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Paranoia, those are good. Who is that? oblig pic. Frank Frazetta

Even if true, when EQ came out, the entire video game industry was struggling with how to convert tried and true classics across the genres to use 3D. The Nintendo 64 is widely regarded as one of the best console systems of all time because of its contributions in this front. Miyamoto...

Another Tom Baxa that I have in my office. From the WoW TCG.

wtf, why do some of my attachments show up as links? am i doing it wrong?

Here is another one of my favorite artists who I had the privilege of meeting before he passed away. He was the main artistic direction behind Vanguard, and a very humble and salt of the earth kind of guy. If you followed Dungeons and Dragons, he was part of the legendary crew that did most of...

Dude, that is sick. Love it. Vallejo is def on the "masters" list in my book and been meaning to get something of his for a long time. So jealous. Also, your wife is awesome for liking it. Mine would be like "WTF, its an ass..."

Needs to be on first page, so here it is. Frank Frazetta. The master. Started it all, basically. Before he died, Frazetta was offered over $1,000,000 for that painting, which he refused. It is on display in his family's museum.

Brom is a really, really nice guy. Can't stress it enough. He has even forwarded me offers from people that wanted to buy his paintings that he knew I had. Not many artists like the brokering of their art, let alone would forward requests to buy. I bought Dwarves Deep (shown above from him)...

Another one that I have is EQ related (a painting of Phara Dar by Lucas Graciano). I have it in my dining room. Really like this one a lot.

First one is really cool. A little too cartoony for my taste, unless I like the subject matter (i.e. a game i like), but I think it is really interesting.

Thanks! Exactly what I hoped I'd find. Really appreciate it. Pic of another original piece that I picked up from Tom Baxa. From the WoW Trading Card Game ("Tinkmaster Overspark"). Hanging in my office at work.

I picked up my next original painting off of craigs list because it was very cheap for the artist. Brian Froud is a famous painter and was the creative force behind the Dark Crystal and other movies. His stuff is really expensive, so when I saw a reasonably priced one, I jumped on it. It is...

I need to take a better picture of my third and final Gerald Brom painting because the only image I have is from the book that uses it as the cover. It was called Dwarves Deep and was a Forgotten Realms supplement. It is the exact same size as the enchanter painting above and doesnt have...

Next up was my very first original artwork that I purchased, also from Gerald Brom, called the Enchanter: Also hanging in my living room.

I collect Fantasy Fine Art (mostly original oil paintings of Dungeons and Dragons stuff and/or video game related stuff). I am always looking for cool art/artists to follow, so I figured what better place to ask for legitmaite, non-trolling advice than RRSS forum. To get the thread started, I...

I think Lineage Eternal is going to be the shit, actually. Truly first innovative MMO in a long time. It is the Korean equivalent to Project Titan for Blizzard...a LOT of people are really excited about it.

G-Star is the Korean e3 and is in November typically, so there should be a lot of good information out at the end of this year. I will definitely play this game at release in Korea.

UPDATE: NCsoft released their Q3 2013 earnings report and revealed the plans for two of the company's new MMORPGs WildStar and Lineage Eternal. At the conference call, it said WildStar was aiming at mid-2014 launch window whileLineage Eternal will announce beta schedule between June and...

I feel the angle and the crotch shot are directly related...

None about well-groomed, teenage crotch shots?

WTF, what did I miss. Why do I have the champion title?

Gotta love Japan's candor in its splash art on the official BnS page. LOL. Can you imagine if this was on the main page in the US?

No. Just no. Don't blur the lines between the two. Action combat is combat in which the core gameplay requires aiming. I.e., its not tab targeted and doesn't have autoattack. WoW is in no way, shape or form, action combat. If WoW put on the box of its next time travel expansion "ACTION...

I don't want to be a jerk, but you are so wrong on so many levels I don't even know where to begin. But, I know where you should. You should start playing some MMOs because you very clearly don't. To lump WoW in with the "action RPGs" is 100% retarded by any standard.

Rare agreement! Nino did the music in VG and I think a lot more (production?) as time went on. I always thought he was a really nice and talented dude.

You are really stretching here. Whether you believe him or not, Brad's story has been consistent the entire time. Just to be clear, Brad has said on numerous occasions and different outlets that the reason he attributes part of the blame to MicroSoft was: 1. They had a deal for a budget...

LOL. You are too much. People like games and post about them on a board dedicated to liking games. Keep your notes updated, though.

Yeah, I actually was a pussy and didn't do any of the earlier turn in first. I basically just waited until someone else tried it and posted the results, then I did it right after. The only thing I did "first" was the last turn in, and I forget the exact situation, but for some reason I was...

Mine was world first (to my knowledge based on Monkly Business) Monk Epic 1.0 and Monk Epic 1.5! Unfortunately, My 1.0 quest has disappeared from the internetz, but 1.5 lives on after 10 years!Monk Epic 1.5 - COMPLETE in Monk Quests Forum. (Note, it was kinda gay how I got world first for...

I don't agree with difficulty as defining "old school" at all. Depending on the content, WoW had some of the most difficult content ever created in the form of very high end raiding and trying to reach Gladiator in arena. You can say a lot about WoW, but saying that the "top end" was easy is...

I'm not even sure I understand what the "oldschool" mmo vs "newschool" mmo debate is all about. Are people suggesting that there is no room for a MMO with the following three "features": 1. Limited Solo Content (grouping generally) 2. Non-Instanced 3. Non-Linear Progression (i.e. no quest...

I haven't mentioned one thing about a business model or whether or not this game would be financially viable. I said what I would like to play. Although, if you took more than 30 seconds to think about it, what I think you will find is that the majority of the people following my way of...

I understand. I see nothing wrong with Players that want to play games "designed" for PvP, where the main purpose of the game is simply to fight each other. In those games, things like 1v1 balance, clear objectives (often time with leaderboards, server benefits, etc.), and even PvP progression...

For me, its spaceships and the fact that it takes months, without any way to really speed it up, to be in any position to do anything fun. I always start playing with the best intentions, only to find that I end up leveling my spaceship in my hanger for 2 months until I can actually get...

This is my issue with PvP games since EQ. Developers manufacture PvP objectives and rewards simply to have a "PvP game." That is, they want players to get together and kill each other. I get it, but that is such a small part of PvP that is almost doesn't even count. Perfect example is GW2...

Wait, I thought you were protecting the board from getting conned. Not being a dick, just trying to follow along with all the hate and it comes across as mixed messages at times. Booze, with all due respect, the board was founded playing the game that Brad McQuaid made. Why is it even a...

It could be that you just underestimate the discretionary income of folks on this board. Honestly, I spend $250 dollars on dinner and a bottle of wine. This thread has already been worth 2x that much to me. So, what's the harm. Thanks for the paternal instinct, but I'm not getting conned and...

To me, EQ's shining achievement was that it was an extremely well done PvP game, yet no one playing it (and perhaps even making it) realized the game as such. To me, step one of PvP is to make a great world that people cared to fight over and, indirect as it was, EQ is the closest to a great...

Which ones? Even the most grindy Korean games have all went to Quests over grind. The zones/dungeons are designed around quest completion, not grinding. I am not even saying that one way is right or wrong, but I don't think you are right that grinding mobs with multiple people (or even one...

Because it makes you look like a complete moron.