Session Start: Wed Aug 12 20:10:13 1998
[20:10] *** Now talking in #mk4
[20:10] *** Topic is 'The Mortal Kombat 4 Playstation/PC Cheat Code will be
        given out in this channel, irc.dragondata.com, tonight! 9pm Eastern (GMT
        - 5), 8pm Central, 6pm Pacific'
[20:10] *** Set by Kevin2 on Wed Aug 12 11:52:55
[20:10] <EdBoon> Noob was in the proto versions of mk4 but then we thought he
        was too hard to see in front of all the backgrounds....
[20:11] <EdBoon> So Dave redesigned his costume and we decided to make a new
        character since Noob was known for being so darc....
[20:11] <EdBoon> The rest iz Reiko history
[20:12] <KevinDay> *AlienKill* (What 3D program is used for MK4 and what Program
        is going to be used in MK5?)
[20:12] <Mikicic> NewTek's Lightwave 3D ...
[20:12] *** KevinDay sets mode: +o Goskie
[20:12] <Mikicic> Tony Goskie is here!!!!
[20:12] <EdBoon> The great Tony Goskie....
[20:13] <Goskie> Shut up
[20:13] <Mikicic> We use Lightwave & Photoshop
[20:13] <Goskie> alot
[20:13] <EdBoon> Whasup to Jim Fink and Jenn Dolari
[20:14] <Goskie> Hello Jen
[20:14] <Mikicic> SUP@!
[20:14] <KevinDay> *belthor* What is up with Reiko is he shao kahn or not?
[20:14] <Mikicic> Not Exactly
[20:14] <KevinDay> *BenKenobi* What do you feel about piracy and how mk4 was out
        on warez days before it hit the stores?
[20:16] <KevinDay> Remember, to get your question answered: /msg Kevin Day <your 
        question>
[20:16] <EdBoon> I think pretty much every game gets pirated to some extent, of
        course we wish this would not happen, but we've got some great "internet
        cops" who are kracking down on them good.
[20:17] <KevinDay> oops.... Remember, to get your question answered: /msg
        KevinDay <your question>
[20:17] <KevinDay> (nospace)
[20:17] <EdBoon> We even recognize some names here, right now.
[20:18] <KevinDay> A lot of users are asking when MK5 is expected to come out,
        any ideas guys?
[20:19] <Goskie> 2007
[20:19] <Goskie> joke
[20:19] <EdBoon> We have not set an exact date, but probably late 99 or early
        2000
[20:20] <KevinDay> *NitroInte* In MK5 what type on Fatalities, Brutatlities,
        etc.. are you thinking of putting in?
[20:20] <EdBoon> Most likely, Sans Komical
[20:20] <KevinDay> I'm going to start kicking people who are changing their
        nicks. :)
[20:20] <Goskie> good
[20:21] <KevinDay>  *ReduxVx* have any of the characters for mk5 been created
        yet and if so how do they tie in with the storyline?
[20:21] <Mikicic> WHO:      THE MK DESIGNERS 
[20:21] <Mikicic> WHEN:    WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 1998 
[20:21] <Mikicic>                 8:00 PM (CST) 
[20:21] <Mikicic> WHERE:  IRC (irc.dragondata) 
[20:21] <Mikicic>                 TYPE:  /JOIN #MK4 
[20:21] <Mikicic> WHY:       ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS 
[20:21] <Mikicic>                 TALK MK. 
[20:21] <Mikicic>                 REVEAL SECRET KODES 
[20:22] <Mikicic> what?
[20:22] <KevinDay> Dave seems to be having some technical problems....
[20:22] <EdBoon> oops
[20:22] <EdBoon> No characters are done yet
[20:22] <Goskie> where brainstorming alot
[20:22] <Mikicic> Eurocom is doing a special version of MK4 for DreamKast
[20:22] <EdBoon> Now MK6, dats a different story
[20:23] <Mikicic> The first MK5 characters done will show up there first.
[20:23] <Goskie> yeaaaa<spoken like Ray>
[20:23] <KevinDay> Remember, stay tuned for the cheat codes for the PSX and PC..
