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World's First Gold Farming RPG

Posted by Zonk on from the dispensing-with-the-illusion dept.

SlashRating© Lambda slashdottit! tm Kevlar_Sindome writes "Verse Studios announced today that they have officially 'changed everything', with the release of their first game: Fool's Gold. Fool's Gold lets players take on the role of the heroic gold farmer seeking profit from gold hungry characters who seem to have an unlimited amount of money to spend, but never enough time to spend it. Touted as the first Gold Farming Role Playing Game ( GF-RPG ), Verse Studios hopes to get a jump on starting a new game genre. Fool's Gold is free for download off the Verse Studios website."

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  1. April fools joke by Stripe7 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Nice April Tom-Foolery on Blizzard and WoW players.

    1. Re:April fools joke by causality · · Score: 1

      What kind of moron picks a site like Slashdot full of Linux users and posts a Windows and Mac-only game? April fool's indeed.

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    2. Re:April fools joke by Kandenshi · · Score: 1

      Well despite Linux and BSD having a higher prevalence amongst slashdotters, there are still quite a few of us who have a Windows box for gaming, or a Mac for ... looking sexy? They'll get clicks from a fairly significant number of people.

    3. Re:April fools joke by Walzmyn · · Score: 1

      Ya know, at first I thought this was going to be about all the Anna Nicole Smith coverage lately...

    4. Re:April fools joke by shaitand · · Score: 1

      'or a Mac for ... looking sexy?'

      Come now. If you aren't a gay male and think having a Mac is sexy then I am going to predict you have lots of females who view you as 'just as friend'.

    5. Re:April fools joke by shaitand · · Score: 1

      Because Wow and most windows games work perfectly under Cedegra?

    6. Re:April fools joke by Kandenshi · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Bi actually =P But close enough.

      And yes, I have several female friends.

    7. Re:April fools joke by acariquara · · Score: 2, Funny

      Way to ruin a joke, my versatile friend...

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    8. Re:April fools joke by thegrassyknowl · · Score: 1

      'or a Mac for ... looking sexy?'

      Well some random girl commented on my sexy mac while I was at a cafe in the wee hours doing a little caffeine inspired coding one time.

      Come now. If you aren't a gay male and think having a Mac is sexy then I am going to predict you have lots of females who view you as 'just as friend'.

      Unfortunately I have lots of girls that view me as just that. Doesn't mean you can't sleep with some of them; we are the uninhibited generation and fucking your friends isn't so wierd as it used to be. Makes it hard to meet other women sometimes though - they think that the girlie you're drinking beer (or coffee) with is your S.O.

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    9. Re:April fools joke by rifter · · Score: 1

      'or a Mac for ... looking sexy?'

      Come now. If you aren't a gay male and think having a Mac is sexy then I am going to predict you have lots of females who view you as 'just as friend'.

      Dude, chicks dig Macs. They look cool and they are more versatile when it comes to things like video editing, etc out of the box. Male slashdotters may be fine with an ancient beige box they built from dumpster dived or bargain basement parts, but some people like powerul, easy-to-use, aesthetically pleasing computers. Many of those people happen to be female and to a certain degree the Mac laptop is supplanting the cute dog as a chick magnet / ice breaker. The bonus is that you can take it into more places and it won't shit in your shoes. :D

    10. Re:April fools joke by Zencyde · · Score: 1

      Unfortunately I have lots of girls that view me as just that. Doesn't mean you can't sleep with some of them; we are the uninhibited generation and fucking your friends isn't so wierd as it used to be. Makes it hard to meet other women sometimes though - they think that the girlie you're drinking beer (or coffee) with is your S.O. Amen to that!
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    11. Re:April fools joke by Zencyde · · Score: 1

      Er... pwn3d?

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    12. Re:April fools joke by RicktheBrick · · Score: 1

      I downloaded it and installed it and the only thing I get is nvidia opengl driver driver component sizes mismatch. Retry to continue. Cancel to exit. Only the cancel works.

    13. Re:April fools joke by thegrassyknowl · · Score: 1

      Religion and crime should never be organized, nothing good ever came out of either.

      Amen to that!

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  2. Digging for Gold! by Xaositecte · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will it include the giant Nasal Passages as a dungeon?

    1. Re:Digging for Gold! by ronocdh · · Score: 1

      "I ain't sayin' she's a--" ahhhh, nevermind. =)

    2. Re:Digging for Gold! by KDR_11k · · Score: 1

      No, that's the final "boss" stage in Wario Ware: Touched! you're thinking of.

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  3. Mod me insightful by DittoBox · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or Informative, your choice. I could use a little Karmapickmeup. A little injection bawlz if you will.

    Oh...and farming gold? Anything goes as an (MMO)RPG these days I guess.

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    1. Re:Mod me insightful by quadra23 · · Score: 1

      Or Informative, your choice. I could use a little Karmapickmeup. A little injection bawlz if you will.

