Other games may have more "raytraced" looking graphics, but their graphics lack something called "character".. which WoW has in spades!
WoW is a rich colorful environment, which is second only to the fun of the gameplay itself. Blizzard has a lot of experience under it's belt from the Diablo series as to what players like and don't like in an MMO.. which has lead to the refinement of WoW.
Remember in D2, the unsoulbound items and the utter pain of trying to trade ANYTHING.. and gold was literally worthless.. the online selling of items in D2 on ebay is a shadow of it's former self in WoW...
Blizzard may not be the quickest company in the world, but under these circumstances and considering WoW enourmous player base.. I think Blizzard deserves quite a bit of praise for what they've created.
1. Who put those bureaucrats in place, and who leans on them to take specific actions?
2. I think you're insinuating that the bureacrats are purposely making a mountain out of a molehill in order to preserve their funding. Possibly... but is this what you meant?
Wikipeida entry on the descision making bureaucrat:
Johnson attended Taylor University, receiving a B.A. in biology, and then received a M.S. in pathology from George Washington University. Before working for the U.S. Government, he held a number of positions in laboratory and bio-technology companies. He was also the director of Hazelton Laboratories (now known as Covance).
He became the acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on January 26, 2005. On March 4, 2005 President George W. Bush nominated him formally for the permanent position, replacing former administrator Michael O. Leavitt.
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Johnson was criticized for his professed support for using human subjects in pesticide testing. In April, a hold was placed on his confirmation vote after he refused to cancel the Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, which advocated testing the effects of pesticides on children from infancy to age 3. On April 8, Johnson canceled the study. His nomination was confirmed by the Senate on April 29.
I guarantee you that oil will be used by a vast majority of the worlds vehicles by 2016, however there will be a few alternative fuel vehicles on the road *imho* at that time. What they are.. I have no idea, because if there's one thing history has shown us, that when we try and guess and tech advances.. 9 times out of 10 we look like utter fools in retrospect.
What I don't understand is why you don't call in some of YOUR friends.. eventually it becomes a waste of time for them to dedicate resources dealing with players rather than farming for gold.
Bottom line: waste enough of their time and they don't get paid much that week.
"The only connection she has ever had to a computer is that she has on occasion dusted near the parts that she believes are a computer."
Ok, maybe she hasn't used a computer before.. Thats fine, but unless this person is uncontrollably stupid "dusted near the parts that she believes are a computer." How many people in a normal society would even be able to recongnize a computer! I think this person is playing extra stupid as part of her defense.
Ok so, they'll ban violent video games but real guns are a God given right? Are these the same people who talk about personal responsibility and holding the individual accountable?
""Video and PC games are a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry. So why don't they get the attention of movies or TV?"
Aren't they making a movie out of World of Warcraft? Perhaps they are getting to the point of popularity that movies and TV ARE starting to take an interest.
What kind off brainless uneducated idiot moderated the ignorant parent up?
Tea Party was not between "17 year old tea lovers who wanted free downloads of tea from the metropoly". It was between colonist-businessmen and metropoly-businessmen.
Well there are some basic parallels to people being treated unfairly by government and/or business and taking action that is deemed illegal. So don't get so focused on detail that you miss the point.
"Using technology developed at MIT, 4-person startup Avanti Metal hopes to reduce the cost of producing Titanium from the current $40 per pound to a mere $3."
What business people read:
"Using technology developed at MIT, 4-person startup Avanti Metal hopes to increase the profit of producing Titanium by $37 a pound!"
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Unless my memory failed me, I do remember paying 49.99$ for WoW. There is no free software given away.
Maybe he was referring to Asia! Where it may very well be given away for free... or at least very cheap...
But yeah.. I wan't my initial $50 back!
Other games may have more "raytraced" looking graphics, but their graphics lack something called "character".. which WoW has in spades!
WoW is a rich colorful environment, which is second only to the fun of the gameplay itself. Blizzard has a lot of experience under it's belt from the Diablo series as to what players like and don't like in an MMO.. which has lead to the refinement of WoW.
Remember in D2, the unsoulbound items and the utter pain of trying to trade ANYTHING.. and gold was literally worthless.. the online selling of items in D2 on ebay is a shadow of it's former self in WoW...
Blizzard may not be the quickest company in the world, but under these circumstances and considering WoW enourmous player base.. I think Blizzard deserves quite a bit of praise for what they've created.
