Holy shit, great wall of text, was all that really needed, I mean you post basically broke down to;
Anyone who downloads music is a pirate, pirates are scoundrels and have no morals. Ninja's are better.
I worked as a Paralegal in Florida, we had a real sleaze bag attorney there who was Disbarred in Georgia for mishandling of trust funds and conduct unbecoming of a lawyer. (Not sure of the technical charges) He was able to re certify in Florida with little trouble, until he started stealing from client trust funds again. I think he is in Texas now.
As we grew up, we watched our heroes (eg; the people we looked up to) throw away their ideals in the name of pragmatism. We watched wars, and death, and crime, and no one seemed to be punished for doing "bad" things.
And when you grow up a little bit more, you'll realize that just because someone doesn't "seem" to be punished for doing bad things that it doesn't mean they aren't. When people realize that their soul/spirit/conscience/karma suffers from doing "bad" things, and take steps to stop doing those bad things, well, then we finish growing up. Keep going.
And if you still need heroes, look to the people who found a way not to do bad things as they aged, and make them your heroes.
I disagree with you, waiting for the magic man in the sky or the dancing nymph in the tree to "balance" the karmic universe isn't growing up, it is simply justification of "why bad things happen".
This sounds essentially like what we already have, except rather than letting players go to the mobs, the mobs come to the players.
How is this different then kill and respawn mechanics? Are there a limited number of mobs per server? What happens when you run out of mobs? Game over? Do more mobs spawn and are just out of sight of the player? What is the player suppose to do while he waits for the mobs to come back? How long does it take for mobs to wander back in?
While your idea is interesting on the surface, and actually would be quite fun on a small scale, it won't work well with 2-4k people on a server over 5-10 years.
I do understand that this is just an example and that you are not a game designer etc etc. However, I wanted to point out that if the solution to changing the formula was as easy as you make it sound, it would have been done already.
A few hundred bucks can be a lot of money with a family. I have seven computers and that few hundred dollars starts to add up when you multiply it by the number of computers in the home. I seriously doubt I am all that unique in the amount of computers I have running, the computer is becoming much like the television before it. Remember the scene from Back to the Future where Michael J. Fox tells the kids he has two T.V.'s in his house and the kid is just amazed, well it's the same things.
Right now running I have,
2 x Gaming machines running Windows XP 64 bit edition ( each has 4+ gigs of RAM)
2 x School Machines running Ubuntu (my kids are home schooled)
1 x Media Computer hooked up to my T.V. running WindowsXP MC
1 x Laptop for work running Windows XP Pro (Used for VPN etc)
1 x Ubuntu Box used for a Router
I just bought Vista for the gaming machines for DX10. Now if I was to switch to a full Windows environment, we are looking at some serious dough and before you say that if I can afford seven computers I should be able to splurge on the software for em, well here is the thing, I only buy two computers every 2-3 years. The old systems get recycled into new uses.
The point is, at 150 bucks a pop, 1050 is the price of a entirely new system and that is just too much money for me to spend to upgrade all my systems. If it wasn't for DX10, I wouldn't be moving to Vista at all.
If Microsoft would offer Vista for 250 bucks and up to 5 installs, I would be more then happy to buy it.
Just a side note, I don't pirate windows either, each copy I use is bought and paid for.
It was not an Order to turn over the names, it was an Order to Show Cause, in other words, the judge wanted to know why they wouldn't turn over the names. If there was a threat of Sanctions then there would have been something close to Florida Statutes 57.105, which is basically, do this or I sanction you. I don't know what the Ohio equivalent is, but you get the picture.
Wow, you are a bitter bloak aren't you?
Apparently unlike you, I don't take this personal. I didn't stop buying EMI records (or any other big label) because they kicked my puppy or slapped a baby or anything, I have no "hate" towards the label or any of it's employees. It was a simple case of not approving of their business tactics and not buying their merchandise.
If you want to "hate" a company, thats your business, but it is bad form to bash on someone just because they don't share your opinion.
Putting your insults aside, I will reply to the "meat" of your post.
I am quite aware that EMI has just as much to blame for the actions of the RIAA as the organization itself, however, I also believe in rewarding those that learn from their mistakes and not continuing to punish someone or something even after they have changed their practices.
It is like training a dog, you give him a treat when he does what he is told and you don't when he doesn't do what he is told. Eventually the dog learns if he wants a treat, he has to obey me, training the Music Industry is no different.
(ok I lied, I will stoop to your level)
If this concept is too difficult for you to grasp, may I recommend a "Dog Training for Dummies book".
If EMI cuts a significant amount of funding to the RIAA then I will go back to buying CD's from them. Lately I have been getting my music from independent artists and any mainstream stuff I want to listen to (mainly 90's Alternative) from sites like Pandora or streamed through Winamp Shoutcast radio, all so I didn't support the molestation of individual rights.
