What's really wrong is when you try to use terms that an idiot would deem as "smart" (ie: lowest common denominator) and think you're a cut above the rest for doing so.
Why pay $15/mo for an mmorpg when you spend large amounts of time in instances?
I think that's a good point. After all, if you're in an instance, then why are you even playing online?
The overall jist of it, as I see it, is that the 'instance' is a sort of 'competition regulation'. It's the tool that devs utilize when they think that the content should be accessable to all players but with regulation... regulation being in the form of a 24-hour timer, once a week, etc.
The other side of the coin is, "Why pay $15/mo to play a game, but only get the leftovers and no chance at defeating the infamous mobs?"
I think people want to have that option to socialize and play a game at the same time... but to also have a fair chance at experiencing a majority of the game content without having to make a full time job out of playing (power-gaming).
What kind of responses do you receive from people who are trying to bust the Mythbusters?
For example, during the "Lethal Playing Card" episode, you had an author of a book whose topic was exactly the myth you were trying to bust. The man is obviously trying to make an income based upon the myth; yet, y'all are trying to disprove it with him present. I can only imagine that there are people who write in to say, "You did it wrong! You should have done it like this!"
Thanks for your time, and keep rockin!
I think this would be a good poll to see on the main page. I'm curious to see how many readers prefer the types (and choice) of subscription models.
Hourly rate, with no option for the standard monthly plan.
Hourly rate, with the option for the standard monthly plan.
Standard monthly plan only, no other option available.
I'm sure that power gamers would definitely hate choice #1.
Casual gamers would appreciate the opportunity to 'pay as you play'.
But the moral of the story is that its always nice to have a choice.
In other breaking news, the Egyptians recently finished work on a pyramid. While the exact purpose of this structure has not yet been disclosed, sources close to the site have mentioned that it's "freakin' huge."
Competing news stations report that scientists believe the "freakin' huge" accomplishments of the Egyptian colony to be responsible for shifts in the Earth's magnetic field. Furthermore, pythagoreans are bothered by the Egyptian achievement and threaten that the pyramid builders will "feel the wrath of math." Ra doesn't appear to be shining on the Egyptians in recent days.
Before you start spinning the wheel in the rumor mill, do your homework on the evolution of the GUI. You'll see that neither MS or Apple have the right to claim to have developed it from scratch.
The technology came out of Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Microsoft and Apple managed to hire talent from PARC, thereby inheriting the GUI knowledge from those individuals.
Ian Davis' "TheDraw" was awesome for us SysOps. Clearly the best ANSI editor of its time... I can still vividly remember anticipating every release he did for it - and I went as far to write a TSR program, Kolor!, to display ANSI block combinations to achieve more colors.
TradeWars was a must have 'door' game, and very addictive... staying up so extra late so that I could eagerly make my next move 24 hours later. (Okay, that's not really a utility, but when I think BBS, TradeWars comes to mind)
Other tools would include a hammer to pound the TRS-80 Model I back into shape so that System/80 would run... and when a SysOp's cooling mod meant that all covers/plates were removed from the CPU and external 5 1/4" floppy drives so that the BBS could run 24/7.
I agree with much of what has been said so far. Who wants to sit around in the outfield waiting for something that might not happen, or be a relief pitcher for 5-7 innings...
The concept is novel to the MMO concept though. But I don't think MMO is really a good label for a design like this - you've got 10 people in play at any given time. Eight others, on any given inning, are waiting in line. For a majority of the inning, 3 of those 10 people will be actively involved (pitcher, catcher, batter).
Instead of a guild, you'd have teams, certainly. And that in-itself could be a selling point - teams recruiting/trading with other teams, etc... it's always fun working to be #1 in your skill - be it with talent or gear.
But, if they go toward more of an 'arcade' concept instead of a 'simulation', I believe it'd go much better for the game. Such a difference would be equivalent to 'roleplaying' and 'non-rp' servers/modes of play.
But all-in-all, the idea of it all just makes me think, "Eh, if I'm really bored and I read a few good reviews, I'd give it a try." It'd be good of the publisher to issue trial passes too, given the novelty of this concept.
Using the net to communicate, educate and retaliate? No way. I don't believe it.
Oh, and by the way, rumor has it that Al Qaeda has cemented plans to upgrade their sewage system from holes-in-the-ground to toilet's and associated plumbing so that they can better communicate through the this sewer system; manipulating the enormous bandwidth (but mindful of the falling/floating 'packets' and clogged ports).
Seriously though, a big duh to whomever this is really strikes as news or unexpected. The framework is laid out for them, all they need is an XBox 360 and a subscription to XBox Live so that they can practice squad tactics.
1) Prove that the Japanese were about to surrender.
