'm not sure how this factors in to what you have written, but where does Transport Tycoon Deluxe factor into this? My History is a bit fuzzy, but its fair to say he did in fact make improvements on the original Transport Tycoon.

The way i'm reading the article implies to me that he switched from Transport Tycoon, Straight onto Rollercoaster tycoon.

It might also warrant creating a list on his video games and citing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenTTD as proof that some 'Cult' players continue to play and innovate upon games to this day.

I won't edit personally because i'm sure theres a question of relevance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.197.5.20 (talk • contribs)

All games he's credited for TTD on his MobyGames profile. He's given credit for programming TTD, but so are Joe Booth and Nick Tuckett. More information on his career can be found on his website (the first external link) where he discusses his development history.

As for citing OpenTTD, Wikipedia can't cite itself. — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Footballer

An anonymous user, 80.176.159.114 completely deleted the text of the article and replaced it with information about a footballer. Just FYI, this is completely the wrong way to create a new article. The correct action to take is to create a new article with some distingusing text after the name to distinguish it from the existing article. I moved the text to the article Chris Sawyer (footballer), where it belonged in the first place. Just FYI... — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] future

what is chis sawyers coming projects anything new i cant seem to find any updates on him since like 2005??Andrew22k (talk) 16:59, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photograph

I think a photograph of him should be added to the article. I found two on the internet already which are: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/shots/developerId,788/ http://http://www.tycoonplanet.com/images/chris_sawyer.jpg What does everyone else think, are there any other photos? —Preceding unsigned comment added by GACJ (talk • contribs) 21:00, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Date of Birth

Can't help but notice that Sawyers date of birth isn't included in the article. I'd do it myself, but I can't find it.

(Grillspyd (talk) 12:32, 9 April 2008 (UTC))

That's probably why it's not included in the article. — Frecklefσσt | Talk 15:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)