Movie Based MMO Updates

Neo writes "The handover of The Matrix Online to SOE has finally begun with users given 45 days to convert their accounts over to SOE's Station system." Star Wars Galaxies, TMO's sister game, has been having its own troubles. A recent patch had to be removed from the live game because of overwhelming, crushing player protest. Another "Star" MMOG has new help this week, with none other than Michael Okuda signing on to work on the Star Trek Online Massive game. From the article: " A technical designer and all-around Star Trek guru, Okuda has worked as a technical consultant to the writers of The Next Generation, Voyager, and Deep Space Nine television series, as well as seven Star Trek films. He will primarily design the game's interface, along with serving as a more general Star Trek universe consultant."

Comments

VOIP

[Boronx]

If it has voice over IP, it will just degenerate into a ham contest, and endless stream of Shatnerian pauses-for-effect, "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor", and horrible Scottish brogues

Re:VOIP

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

Nothing wrong with that.

It'll be the first time people have actually roleplayed since typing dumbspeak to roleplay Ogres in EverQuest five years ago.

Personally, I'm going with "Kiptin! Sensor readin's INdicate that ancient starship is rilly a nuclear wessel."

Re:The acronym for The Matrix Online is MxO

[TheAdventurer]

TIKCFWAIIIAIITLTFOWTHATAMTIDTJTTWAIMYSCUTPWAA"GO"A YAUOTLVTEQUABLSBFTTACOHTCE*

* = The internet keyboard cowboys' fetish with acronyms is irritating, irrational, and immature. It takes longer to figure out what the hell all the acronyms mean than it does to just type the words. Also, it makes your speech completely unintelligible to people who aren't as "geeked out" as you and up on the latest verbal trends. Everyone who uses acronyms beyong "lol" should be forced to take a class on how to communicate effectively.

LOL

[BlightThePower]

Attention moderator: given I'm agreeing with the story as posted how can it be flamebait? John Smedley, if thats you, stop jerking around on Slashdot and get back to sorting some of your games out huh.

Alternate Headlines...

[DrunkenTerror]

Zonk *heart* MMOs

Making Bad Movies Worse

Cashing In - How A Story Is Squeezed For All It's Worth

Re:Any ideas?

[EvilMagnus]

You will start as a Star Fleet Cadet (Year 1). You will be tasked with cleaning out an Infestation of Tribbles from the Jefferies tube on the USS Treadmill. You will be given a bent pipe (poor quality) and sent on your way.

You will then spend the next 10 hours beating Tribbles with this pipe to make it to Cadet (Year 2).

Perhaps by the time you graduate the Academy you will actually get to use ranged weapons. Which you will then use to shoot that annoying Ferengi kid from DS9.