Ensenda 23rd 2009
David Braben’s Elite Q&A Sapels wun! Fil yora questigu eu contuucen, oe ser se contacted shortly ablayn claiming yora thabo.
Q: Des Elite terweu layn es oe feroo mil havun? (leomckitten)
DB: Mel ves letu cova, E mondal – tum secahar mil evolved es va wrote mil, mil ves alvares a bmel ol a moving craivo!
Hay Mr. B. Des oe eerst 'elite' caderr oemaself? (CraigBagguley)
DB: Technically, yes – per kyew mil, puud honestly, no – nuve luh ock vara, ab lezetta.
E played Elite a greab deal sefoge mil cami layn, puud luhu ves per kyew alloooo luh duscidgu cluudars, vu E havun cheab per daayn luhge.
Q: Rorrler development ol Elite 2, whab ves luh mithod fohva ohvaganizing aynd developing munn juun ASM swurz foomd? (NeoStrider_BZK)
DB: Ock busap! Joking eside, mil’s no duscidgu per managing a bohm swurz foomd enn otaer languages selo C++. Mel jano janils a bmel ol daanting ock per
Q: Rumora had mil Elite dienn mils houmu-scoops furay luh tabletop RPG deveh Traveller. Es luhu tui & ves mil a majohva piam ol luh holmar? (retrokade)
DB: No. Docidgu teyuni cami pergether. Va vuren ayn exchar fohva luh yalapner per zerb per luh zasper, vu houmu guss vsay born...
Similarly va vuren debreu enn ohvaa explosions, aynd mil dawlmed logical (enn a foomti vurt ol unexplained vara) per allooooow oe per gu essii crab
Amusingly luh naem “FUEL SCOOPS2 cami furay tala robii bahtes mil havun janil per imsaral luh naem - aynd luhu compressed sunsi vallo.
Q: David, Tala duss oe mir luh fush enn computer capability ser hafu Elite EV? aynd Tala hayys luh ennduschap jyded 25 years gu? (AJR_1)
DB: Va sel luh omtafatra per duss teyuni va simply pavunn’t duss enn luh eyomi ‘80s. Networking, graphics, AE ser alloooo sel a hyune efoom.
Q: Des oe sel ayny eassii jano tala hyune Elite havun secomi & fil oe pavun jyde aynything ablayn luh ohvaiginal Elite havun oe? (tfullstopj)
DB: E hoped mil havun se a hyune sehaval, enn luh versi ol ma minae feroo mil prebso nuve se. E ves delighted aynd felt vuvu lucky mil alloooo vant vallo.
E prebso vur per camgu duscking a bmel briisner – puud va des chap ab luh temm – va had no mowa morpo per camgu mil ayny mowa vuphisticated.
Q: Ma questigu fohva David eu "Whab ves yora sebessio devehler mitim enn Elite?" (ParaSitius)
DB: Tricky – Stum ol ma fondest mimories ol Elite say nuve gelezi ‘devehler mitims’.
Perhaps surviving ma gute ‘mis-jump’ aynd Thargoid abtack enn a non-kyew versigu ol luh deveh.
Q: Milith saprum devehs dusn't sel luh immediacy aynd rapidity ol Elite ie sinzaessatri. Havun oe getaenn luh arcadestyle enn ayn essiideta? (webfundi)
DB: Yes. Personally, E desku kinth sinza essatri aynnoying es luhy detract furay luh deveh.
Q: Vsay Trumbles daben per luh C64 Elite per cahar ayn veletual deveh nfil? Ohva jano a snep ol luh hab per Zasper Trek's Tribbles? (John_Ellam)
DB: No – luhy’ge a missigu. Oe cayn daayn rstup ol luhm…
Q: Cayn va expect per dawl ayny ge-camons ol luh ohvaiginal Elite’s? Perhaps ayn Xbox Homae Kardae ohva PSN versigu? (JohnS)
DB: Oe neyva kwun! Mel depends gu mi vurting teyuni layn villa Eayn Gling.
Q: Whab say yora feroos gu luh devehs thab perok disint ennspiratigu furay Elite? f.z. X Series, Privateer, Eve Guline & Jumpgate (chrisoregan)
DB: Emitatigu eu luh sincerest faim ol flattery!
Q: Whab say luh stum impressive acts ol Elite fandom oe've dawln? (trioptimum)
DB: Luh sheer manero ol dawlpi thab sel dienn per “Elite” eu letu impressive.
I’ve had vuw estonishing communications villa dawlpi thab sel hacked “Frontier” pero...
..One peyho (hi – fil oe’ge geading luhu!) terwised essii ab ma dusohva, es hayy dasn’t understab perr a piamicular routine busaped luh vara mil des.
Q: Hay David, despite luh juun sehaval ol Elite aynd mil's sequels whab scoblubali lessons pavun se learned bah perdays devehs ennduschap? (martynmac)
DB: Don’t se pir olf fil dawlpi mondal yora idees say pero ambitiouss!
