I don't have a lot of experience with higher instances (Never been anywhere higher than BRD) but it is my understanding that just about everything short of MC can be 5-manned by a skilled group. It's not easy, but entirely possible.
Besides, we've only just hit 30. We can recruit 5 more likeminded individuals as we get closer to that point.
Pick-up groups are the single biggest cause of account cancellations
This is why I stopped playing WoW for almost 6 months. Horrific PUG experiences with my 50+ Hunter. (I wasn't guilded) Unfortunately, there is nothing the Devs can do to make players not suck to play with. The only reason I'm back in game is that myself and 4 friends all started new characters at the same time, and we always play together. I'll never have to do a PUG again!
Okay, cut the US area in half to account for these 'no-people areas'. (I seriously doubt that 50% of the US doesn't need high speed infrastructure, but just for the sake of it)
They lost it for a good reason. They violated the TOS for the game they played, and they knew it was a possible consequence of their actions.
They lost their money because they willingly broke the rules of the game.
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This is not like the music industry, where music existed prior to the music industry
Umm, there has always been industry surrounding music. As long as there has been money to make, people have made it by writing and performing music. It is no different than your description of the movie industry.
1) People purchasing in-game wealth via out of game means.
2) People griefing players lower than them.
The two are not related to each other in any way. Are there griefers who get their stuff on Ebay? Sure, but that doesn't mean all griefers use ebay, nor that all people using ebay are griefers.
Personally, I don't buy ingame items, as I just think it's a poor way to spend my money. But I really don't care too much if other people do. Right now, I play WoW, and the impact of ebay just isn't very prominent. (Lineage II was much more heavily affected by outside sales, which is why I left the game)
I played a hunter to 59, and would like to think I'm pretty decent with my class. That said there are a LOT of hunters out there who are absolutely clueless. I got sick of that guild by association and re-rolled a priest.
I spent the better part of a year as part of the leadership of one of the largest alliances in the game, and isk was never an issue. Any 0.0 alliance with any common sense knows they have more than enough resources at their disposal to fund their PvP.
In conclusion, I think you don't know what you're talking about first-hand, and are just making assumptions.
I've seen the "I'm not charging for the item, I'm charging for the time spent" justification used many times. However, MMO providers seem to have no problems banning their accounts just the same. I have NEVER seen anyone successfuly get their account reinstated using the above justification. (Thankfully)
Puzzlers like that are PERFECT for something like a cellphone. They deal with the limited interface well, and can be played in small sessions. Trying to cram complex games onto a cellphone is a bad idea IMO.
Agreed. I'm just trying to figure out why a male organization is accused of ebil gender discrimination, while a female organization is commended for the same thing.
I don't consider myself a 'guy gamer' and I don't consider my female gaming friends 'girl gamers'. I'm a gamer, and they're gamers. We are people who play games.
Key word: People.
As long as you're advertising that you're a female gaming clan, full of 'girl gamers' then you're not interested in any kind of equality. You're just attention whores.
It all depends on where you live. When I was in high school, most of the students parents bought them cars, etc. In fact, luxury cars were not uncommon.
My family was not nearly as well off, and I had to buy my own. But nothing annoyed me more than some chick bragging about the Beemer that daddy bought her. (And this was about 7 years ago. It's even worse there now. Spoiled rich kids.)
The RIAA can't distribute as effectively, as they can't control copies of what they distribute. I but a copy of a song, then 5 of my friends copy it off my HD. So now there are 6 copies out there but only one was paid for. An online pirate doesn't care about copies of copies.
Piracy by bootleg is an entirely different issue, and in that sense, yes economies of scale apply.
You're telling me that online distribution is not as efficient as traditional means? Lets look at the music industry. First you've got cost of creation/production of the music itself. Then you have packaging, production, and distribution costs of the CD's to retailers. The pirate gets the CD, rips and encodes it on his home pc, then shares it using free P2P software, where it replicates exponentially.
Where does economies of scale come into play in this scenario?
We started with creation and no copyright because originally work was not easily duplicated. THe only way to duplicate the work of Michaelangelo was to be able to paint as well as him. Technology has eliminated that natural barrier, and it is very easy to mass distribute copies of works that are virtually indistinguishable from the original. Hence why some control is now needed.
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I don't have a lot of experience with higher instances (Never been anywhere higher than BRD) but it is my understanding that just about everything short of MC can be 5-manned by a skilled group. It's not easy, but entirely possible.
Besides, we've only just hit 30. We can recruit 5 more likeminded individuals as we get closer to that point.
