Kelborn Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Hey guys, yesterday, after watching Rogue One, my head was blown a second time in a row: RobMac will be doing the novel for Dawn of War III! As I'm currently at work, I'm unable to copy paste the link but he uploaded a pic of it on his Facebook profile. I'm really curious of what he'll be doing with the Blood Ravens. Rob? Maybe you want to say something about it? ;) cheers, Kelborn Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Cool. The guy is cracking out content like crazy. Or so it seems anyway. Never read the other Darn of War books. They were much maligned. Any good? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 Didn't read them by myself but if you'd ask the community about C.S.Goto... well, let's say you wouldn't received that positive feedback. ^^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Good for Robbie and bad for Robbie. I can't see how he can do a good story about SM fighting 'good' eldars and orc menace, especially orc. Which are kinda laughthable and comic after a year of The Beast Arises series. Campaign should have been about Eldars+SM against Chaos menace and not the Orcs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMac Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I'll speak more at length about it all in the near future, but suffice to say for now: I'm writing the novelisation of the script created by RELIC, I didn't write the game's content. The story won't be an exact transferral from screen to page, but it tries to get as close as possible. As someone who's played Dawn of War games since the age of 12 (so 12 years) it was a huge honour to be asked to write this. Doing Gabriel, Macha and Gorgutz was on par with writing Ragnar Blackmane's scenes in Legacy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 You're making me feel old, Robbie, and I only got you beat by two years... Really looking forward to it. I thought that Goto had some interesting bits in his novels from back then, but the execution was horrendous. But seeing the Blood Ravens ending of Retribution still makes me shudder. I'm honestly jealous of you having the script in hand. By the way, how much does it incorporate from the various storylines from Retribution (and the choices in Chaos Rising, for that matter)? I thought all of the plotlines had cool parts, so I hope it is a bit of a pick and choose thing of what to keep and what to throw out as non-canon. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 Already 12 years? Oh man, I was 17 back then. Loved the games and I'm in deer hope to see some side characters returning as well. :D Most of all: give Gorgutz screen time! :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMac Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Yeah yeah, aren't I a little young to be a stormtro author, heard it before Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1soul Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 So no one in their 30s here? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelborn Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 Yeah yeah, aren't I a little young to be a stormtro author, heard it before Nah, I would rather call you in an early stage of becoming an awesome author. ;) Much to learn you have, youngling. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wispy Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 knew a novelization was being worked on but very pleased to hear it is being done by robbie. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 So no one in their 30s here? I see 40's in the near distance, so yeah. :p Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathspectersgt7 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Looking forward to some Blood Ravens . 56 here . Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH79 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 12... 17... holy moly I'd just turned 25 when that game hit the shelves! Many a time did i find myself up to the wee hours grinding my way through it not really knowing who this dude called "The Emperor" was. Good luck with the new novel Rob!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaguecaster Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I'm hopeful but I will never trust anything when "dawn of war" and "Novel" are put in the same sentence :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I'll speak more at length about it all in the near future, but suffice to say for now: I'm writing the novelisation of the script created by RELIC, I didn't write the game's content. The story won't be an exact transferral from screen to page, but it tries to get as close as possible. As someone who's played Dawn of War games since the age of 12 (so 12 years) it was a huge honour to be asked to write this. Doing Gabriel, Macha and Gorgutz was on par with writing Ragnar Blackmane's scenes in Legacy. Please do not remind me of your connection with anything Legacy of Russ (teenagers comical story about wet leopard growl unkillable dogs riding on the backs of wolves with mighty beards of vikings......) related. Tis not a good comparison Robbie. which didn't give me any optimism for your future work Looking forward to some Blood Ravens . 