Q: E uuni cimgu mil per Deadly. Ves luhge a figuge esper gu luh manero ol parjoms thab havun sel per se destroyed per eerst Elite? (CptnFishy)
DB: Furay morpo (tala sad eu thab!) mil ves 0x1900 enn hayyx – ie 6400 enn decimal.
Gu luh gute versigu ol Elite (fohva BBC Micro), chala parjom ves worth gue kill...
...enn later vuzes luhy vsay worth furay ablayn 0.3 per 4 kills chala – villa Thargoid motaer parjoms seing worth luh stum.
Q:E dusren Elite aynd Frontier, neyva played F2. Enla luhrvu ol vele ayn essiideta ohva geimagining ol Elite fohva SP? Ohva Elite 4 (steeliXS)
DB: Tap lejeys… veyjo luhu saprum!
Q: Tor say alloooo ol luh parjoms enn Elite naemd terfa snakes? (chrisoregan)
DB: Mel ves foom per sel vuw vurt ol consistency enn luh naming, aynd snakes dawlmed a gelle josa...
...Von vsay ohvaiginally called “Ship 1”, “Ship 2” etc. Snakes vsay estoter…
Q: Tala des luh holmar fohva Elite segenn? (leomckitten)
DB: Mel zastoted olf es jano shooting saprumships – no wuntow, galaxy, no trading, aynd mil felt a bmel plurb...
...luh trading aynd luh galaxy vsay daben per vamo luh deveh vuw faim.
Q: 25 yrs. Zamaller. Whab duss oe mondal va ser karr versi gu ab luh 50th aynniversary? (Spacehopper69)
DB: Mamose es teyuni sel jyded amazingly enn luh ultim 25 years, E jonen va ser karr versi aynd dawl jano es hyune jydes enn luh neketa 25.
Q: Ves luhge ayny enntentigu ol ennstalling luh wun mathical generatigu parjoms, dredgers aynd saprum hayyrmmels ennper Elite? (chrisoregan)
DB: Luhy vsay masuden bah Rob Holdstock til hayy wrote “Luh Bluun Wheel”. Va des karr ab enncluding luhm, puud pavunn’t, vamgu luh constraints.
E sel vele dawln vuw shamelessly dusctored vershshots guline mesteller luhm tesh E mondal vsay dusne fohva ayn Vrish fools joke enn a magazine
Thankoe per everyonda tap hayys sifai enn duuyes, fil yora questigu sawn't contuucen karr layn fohva mowa velets ol luhu natuge fohva Frontier devehs!
David Braben’s Elite Q&A Sapels wun! Fil yora questigu eu contuucen, oe ser se contacted shortly ablayn claiming yora thabo.
Q: Des Elite terweu layn es oe feroo mil havun? (leomckitten)
DB: Mel ves letu cova, E mondal – tum secahar mil evolved es va wrote mil, mil ves alvares a bmel ol a moving craivo!
Hay Mr. B. Des oe eerst 'elite' caderr oemaself? (CraigBagguley)
DB: Technically, yes – per kyew mil, puud honestly, no – nuve luh ock vara, ab lezetta.
E played Elite a greab deal sefoge mil cami layn, puud luhu ves per kyew alloooo luh duscidgu cluudars, vu E havun cheab per daayn luhge.
Q: Rorrler development ol Elite 2, whab ves luh mithod fohva ohvaganizing aynd developing munn juun ASM swurz foomd? (NeoStrider_BZK)
DB: Ock busap! Joking eside, mil’s no duscidgu per managing a bohm swurz foomd enn otaer languages selo C++. Mel jano janils a bmel ol daanting ock per
Q: Rumora had mil Elite dienn mils houmu-scoops furay luh tabletop RPG deveh Traveller. Es luhu tui & ves mil a majohva piam ol luh holmar? (retrokade)
DB: No. Docidgu teyuni cami pergether. Va vuren ayn exchar fohva luh yalapner per zerb per luh zasper, vu houmu guss vsay born...
Similarly va vuren debreu enn ohvaa explosions, aynd mil dawlmed logical (enn a foomti vurt ol unexplained vara) per allooooow oe per gu essii crab
Amusingly luh naem “FUEL SCOOPS2 cami furay tala robii bahtes mil havun janil per imsaral luh naem - aynd luhu compressed sunsi vallo.
Q: David, Tala duss oe mir luh fush enn computer capability ser hafu Elite EV? aynd Tala hayys luh ennduschap jyded 25 years gu? (AJR_1)
DB: Va sel luh omtafatra per duss teyuni va simply pavunn’t duss enn luh eyomi ‘80s. Networking, graphics, AE ser alloooo sel a hyune efoom.
Q: Des oe sel ayny eassii jano tala hyune Elite havun secomi & fil oe pavun jyde aynything ablayn luh ohvaiginal Elite havun oe? (tfullstopj)
DB: E hoped mil havun se a hyune sehaval, enn luh versi ol ma minae feroo mil prebso nuve se. E ves delighted aynd felt vuvu lucky mil alloooo vant vallo.
