Misread #9. It's like any other multiplayer game in existance, so the point is still busted. What game doesn't need incredible game code, awesome artists and world-building resources, great community management, airtight customer service? With the exception of an enterprise-level server and traffic management system, and a reliable billing system, what's the problem again?
10: Too Many are Being Built But there are very, very few good ones.
9: It Requires a Mastery of Too Many Disciplines Oooh, I thought that was half the fun. It's like saying "the tech tree is just too darned big!" in MoO3
8: A Huge Team is Required But somebody is obviously making money off of it, so what's the problem again?
7: Getting a Credit Card from a Customer is Hard Huh? Not from somebody who actually wants to play the game. Maybe you're talking about the whiny 15 year olds I hear on the XBox forums all the time.
6: The Online Industry is Counter-Intuitive to Packaged-Goods Company Management So you look towards other examples of services that have succeeded with "24-hour operations, 365 days a year, with continuous customer support, etc, etc". Is this really a reason not to make an MMOMMOMMORPG? Sony obviously disagrees.
5: Everything You Know about Single-Player Games is Wrong Um, not really. Plot? Interaction? The mastery of many disciplines????? Sure, there are radical difference in some areas, but a reason not to make a MMORPG? Pretty weak.
4: The Internet Sucks as a Commercial Delivery Platform Dot bust, blahblahblah. Once again, where you complain, others have succeeded.
3: Customer Service is Hard I'm sorry, but this man's "points" sound increasingly like whining. Customer service is a fact of life. Yes it's online. No, it's not crippling. DEAL WITH IT.
2: There are Lots of Legal Issues Like ANY industry. He refers to Ultima misfortune. Last I heard, ultima was a good example of how not to handle an MMORPG. It was especially bad in it's opening years if I remember right. Customers were revolting in droves. So yeah, if you screw your fanbase over, I can see the potential legal issues.
1: They Cost Too Much money to Build and Launch! Perhapse, but lets refer to point #10: Their are too many being built. Points #10 and #1 don't exactly share a happy coexistance with one another in why you shouldn't make an MMORPG. "My God! They cost too much, but everybody is building them anyway!" Huh? Either A) You're lying/Don't have a clue or B) There s enough profit potential inspite of reasons 1-10 to do it anyway.
Amazing how this artical comes directly after the announcement of the PS2 Grid networking initiative, but just can't come right out and say anything about it.
Now I'm wondering how in the heck this one slipped past the already ensuing legal firefight between the original creator and the Richard Hatch/Fan creation already in the works. Supposively, they had a high quality working trailer and everything. Now SciFi is busting out with their version? Huh? Is this a three way now? Was a lawsuit settled?
It'd be interesting to find out if this is just something on SciFi's wish list or have they somehow trumped everybody else's claim to the franchise...
And of course, you are of the authority to determine whether my life is equal to that of a few hundred people or some bacteria. Sorry, but my life is worth a billion or so people. So is yours.
And the funny thing is a lot of people seem to think that a Saddam would give a shit about how he uses, modifies and impliments your open source code. There's not a whole hellva lot you can do to stop him even if it wasn't "open source". Think he gives a crap about MS copyrights if he were so inclines to try and modify something of theirs?
It like the gun myth that if you somehow regulate everything it'll be "alright" when the sad facts are that 95% of this countries shootings are commited by people who don't care about regulation, laws or copyrights. If they have a mind to, they will obtain your code, alter it and there isn't a thing you can do to stop them short of never releasing it. On that note, it sure as heck isn't your fault if they use that code for purposes you never intended just like the gun company isn't responsible for your murdering rampage.
The UN can barely manage itself, let alone pull the nessisary resources together to enact such a project. In the end, the bulk of the initiative would be shouldered by the US or Russia. The UN wouldn't be doing but playing the proverbial supervisor. Heck, maybe they could send inspectors into sp-- Oh! MwaAhahahahah!!!
Just curious, but what is the big deal about posting these brute-force chess matches? AI, sure, cool. But given enough thrust, a rock will fly too, y'know...
