I agree, it's the gameplay that keeps me coming back. I'm no lore geek for WoW, but I don't dislike it. It's a cute novelty. I've never been a MMO person much but WoW is fun to play. The mechanics and abilities of the characters are classes are fun. I love PVP, it's what keeps me going on WoW because I'm burnt out on the PVE environment.
I know I'm speaking about WoW more than MMOs in general,I wish they'd find ways to make the game play more fun, from level 1-80. I hate that it's end game focused. Take some new risks. Maybe new AI on the mobs? Mobs are so predictable, how about some more random things. Mobs that fight back smarter. Or bigger risk you take, bigger rewards, less quest based activities. New content all around to make you want to enjoy leveling up again, not just grind to 80 ASAP. New classes, new low level abilities not just new end game abilities. We don't need new settings or environment, it's all about the game play.
Wow is a complication of every MMO and D20 RPG but I'm fine with that, because they nearly mastered the interface and making it fun to play.
And STFU with the use of term IP. Intellectual property is an oxymoron.
An America West Airbus A320 flight I was on had something like this happen, just not as severe. Flying along in smooth air at cruise altitude, we suddenly drop like a rock for 5 seconds. The wing speed breaks deployed. Scariest drop I've ever had on all my time flying.
The copilot said it was an "auto pilot adjustment" mmmm humm.....
Good point, I used to work neighborhood patrol and used a K band police radar gun in the patrol truck for years. That emits an active beam of microwave energy. Never once while transmitting a radar beam did it mess up the car stereo, the ignition system, my laptop or cell phone. If a radar gun can't mess up crappy consumer electronics, how hell can a laptop or bluetooth mouse mess up hardened avionics?
Sounds like to me the autopilot is suspect, that the plane didn't know it climbed 300 feet and all the student the autopilot realized it was too high and it freaked out and dove the plane to get it back to where it should be. I had something like this happen once in an Airbus flight I was on.
I was on an America West flight a few years ago which was an Airbus (A320 I think?). Anyway we were flying along just fine, no turbulence or anything. All the sudden we drop like a rock out of the sky for about 4 seconds. People gasp outloud. I saw the wing speed brakes were deployed, so it wasn't turbulence we hit. Now my uncle is a captain for another airlines and I've taken ground school so I know a little about planes. When I asked about it, the copilot told me later that the autopilot made some kind of "correction". I had the sense it was a BS response, either he didn't know or didn't want to say what happened.
This is just anecdotal and I'm no aerospace engineer, but my gut tells me maybe their autopilot software is goofy. Normally I wouldn't reply but this sounds like the same thing that happened on my flight, just not as extreme (but just as scary). I have a hard time believing something that has to withstand lightening strikes would be affected by a bluetooth.
I'd like to ask why there is so much emphasis on end game content, especially in new releases in World of Warcraft. As a fairly casual player, I don't have time to join a serious raiding guild. Therefore, once I max out on levels, there's not a lot for me to do. I enjoy PVP, so that's about all I do at max level.
On top of that, they keep making it easier to level up, further promoting the grind and race to max level. End game content is important sure, but so is the rest of the game. Why doesn't Blizzard add more middle game content? More low level dungeons, more things to do? Other than PVP, the only other thing that keeps me interested is leveling up alts to learn different classes. But that gets old on the same old content and even the same old classes. Why not keep leveling up the same difficulty or harder, but add more mid content? (Remember when having a level 60 was a BIG deal?) Now 70's are a dime a dozen, and soon to be 80s. With the exception of end game raid content, instead of being more challenging, it seems to get more dumb down with each expansion. What's your response to my comment?
I'm no attorney but if it were me, I would look into possibly incorporating, perhaps even as a non-profit cooperative or something to that effect if you plan to offer the service for free or at cost. I don't have any personal expereince running a community ISP but incorporating seems like a good precaution against liability.
Wanna know the honest to god truth why I was looking up 747 cockpits? I was watching Airport 75 (one of the classic cheezy 70s movie was with George Kennedy).. the one where a little airplane collides with a 747 and kills or knocks out the crew and they have to hoist a new pilot in on a helicopter.. anyway I was just bored and dorky enough to wanna see if the cockpit layout on the movie was the same as a real 747.. including the autopilot controls. Amazinly enough, the cockpit controls on the movie did match a real 747.. of course I still like Airport 77 the best, one of my personal favorites of the classic the cheeze plane thrillers.