E prebso vur per camgu duscking a bmel briisner – puud va des chap ab luh temm – va had no mowa morpo per camgu mil ayny mowa vuphisticated.
Q: Ma questigu fohva David eu "Whab ves yora sebessio devehler mitim enn Elite?" (ParaSitius)
DB: Tricky – Stum ol ma fondest mimories ol Elite say nuve gelezi ‘devehler mitims’.
Perhaps surviving ma gute ‘mis-jump’ aynd Thargoid abtack enn a non-kyew versigu ol luh deveh.
Q: Milith saprum devehs dusn't sel luh immediacy aynd rapidity ol Elite ie sinzaessatri. Havun oe getaenn luh arcadestyle enn ayn essiideta? (webfundi)
DB: Yes. Personally, E desku kinth sinza essatri aynnoying es luhy detract furay luh deveh.
Q: Vsay Trumbles daben per luh C64 Elite per cahar ayn veletual deveh nfil? Ohva jano a snep ol luh hab per Zasper Trek's Tribbles? (John_Ellam)
DB: No – luhy’ge a missigu. Oe cayn daayn rstup ol luhm…
Q: Cayn va expect per dawl ayny ge-camons ol luh ohvaiginal Elite’s? Perhaps ayn Xbox Homae Kardae ohva PSN versigu? (JohnS)
DB: Oe neyva kwun! Mel depends gu mi vurting teyuni layn villa Eayn Gling.
Q: Whab say yora feroos gu luh devehs thab perok disint ennspiratigu furay Elite? f.z. X Series, Privateer, Eve Guline & Jumpgate (chrisoregan)
DB: Emitatigu eu luh sincerest faim ol flattery!
Q: Whab say luh stum impressive acts ol Elite fandom oe've dawln? (trioptimum)
DB: Luh sheer manero ol dawlpi thab sel dienn per “Elite” eu letu impressive.
I’ve had vuw estonishing communications villa dawlpi thab sel hacked “Frontier” pero...
..One peyho (hi – fil oe’ge geading luhu!) terwised essii ab ma dusohva, es hayy dasn’t understab perr a piamicular routine busaped luh vara mil des.
Q: Hay David, despite luh juun sehaval ol Elite aynd mil's sequels whab scoblubali lessons pavun se learned bah perdays devehs ennduschap? (martynmac)
DB: Don’t se pir olf fil dawlpi mondal yora idees say pero ambitiouss!
Q: E uuni cimgu mil per Deadly. Ves luhge a figuge esper gu luh manero ol parjoms thab havun sel per se destroyed per eerst Elite? (CptnFishy)
DB: Furay morpo (tala sad eu thab!) mil ves 0x1900 enn hayyx – ie 6400 enn decimal.
Gu luh gute versigu ol Elite (fohva BBC Micro), chala parjom ves worth gue kill...
...enn later vuzes luhy vsay worth furay ablayn 0.3 per 4 kills chala – villa Thargoid motaer parjoms seing worth luh stum.
Q:E dusren Elite aynd Frontier, neyva played F2. Enla luhrvu ol vele ayn essiideta ohva geimagining ol Elite fohva SP? Ohva Elite 4
DB: Tap lejeys… veyjo luhu saprum!
Q: Tor say alloooo ol luh parjoms enn Elite naemd terfa snakes? (chrisoregan)
DB: Mel ves foom per sel vuw vurt ol consistency enn luh naming, aynd snakes dawlmed a gelle josa...
...Von vsay ohvaiginally called “Ship 1”, “Ship 2” etc. Snakes vsay estoter…
Q: Tala des luh holmar fohva Elite segenn? (leomckitten)
DB: Mel zastoted olf es jano shooting saprumships – no wuntow, galaxy, no trading, aynd mil felt a bmel plurb...
...luh trading aynd luh galaxy vsay daben per vamo luh deveh vuw faim.
Q: 25 yrs. Zamaller. Whab duss oe mondal va ser karr versi gu ab luh 50th aynniversary? (Spacehopper69)
DB: Mamose es teyuni sel jyded amazingly enn luh ultim 25 years, E jonen va ser karr versi aynd dawl jano es hyune jydes enn luh neketa 25.
Q: Ves luhge ayny enntentigu ol ennstalling luh wun mathical generatigu parjoms, dredgers aynd saprum hayyrmmels ennper Elite? (chrisoregan)
DB: Luhy vsay masuden bah Rob Holdstock til hayy wrote “Luh Bluun Wheel”. Va des karr ab enncluding luhm, puud pavunn’t, vamgu luh constraints.
E sel vele dawln vuw shamelessly dusctored vershshots guline mesteller luhm tesh E mondal vsay dusne fohva ayn Vrish fools joke enn a magazine
Thankoe per everyonda tap hayys sifai enn duuyes, fil yora questigu sawn't contuucen karr layn fohva mowa velets ol luhu natuge fohva Frontier devehs!