I can forsee anime coverage only getting better here in the US from this day forward. Seriously, look at what the kids are watching today-- Pokemon, Digimon, Sakura Card Captors, Gundam, Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragonball Z. These kids are growing up with anime and like some cartoons stayed with us, their increased exposure to it is going to stay with them. They are going to demand more of it and the market will adjust to meet that demand (hopeflly). With that adjustment, you should see more and more stuff ported over here with (hopefully) less and less editing and hire budgets. It's like gaming. these cultures are slowly imbedding themselves into society and (hopefully) it won't be long before they are acceptable mainstram phenomenoms...
But really, even if you couldn't do anything about it, you might as well tell everybody. It's all going to end, so what's the point of keeping secrecy other than for governments to hold on to their precious seats of power? And even THAT really doesn't matter at that point.
You want to see what kind of entity humanity really is? Tell em their's an unstoppable asteroid with their name on it one month out.
>>You have entered the dark and dusty remains of King LaLa's tomb. A light breez wafts across your torch, causing it to flicker for a moment. In front of you, the path branches into three directions. Do you go STRAIT, LEFT or RIGHT?
PLAYER> RIGHT
>> As you make your way down the stone path you see something half buried in the crumbled remains of the path. It looks dangerous.
PLAYER> LOOK
>> As you crouch down to take a closer look, you are shocked to find the ancient septor of Tutu Ramen blocking your progress!
PLAYER> ATTACK EQUIP?> CHISLE
>> 3D4 = 13[8] Hit! >> Player does 3 points of excavation! >> Ancient Septor appears unphased!!
PLAYER> SPELL CAST ?> WHISK
>> Player casts WHISK! 2D4 Dust removed! Def -3, Agility -5! >> Ancient Septor is shaken!
PLAYER> ATTACK EQUIP?> CHISLE
>> 3D4 = 7[5] Hit! >> Player does 2 points of excavation! >> Ancient Septor DEFEATED!!!
>> You gained +20 Experience >> LEVEL UP! >> ATTACK: +1 >> DEF: +2 >> AG: +1 >> MG: +3 >> You got one ANCIENT SEPTOR! >> 11 Gold found! >> LEARNED NEW ATTACK! "COMPRESSED AIR"
The key word being Bulletproof. With so many people in the world with nothing better to do than crack a system (Install Linux on a blender, mod their washing machine, etc), I wouldn't bet on it in my lifetime...
1) Microsoft can code it's website however the heck it wants. It's not going out and forcing you to take that information.
2) IE's defalt page is MSN. SO WHAT!? It's not as if they lock you into that choice, nor is there any internet code of conduct that says you must default your browser to a nuetral site. I'm sorry, that's nine-assed.
3) The definition of monopoly is no viable competition. Are you saying neither Opera or Netscape are viable competition? IE is NOT a monopoly.
4) MSN is benifiting from IE because the two products are OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY. Are you saying it's illegal for any company to use such an association to it's advantage?! "OH! Netscape shouldn't link it's OWN BROWSER to it's webpage! THAT'S MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICE!!!"
I agree to some extent that MS has had it's share of shady business practices, but the associations your describing are just plain weak.
Refering to your sig, apparaently it is a browser, as IE v6 not only displays the first link, but the massive pop-up fest that follows in the second link. Neither crashed IE. Granted, all the pop-ups were annoying and slowed the system until I locked the firewall down and added the site to my pop-up killer. Just a heads up.
What normally happens when one fraternity pulls a prank on another? WAR. It's normally a conflict of escalation, the next prank more outrageous than the last.
So I ask you... Who is in a position to do more damage in a prank war between IE and Opera? Not that it isn't funny, just rather one sided if things get out of hand.
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Obviously, you being so informed to make such a judgement about shutting "it".
Misread #9. It's like any other multiplayer game in existance, so the point is still busted. What game doesn't need incredible game code, awesome artists and world-building resources, great community management, airtight customer service? With the exception of an enterprise-level server and traffic management system, and a reliable billing system, what's the problem again?
10: Too Many are Being Built
But there are very, very few good ones.
9: It Requires a Mastery of Too Many Disciplines
Oooh, I thought that was half the fun. It's like saying "the tech tree is just too darned big!" in MoO3
8: A Huge Team is Required
But somebody is obviously making money off of it, so what's the problem again?