Two thoughts:
1. Who put those bureaucrats in place, and who leans on them to take specific actions?
2. I think you're insinuating that the bureacrats are purposely making a mountain out of a molehill in order to preserve their funding. Possibly... but is this what you meant?
Wikipeida entry on the descision making bureaucrat:
Johnson attended Taylor University, receiving a B.A. in biology, and then received a M.S. in pathology from George Washington University. Before working for the U.S. Government, he held a number of positions in laboratory and bio-technology companies. He was also the director of Hazelton Laboratories (now known as Covance).
He became the acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on January 26, 2005. On March 4, 2005 President George W. Bush nominated him formally for the permanent position, replacing former administrator Michael O. Leavitt.
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Johnson was criticized for his professed support for using human subjects in pesticide testing. In April, a hold was placed on his confirmation vote after he refused to cancel the Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, which advocated testing the effects of pesticides on children from infancy to age 3. On April 8, Johnson canceled the study. His nomination was confirmed by the Senate on April 29.
"Unlearn what you have learned, you must!"
Yeah.. it was the *internet* that cause Snakes on a Plane to Fail..
I assure you that's the angle the producers who are in fear of losing their jobs are pitching right now.
See what I mean.. blurry!
LOL!
I think a lot of people get confused on what is attacking and what is defending these days. The line is kind of blurry.
No one's going to want to live on the moon! Imagine the ping times! You're latency on Unreal Tournament 2030 will make it virtually unplayable!
"Hey what's this big red *Press ONLY in case of federal investigation!* button for?"
*click*
I guarantee you that oil will be used by a vast majority of the worlds vehicles by 2016, however there will be a few alternative fuel vehicles on the road *imho* at that time. What they are.. I have no idea, because if there's one thing history has shown us, that when we try and guess and tech advances.. 9 times out of 10 we look like utter fools in retrospect.
What I don't understand is why you don't call in some of YOUR friends.. eventually it becomes a waste of time for them to dedicate resources dealing with players rather than farming for gold.
Bottom line: waste enough of their time and they don't get paid much that week.
One day we have stories of rehab clinics for game depenencies, the next day we have articles about professional gaming coaches!
I think people are just confused about what to do with the enthusiams games generate.
"The only connection she has ever had to a computer is that she has on occasion dusted near the parts that she believes are a computer."
Ok, maybe she hasn't used a computer before.. Thats fine, but unless this person is uncontrollably stupid "dusted near the parts that she believes are a computer." How many people in a normal society would even be able to recongnize a computer! I think this person is playing extra stupid as part of her defense.
British Phonographic Industry (BPI)
/sigh
I honestly read this as British Pornographic Industry...
Ok so from your post one can ascertain that there's:
Learned violence (virtual) that exists in games
and
Taught violence (movies music etc.) that shows violence to the influential in an often positive and often romaticized light.
Why try and ban one version while embracing the other?
Ok so, they'll ban violent video games but real guns are a God given right? Are these the same people who talk about personal responsibility and holding the individual accountable?
"This conversation is being recorded"
Hey, wait a minute! That's not glue... ewww... what is that? Larry, have you been touching yourself again?
That would be "pearl"
Also many of the bridges you cross you don't even realize you're crossing, over streams and dips in the landscape.
If Apple did steal some specific ideas from Creative, then turnabout's fair play!
huhuhuh... you said "fair play" huhuhuhuh...
I'm sorry, but "World of Starcraft" just doesn't have the same ring to it as "World of Warcraft."
True, but "Worlds of Starcraft" does.
""Video and PC games are a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry. So why don't they get the attention of movies or TV?"
Aren't they making a movie out of World of Warcraft? Perhaps they are getting to the point of popularity that movies and TV ARE starting to take an interest.
Analogy works when MAIN points of the phenomena match, not the details.
I'll bet you understood the point they were trying to make though, didn't you?
What kind off brainless uneducated idiot moderated the ignorant parent up?
Tea Party was not between "17 year old tea lovers who wanted free downloads of tea from the metropoly". It was between colonist-businessmen and metropoly-businessmen.
Well there are some basic parallels to people being treated unfairly by government and/or business and taking action that is deemed illegal. So don't get so focused on detail that you miss the point.
"Using technology developed at MIT, 4-person startup Avanti Metal hopes to reduce the cost of producing Titanium from the current $40 per pound to a mere $3."
What business people read:
"Using technology developed at MIT, 4-person startup Avanti Metal hopes to increase the profit of producing Titanium by $37 a pound!"