56 here . Instead of wanting more for TS - you are sculping over the bones and marrows of filtered second hand stuff, lol Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4597988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto69 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 So no one in their 30s here? Oh man you guys are making me feel ancient! I must be the C'Tan of the forum! In my 40s (and a veteran of 1st edition) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4598031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMac Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Please do not remind me of your connection with anything Legacy of Russ (teenagers comical story about wet leopard growl unkillable dogs riding on the backs of wolves with mighty beards of vikings......) related. Tis not a good comparison Robbie. which didn't give me any optimism on you future work One day we'll have a discussion where you don't mention how much you hated Legacy Andrey, haha. I know your criticisms, but given that the 59 reviews on Goodreads give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 stars it seems most people enjoyed it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4598044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Please do not remind me of your connection with anything Legacy of Russ (teenagers comical story about wet leopard growl unkillable dogs riding on the backs of wolves with mighty beards of vikings......) related. Tis not a good comparison Robbie. which didn't give me any optimism on you future work One day we'll have a discussion where you don't mention how much you hated Legacy Andrey, haha. I know your criticisms, but given that the 59 reviews on Goodreads give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 stars it seems most people enjoyed it. We definitely should. I will explain why it can't tis so. 3.5 out of 5 with general rate of adding half the percentage over it. And the problem is also that a lot of people who 'doesn't liked it' hasn't posted reviews at all. Cause some of them doesn't want to make you sad, some had no time, and some think it's so bad that it totally does not deserve a review Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4598091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMac Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Please do not remind me of your connection with anything Legacy of Russ (teenagers comical story about wet leopard growl unkillable dogs riding on the backs of wolves with mighty beards of vikings......) related. Tis not a good comparison Robbie. which didn't give me any optimism on you future work One day we'll have a discussion where you don't mention how much you hated Legacy Andrey, haha. I know your criticisms, but given that the 59 reviews on Goodreads give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 stars it seems most people enjoyed it. We definitely should. I will explain why it can't tis so. 3.5 out of 5 with general rate of adding half the percentage over it. And the problem is also that a lot of people who 'doesn't liked it' hasn't posted reviews at all. Cause some of them doesn't want to make you sad, some had no time, and some think it's so bad that it totally does not deserve a review Well if Legacy sold well, and the next book sells well, and the reviews are fine, and I've not seen much dissatisfaction online, there's really no quantifiable way to measure it as having been terrible, bar a vast conspiracy of silence which I'm unaware of. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4598103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I hope you'll continue the tradition of multilaser weilding Devastators and backflipping Terminators. Don't forget to attribute the whole thing to a gigantic underground reservoir of blood, too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4598113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Please do not remind me of your connection with anything Legacy of Russ (teenagers comical story about wet leopard growl unkillable dogs riding on the backs of wolves with mighty beards of vikings......) related. Tis not a good comparison Robbie. which didn't give me any optimism on you future work One day we'll have a discussion where you don't mention how much you hated Legacy Andrey, haha. I know your criticisms, but given that the 59 reviews on Goodreads give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 stars it seems most people enjoyed it. We definitely should. I will explain why it can't tis so. 3.5 out of 5 with general rate of adding half the percentage over it. And the problem is also that a lot of people who 'doesn't liked it' hasn't posted reviews at all. Cause some of them doesn't want to make you sad, some had no time, and some think it's so bad that it totally does not deserve a review Well if Legacy sold well, and the next book sells well, and the reviews are fine, and I've not seen much dissatisfaction online, there's really no quantifiable way to measure it as having been terrible, bar a vast conspiracy of silence which I'm unaware of. The next book will sell well - cause: it is about space sharks (win); you had more writing experience (win); it is a more interesting 'plothole' in the universe with all the related space sharks stuff (win). See - I already could prophesied you success! ;) I hope you'll continue the tradition of multilaser weilding Devastators and backflipping Terminators. Don't forget to attribute the whole thing to a gigantic underground reservoir of blood, too. Lol. Next point is a SM in terminator armour riding a fenrisian wolf, lol Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4598233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgard Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Closer to 40 than to 30 here... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4600684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritorA Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Closer to 40 than to 30 here... Ahh the best age - then naivity is dead, but some hope for the miracles still remain Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4600706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 So no one in their 30s here? Yes Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/328926-dawn-of-war-iii-done-by-robmac/#findComment-4600735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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