http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/07/15/undying-vampire-bloodlines-patched-anew/
From the comments:
Tessera says:
07/16/2011 at 00:46
It has come to my attention that there is quite a bit of confusion and disinformation being posted within this topic. I will respond more fully later on.
Has Tessera absorbed Derek Smart's powers?
Tessera says:
07/16/2011 at 00:49
I would like to warn everyone to carefully scrutinize any comments which are obviously being made by people who have a less than helpful agenda. For example, there have already been a string of ridiculous disinformation and outright lies posted within this thread by someone using the name “Dominic White.” Please allow me to offer a polite rebuttal to those comments:
First of all, absolutely no part of the True Patch Gold Edition was “stolen,” nor is it a “hacked together botch job.” The True Patch Gold Edition is actually the most stable and reliable patch available for Bloodlines on the entire worldwide web. Furthermore, the complete development of the True Patch Gold Edition was performed in a very open and transparent manner, with the entire procedure being very well-documented on the tessmage.com Forums. In addition… and unlike ANY version of Wesp’s so-called patch… the True Patch was extensively tested for two full weeks, by a group of volunteer beta testers prior to its release. This was done to ensure that our patch would only be FIXING bugs… not adding any new ones, unlike a certain other “patch.”
Frankly, I am amazed by Dominic White’s comments, because each and every one of his comments is not only an outright lie, but all of those comments are quite easily refuted. Perhaps he didn’t think that I would actually show up and respond to his fallacious statements. Or perhaps he is simply parroting the idiotic smack talk made by what I refer to as “Wesp’s groupies.” In any case, there is nothing freaky or sinister about me and/or the True Patch.
Nor does the True Patch have anything whatsoever to do with any nude mods that I have released in the past. Those two hobbies are entirely separate from one another. Oh… and for the record, no — I am not “a lunatic who makes nude skins for every game under the sun.” I have been officially retired from modding for over two years…. but back when I was releasing nude mods, I only released mods for a grand total of five or six games. Hardly what I would call “every game under the sun.” and all of those mods were extremely popular. In fact, one of those mods has proven to be far more popular than all of the other mods and patches available for Bloodlines COMBINED. Sorry to blow my own horn here, but I wanted to get things into their proper perspective.
The actual bottom line is this: the True Patch Gold Edition fixes ALL of the most important bugs which exist in the plain-vanilla version of Bloodlines, without making any unnecessary changes to the original items, quests and overall gameplay. This is in stark contrast to the so-called “unofficial patches” produced on an almost bi-weekly basis by Werner Spahl (Wesp5). Every version of his work — including his mislabeled “basic” version — is filled from top to bottom with unnecessary and completely arbitrary changes to the default game. Where I come from, that’s not a patch — it’s a mod. And that is why we created the True Patch in the first place: to give Bloodlines players the option of simply patching the game and playing it without any unnecessary changes — the way Troika originally intended for it to be played. You can always install a mod later on, if you want certain things to be different. But to impose a slew of completely arbitrary and subjective changes upon every single end user is simply not what I would consider to be permissible within the confines of an actual patch.
Sadly, Werner Spahl (Wesp5) has a very different philosophy and thus, every single version of his work to date forces the end user to accept a plethora of changes to the game that many players may NOT want to have forced upon them. This is a very sad state of affairs… but fortunately, the True Patch Gold Edition exists as an extremely high-quality alternative.
Every single statement within this rebuttal can be verified. So let me close by saying this: if you dislike me for some reason, or if you are a repressed individual who holds some sort of irrational resentment of nude modders, then that is your problem. But to attack my work with a string of deliberate lies and deceptions is not only unfair to the larger Bloodlines community, but it is also extremely childish and should be beneath any true adult.
All my best,
- Tessera -
Author: True Patch Gold Edition for VTM: Bloodlines
To “Fiatil”
No worries… I have no intention of allowing them to suck me into yet another of their childish battles.
But I would like to respond to something that you said about Wesp’s so-called “light” or “basic” version of his “unofficial patch.”
Recently on the tessmage.com Forums, one of our veteran members performed a very lengthy and point-by-point analysis of Wesp’s recent work. He then posted a very revealing examination of exactly how many unnecessary and completely arbitrary changes have been introduced into Bloodlines by Wesp and his cohorts.
We had always known that Wesp’s work contains numerous unnecessary changes to the game. But we were actually shocked when it was revealed that even in the most “basic” version of Wesp’s so-called “patch,” there are literally HUNDREDS of changes which are NOT required. Far from being “bug fixes and restored content,” every single one of those hundreds of changes are actually frivolous, subjective and completely unwarranted.
Some players may like those changes. Others may not. It doesn’t matter, because we are talking about a patch here — not a mod. My position has always been that it is wrong to disguise your release as a “patch,” and then use it to FORCE every single end user to accept numerous changes to the game which are… in almost every single case… completely arbitrary and unwarranted.