Okay, cut the US area in half to account for these 'no-people areas'. (I seriously doubt that 50% of the US doesn't need high speed infrastructure, but just for the sake of it)
France sq miles: 211k
USA sq miles: 1768.5k
France gdp/sq mi: $8M
USA gdp/sq mi: $6M
They lost it for a good reason. They violated the TOS for the game they played, and they knew it was a possible consequence of their actions.
They lost their money because they willingly broke the rules of the game.
These aren't the droids you're looking for.
These aren't the droids we're looking for.
We can go about our business
You can go about your business.
Move along.
Move along!
Again, two different issues.
1) People purchasing in-game wealth via out of game means.
2) People griefing players lower than them.
The two are not related to each other in any way. Are there griefers who get their stuff on Ebay? Sure, but that doesn't mean all griefers use ebay, nor that all people using ebay are griefers.
Personally, I don't buy ingame items, as I just think it's a poor way to spend my money. But I really don't care too much if other people do. Right now, I play WoW, and the impact of ebay just isn't very prominent. (Lineage II was much more heavily affected by outside sales, which is why I left the game)
I played a hunter to 59, and would like to think I'm pretty decent with my class. That said there are a LOT of hunters out there who are absolutely clueless. I got sick of that guild by association and re-rolled a priest.
I spent the better part of a year as part of the leadership of one of the largest alliances in the game, and isk was never an issue. Any 0.0 alliance with any common sense knows they have more than enough resources at their disposal to fund their PvP.
In conclusion, I think you don't know what you're talking about first-hand, and are just making assumptions.
I've seen the "I'm not charging for the item, I'm charging for the time spent" justification used many times. However, MMO providers seem to have no problems banning their accounts just the same. I have NEVER seen anyone successfuly get their account reinstated using the above justification. (Thankfully)
Not directly applicable, but Cliff's Notes comes to mind for books.
People will do this regardless of how they got their wealth. You're mashing two different issues together.
I'd love to see a level 1 human running to Teldrassil just to level. That would deserve respect.
Why is Bejeweled not a 'real' game?
Puzzlers like that are PERFECT for something like a cellphone. They deal with the limited interface well, and can be played in small sessions. Trying to cram complex games onto a cellphone is a bad idea IMO.
Agreed. I'm just trying to figure out why a male organization is accused of ebil gender discrimination, while a female organization is commended for the same thing.
I don't consider myself a 'guy gamer' and I don't consider my female gaming friends 'girl gamers'. I'm a gamer, and they're gamers. We are people who play games.
Key word: People.
As long as you're advertising that you're a female gaming clan, full of 'girl gamers' then you're not interested in any kind of equality. You're just attention whores.
It all depends on where you live. When I was in high school, most of the students parents bought them cars, etc. In fact, luxury cars were not uncommon.
My family was not nearly as well off, and I had to buy my own. But nothing annoyed me more than some chick bragging about the Beemer that daddy bought her. (And this was about 7 years ago. It's even worse there now. Spoiled rich kids.)
I'm not 100% certain, but isn't Blu-Ray a Sony technology? If so, then Microsoft would be buying parts from Sony for the Xbox.
I can't imagine why Microsoft would be reluctant to do that...
It is complex, but IIRC she didn't write any of it.
Thats my beef with most pop-musicians, they're not the ones making the music.
Funny thing is, it wasn't intentional. The developers didn't expect it to spread outside of the dungeon in originated in.
So no, it wasn't creative. It was an entertaining fuck-up.
control over how their work is distributed, and how they are compensated for use.
How long is the tricky question. Personally, I think the current situation allows control for FAR too long.
The RIAA can't distribute as effectively, as they can't control copies of what they distribute. I but a copy of a song, then 5 of my friends copy it off my HD. So now there are 6 copies out there but only one was paid for. An online pirate doesn't care about copies of copies.
Piracy by bootleg is an entirely different issue, and in that sense, yes economies of scale apply.
You're telling me that online distribution is not as efficient as traditional means? Lets look at the music industry. First you've got cost of creation/production of the music itself. Then you have packaging, production, and distribution costs of the CD's to retailers. The pirate gets the CD, rips and encodes it on his home pc, then shares it using free P2P software, where it replicates exponentially.
Where does economies of scale come into play in this scenario?
We started with creation and no copyright because originally work was not easily duplicated. THe only way to duplicate the work of Michaelangelo was to be able to paint as well as him. Technology has eliminated that natural barrier, and it is very easy to mass distribute copies of works that are virtually indistinguishable from the original. Hence why some control is now needed.