JaggySnake Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Sorry if this has been posted before! If it has, you know what to do... Look at this link: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=504969&hl= It said that the three protagonists are named Michael, Trevor and Albert. I don't think it is much harm to release just their names and give an area of release date. He got 2 out of 3 names right. Reading the comments is a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DlZZEE Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 And he got banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaggySnake Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 And he got banned Yeah but he was right while everyone was saying he was lying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golf wang Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I love how everyone thought he was lying. It's comedy now, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jogy Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Already known Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrrhic Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Anyone else reckon Michael might've been called Albert in the earlier stages of development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonp92 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Anyone else reckon Michael might've been called Albert in the earlier stages of development? You mean Franklin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.hunt Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 sacked from one of the most awesome jobs of the world and then insulted by a bunch of nerds, what a loser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DXfan01 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 haha all those people doubting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabalous Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 He also had this sensetive information (here) that includes things like Bully 2 and MAFIA III. Wow! GTA V was supposed to release in fiscal year 2010 along Agent and other too ambitious games. Rockstar was taking itself seriously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrrhic Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Anyone else reckon Michael might've been called Albert in the earlier stages of development? You mean Franklin? No, I mean Michael. Remember how there was that massive thing going around saying tht the guy in the trailer was called Albert De Silva? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golf wang Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 So many people are so skeptical on this forum and don't believe anything, I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyEatingCheese Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 That guy must have been feeling really angry back then. Now he would be saying ' told you so'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staten Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 That guy must have been feeling really angry back then. Now he would be saying ' told you so'. Yeah, he said that the game would be released in November, and look at how right he was. GTA V is fun! It's so great playing as Albert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbatron Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 There's an unfortunate implication about this having read it again. It looks like it might be genuine - how would you guess those names correctly? (OK Albert has become Franklin, but that's something they might easily have changed since. Getting both Trevor and Michael right would be one hell of shot in the dark). The problem is, he says it is nearly finished and could be released in the summer 2012, or October maybe at the latest. So what? For those of you who haven't forgotten, Take2 promised a huge bulk of revenue and share earnings before March 2013, which has now been delayed along with GTA V. It puts serious questions around that promise if they infact were fully capable of releasing by now and simply chose not to for tactical reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staten Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 It looks like it might be genuine - how would you guess those names correctly? Trevor and Michael are common names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebby Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Yeah, I'm gonna' go out on a limb here and say that is was simply just a genuine guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaggySnake Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 There's an unfortunate implication about this having read it again. It looks like it might be genuine - how would you guess those names correctly? (OK Albert has become Franklin, but that's something they might easily have changed since. Getting both Trevor and Michael right would be one hell of shot in the dark). The problem is, he says it is nearly finished and could be released in the summer 2012, or October maybe at the latest. So what? For those of you who haven't forgotten, Take2 promised a huge bulk of revenue and share earnings before March 2013, which has now been delayed along with GTA V. It puts serious questions around that promise if they infact were fully capable of releasing by now and simply chose not to for tactical reasons. Maybe they just had some problems or wanted to work on it a bit more. I think it was obvious they wanted to release it in October 2012 but, as usual, they had to delay it for whatever reason into Spring 2013. That's what I like about Rockstar, they won't release it until they are 100% happy with the game. The only difference this time is they didn't announce the release date for October 2012 and then come out and say "Sorry, we need to delay it. It'll be out April/May 2013". They have just been keeping quiet until they are absolutely sure of a date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbatron Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 It looks like it might be genuine - how would you guess those names correctly? Trevor and Michael are common names. How many common names do you think there are? It's not impossible to guess correctly but the chances of pulling them out of the hat are millions to one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herounderfireza Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Anyone else reckon Michael might've been called Albert in the earlier stages of development? You mean Franklin? No, I