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CBS News Fields SWG Hatemail

Posted by Zonk on from the force-really-needs-a-good-hosedown dept.

Back in December of last year, the CBS News site did a feature printing some of the frustrated and confused emails sent by Star Wars Galaxies players. These individuals were all upset by the 'NGE', or New Game Enhancements, patched into the game by publisher Sony Online Entertainment. Evidently the feature was so popular they've gone back into the well, printing up a whole new batch of SWG-related frustrations. When CBS and the Washington Post are covering something like this, it tells me two things. First, MMOGs are definitely mainstream now. Second, Sony made a mistake. Warcry has some information that may reveal how big a mistake. They claim that a packet sniffer built into the SWG client made population numbers for the servers available to players. On a Friday night, at peak time, post-NGE Galaxies is apparently only drawing 10,400 players across all galaxy servers. This is basically 'some guy on a website' talk, so take this with a big grain of salt. It's sobering news, though, if true.

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  1. CBS gets SWG hatemail? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    FYI, IANAG but FWIW I think that CBS, in addition to NBC, WB, ABC, CNN, and TBS and the CBC ought to provide TMI rather than too little regarding MMOG, especially SWG and (OMG) NGE! I take issue, though, with TFA in that I don't think that it's such a BD when CBS and the WP are covering this. MMOGs are still for DSHs living ITPBs.

    10,400 is a lot of players. And I certainly wouldn't want my packets sniffed. But, WTF? It's not like it's BB watching you, just a bunch of other DSHs ITPBs.

    OMGWTFBBQLOL!

    1. Re:CBS gets SWG hatemail? by magictiger · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can't resist... "In Soviet MMORPG, the WT Fs YOU!"

  2. Of course... by Drakin · · Score: 3, Funny

    SOE is working on getting things right again. I've got a feeling that it was LucasArts that pushed for the NGE to be released well ahead of schedual.

    Take for instance the huge list of fixes/changes that are currently on SWG's test center. Most of those are getting positive feedback.

    The only real issue I personally have with SWG currently is that the NGE was pushed out too soon, and that they really should have given a greater deal of warning.

  3. deary me sony by know1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    i would bet a quid to a penny that those packets sniffers are able to send info to sony somehow.
    rootkits, packet sniffers...dear me.
    in related news sony announces the decision to change their name to
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  4. Sony making a mistake? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    OUR Sony? Making a MISTAKE? Say it ain't so!

  5. Re:Let me ask you something by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 2, Funny

    You don't really believe that, do you?

    This man made Howard the Duck for chrissake.

  6. Re:Let me ask you something by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Howard the Duck was the best film he made.