[20:24] <KevinDay>  *REDD0G* Where did you come up with the idea for Mortal
        Kombat? Was it first intended to have a storyline?
[20:25] <EdBoon> It was based on quite a few things, Bloodsport, Enter the
        Dragon.....
[20:25] <EdBoon> The Sound of Music.
[20:26] <KevinDay> *ReikoKahn* To Creators of MK: Was there a reason that you
        put a K instead of C for Combat in the game?
[20:27] <Goskie> K look more treating
[20:27] <Goskie> threating
[20:27] <EdBoon> "threatening" !!!
[20:27] <KevinDay> *MKDamage* Just a question, and I know this is one everyone
        wants to know. Why did you guys give Johnny Cage his ball breaker in the
        MK games?
[20:28] <EdBoon> Van Damme !!
[20:28] <EdBoon> Remember, MK was first going to be a Van Damme Game
[20:29] <KevinDay> *REDD0G* Why did you Pick Johnny Cage to be on the Arcade
        Games Side? Did you think he was going to be a popular character?
[20:29] <EdBoon> Because he is the ugliest character
[20:30] <KevinDay> *Kronsteen* <Is there any way to do Noob's fatalities in MK4,
        without using the cheat menu to do them with D+HP?>
[20:30] <Mikicic> No.
[20:30] <KevinDay> *Dolari* What led to the development of Mythologies? The King
        and I?  Anyways, it's a great game, and I'd love to know what made y'all
        branch out in that direction...
[20:31] <KevinDay> *xemit* You brought Johny Cage back from the dead why didn't
        you bring Kung Lao back
[20:31] <Mikicic> We had too many returning characters as it was....same went
        for Baraka
[20:32] <Mikicic> Josh Tsui is here!
[20:32] <KevinDay> Josh Tsui was nice enough to drop by...
[20:33] <EdBoon> A little freakin l8
[20:33] <KevinDay> *Lord_Rain* Ed, you and John Tobias both got your names in
        Noob Saibot. Are there any other anagrams used as names on characters
        for other people involved in the production of MK?
[20:33] <buppy> sorry, first time on irc...me dumb!
[20:33] <EdBoon> Josh, change your nick
[20:33] <EdBoon> Kevin Day is a hidden character in mk3
[20:33] <buppy> uh...how do i do that?
[20:34] <Goskie> yes dumb BTI
[20:34] <buppy> hey mal
[20:34] <KevinDay> *]{0MBAT* PLEASE ASK THEM... What was their inspiration for
        Baraka
[20:35] <KevinDay>  *ojn* Are there going to be mortal kombat action figures in
        the future?
[20:35] <tsui> sorry about that
[20:35] <EdBoon> Baraka was going to be a boss in mk2, but his head was too big,
        so we made him a normal character!
[20:36] <Goskie> Where looking at prototypes now
[20:37] <EdBoon> The 12" action figures look AWESOME!!!!
[20:37] <KevinDay>  *aca98* What was Kitana's fatalty supposed 2 be. On PSX she
        steps into her opponent and starts "leaking blood".   
[20:37] <Goskie> Cyrax looks great!!
[20:37] <EdBoon> Are you taking about her spitting out the bones of her opponent
[20:37] <KevinDay> *Dolari* How does the MK team feel about the higher number of
        women players playing MK than other games.  Actually, I gotta applaud
        y'all for making some pretty strong female characters in the game.
[20:37] <Mikicic> Action figures = Jade, Liu Kang, Cyrax, Scorpion
[20:38] <Mikicic> Its AWSOME!
[20:38] <KevinDay>  <Yeti> Who orginaly came up to the idea of making MK1 ? and
        why ?
[20:38] <Mikicic> We like our female charactrs strong and threatening
[20:39] <KevinDay> *Cx[KOK]* ask them what they programmed mk4 in
[20:39] <EdBoon> Mk1 was started by John Tobias and myselph
[20:39] <Mikicic> ...not to mention hot!
[20:39] <EdBoon> Mk4 was programmed in DSP assembly language
[20:39] <tsui> the guys are hot too!! uh...sorry
[20:40] <tsui> who is guardbot?