Even with all of their 'territories' claimed through war being 'reclaimed' through allied force, they continued to fight with everything they had (a la kamikaze). The dominant pattern of territorial loss and Allied forces moving closer and closer (evidenced by the Tokyo bombing), they continued to put up a fight. It was not in their blood to dishonor theirselves through surrender; they'd made it a habit to commit suicide in the battlefield instead of surrendering.
2) I wonder what you'll write on December 7th, in response to an/. article iterating the story of Pearl Harbor survivors.
3) In a sense, Japan was fortunate it was the US who claimed victory over the Japanese Empire and not the (then) Soviet Union. Look at post-war Germany and the debate that insued then between the Allied nations - with the speculation by Britain and the US of Soviet motives in Germany.
And more on the topic at hand here... two wrongs don't make a right. Surprise attack, dropping nukes -- I'm grateful the war stopped when it did (not necessarily *how* it did), and that even more lives were not taken.
"Innocent until proven guilty" is an addage that is appropriate when there is not any evidence available to support a charge.
When there is evidence, then you are guilty. Had the FBI/CIA acted upon intelligence pertaining to the 9/11 attacks and made arrests, we would have been complaining about it as we are now... but after the fact, its a whole different story.
The government instituted the RIOO act in 1970, tailored towards combating organized crime.
It has come time, imho, that combating terrorism has got to involve more prevention than reaction - minimizing the abuse of a terrorist's rights (as that terrorist tries to take ours) is secondary to preventing their hostile actions.
If the limit of your scope of vision as it pertains to my actions does not go beyond a single post I have made, than I apologize. However, even a fifth grader like me knows that there are wicked words for people who make judgements on someone based on a single action.
Right, except that if the average web site was a book, a third of the pages would be ripped, another third pissed on and finally a third with page after page of "EnglishScript error on line 4 of page 451. Do you want to debug?"
Very true... but you forgot about the error that would commonly be encountered by pr0n surfers: "EnglishScript error: page is sticky. Do you want to debug?"
It is stumping to try and reinvent the browsers as we know it, or even to innovate. I compare browsing to the mechanics of reading a book: Book -> TOC -> Chapters -> Pages... if ya wanna get fancy, then throw in an index or bib.
With that mindset, viewing web pages are the equivalent to turning pages... not many different ways to absorb the content.
There is more room to innovate on the web-design level than with the browsing software. Sounds like he was pissed off because he couldn't reinvent the wheel.
I completely agree that the more direct way for a greater number of a given population is for it to involve the collective money of the population (IE: tax dollars).
At the same time, there are those wealthy individuals who can represent more of a majority of the underpriviledged than you think - most of us strive to earn a wealthy status, and even fewer actually achive it. So, don't write off someone just because they are wealthy - instead question how they got that way.
In closing... I think it is important to keep the morals we learned from an old TV show in mind: Gilligan's Island.
they don't put a camera on the freakin' thing. I think Casio tried to do that - and as I result, I had the word 'paranoia' redefined for me as "living in a locker room (called a 'berthing' in the Navy for politically correct reasons), not knowing if the homo across from you is taking pictures with his indiscreet watch." -- Anyhow, the idea is funny to me because they put a device (the Palm) on a watch which is worn on your wrist. Yet, most often it is quicker to write something with an old-fashioned pen, using the hand that is attached to the wrist which sports a device that takes a helluva-lot longer to scribe information. Then I not dare to wonder about those people who wear their watch on the wrist of their writing hand.
The US military has been investing in force field technology. Their apparent application is to serve as a sort of protection against explosives.
It also seems to me that a plasma field would serve as protection to objects that are normally weakened when passing through pressure differences - assuming that the pressure within a plasma force field is consistent.
I like its compactness and increased portability - all with the power of a desktop. For those of us that travel frequently and are allergic to laptops, there is definitely a market for such a concept. However, the design could be modified even further to maximize portability. It doesn't seem be too difficult to make a hinged-desktop/LCD monitor combination.
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What's really wrong is when you try to use terms that an idiot would deem as "smart" (ie: lowest common denominator) and think you're a cut above the rest for doing so.
I was particularly frightened by the "...make level 50 playing 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, for four months..." part.
1300+ hours?! Thanks, but no thanks, I already have a full time job that pays *me*.
Billy is gambling on being able to create a monopoly by outpricing all the other competitors...
Agreed, wholeheartedly. Bill took a price hit for the original X-Box, and is probably doing it now, all in the name of market share.
Why pay $15/mo for an mmorpg when you spend large amounts of time in instances?
I think that's a good point. After all, if you're in an instance, then why are you even playing online?
