Posted by
timothy
on from the please-give-me-a-driving-simulator dept.
PokeBlor writes: "Arena.net has an article by Patrick Wyatt, a Blizzard ex, that goes into depth about the creation of multiplayer games, ranging from replayability to lag. He uses good examples from Starcraft and Warcraft 2, two games that Wyatt was a designer on."
Oxymoron...social gamers
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 0, Funny
"On-line gaming is a very social experience" Does anyone else find this statement amusing? Granted, this might be high socialization for the average geek. Many folks still insist that a social experience requires actual 3-Dimensional people! Is this statement indicative of a cultural shift?
Re:Oxymoron...social gamers
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artemis67
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True, most of the "social interaction" in online games consists of the following statements:
"You f***ing lagger! Relog now!" "Stupid newbie!" "WTF? You hacker!" "Camper!!! Kick that f***ing camper!" "0wned!" "Ha ha you suck!" "You #!@% Q#% @!#%$ piece of @#%$!"
Does he go into how to sue people who clone your game servers? Cause that's an important area of Blizzard's business right now too.
- A.P.
-- "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
Be carful on what you call cheating
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jellomizer
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· Score: 2, Funny
I am sure you are talking about when people hack the program or break there word on the rules of the game. But some people accuse other for cheating for playing with a different stradigy. I have been accused for cheating because in StarCraft I didn't build any fighting units (except for cannons) and snuk in a Probe and build cannons around his base. So if there is a way to stop cheator it can also be a way to give an advantage to Sore loosers who rather unplug thier computer then admit defete.
-- If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
> I can walk into nearly any deathmatch in the world and win with nearly no effort at all. Like Neo. Like God!
I have a game you'd really like. The UI consists of a "play" button and a high-scorers widget. Every time you click "play" you win, and your name is added to the top of the high-scorers list, with a score one point higher than the highest score already there.
This is the most fun game I've ever played. I've never lost! My score gets better every time I play!!! I feel like God's own God when I played it!!!!!
Well, he might be Neo. Only someone really anal retentive would make a bot. To keep himself regular, he has to eat a liquid diet of that slop they ate on the Nebudchanezzar.
Re:Unit VS Race Balancing
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Alsee
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the new "Dotslash" race
No, I'm sorry but the "Dotslash" race is intrinsicly unbalanced. The Dotslash Effect incapacitates any target enemy.
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-- - - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
Every time you click "play" you win, and your name is added to the top of the high-scorers list, with a score one point higher than the highest score already there.
I hacked your crappy game so that it presses the play button for me, in an infinite loop. Now, I can get a higher high score, much faster.
I'm like Neo's God now!
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Thats pretty amusing, seeing how Blizzard has to sue people to stop them using their own lag-free networks cos the official ones suck so much!
H
W
orld
It's in C!
"On-line gaming is a very social experience"
Does anyone else find this statement amusing? Granted, this might be high socialization for the average geek. Many folks still insist that a social experience requires actual 3-Dimensional people! Is this statement indicative of a cultural shift?
Does he go into how to sue people who clone your game servers? Cause that's an important area of Blizzard's business right now too.
- A.P.
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
I am sure you are talking about when people hack the program or break there word on the rules of the game. But some people accuse other for cheating for playing with a different stradigy. I have been accused for cheating because in StarCraft I didn't build any fighting units (except for cannons) and snuk in a Probe and build cannons around his base. So if there is a way to stop cheator it can also be a way to give an advantage to Sore loosers who rather unplug thier computer then admit defete.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Speaking of which Check out the Hello World in every language you can imagine site.
msgbox("Hello WorlxCCC001 x8BFE x0E1F x0E07 xAC34 AAAA x5781 xE7FF x0081 xFFDF x005F x75F0 x33C0
BLUE SCREEN
PHYSICAL MEMORY DUMP, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SYSTEM ADMINSTRATOR.
> I can walk into nearly any deathmatch in the world and win with nearly no effort at all. Like Neo. Like God!
I have a game you'd really like. The UI consists of a "play" button and a high-scorers widget. Every time you click "play" you win, and your name is added to the top of the high-scorers list, with a score one point higher than the highest score already there.
This is the most fun game I've ever played. I've never lost! My score gets better every time I play!!! I feel like God's own God when I played it!!!!!
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Well, he might be Neo. Only someone really anal retentive would make a bot. To keep himself regular, he has to eat a liquid diet of that slop they ate on the Nebudchanezzar.
the new "Dotslash" race
No, I'm sorry but the "Dotslash" race is intrinsicly unbalanced. The Dotslash Effect incapacitates any target enemy.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
Every time you click "play" you win, and your name is added to the top of the high-scorers list, with a score one point higher than the highest score already there. I hacked your crappy game so that it presses the play button for me, in an infinite loop. Now, I can get a higher high score, much faster. I'm like Neo's God now!