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Every Time You Vote Against Net Neutrality, Your ISP Kills a Night Elf
Perhaps one of the more overlooked problems that could arise out of a bad Net Neutrality decision is the impact to online gaming. In fact, any interactive communications could stand to take a dive (VOIP, streaming video, etc) with the advent of Net Neutrality legislation. RampRate has an interesting look at the possible fallout and where we are headed. From the article: "What will be murdered with no fallback or replacement is the nascent market of interactive entertainment - particularly online gaming. Companies like Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Sony Online Entertainment, and countless others, have built a business on the fundamental assumption of relatively low latency bandwidth being available to large numbers of consumers. Furthermore, a large -- even overwhelming -- portion of the value of these offerings comes from their 'network effects' -- the tendency for the game to become more enjoyable and valuable as larger number of players joins the gaming network."
Maybe then he'll do the dishes, or shower.
As long as the kittens are spared. I don't feel bad about ISPs killing our Night Elves.
----- You know you have ego issues when you register a domain in your name.
think of all the stockholders not profiting from the extra fees paid by MMORPG addicts for preferential routing to tonight's server
+1 fashionably cynical
No!
And I think I am speaking for all the people who don't want the WoW Hordes invading Real Life.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
Don't count on it. My roommate came down with the flu a week before he got married and I ended up cleaning out the place after I moved out. I thought he was joking that there was puke on the floor until I almost step into it. The shower was worst. I don't know what it was but it was weird and pissed off when I tried to kill it. I was tempted to call his wife-to-be to come over to see it and ask her if she really wanted to marry this guy. God knows I scared her with the true state of his finances (a big number on the wrong side of zero) and she made him work 40+ hours per week after their honeymoon.
I wonder what the implications of a strategically placed login message for World of Warcraft, with the names/ridings of the politicians against Net Neutrality.
Tell a WarCrack fiend he may have a high ping during that critical Patchwerk attempt then open a voting station on maintenance day. Voter turnout would probly spike by 3-4 million (current US wow base?) people.
If the people who had the most to lose(M$,google,Blizzard) made an effort to saturate every aspect of online entertainment with things like "facts" and "consequences" on the Net Neutrality debate this issue would become a huge pariah for more politicians. I mean who wants pasty faced basement dwellers emerging every tuesday to block you office entrance...or maybe a costumed Tauren hiding your water cooler with their bulk...etc.
Every Time You Vote Against Net Neutrality, Your ISP Kills a Night Elf
As a member of The Horde I will have to vote against net neutrality then.
40+ hours a week? The horror!
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.