      Oh...and farming gold? Anything goes as an (MMO)RPG these days I guess.

      I think what's more insightful would be the introduction of a +5 Rich option (even just for April Fool's). Why have a karma injection without an additional cash injection (personally, I could use both :)? They always said two was better than one.

  4. actually by 42Penguins · · Score: 5, Funny

    I downloaded and played for a bit.

    This game TOTALLY rox my sox.
    Though I'm not quite sure what that spanska.w32 message was all about...

  5. Oh, I get it... by libkarl2 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Its a game. If I can find the story that ISN'T an April Fools Joke, I win something... Right??

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    1. Re:Oh, I get it... by Shados · · Score: 1

      yeah, and the joke is that there isn't one, so you'll be playing "the game" and no one will win. Ever.

    2. Re:Oh, I get it... by Swimmin'+Pants · · Score: 1

      Damnit, I just lost the game.

    3. Re:Oh, I get it... by libkarl2 · · Score: 1

      but, but.. they modded my post to INFORMATIVE!

      Connection closed by foreign host. Press ALT+F4 to reconnect.

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    4. Re:Oh, I get it... by Hyperspite · · Score: 1

      I lost

  6. Bowing to the Obvious by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 1
    I'm glad to see that MRPG designers are bowing to the obvious and recognizing what people do most in their games. I think my character in this game will be called King Midas.

    Now what would really be trick would be to allow gold pharmed here to be moved at some exchange rate into other games, removing the need to be doing it there.

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  7. slashdottit!ed by bl4h · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great article. slashdottit!ed

    1. Re:slashdottit!ed by Monsieur_F · · Score: 1

      Of course it is a joke!

      I've learnt it the hard way: I actually did click the link, and guess what?
      NO TITS! Not a bit of a tit!

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  8. Fools Gold DRM broken by tripslash · · Score: 1, Funny

    Beware of software pyrites and chalcopyrite violators!

  9. GF-RPG by Dzonatas · · Score: 1

    For some reason I read that as girlfriend role playing game.

    1. Re:GF-RPG by Kandenshi · · Score: 1

      Nah, the Japanese have already made a whole bunch of really good (abd some being very creepy) dating sim games. They're more experienced and better at making those games than Blizzard would be IMO.

  10. Re:omg by chebucto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I, for one, am getting tired of people posting about how tired they are of april fools' jokes. The whiny posts start at about 12:01 AM on April 1st and only end at 11:59pm. April fools' is like Christmas for slashdot - it only happens once a year, and it is a whole day devoted to happiness and humour. If you are truly getting tired of all this, just take solace in the fact that some of us find it quite diverting.

    Others take advantage of this day to try out their new modems with SpeedBoost technology, sending data over regular phone lines at a speed of 1.5c. It's the only way to get FP when /. is moving fast!

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  11. Annoying game sounds by DaveM753 · · Score: 1

    ...that I'll be hearing in my nightmares for the next 6 months:

    snatch...snatch snatch snatch.....snatch.....snatch.....snatch snatch....

    Somebody kill me.

  12. Re:omg by DaveM753 · · Score: 1

    No.

  13. Not as thorough as Progress Quest by Jerf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Progress Quest is even more successful at extracting the core essence of MMORPGs, and distilling them down to their bare essentials in a way that enhances the playability of the game to the ultimate degree. Well, measured along one dimension, at least.

    (And it's not specifically an April Fools joke; download it and try it out, the executable is real. Windows app, generally runs absolutely perfectly in Wine.)

    1. Re:Not as thorough as Progress Quest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      I love ProgressQuest, but it does get a bit static after you've played a couple of games. I like Role Playing Game better; it's basically ProgressQuest with more entropy. And it's open-source!

    2. Re:Not as thorough as Progress Quest by Richard+Frost · · Score: 1

      I recently started playing this game again. Now that I'm over level 60, it takes forever to get anywhere. I've started to let my other personal obligations fall aside, just for the thrill of getting to the next level, or completing the next act. I'm starting to think that I've wasted all those months on a stupid game.

      Hmm? What do you mean the game plays itself? The bars go across on their own? Nonsense! Then why did I do all that clicking, hmm? ... ... ...

      SON OF A BITCH!!

  14. Mod me Funny by causality · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because I'm posting yet another god damned "in Soviet Russia" joke. In Soviet Russia, humor-impaired jokes mod YOU!

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  15. Re:WINE! WINE! WINE! by bhtooefr · · Score: 1

    Except I can't read any text, but other than that, I've got it running right now on WINE.

  16. HOAX!!!!11!! by Endo13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    OMG this game is a hoax guys!! I installed it and my taxes still aren't done! LIES!! I DEMAND A REFUND! And it didn't even have any ponies. :(

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  17. Re:Mod me Funny, too by chebucto · · Score: 3, Informative

    I Soviet Russia, Natalie Portman uses a Beowulf cluster of computers running RPGs to heat up grits and subsequently pour hot grits down _your_ pants!