mean Michael. Remember how there was that massive thing going around saying tht the guy in the trailer was called Albert De Silva? What he meant was, Michael and Trevor's names stayed the same, but "Albert" was changed to Franklin, so in fact, Albert wasn't the guy in the 1st trailer at all. Albert was who Franklin now is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staten Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 It looks like it might be genuine - how would you guess those names correctly? Trevor and Michael are common names. How many common names do you think there are? It's not impossible to guess correctly but the chances of pulling them out of the hat are millions to one. Have you heard of the Texas sharpshooter fallacy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semajmarc Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 It looks like it might be genuine - how would you guess those names correctly? Trevor and Michael are common names. What's your point? I want you to name the two common male names I'm thinking of. You have one try. See my point? That guy knew what he was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Albert was who Franklin now is. Not exactly sure why you can say that. Considering you are basing the "Albert" name on the casting call leak, this is the associated profile for "Albert": http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=471361 It shows Albert has an 18 year old son. You can't say Albert is now known as Franklin because Franklin is in his early 20s, i.e. he can't have an 18 year old son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbatron Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 There's an unfortunate implication about this having read it again. It looks like it might be genuine - how would you guess those names correctly? (OK Albert has become Franklin, but that's something they might easily have changed since. Getting both Trevor and Michael right would be one hell of shot in the dark). The problem is, he says it is nearly finished and could be released in the summer 2012, or October maybe at the latest. So what? For those of you who haven't forgotten, Take2 promised a huge bulk of revenue and share earnings before March 2013, which has now been delayed along with GTA V. It puts serious questions around that promise if they infact were fully capable of releasing by now and simply chose not to for tactical reasons. Maybe they just had some problems or wanted to work on it a bit more. I think it was obvious they wanted to release it in October 2012 but, as usual, they had to delay it for whatever reason into Spring 2013. That's what I like about Rockstar, they won't release it until they are 100% happy with the game. The only difference this time is they didn't announce the release date for October 2012 and then come out and say "Sorry, we need to delay it. It'll be out April/May 2013". They have just been keeping quiet until they are absolutely sure of a date. Generally I agree with the philosophy of producing excellence and allowing that to take as long as it does. However, this guy said it was nearly finished when he left - in October 2011! I would just be spectulating, but there are various finanical reasons why delaying it to the next fiscal could be advantageous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 So many people are so skeptical on this forum and don't believe anything, I love it How should anyone have known at the time that was real, considering all the major trolls and fake stuff out there? Remember all the supposed leaks about how you play as one character named "Adrian"? There are countless other fakes, so how could people have distinguished that one at the time from the rest, other than people who actually work on the game? It's easy now to laugh at those people when you know information on the game - but not fair because you wouldn't have believed it, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronimpact Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Trevor is a pretty random name. I could see a GTA playable character being called Michael. But Trevor? No way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golf wang Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 So many people are so skeptical on this forum and don't believe anything, I love it How should anyone have known at the time that was real, considering all the major trolls and fake stuff out there? Remember all the supposed leaks about how you play as one character named "Adrian"? There are countless other fakes, so how could people have distinguished that one at the time from the rest, other than people who actually work on the game? It's easy now to laugh at those people when you know information on the game - but not fair because you wouldn't have believed it, as well. Ok true, true, you have a point, Adriaan. But some people on here are CRAZY skeptical. You know who I'm talking about. I'm just poking fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zer0w5 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 So many people are so skeptical on this forum and don't believe anything, I love it How should anyone have known at the time that was real, considering all the major trolls and fake stuff out there? Remember all the supposed leaks about how you play as one character named "Adrian"? There are countless other fakes, so how could people have distinguished that one at the time from the rest, other than people who actually work on the game? It's easy now to laugh at those people when you know information on the game - but not fair because you wouldn't have believed it, as well. But now that we know, there will be a PC version Also why not just unban the guy, imo he is wrongfully banned. but that's just me I guess.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackNoise Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 It looks like it might be genuine - how would you guess those names correctly? Trevor and Michael are common names. That's a stupid statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriaan Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 To be honest I think that person just overheard someone that works on the game. A lot of the other stuff was added based on rumors, like the Albert name. It seems from the casting call leak that Albert changed to Michael - but considering he put both Michael and Albert there, it makes no sense and shows this leaker didn't actually have a lot of access to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