Hence the creation of the True Patch. Indeed, this is why I named it “The True Patch” in the first place: because unlike every single version of Wesp’s work, it is in fact a “true” patch, in the sense that it focuses almost entirely upon fixing
Tessera says:
07/16/2011 at 01:51
mwoody says:
07/16/2011 at 01:27
“Indeed, let’s revisit Tessera’s past work.”
Oh, please. First of all, that is not an example of “my past work.” That is an example of a HUGE fight that erupted between me and Wesp back in 2007. It was FOUR YEARS AGO and much of my anger was in response to a string of insults being hurled by Wesp on numerous other forum boards. make no mistake — Wesp is no saint in this conflict. Let’s keep that crystal clear. As for my bad temper, it is notorious and I make no apologies for it. But more importantly, it has absolutely no bearing whatsoever upon the quality of my ACTUAL WORK, which you have failed to properly mention.
I could counter your post by bringing up the numerous examples of sabotage… committed directly by Wesp… upon every single mention made of the True Patch on nearly every single game-related forum board which exists. And we could no doubt chat for hours about Wesp’s revolting past history of making deliberately misleading and inappropriate edits to the Wikipedia entries regarding the True Patch. Quite a heated battle broke out over that nasty little bit of skulduggery, too. Or, I could talk about the fact that more than half of the content contained within Wesp’s so-called “unofficial patch” was not actually created by Wesp himself… but was indeed lifted from the hard work done by others. And sometimes, Wesp did so without obtaining prior permission.
We could go on and on… all day and night… making accusations and counter-accusations. And in the end, it is actually Wesp who would come out looking the worst. But I didn’t come here to fight. I have already had all of those tired old battles and I have no interest in rehashing them. I came here to tell the truth about the True Patch Gold Edition. That’s it… that’s the only reason for my appearance on this blog.
I created the True Patch as a favor to Bloodlines players. I don’t make any money from it. I don’t seek any career in gaming from it. I don’t get any big rush to my ego if lots of people install it (my other mods have already done wonders for my ego, thank you very much). Nope… my motives are purely altruistic. I wanted Bloodlines players to have free and easy access to a viable alternative to Wesp’s work. And that is precisely what I have given to them. That is my contribution to the larger Bloodlines community… and in my opinion, it has been a very valuable contribution.
And as it turned out, thousands upon thousands of Bloodlines players decided that indeed, they preferred to play Troika’s game without bugs… not Wesp’s deliberately dumbed-down and bastardized version of it. I am therefore glad to know that my initial anger towards Wesp was entirely justified… and that there was indeed a serious need for the True Patch.
Anyone can make anonymous comments on an obscure blog. But only a very few of us have actually contributed anything of value to this game. I happen to be one of those people and I am very proud of the work that I have done.
- Tessera -
Indeed, let’s revisit Tessera’s past work. We can start with an old forum post of his, talking to Wesp (the creator of the patch linked in the RPS article above). It’s long, but I think it deserves to be recreated in the full.
“No, you disgusting little kraut bastard… we knew where they were BECAUSE WE HAVE PLAYED THE GAME AS LONG AS YOU HAVE.
You FUCKING DISGUSTING
MEGALOMANIACAL little NAZI. Do you honestly think you have some gifted knowledge of Bloodlines that NO ONE ELSE can POSSIBLY possess..?
Wesp… if I were you
, I would thank the gods that there is an entire ocean separating you from me right now. Be very, very thankful for that… you slimy, self-serving little piece of human garbage. If there is any justice in this world, then you will surely die of the most horrible disease known to mankind. I will pray for that in earnest.
FUCK YOU, JUNIOR HITLER. Now shove it up your ass and
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gotta give credits where they're due
) on it — the way you enjoy it most.
The only liar here is YOU. Do you wanna know who the REAL thief is, Wesp..? Shall I tell you, scumbag..?
YOU STOLE BLOODLINES — FROM EVERY SINGLE PLAYER OF THIS GAME ON THE PLANET WHO INSTALLED YOUR HORRIBLE, CHILDISHLY CONCEIVED and
DISGUSTINGLY INAPPROPRIATE CONVERSION MODS.
You, Wesp… YOU STOLE THEIR GAME FROM THEM. You STOLE IT from Troika, too. You STOLE IT from new players who did not know any better, and installed YOUR AMATEURISH CRAP — because they thought that it was an actual patch. YOU, WESP — YOU STOLE BLOODLINES FROM HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, just so you could feed your post-adolescent ego, and your laughably silly dream that you will somehow get a career out of this idiocy.
I honestly hope you DIE… DIE… DIE, you disgusting little German SCHWEINHUND.
Pray that you never meet me face-to-face, Werner. Fortunately, I don’t go to oppressive shitholes like Germany.I don’t like Nazis, drunks(?) andfaggots — the three things that Germany has contributed to the world in abundance. So I guess you’re safe, you slimy little piece of monkey shit.
And that, dear Wesp, is my farewell to YOU
PERSONALLY. I couldn’t miss this last opportunity to tell you how fond I am of you and your
“work.” Hopefully, you will read this before it gets deleted —
you masturbating, puny little kraut faggot.”