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  18. mod me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mod me +5 insightful please...... again, for no particular reason

  19. Wow this game is cool! by bumptehjambox · · Score: 1

    If you lightly coat your monitor with gold spray paint you reveal the secret area! Whoa! This game even runs on Linux!

  20. Re:omg by Walzmyn · · Score: 1

    No

  21. Not a good thing by venicebeach · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think the existence of this game is disturbing, and frankly it should not be encouraged by a link on slashdot. Gold farming is a serious issue that undermines the integrity of the games we invest our time and money in to play. This game is a slap in the face of the hard working people trying to combat gold farming. Making a hero out of the gold farmer is purely offensive.

    1. Re:Not a good thing by Aladrin · · Score: 1

      Have you figured out this whole 'April Fools' thing yet? Let me help you along:

      IT IS A JOKE.

      Yes, they actually made the game, and yes, it's crap. They did it as a joke. It was never intended to draw any audience whatsoever and it does not have any political statements to make.

      IT IS A JOKE.

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    2. Re:Not a good thing by shaitand · · Score: 1

      'Gold farming is a serious issue that undermines the integrity of the games we invest our time and money in to play.'

      Some people have less time and more money. Gold farming helps to balance the game play for them. The first thing that gold farming tell you is that the game has some sort of boring repetitive time sync task that needs to be eliminated. The is true of botting and macroing. Succeeding in a game should be a combination of luck and skill, syncing more time into the game shouldn't give you an edge at all.

    3. Re:Not a good thing by Zorque · · Score: 1

      I have a great idea: why don't we all take video games a little more seriously?

    4. Re:Not a good thing by venicebeach · · Score: 1

      Interesting theory... apply to self?

    5. Re:Not a good thing by Aladrin · · Score: 1

      lol crap. I fell for it, didn't I?

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    6. Re:Not a good thing by venicebeach · · Score: 1

      april fools ;-)

  22. long time beta player by Ryunosuke · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've been in the beta for this, and I have to say I love it. If it weren't for all the american players coming in and stealing my mobs however, it's be a lot more fun.

  23. Re:omg by Presence2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn, player names "RANGRANG" and "KEKEKEK" were already taken! *sigh*

  24. ponies?! by boisepunk · · Score: 1

    I am suprised at this article's pony-deficient content. Slashdot editors, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

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  25. Re:omg by Columcille · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If this is happiness and humor the world must be a lot worse off than I thought. I for one will be glad to see April 1 pass.

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  26. Joke's on you by sn00ker · · Score: 1, Troll
    I mean, FFS, it's now well into 2 April in 10 timezones, and only about two timezones AREN'T past 1200 on 1 April.

    This April Fool's Day shit is taken waaaaay the fuck too far at times.

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    1. Re:Joke's on you by Professor_UNIX · · Score: 1

      I mean, FFS, it's now well into 2 April in 10 timezones, and only about two timezones AREN'T past 1200 on 1 April.
      Slashdot is an American site and the admins are based in Michigan (or at least they used to be) so you can assume Slashdot lives and breaths on Eastern time. Frankly, 95% of the useful shit that happens in this world is geared towards the Eastern time zone so the rest of y'all can just suck it.
    2. Re:Joke's on you by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 1

      Well, if you do an April's Fool Joke on April Fool's Day it's not quite as powerful, duh! Gotta do them on different days... April 2nd, August 16th, November 15th, you know day's nobody EXPECTS the joke!

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    3. Re:Joke's on you by sn00ker · · Score: 1
      ummm, hate to break it to you, but the joke was on people in Michigan about seven hours before I made my post!

      Seriously, don't people know about the 12pm rule anymore?

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  27. Jayceon "The Game" Taylor by tepples · · Score: 1

    Damnit, I just lost the game. And I just found The Game for you.
  28. WARNING by Belgarath52 · · Score: 1

    watch out people... this doesn't work and it turns out acetone damages your screen...

  29. I ain't sayin she a golddigger by bitrex · · Score: 1

    he's got that ambition baby, look in his eyes this week he's moppin' floors next week it's the fries

  30. Don't we already have this? by osu-neko · · Score: 1

    Of course I haven't RTFA, but isn't this basically Second Life? Sure, they don't call it "gold", they call it L$, but everything else is the same as the summary states. :p

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  31. Re:Mod me Funny, too by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 1

    No goatse link?

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  32. I love the reviews by jgoemat · · Score: 1
    Here are the reviews on their main page:

    Reviews of Fool's Gold

    "...this can't be for real..."

    "Simplistic amateur adventure with horrible voice work."

    "A real turd of a game."

    "Clearly this is a joke. A really bad joke."

    "This is the best game ever! 11/10!!"