7: Getting a Credit Card from a Customer is Hard
Huh? Not from somebody who actually wants to play the game. Maybe you're talking about the whiny 15 year olds I hear on the XBox forums all the time.
6: The Online Industry is Counter-Intuitive to Packaged-Goods Company Management
So you look towards other examples of services that have succeeded with "24-hour operations, 365 days a year, with continuous customer support, etc, etc". Is this really a reason not to make an MMOMMOMMORPG? Sony obviously disagrees.
5: Everything You Know about Single-Player Games is Wrong
Um, not really. Plot? Interaction? The mastery of many disciplines????? Sure, there are radical difference in some areas, but a reason not to make a MMORPG? Pretty weak.
4: The Internet Sucks as a Commercial Delivery Platform
Dot bust, blahblahblah. Once again, where you complain, others have succeeded.
3: Customer Service is Hard
I'm sorry, but this man's "points" sound increasingly like whining. Customer service is a fact of life. Yes it's online. No, it's not crippling. DEAL WITH IT.
2: There are Lots of Legal Issues
Like ANY industry. He refers to Ultima misfortune. Last I heard, ultima was a good example of how not to handle an MMORPG. It was especially bad in it's opening years if I remember right. Customers were revolting in droves. So yeah, if you screw your fanbase over, I can see the potential legal issues.
1: They Cost Too Much money to Build and Launch!
Perhapse, but lets refer to point #10: Their are too many being built. Points #10 and #1 don't exactly share a happy coexistance with one another in why you shouldn't make an MMORPG. "My God! They cost too much, but everybody is building them anyway!" Huh? Either A) You're lying/Don't have a clue or B) There s enough profit potential inspite of reasons 1-10 to do it anyway.
If you said C) Both A and B, you get a star.
Amazing how this artical comes directly after the announcement of the PS2 Grid networking initiative, but just can't come right out and say anything about it.
And who bailed Apple out the last two times as they were going down in flames? Uh-huh. Yep, it's patented, which means absolutely nothing to MS.
Now I'm wondering how in the heck this one slipped past the already ensuing legal firefight between the original creator and the Richard Hatch/Fan creation already in the works. Supposively, they had a high quality working trailer and everything. Now SciFi is busting out with their version? Huh? Is this a three way now? Was a lawsuit settled?
It'd be interesting to find out if this is just something on SciFi's wish list or have they somehow trumped everybody else's claim to the franchise...
And of course, you are of the authority to determine whether my life is equal to that of a few hundred people or some bacteria. Sorry, but my life is worth a billion or so people. So is yours.
And the funny thing is a lot of people seem to think that a Saddam would give a shit about how he uses, modifies and impliments your open source code. There's not a whole hellva lot you can do to stop him even if it wasn't "open source". Think he gives a crap about MS copyrights if he were so inclines to try and modify something of theirs?
It like the gun myth that if you somehow regulate everything it'll be "alright" when the sad facts are that 95% of this countries shootings are commited by people who don't care about regulation, laws or copyrights. If they have a mind to, they will obtain your code, alter it and there isn't a thing you can do to stop them short of never releasing it. On that note, it sure as heck isn't your fault if they use that code for purposes you never intended just like the gun company isn't responsible for your murdering rampage.
"Nice to get a head start on what we'll be cloning next year ;)"
No wonder why you're always one step behind MS...
The UN can barely manage itself, let alone pull the nessisary resources together to enact such a project. In the end, the bulk of the initiative would be shouldered by the US or Russia. The UN wouldn't be doing but playing the proverbial supervisor. Heck, maybe they could send inspectors into sp-- Oh! MwaAhahahahah!!!
Whew! It's a good thing employers don't use your credit history to determine employment, or we'd really be in-- um, guys? Guys..???
Just curious, but what is the big deal about posting these brute-force chess matches? AI, sure, cool. But given enough thrust, a rock will fly too, y'know...
Ah, the we want free stuff culture catches up with yet another service.