[20:40] <EdBoon> Josh can take any Mythologies questions, he was one of the key
        guys on that game
[20:40] <KevinDay> *ReduxVx* What will be the next mk game to be released for
        any platform?
[20:40] <KevinDay> tsui: he's my body guard....
[20:41] <KevinDay> *]{0MBAT* ask Josh, "What happened to the Netherealm Hound
        from MK Mythologies?"
[20:41] <Goskie> either the DreamKast or Special Forces
[20:41] <EdBoon> Josh...
[20:41] <tsui> uh sorry, yeah
[20:41] <tsui> the netherrealm hound was part of one of the worlds that didn't
        make it into the game
[20:41] <EdBoon> You wanna answer that one?
[20:41] <KevinDay> [MKD] ... Now that word is out for the 3rd film are you going
        to express the need for it to have a darker tone like the first film or
        to take another direction?
[20:42] <tsui> kevin, if anyone messes with you, tell me and they'll be impaled
        with chopstix
[20:42] <KevinDay> josh: is jax and sonya directly involved in the next MKM type
        game
[20:42] <EdBoon> What word is out for the 3rd film?....They are working on the
        MK tv show
[20:42] <KevinDay> *MKX-Ermac* if i almost die, will you answer my question?
[20:43] <KevinDay> *ReduxVx* Would it be possible for you to make a game with
        crossover characters from other games such as Tekken or Street Fighter?
[20:43] <EdBoon> No, but if you phake your death.....
[20:43] <tsui> not sure if i can answer that one
[20:43] <Mikicic> Possible=yes, likely=no
[20:43] <EdBoon> Sure, right after you see Blitz meets NFL Gameday!
[20:44] <tsui> tetris vs qix
[20:44] <KevinDay> Remember, to get your question answered: /msg KevinDay <your
        question>
[20:44] <KevinDay> *MKX-m4tt* Why didn't you guys do WaveNet MK4?
[20:44] <EdBoon> Cuz we wanted mk4 to run at more than 6 frames / sec
[20:45] <KevinDay> *osxAOL* will the dreamcast ver have modem play?
[20:46] <EdBoon> Modem play? That would rock the house like Midway!
[20:46] <KevinDay> *MKX-m4tt* I know this isn't your turf, but who let Wargods
        escape testing? (besides the game testers)
[20:47] <tsui> :O
[20:47] <KevinDay> *Tx-* How closely do you pay attention to the 'net feedback,
        like the newsgroups and web pages?
[20:47] <Mikicic> We do pay attention...we take the fans of the game very
        seriously
[20:47] <Goskie> Japan had a big interst in it, so they let out.
[20:48] <tsui> the fans rock the house
[20:48] <EdBoon> like Midway
[20:48] <tsui> who is guardbot?
[20:48] <KevinDay> *Greesman* Why aren't you guys more involved in the Internet
        community?
[20:49] <EdBoon> Josh, STOP WITH THE GUARDBOT!
[20:49] <Goskie> its Ray
[20:49] <tsui> sorry, i'm just obsessed with it
[20:49] <EdBoon> Its hard to find the time!
[20:49] <KevinDay> *Sub* to EdBoon: whats you favirote combo in MK4?
[20:49] <tsui> ...so about the guardbot
[20:49] <EdBoon> Scorions 200%
[20:49] <tsui> tony is very into the internet
[20:50] <EdBoon> Yea, playing starcraft
[20:50] <KevinDay> *MKX-m4tt* whatever happened to Vicious Circle? That game
        ROCKED! Mutilation!!!!
[20:51] <EdBoon> Its was Viciously Kancalled
[20:51] <EdBoon> Kancelled
[20:51] <KevinDay> *ojn* Are the Figures going to be 3 3/7 or 12"???
[20:51] <tsui> that game rocked the house
[20:51] <Mikicic> 12 "
[20:51] <KevinDay> *Esirc* Ed: do you and john have any involvement with the
        Krusades TV show?
