"So when will they stop being dicks about releasing unpatched, old-school server/rules..."
SOE doesn't care about anything that they don't think will make them quick cash. They're just milking EQ for all that it's worth, releasing 3 expansions a year to get a quick financial boost. EQ2 was far too expensive to produce, and it is a mediocre game with far too few subscribers to break even within the next few years. SOE is an ailing company because of their repeated blunders (PlanetSide, Star Wars: Galaxies, EQ2) and they will continue to try their damnedest to force expansions on their EQ players because it is still, after 6 years, the only product they have that people are willing to pay for.
... but mobile phone gaming is an IMMENSE market. The key is in the subscription model. People will download a game and subscribe, play it once or twice, and forget about it. They never cancel, so they continue to pay $3/month for the game.
I worked on a few cell phone games for SOE when I was working there, and all I have to say is that the sales figures make me want to be a cell phone gaming tycoon. It's not a pipe dream.
"The solution to this is obviously stem cell research but you won't find this breakthrough research being conducted in the US or in any country dominated by the Roman Catholic Church."
Patently false. Stem cell research != fetal stem cell research.
How many times is this ignorant misconception going to be thrown around on Slashdot before people learn to differentiate between the two?
"All i ask is that MS would play fair and stop trying to rewrite standerds just as they have a little supposed problem with some parts of them. Standerds are so very important for a fair market , and we cant have one company just deciding to make their own rules , and i know MS is not the only company guilty of this , But They are in the lime-light today"
All I ask is that you play fair and stop trying to rewrite the standards and learn English.
A quick Google search will prove that methadone is considered extremely safe. Many of the sites I browsed explicitly listed it as non-harmful to organs.
None of the junkies I know ever take their methadone. The ones who can get it in pill form (rare, usually its liquid) just sell it and buy more dope. Methadone doesn't deliver enough of a high to satisfy a junky.
No, I think he was touching on the point that such comments that describe stupid practices of Slashdot users have become a stupid practice of Slashdot users.
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Put them in a what!
But the rest of us who don't know what anyone is talking about wouldn't have known anyway, because none of us RTFA.
Come on, you could at least make sure that your own criticism is using commas correctly.
"So when will they stop being dicks about releasing unpatched, old-school server/rules..."
SOE doesn't care about anything that they don't think will make them quick cash. They're just milking EQ for all that it's worth, releasing 3 expansions a year to get a quick financial boost. EQ2 was far too expensive to produce, and it is a mediocre game with far too few subscribers to break even within the next few years. SOE is an ailing company because of their repeated blunders (PlanetSide, Star Wars: Galaxies, EQ2) and they will continue to try their damnedest to force expansions on their EQ players because it is still, after 6 years, the only product they have that people are willing to pay for.
... but mobile phone gaming is an IMMENSE market. The key is in the subscription model. People will download a game and subscribe, play it once or twice, and forget about it. They never cancel, so they continue to pay $3/month for the game.
I worked on a few cell phone games for SOE when I was working there, and all I have to say is that the sales figures make me want to be a cell phone gaming tycoon. It's not a pipe dream.
Commas are your weak point, not mine.
"The solution to this is obviously stem cell research but you won't find this breakthrough research being conducted in the US or in any country dominated by the Roman Catholic Church."
Patently false. Stem cell research != fetal stem cell research.
How many times is this ignorant misconception going to be thrown around on Slashdot before people learn to differentiate between the two?
Well, personally, I find an anonymous troll lacking in manners more than an honest one.
"All i ask is that MS would play fair and stop trying to rewrite standerds just as they have a little supposed problem with some parts of them.
Standerds are so very important for a fair market , and we cant have one company just deciding to make their own rules , and i know MS is not the only company guilty of this , But They are in the lime-light today"
All I ask is that you play fair and stop trying to rewrite the standards and learn English.
Mod the parent down.
A quick Google search will prove that methadone is considered extremely safe. Many of the sites I browsed explicitly listed it as non-harmful to organs.
None of the junkies I know ever take their methadone. The ones who can get it in pill form (rare, usually its liquid) just sell it and buy more dope. Methadone doesn't deliver enough of a high to satisfy a junky.
Okay... real short, so you can manage to read it all:
alien != aliens
In addition to that:
aliens != extraterrestrials
Congratulations!
Only 1 of the first 8 posts didn't have something negative to say about Piquepaille.
Why is that? Slashdot editors, take notice.
You can believe him, he knows all five customers!
Mod this up.
American ratings don't make sense, but it's because they are inconsistently applied, not because we're so fucking worried about sex and bad language.
Um, no it's not. It is a real pen, invented by Fisher. I've met the man, and I am pretty sure I didn't dream him up.
Why are you talking about NS 2.0? This is about the release of 3.0 final. And as a new release, how is this related to nostalgia?
I highly doubt anybody caught your mangled Office Space "reference" there, dude.
No, I think he was touching on the point that such comments that describe stupid practices of Slashdot users have become a stupid practice of Slashdot users.
Was your comment supposed to be witty?
"The solution was to find a job closer to home and spend no more than 45 hours a day at work"
I don't know if I'd consider you cured of a workaholic lifestyle...
Are you shitting me? HL2 doesn't have anything going for it at the moment besides CS:S, and that's a carbon copy of the original.
It astounds me that HL2 was considered by ANYONE to be the best online game, much less a majority of game developers.
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That's an even number, so your post wasn't prime. Liar!
sims, is that you?
The other 2 replies fail to see the humor in your post, but I did.
Pat yourself on the back, buddy.
"Why would I want to start my business in Cali when I can be far more successful in other states?"
Because that is often not true? The world's most loaded consumers are all right here. This state is a gold mine.