When I say significant I mean like 60%+ cut.
A game based on the Bible that was accurate to it would be forced to receive a AO rating. Take a look at the good book and some of the stories in it.
We have:
War
Murder
Sex
Incest
Bestiality
Sodomy
Torture
etc etc etc
Hell, the first Chapter talks about two naked frolicking around in the woods.
I am not trying to be sarcastic, but I believe many people feel that because it is aliens and not humans being murdered, that it is ok. I mean, the rule is simple, Thou shalt not kill, yet people kill animals all the time for food or whatever, sometimes just for sport. This is ok because they are not human, the commandment should read, thou shalt not kill thy fellow human being.
The Bible has always been vague on most topics, this ensures that it can be interrupted however it is needed at the time.
That is actually a very good point, I am with you in the that boat and rarely take advantage of the "community" features of any site I visit. I maintain a myspace page, err I have a myspace page that I have not made any changes to since I set it up. Also the only reason I even have one is because my family uses it to share photos and I have been unable to convince them to use a photo sharing site of some kind.
To be honest though, I have been much to lazy to do any research on which ones are any good.
Not really, for a gaming genre there are not that many choices out there, not when you think about it. Half of the MMO's on the Market are already 1-2+ years old, I don't know about you but for me, if I play a game for two years, I start looking for something new. Right now, there is nothing new out there to go play. What gives that saturated feel is the very nature of the MMO, which is a long term commitment to a single game, I mean look at the first generation MMO's, UO/EQ/AO/AC all but one of those are still on the market. If we look at current generation MMO's out right now, the list is pretty short, EQ2/WoW/VSoH/EvE/LoTRO I wouldn't call that saturated at all.
just my two cents
*Please note I am only referring to North American titles and not including the numerous Asian MMO's such as FlyFF, Sword of the New Word, Lineage II etc etc. IMHO these fall into a subset category of MMO titles.
I apparently can not edit my post, I was wrong when referencing the M1 Garand, it does use a en bloc Clip. Interesting. However, the Grand parents post was still incorrect in the usage of the term Clip.
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Holy shit, great wall of text, was all that really needed, I mean you post basically broke down to; Anyone who downloads music is a pirate, pirates are scoundrels and have no morals. Ninja's are better.
I worked as a Paralegal in Florida, we had a real sleaze bag attorney there who was Disbarred in Georgia for mishandling of trust funds and conduct unbecoming of a lawyer. (Not sure of the technical charges) He was able to re certify in Florida with little trouble, until he started stealing from client trust funds again. I think he is in Texas now.
Libel?
And when you grow up a little bit more, you'll realize that just because someone doesn't "seem" to be punished for doing bad things that it doesn't mean they aren't. When people realize that their soul/spirit/conscience/karma suffers from doing "bad" things, and take steps to stop doing those bad things, well, then we finish growing up. Keep going.
And if you still need heroes, look to the people who found a way not to do bad things as they aged, and make them your heroes.
I disagree with you, waiting for the magic man in the sky or the dancing nymph in the tree to "balance" the karmic universe isn't growing up, it is simply justification of "why bad things happen".
I agree with some of your post, however, Blizzards catering to MAC users is not what made them popular.
This sounds essentially like what we already have, except rather than letting players go to the mobs, the mobs come to the players. How is this different then kill and respawn mechanics? Are there a limited number of mobs per server? What happens when you run out of mobs? Game over? Do more mobs spawn and are just out of sight of the player? What is the player suppose to do while he waits for the mobs to come back? How long does it take for mobs to wander back in? While your idea is interesting on the surface, and actually would be quite fun on a small scale, it won't work well with 2-4k people on a server over 5-10 years. I do understand that this is just an example and that you are not a game designer etc etc. However, I wanted to point out that if the solution to changing the formula was as easy as you make it sound, it would have been done already.
Does anyone know of a good program to use that will tell you how much bandwidth you are using in a month?
If you click the About Pickering link in the latest blog post, you get Rickrolled.
A few hundred bucks can be a lot of money with a family. I have seven computers and that few hundred dollars starts to add up when you multiply it by the number of computers in the home. I seriously doubt I am all that unique in the amount of computers I have running, the computer is becoming much like the television before it. Remember the scene from Back to the Future where Michael J. Fox tells the kids he has two T.V.'s in his house and the kid is just amazed, well it's the same things. Right now running I have, 2 x Gaming machines running Windows XP 64 bit edition ( each has 4+ gigs of RAM) 2 x School Machines running Ubuntu (my kids are home schooled) 1 x Media Computer hooked up to my T.V. running WindowsXP MC 1 x Laptop for work running Windows XP Pro (Used for VPN etc) 1 x Ubuntu Box used for a Router I just bought Vista for the gaming machines for DX10. Now if I was to switch to a full Windows environment, we are looking at some serious dough and before you say that if I can afford seven computers I should be able to splurge on the software for em, well here is the thing, I only buy two computers every 2-3 years. The old systems get recycled into new uses. The point is, at 150 bucks a pop, 1050 is the price of a entirely new system and that is just too much money for me to spend to upgrade all my systems. If it wasn't for DX10, I wouldn't be moving to Vista at all. If Microsoft would offer Vista for 250 bucks and up to 5 installs, I would be more then happy to buy it. Just a side note, I don't pirate windows either, each copy I use is bought and paid for.
