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Lego Creating Multiplayer Online Game

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you'll-never-find-the-block-you-want dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Players of Lego's new MMOG (massively multiplayer online game) are tasked with a mission: help save imagination from the dark forces of evil. The bad force can be kept at bay only by users' 'imagination and creativity,' said Ryan Seabury, the creative director for the game and founder of Louisville, Colorado-based NetDevil, which is developing the game for Lego. Players cannot be killed, but they can be reduced to a pile of unassembled bricks. The idea is to play the game and collect bricks, which will allow users to build more interesting models. Lego Universe, will launch in the second half of this year and will be a subscription-based service (price not disclosed)."

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  1. In Lego Universe the forces of evil are... by presarioD · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the same as in our Universe:

    Entropy!

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  2. PETITION TO REMOVE RED BRICK NERF by Useful+Wheat · · Score: 5, Funny

    PETITION TO REMOVE RED BRICK NERF

    These changes are unnecessary, aggressive, CRIMINAL ACTS against the VERY BUILDERS WHO constitute the FOUNDATION OF LEGOLAND!.

    Red bricks ALREADY have a 10 second cooldown, why would you reduce our DPS! WE already suck next to blue bricks.

    Reply #1: /signed

    Reply #2:
    Learn to build noob

    Reply #3:
    can i has ur bricks?

  3. In a world run by Ubisoft... by bobdotorg · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... the EULA's fine print would state that if your computer's webcam spots any Mega Bloks, Lego will ban you from the game.

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  4. In the pirate world by bobdotorg · · Score: 2, Funny

    FTFA:

    Some worlds will have traditional Lego themes, such as pirates, ninjas and castles, while others will be novel for the Lego space.

    Will the pirate world be built with Mega Bloks?

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  5. I can hardly wait by idontgno · · Score: 2, Funny

    to start grinding up to the point of raiding for sweet, sweet epic purple bricks.

    Public chat will be full of "L2PYM" (Learn to play your model) taunts and Chuck Norris Lego facts.

    Lego gold-colored plastic coin sellers will start spamming.

    Griefers will player-kill you and reassemble your bits into something rude and embarrassing. And permanent, since they'll OMGH@x0r the system to glue the parts together that way.

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  6. Undoubtedly ... by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... one of the hazards in this online world will be Lego pieces hidden in the shag carpeting. Players will have to accumulate enough points to acquire shoes.

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  7. Re:Are we talking about a ... by An+ominous+Cow+art · · Score: 2, Funny

    LEGO my MMO.

    Grr, now I need to go eat a waffle.

  8. Stargate's Replicators by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Players cannot be killed, but they can be reduced to a pile of unassembled bricks. The idea is to play the game and collect bricks, which will allow users to build more interesting models.

    Well, until Maj. Carter develops a weapon which disrupts the communications between the individual bricks, rendering them inert and harmless.

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