I can forsee anime coverage only getting better here in the US from this day forward. Seriously, look at what the kids are watching today-- Pokemon, Digimon, Sakura Card Captors, Gundam, Yu-Gi-Oh and Dragonball Z. These kids are growing up with anime and like some cartoons stayed with us, their increased exposure to it is going to stay with them. They are going to demand more of it and the market will adjust to meet that demand (hopeflly). With that adjustment, you should see more and more stuff ported over here with (hopefully) less and less editing and hire budgets. It's like gaming. these cultures are slowly imbedding themselves into society and (hopefully) it won't be long before they are acceptable mainstram phenomenoms...
A Fraternity-like organization with a streak of civil service? Is it possible?! ;)
"The Clampers are an organization known for, well, drinking and horsing around..."
And what fraternitiy worth their salt isn't???
Maybe we could find a way to slashdot it...
But really, even if you couldn't do anything about it, you might as well tell everybody. It's all going to end, so what's the point of keeping secrecy other than for governments to hold on to their precious seats of power? And even THAT really doesn't matter at that point.
You want to see what kind of entity humanity really is? Tell em their's an unstoppable asteroid with their name on it one month out.
>>You have entered the dark and dusty remains of King LaLa's tomb. A light breez wafts across your torch, causing it to flicker for a moment. In front of you, the path branches into three directions. Do you go STRAIT, LEFT or RIGHT?
PLAYER> RIGHT
>> As you make your way down the stone path you see something half buried in the crumbled remains of the path. It looks dangerous.
PLAYER> LOOK
>> As you crouch down to take a closer look, you are shocked to find the ancient septor of Tutu Ramen blocking your progress!
PLAYER> ATTACK
EQUIP?> CHISLE
>> 3D4 = 13[8] Hit!
>> Player does 3 points of excavation!
>> Ancient Septor appears unphased!!
PLAYER> SPELL
CAST ?> WHISK
>> Player casts WHISK! 2D4 Dust removed! Def -3, Agility -5!
>> Ancient Septor is shaken!
PLAYER> ATTACK
EQUIP?> CHISLE
>> 3D4 = 7[5] Hit!
>> Player does 2 points of excavation!
>> Ancient Septor DEFEATED!!!
>> You gained +20 Experience
>> LEVEL UP!
>> ATTACK: +1
>> DEF: +2
>> AG: +1
>> MG: +3
>> You got one ANCIENT SEPTOR!
>> 11 Gold found!
>> LEARNED NEW ATTACK! "COMPRESSED AIR"
Sounds fun. Where do I sign up for Beta?
The key word being Bulletproof. With so many people in the world with nothing better to do than crack a system (Install Linux on a blender, mod their washing machine, etc), I wouldn't bet on it in my lifetime...
Waste your mod points here folks. Truth hurts.
Truth. -1 Flamebait. Yep, this is Slashdot alright.
1) Microsoft can code it's website however the heck it wants. It's not going out and forcing you to take that information.
2) IE's defalt page is MSN. SO WHAT!? It's not as if they lock you into that choice, nor is there any internet code of conduct that says you must default your browser to a nuetral site. I'm sorry, that's nine-assed.
3) The definition of monopoly is no viable competition. Are you saying neither Opera or Netscape are viable competition? IE is NOT a monopoly.
4) MSN is benifiting from IE because the two products are OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY. Are you saying it's illegal for any company to use such an association to it's advantage?! "OH! Netscape shouldn't link it's OWN BROWSER to it's webpage! THAT'S MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICE!!!"
I agree to some extent that MS has had it's share of shady business practices, but the associations your describing are just plain weak.
Refering to your sig, apparaently it is a browser, as IE v6 not only displays the first link, but the massive pop-up fest that follows in the second link. Neither crashed IE. Granted, all the pop-ups were annoying and slowed the system until I locked the firewall down and added the site to my pop-up killer. Just a heads up.
What normally happens when one fraternity pulls a prank on another? WAR. It's normally a conflict of escalation, the next prank more outrageous than the last.
So I ask you... Who is in a position to do more damage in a prank war between IE and Opera? Not that it isn't funny, just rather one sided if things get out of hand.
What more can you say about this utterly usedless mod but:
:)
"Imagine a Beowold Cluster of these in Soviet Russia!!" Don't forget to tip the waitress on the way out