[20:51] <tsui> dave, damn, thats impressive
[20:52] <EdBoon> We are reading scripts, yes
[20:52] <Mikicic> like me
[20:52] <KevinDay> *NitroInte* <How many lines of code was MK4? I know a good
        game(written in c++) can be upwards of 50,000 lines) And Assembly would
        tons more. Got a estimate
[20:52] <tsui> dave, your wife is very lucky
[20:53] <KevinDay> *kusanagi* What hardware will MK5 run on, the successor to
        the Zeus?
[20:53] <EdBoon> Mk4 was TONS of lines, but I never kounted
[20:54] <EdBoon> Mk5 (as well as the other game we are working on) will run on
        Zeus 2, which is 4 times as powerfull as Zeus 1
[20:54] <KevinDay> *ReduxVx* Do you think you'll ever have a twist like Liu Kang
        joining forces with Shang or Shinnok? or Sonya turning against Jax to
        join the resurfaced Kano?
[20:54] <EdBoon> We ALMOST made Kitana become a traitor in MK4
[20:55] <KevinDay>  *ReikoKahn* To The Creators of MK: Is there a possibility
        that any of you will be a hidden character in future MK games?
[20:55] <Mikicic> Highly unlikely.....or maybe not
[20:56] <Mikicic> Dan Forden may show up in 3D sometime
[20:56] <tsui> a 3d carlos pesina would make my day
[20:56] <KevinDay> Ok, and now the moment you've been waiting for... The Cheat
        Codes for MK4 on the PC...
[20:57] <EdBoon> 3d Josh would be the "Tsui" to go !!
[20:57] <Mikicic> To get to the CHEATS menu: 
[20:57] <Mikicic> Enter Kode 312203, then
[20:57] <tsui> ed, that was bad
[20:57] <Mikicic> PLAYER 1 should hold LOWKICK+BLOCK  
[20:57] <EdBoon> what?
[20:57] <Mikicic> over the PRACTICE menu's DIFFICULTY setting.
[20:58] <tsui> for those who don't know "tsui" is pronounced "tsway"
[20:58] <EdBoon> Really? I didnt know that!
[20:58] <KevinDay> For the PlayStation, for those who haven't heard:
[20:58] <KevinDay> Enter kombat code: 302-213
[20:58] <KevinDay> Quit the game, and go to the options menu
[20:58] <KevinDay> Highlight the v.s. screen enabled and hold BLK and RUN for 10
        seconds.
[20:59] <EdBoon> Hold on, gimme a chance to write this down...
[20:59] <tsui> now, this is the code to the spicegirls game?
[21:00] <EdBoon> Josh = The MIdway Court Jester!
[21:00] <tsui> sorry, i'll go back to my corner
[21:00] <KevinDay> Ok.... Now, just to see what will happen, I'll turn off the
        moderation on the channel for a minute, before we end this...
[21:00] <EdBoon> thats KORNER!
[21:01] *** KevinDay sets mode: -m

[ chaos ensues when the channel becomes unmoderated ]

[21:01] *** KevinDay sets mode: +m
[21:01] <tsui> WHOA!!!
[21:01] <tsui> WHOA!!!
[21:01] <tsui> WHOA!!!
[21:01] <KevinDay> That was educational.
[21:01] <Mikicic> Down boy!
[21:01] <EdBoon> KMFDM !!
[21:01] <tsui> FREEDOM!!!
[21:02] <Mikicic> Thanks for joining....
[21:02] <EdBoon> Tsui to go !
[21:02] <KevinDay> We're out of time for tonight, but hopefully we'll be able to
        do this again sometime.
[21:02] <tsui> haha, sorry
[21:02] <EdBoon> dont hold your breath
[21:02] <KevinDay> I'm sorry we weren't able to answer more questions
[21:02] <Mikicic> nice
[21:02] <tsui> ed, what r u wearing?
[21:03] <Mikicic> skin
[21:03] <tsui> oh my!!
[21:03] *** KevinDay sets mode: -l
[21:03] *** KevinDay sets mode: -m
[21:03] <KevinDay> See y'all later!
Session Close: Wed Aug 12 21:03:44 1998