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The Business of Paragon City

Posted by Zonk on from the i-hate-circle-of-thorns dept.

Forbes Magazine is running an interesting article discussing the business side of the MMOG City of Heroes. It has some interesting background on the backer and some surprisingly detailed technical info about the game. "In the 18 months before the Heroes debut, Cryptic's staff of 35 made the art and story come alive in 480,000 lines of code. The code is separated into 740 computer instruction files that handle everything from dressing up a character in an almost infinite selection of outfits (a total 10 to the 27th power, in fact) to flying through the city, as well as 25,000 graphics files. At peak hours 30,000 automated villains roam each of ten versions of the city. "

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  1. 30,000? by chris_mahan · · Score: 4, Funny

    >At peak hours 30,000 automated villains roam each of ten versions of the city

    That's nuthin.

    At peak hours 500,000 slashdotters roam the only version of the slashdot city.

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    "Piter, too, is dead."

  2. 30000 Villans!? by glowimperial · · Score: 5, Funny

    No wonder Paragon City needs so many heroes. Property values there must be terrible, with crime levels like that. I bet the homeowner's organisations are pissed as hell and not taking it anymore.

    1. Re:30000 Villans!? by Winterblink · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just don't walk around with any valuables near the main training areas. A little look near Paragon City Hall and you'll see old ladies getting mugged -- and a whole lot of high level heroes not doing anything about it. :)

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      "I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."
      -Hoban Washburn
  3. 10o000o00o0000o000o000 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That many combination of clothes, and my wife will still have nothing to wear :)

    Darn lameness filter.

  4. Couldn't resist by redog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Almost is almost the same word as virtually.
    Virtually is almost the same word as almost.
    Almost is virtually the same word as virtually.
    Virtually is virtually the same word as almost.

  5. Head Games by jfisherwa · · Score: 4, Funny

    We formed the 70's Supergroup Foreigner.

    (We smoke as we shoot the bird.)

    1. Re:Head Games by Beyond_GoodandEvil · · Score: 2, Funny

      Cool did you get the Foreigner belt?

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      I laughed at the weak who considered themselves good because they lacked claws.