According to mmogchart.com SecondLife has around 65'000 subscribers.
So if you look at all the articles about SecondLife, it looks like only journalists are actually playing the game.
I have no idea how democracy in the UK works, but why start an online petition on a political matter? Here in Switzerland, if you don't like a law you just collect 50'000 signatures and call a referendum. This means everyone can vote on this matter and decide for themselves.
I use Wikipedia from time to time, and once I found an article, that needed some work. So I rewrote some of the chapters, added some links to sources and added some information that I thought would fit well into the article. Unfortunately it lastet only a few hours and some registered contributor who wrote the original article reversed it all. I guess that's why they have a discussion page, only the original contributor won't give in and let anyone change "his" article.
My point is: I think many regular contributors to wikipedia are very stubborn and only want it done their way, which turns away people that maybe only contribute once or twice and don't have time for endless flamewars.
But on PC, online MP is one of the most important aspects of the game. PC gaming is all about playing the games online against random people. For the people who regularly play online, it isn't about playing with friends, they only play it because they want to get better and beat everyone else.
Playing with friends sure makes more fun than playing against some stranger, but playing against humans is still more interesting than playing against a computer.
The first Driver was a extremely frustrating experience. I'm not very good at racing games, and the first mission in Driver was some kind of extremely difficult driving test.
The only game where I couldn't even finish the tutorial...
If the biggest negative about your product is that people will bury you in the desert to take yours, you must be doing something right. It could also mean that the product is extremely expensive...
Ryzom wasn't very good when it was released, but now it's actually really fun. The dev-team has already released an addon that allows players to create their own adventures. The graphics are also quite good for an MMORPG, so it should be possible to create a cool open-source MMO.
That works much better. Every time you have to clean up someones PC you just tell them: That wouldn't have happened with Linux/*BSD. Eventually, after a few years (or when you just stop fixing their computer), they will switch. And as soon as they see how you can surf pron without any hassle, they are hooked.
I haven't tried Vista yet, but at work I only use Windows 2000. I think it's much faster and even more stable than XP. At least when I open up the Task Manager on XP, every Task uses at least 5MB of RAM, while on 2k most of the Tasks use less than 1MB.
I bet upgrading to Vista means also a hardware update for most people, so maybe some will switch to an open source alternative.
Particularly cool are the interviews with video game luminaries like Peter Molyneux, Sid Meier, and John Romero. I wonder when they actually start creating a good game, instead of talking about it all the time.
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According to mmogchart.com SecondLife has around 65'000 subscribers. So if you look at all the articles about SecondLife, it looks like only journalists are actually playing the game.
I have no idea how democracy in the UK works, but why start an online petition on a political matter? Here in Switzerland, if you don't like a law you just collect 50'000 signatures and call a referendum. This means everyone can vote on this matter and decide for themselves.
I use Wikipedia from time to time, and once I found an article, that needed some work. So I rewrote some of the chapters, added some links to sources and added some information that I thought would fit well into the article. Unfortunately it lastet only a few hours and some registered contributor who wrote the original article reversed it all. I guess that's why they have a discussion page, only the original contributor won't give in and let anyone change "his" article. My point is: I think many regular contributors to wikipedia are very stubborn and only want it done their way, which turns away people that maybe only contribute once or twice and don't have time for endless flamewars.
But on PC, online MP is one of the most important aspects of the game. PC gaming is all about playing the games online against random people. For the people who regularly play online, it isn't about playing with friends, they only play it because they want to get better and beat everyone else.
Playing with friends sure makes more fun than playing against some stranger, but playing against humans is still more interesting than playing against a computer.
The first Driver was a extremely frustrating experience. I'm not very good at racing games, and the first mission in Driver was some kind of extremely difficult driving test. The only game where I couldn't even finish the tutorial...
Ryzom wasn't very good when it was released, but now it's actually really fun. The dev-team has already released an addon that allows players to create their own adventures. The graphics are also quite good for an MMORPG, so it should be possible to create a cool open-source MMO.
The engine itself is already released under the GPL: http://www.nevrax.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php But there seems to be very little documentation available.
That works much better. Every time you have to clean up someones PC you just tell them: That wouldn't have happened with Linux/*BSD. Eventually, after a few years (or when you just stop fixing their computer), they will switch. And as soon as they see how you can surf pron without any hassle, they are hooked.
I haven't tried Vista yet, but at work I only use Windows 2000. I think it's much faster and even more stable than XP. At least when I open up the Task Manager on XP, every Task uses at least 5MB of RAM, while on 2k most of the Tasks use less than 1MB. I bet upgrading to Vista means also a hardware update for most people, so maybe some will switch to an open source alternative.