However, I'll let you know if I see any black helicopters coming.. I'm sure TIA and Eschelon have had me marked for awhile now that I sent in the posting. And I guess the men in black will never buy my excuse for looking up cockpits;)
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I agree, it's the gameplay that keeps me coming back. I'm no lore geek for WoW, but I don't dislike it. It's a cute novelty. I've never been a MMO person much but WoW is fun to play. The mechanics and abilities of the characters are classes are fun. I love PVP, it's what keeps me going on WoW because I'm burnt out on the PVE environment. I know I'm speaking about WoW more than MMOs in general,I wish they'd find ways to make the game play more fun, from level 1-80. I hate that it's end game focused. Take some new risks. Maybe new AI on the mobs? Mobs are so predictable, how about some more random things. Mobs that fight back smarter. Or bigger risk you take, bigger rewards, less quest based activities. New content all around to make you want to enjoy leveling up again, not just grind to 80 ASAP. New classes, new low level abilities not just new end game abilities. We don't need new settings or environment, it's all about the game play. Wow is a complication of every MMO and D20 RPG but I'm fine with that, because they nearly mastered the interface and making it fun to play. And STFU with the use of term IP. Intellectual property is an oxymoron.
An America West Airbus A320 flight I was on had something like this happen, just not as severe. Flying along in smooth air at cruise altitude, we suddenly drop like a rock for 5 seconds. The wing speed breaks deployed. Scariest drop I've ever had on all my time flying. The copilot said it was an "auto pilot adjustment" mmmm humm .....
Statically, someone has to be that statistic. To that person, statistics are irrelevant. "In my experience, there's no such thing as luck" -Obi Wan
Case and point of trusting the computer more than the pilot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvEOQzmDzL0 seems not much has changed.
Good point, I used to work neighborhood patrol and used a K band police radar gun in the patrol truck for years. That emits an active beam of microwave energy. Never once while transmitting a radar beam did it mess up the car stereo, the ignition system, my laptop or cell phone. If a radar gun can't mess up crappy consumer electronics, how hell can a laptop or bluetooth mouse mess up hardened avionics? Sounds like to me the autopilot is suspect, that the plane didn't know it climbed 300 feet and all the student the autopilot realized it was too high and it freaked out and dove the plane to get it back to where it should be. I had something like this happen once in an Airbus flight I was on.
I was on an America West flight a few years ago which was an Airbus (A320 I think?). Anyway we were flying along just fine, no turbulence or anything. All the sudden we drop like a rock out of the sky for about 4 seconds. People gasp outloud. I saw the wing speed brakes were deployed, so it wasn't turbulence we hit. Now my uncle is a captain for another airlines and I've taken ground school so I know a little about planes. When I asked about it, the copilot told me later that the autopilot made some kind of "correction". I had the sense it was a BS response, either he didn't know or didn't want to say what happened. This is just anecdotal and I'm no aerospace engineer, but my gut tells me maybe their autopilot software is goofy. Normally I wouldn't reply but this sounds like the same thing that happened on my flight, just not as extreme (but just as scary). I have a hard time believing something that has to withstand lightening strikes would be affected by a bluetooth.
I'd like to ask why there is so much emphasis on end game content, especially in new releases in World of Warcraft. As a fairly casual player, I don't have time to join a serious raiding guild. Therefore, once I max out on levels, there's not a lot for me to do. I enjoy PVP, so that's about all I do at max level. On top of that, they keep making it easier to level up, further promoting the grind and race to max level. End game content is important sure, but so is the rest of the game. Why doesn't Blizzard add more middle game content? More low level dungeons, more things to do? Other than PVP, the only other thing that keeps me interested is leveling up alts to learn different classes. But that gets old on the same old content and even the same old classes. Why not keep leveling up the same difficulty or harder, but add more mid content? (Remember when having a level 60 was a BIG deal?) Now 70's are a dime a dozen, and soon to be 80s. With the exception of end game raid content, instead of being more challenging, it seems to get more dumb down with each expansion. What's your response to my comment?
I'm no attorney but if it were me, I would look into possibly incorporating, perhaps even as a non-profit cooperative or something to that effect if you plan to offer the service for free or at cost. I don't have any personal expereince running a community ISP but incorporating seems like a good precaution against liability.
I cut my teeth in Unix on an Ultrix DECstation 5000 back in college. Haven't used one since probably 1996. The good old days..
touche ... well done, I'll have to make better use of pronouns in the future :P
However, I'll let you know if I see any black helicopters coming.. I'm sure TIA and Eschelon have had me marked for awhile now that I sent in the posting. And I guess the men in black will never buy my excuse for looking up cockpits