The overall jist of it, as I see it, is that the 'instance' is a sort of 'competition regulation'. It's the tool that devs utilize when they think that the content should be accessable to all players but with regulation... regulation being in the form of a 24-hour timer, once a week, etc.
The other side of the coin is, "Why pay $15/mo to play a game, but only get the leftovers and no chance at defeating the infamous mobs?"
I think people want to have that option to socialize and play a game at the same time... but to also have a fair chance at experiencing a majority of the game content without having to make a full time job out of playing (power-gaming).
What kind of responses do you receive from people who are trying to bust the Mythbusters? For example, during the "Lethal Playing Card" episode, you had an author of a book whose topic was exactly the myth you were trying to bust. The man is obviously trying to make an income based upon the myth; yet, y'all are trying to disprove it with him present. I can only imagine that there are people who write in to say, "You did it wrong! You should have done it like this!" Thanks for your time, and keep rockin!
I think this would be a good poll to see on the main page. I'm curious to see how many readers prefer the types (and choice) of subscription models.
Hourly rate, with no option for the standard monthly plan. Hourly rate, with the option for the standard monthly plan. Standard monthly plan only, no other option available.
I'm sure that power gamers would definitely hate choice #1.
Casual gamers would appreciate the opportunity to 'pay as you play'.
But the moral of the story is that its always nice to have a choice.
In other breaking news, the Egyptians recently finished work on a pyramid. While the exact purpose of this structure has not yet been disclosed, sources close to the site have mentioned that it's "freakin' huge."
Competing news stations report that scientists believe the "freakin' huge" accomplishments of the Egyptian colony to be responsible for shifts in the Earth's magnetic field. Furthermore, pythagoreans are bothered by the Egyptian achievement and threaten that the pyramid builders will "feel the wrath of math." Ra doesn't appear to be shining on the Egyptians in recent days.
Symantec lists XP as a vulnerable OS, though I'm not certain if that is just a blanket response from Symantec.
However, TFA at CNN quotes the Sans Institute as having identified 'early versions of XP' as being susceptible to the threat, via the MS05-039 hole.
Being that XP is the red-headed stepchild of 2000, I'd say it's susceptible to attack.
....just like they 'invented' the GUI (Apple)
Before you start spinning the wheel in the rumor mill, do your homework on the evolution of the GUI. You'll see that neither MS or Apple have the right to claim to have developed it from scratch.
The technology came out of Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Microsoft and Apple managed to hire talent from PARC, thereby inheriting the GUI knowledge from those individuals.
Ian Davis' "TheDraw" was awesome for us SysOps. Clearly the best ANSI editor of its time... I can still vividly remember anticipating every release he did for it - and I went as far to write a TSR program, Kolor!, to display ANSI block combinations to achieve more colors.
TradeWars was a must have 'door' game, and very addictive... staying up so extra late so that I could eagerly make my next move 24 hours later. (Okay, that's not really a utility, but when I think BBS, TradeWars comes to mind)
AVA (Automated Verification Algorithm) was a great tool for SysOp's to use; it'd call back a new user to ensure their phone number was valid.
Other tools would include a hammer to pound the TRS-80 Model I back into shape so that System/80 would run... and when a SysOp's cooling mod meant that all covers/plates were removed from the CPU and external 5 1/4" floppy drives so that the BBS could run 24/7.
but it's just that, a novelty.
I agree with much of what has been said so far. Who wants to sit around in the outfield waiting for something that might not happen, or be a relief pitcher for 5-7 innings...
The concept is novel to the MMO concept though. But I don't think MMO is really a good label for a design like this - you've got 10 people in play at any given time. Eight others, on any given inning, are waiting in line. For a majority of the inning, 3 of those 10 people will be actively involved (pitcher, catcher, batter).
Instead of a guild, you'd have teams, certainly. And that in-itself could be a selling point - teams recruiting/trading with other teams, etc... it's always fun working to be #1 in your skill - be it with talent or gear.
But, if they go toward more of an 'arcade' concept instead of a 'simulation', I believe it'd go much better for the game. Such a difference would be equivalent to 'roleplaying' and 'non-rp' servers/modes of play.
But all-in-all, the idea of it all just makes me think, "Eh, if I'm really bored and I read a few good reviews, I'd give it a try." It'd be good of the publisher to issue trial passes too, given the novelty of this concept.
...they did.
They didn't mention the Generra Hypercolor 'collection'!
Oh c'mon, don't look at your monitor like that... you wore 'em too.
Using the net to communicate, educate and retaliate? No way. I don't believe it.
Oh, and by the way, rumor has it that Al Qaeda has cemented plans to upgrade their sewage system from holes-in-the-ground to toilet's and associated plumbing so that they can better communicate through the this sewer system; manipulating the enormous bandwidth (but mindful of the falling/floating 'packets' and clogged ports).