A proper ellipse contains only three dots, with a space between each one. . .
Calm down Bill, Mr. Balmer is waiting for you in the lounge.
I Agree 100%
It was not an Order to turn over the names, it was an Order to Show Cause, in other words, the judge wanted to know why they wouldn't turn over the names. If there was a threat of Sanctions then there would have been something close to Florida Statutes 57.105, which is basically, do this or I sanction you. I don't know what the Ohio equivalent is, but you get the picture.
Since I can not edit, the "Does not apply" was meant for the parent.
http://www.spectacle.org/797/finkel.html Does not apply. . .
Wow, you are a bitter bloak aren't you? Apparently unlike you, I don't take this personal. I didn't stop buying EMI records (or any other big label) because they kicked my puppy or slapped a baby or anything, I have no "hate" towards the label or any of it's employees. It was a simple case of not approving of their business tactics and not buying their merchandise. If you want to "hate" a company, thats your business, but it is bad form to bash on someone just because they don't share your opinion.
Putting your insults aside, I will reply to the "meat" of your post. I am quite aware that EMI has just as much to blame for the actions of the RIAA as the organization itself, however, I also believe in rewarding those that learn from their mistakes and not continuing to punish someone or something even after they have changed their practices. It is like training a dog, you give him a treat when he does what he is told and you don't when he doesn't do what he is told. Eventually the dog learns if he wants a treat, he has to obey me, training the Music Industry is no different. (ok I lied, I will stoop to your level) If this concept is too difficult for you to grasp, may I recommend a "Dog Training for Dummies book".
If EMI cuts a significant amount of funding to the RIAA then I will go back to buying CD's from them. Lately I have been getting my music from independent artists and any mainstream stuff I want to listen to (mainly 90's Alternative) from sites like Pandora or streamed through Winamp Shoutcast radio, all so I didn't support the molestation of individual rights. When I say significant I mean like 60%+ cut.
A game based on the Bible that was accurate to it would be forced to receive a AO rating. Take a look at the good book and some of the stories in it. We have: War Murder Sex Incest Bestiality Sodomy Torture etc etc etc Hell, the first Chapter talks about two naked frolicking around in the woods.
I am not trying to be sarcastic, but I believe many people feel that because it is aliens and not humans being murdered, that it is ok. I mean, the rule is simple, Thou shalt not kill, yet people kill animals all the time for food or whatever, sometimes just for sport. This is ok because they are not human, the commandment should read, thou shalt not kill thy fellow human being. The Bible has always been vague on most topics, this ensures that it can be interrupted however it is needed at the time.
That is actually a very good point, I am with you in the that boat and rarely take advantage of the "community" features of any site I visit. I maintain a myspace page, err I have a myspace page that I have not made any changes to since I set it up. Also the only reason I even have one is because my family uses it to share photos and I have been unable to convince them to use a photo sharing site of some kind. To be honest though, I have been much to lazy to do any research on which ones are any good.
Conan is, IMHO, shooting for the adolescent male crowd from what I have seen. Lots of Blood, Gore, Sex, Boobies and Alcohol Use.
Not really, for a gaming genre there are not that many choices out there, not when you think about it. Half of the MMO's on the Market are already 1-2+ years old, I don't know about you but for me, if I play a game for two years, I start looking for something new. Right now, there is nothing new out there to go play. What gives that saturated feel is the very nature of the MMO, which is a long term commitment to a single game, I mean look at the first generation MMO's, UO/EQ/AO/AC all but one of those are still on the market. If we look at current generation MMO's out right now, the list is pretty short, EQ2/WoW/VSoH/EvE/LoTRO I wouldn't call that saturated at all. just my two cents *Please note I am only referring to North American titles and not including the numerous Asian MMO's such as FlyFF, Sword of the New Word, Lineage II etc etc. IMHO these fall into a subset category of MMO titles.
Do you remember the McDonalds game on the Nintendo (I think) Not as fun as chex quest but, this concept isn't actually new.
I apparently can not edit my post, I was wrong when referencing the M1 Garand, it does use a en bloc Clip. Interesting. However, the Grand parents post was still incorrect in the usage of the term Clip.