Seriously though, a big duh to whomever this is really strikes as news or unexpected. The framework is laid out for them, all they need is an XBox 360 and a subscription to XBox Live so that they can practice squad tactics.
1) Prove that the Japanese were about to surrender.
/. article iterating the story of Pearl Harbor survivors.
Even with all of their 'territories' claimed through war being 'reclaimed' through allied force, they continued to fight with everything they had (a la kamikaze). The dominant pattern of territorial loss and Allied forces moving closer and closer (evidenced by the Tokyo bombing), they continued to put up a fight. It was not in their blood to dishonor theirselves through surrender; they'd made it a habit to commit suicide in the battlefield instead of surrendering.
2) I wonder what you'll write on December 7th, in response to an
3) In a sense, Japan was fortunate it was the US who claimed victory over the Japanese Empire and not the (then) Soviet Union. Look at post-war Germany and the debate that insued then between the Allied nations - with the speculation by Britain and the US of Soviet motives in Germany.
And more on the topic at hand here... two wrongs don't make a right. Surprise attack, dropping nukes -- I'm grateful the war stopped when it did (not necessarily *how* it did), and that even more lives were not taken.
Oh, I interpreted the 'poorly built' comment in TFA as meaning, "Web sites that run on Windows servers will not work with IE7."
I believe your translation to be more accurate.
Err.. my apologies for the double-post. RICO act, not RIOO.
"Innocent until proven guilty" is an addage that is appropriate when there is not any evidence available to support a charge. When there is evidence, then you are guilty. Had the FBI/CIA acted upon intelligence pertaining to the 9/11 attacks and made arrests, we would have been complaining about it as we are now... but after the fact, its a whole different story. The government instituted the RIOO act in 1970, tailored towards combating organized crime. It has come time, imho, that combating terrorism has got to involve more prevention than reaction - minimizing the abuse of a terrorist's rights (as that terrorist tries to take ours) is secondary to preventing their hostile actions.
If the limit of your scope of vision as it pertains to my actions does not go beyond a single post I have made, than I apologize. However, even a fifth grader like me knows that there are wicked words for people who make judgements on someone based on a single action.
Have a nice day!
Right, except that if the average web site was a book, a third of the pages would be ripped, another third pissed on and finally a third with page after page of "EnglishScript error on line 4 of page 451. Do you want to debug?"
Very true... but you forgot about the error that would commonly be encountered by pr0n surfers: "EnglishScript error: page is sticky. Do you want to debug?"
It is stumping to try and reinvent the browsers as we know it, or even to innovate. I compare browsing to the mechanics of reading a book: Book -> TOC -> Chapters -> Pages... if ya wanna get fancy, then throw in an index or bib.
With that mindset, viewing web pages are the equivalent to turning pages... not many different ways to absorb the content.
There is more room to innovate on the web-design level than with the browsing software. Sounds like he was pissed off because he couldn't reinvent the wheel.
I completely agree that the more direct way for a greater number of a given population is for it to involve the collective money of the population (IE: tax dollars).
At the same time, there are those wealthy individuals who can represent more of a majority of the underpriviledged than you think - most of us strive to earn a wealthy status, and even fewer actually achive it. So, don't write off someone just because they are wealthy - instead question how they got that way. In closing... I think it is important to keep the morals we learned from an old TV show in mind: Gilligan's Island.
And to think that this is all coming from a man whose surname is synonymous to 'spitball.' (Reference: dictionary.com) --Revvy
they don't put a camera on the freakin' thing. I think Casio tried to do that - and as I result, I had the word 'paranoia' redefined for me as "living in a locker room (called a 'berthing' in the Navy for politically correct reasons), not knowing if the homo across from you is taking pictures with his indiscreet watch."
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Anyhow, the idea is funny to me because they put a device (the Palm) on a watch which is worn on your wrist. Yet, most often it is quicker to write something with an old-fashioned pen, using the hand that is attached to the wrist which sports a device that takes a helluva-lot longer to scribe information. Then I not dare to wonder about those people who wear their watch on the wrist of their writing hand.
Revvy
The US military has been investing in force field technology. Their apparent application is to serve as a sort of protection against explosives. It also seems to me that a plasma field would serve as protection to objects that are normally weakened when passing through pressure differences - assuming that the pressure within a plasma force field is consistent.
I like its compactness and increased portability - all with the power of a desktop. For those of us that travel frequently and are allergic to laptops, there is definitely a market for such a concept. However, the design could be modified even further to maximize portability. It doesn't seem be too difficult to make a hinged-desktop/LCD monitor combination.