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If the health issues are valid (whether it's him or his family), it's pretty obvious that didn't happen in the last few months, it would of been going on awhile. Which then begs the question how does someone get involved in a project like this when they've got other things going on that...

Yea but the difference here is none of those examples are funds that came from crowdfunded sources.

Good point, so the question is how do you create what is theoretically a 'clone' of EQ without it feeling generic?

And yet that game had a fraction of players that EQ had. Wonder why that is.

I fully admit I'm probably a little more overprotective of my 7 year old than I need to be. It's a me problem, not a kid problem. Still doesn't stop her from doing dumb stuff and getting hurt. I have a bigger problem with parents that don't pay attention to what their kid is doing, especially...

It's doing ok for a network scripted show, which I think should tell you where network scripted shows are in the grand scheme of things more than anything else. I think ABC/Disney are ok with it but they are probably not popping champaigne bottles over it. I'm sure they were hoping the show...

Of course most of EQ was unintended. What most fail to grasp is you cannot design a game like that. When the word 'unintended' is being thrown around, what you're basically saying is EQ by and large was fun by accident, not on purpose and certainly not by design. No developer is going to...

So in other words, it doesn't matter what it's about or anything like that, as long as it's a 'group oriented niche MMO', then who the hell cares about anything else? Congrats, you're the exact type of player who bought into the bullshit that's called 'Pantheon'. It's funny you complain about...

Humble Store is having a spring sale with daily flash sales. I think most of their stuff activates on Steam. The Humble Store: Great games. Fantastic prices. Support charity.

This right here is the main point of this whole debacle. Take away all the bullshit, the money issues, etc., and really what are you left with? This 'game' is and won't never amount to shit because what has been shown so far is about the most unimaginative stuff you can come up with. The lore...

This is kind of an open ended question, but has anyone ever had a screened porch put in? We're considering is and I've read different things on the process, like how many quotes/quote ranges/insurances/etc. We already have a deck but were looking to replace that with the porch.

I can agree with that. There are some classes that are really dependent on certain cards. You can make a case that Paladin is like that to a degree. There has been a few times where I drew neither consecrate or Truesilver and you're really screwed at that point.

You're missing the point. They only run stories that generate clicks, this isn't the NY Times we're talking about here. A KS funded game that in turn does not deliver is a story that will generate clicks. This will not. Take a look around and count how many stories about Pantheon were run...

It's interesting that people pick certain classes in arena that really are just not very viable. Had a run last night where I ran into 3 straight warriors. That class is not really good for arena, I don't think I've lost an arena match against one over about 20 matches. Their not even close...

I don't think gaming sites are going to run with the 'took a 3 month advance' on something unless it's something that's attributed more than just hearsay. I get the impression that most gaming sites (and probably the average person who goes to said sites) look at Pantheon as just another failed...

Maybe it's because Brad and this project have reached a certain level of interest as far as the media is concerned. Let's call it irrelevancy.

I don't think there is any chance TWoW releases with season 5. I think he's even given some quotes saying that he's not even close to being done. I wonder if HBO knew it was going to be like this when the show first started, that the book series wasn't going to be completed in the next 7...

This right here. Once EQ went F2P with a cash shop, the hope of the classic server (as close to p99) went out the window since I see zero way they would incorporate any server that doesn't have the cash shop integrated and at that point, no one is going to play on that.

No shit, if he puts one of those screens up during the KS, especially in the beginning before people starting questioning how much 'work' was being done, he gets a ton more support. Now it just looks like backtracking and then when you say you've had this stuff pre-KS, it makes him look worse.

That's a huge leap to assume players who are playing for free are all of a sudden going to drop 15 a month on a SoE classic server. Keeping in mind P99 will continue to exist and also there is a sizeable group on P99 that wouldn't touch SoE with a 10 foot poll. Again lets get to the technical...

Brad said some of those screens were from November 2013 yet not a one of them appeared on the KS or were hinted at. In fact the 'group' had said they were putting all they had in the KS at the time. It's amazing how he can be surrounded by so many layers of bullshit.

He was just asking a question, it wasn't with the caveat that this was some SoE backed case study to gauge interest in making a classic server.

All this drama and dirty laundry make the Vanguard debacle seem so small. I think the best part of today is the apprentice devs wanting to learn Unity to help make the game. Brad please, make that happen.

You can't make this crap up. Your own team has called you a liar and untrustworthy some directly and others strongly implied and you have backed that up by trying to convince people this site requires hundreds and maybe thousands of dollars to maintain and that future pledges and subs wont be...

The evidence what is out on the market now. The people that want EQ 2.0 decry all things 'themepark' and WoW-ish, yet WoW still pulls 6.5 million on a 10 year old game. Everyone points to EvE as the shining beacon of niche/non-handholding gameplay yet failing to realize that it took many years...

Any new owner has to be voted and approved by the other 29 owners and I don't think they are going to want any family member of his owning the team, probably for that reason.

I always think that when I'm in arena, then I hit the 8-9 win level and just lose 3 in a row.

I love how they collected 150k from gullible people, shut the thing down (with all the drama that surrounded that), 75% of the team walked out and now are basically are going to do a 'do over' asking for money again on their site. Keep in mind all of that happened in a very short period of time...

Everyone saying they hate that SoE turned EQ into what it is now fail to understand (or maybe just don't remember) that SoE was literally forced to change their game once they saw the mass exodus to WoW back in 2004. I played EQ right before WoW launch and I can tell you that a vast majority of...

Although you think you number in the thousands (and probably do), there are probably not enough interested in a classic EQ server that would make financial sense for SoE, everything from coding/rengineering the client/support/patches/database structure/you name it. The dev is correct, the...

I think some of the reason why people flock to progression servers is players (even those on P99) are chasing something that is pretty much unattainable, which is recreating the experience of EQ circa 1999. Now, P99 comes close but it's not perfect and I think if a big studio (example: SoE)...

Yea but it's affecting the league now since it's out there. When I say affecting, I'm specifically talking about money. And they will vote him out, probably unanimously. For one, Silver wouldn't of been pretty confident about it if he didn't have assurances from a number of owners and two, it...

The guy does have an incredible ego as evidenced by his post. He obviously believes he birthed the MMORPG genre (he didn't) and actually claims full responsibility for EQ (I bet Smed would say otherwise). He can't manage projects, big or small. He thinks he's this 'visionary' (and the fanboys...

He's probably doing it under the 'best interest of the league' clause, saying his comments and his very presence is detrimental to not only the team, but the league. There is precedent for this (although in a different league), think Marge Schott of the Reds.

Pretty much this. The reason I'd prefer the books over the show, especially when it comes to spoilers is at least in the books when something is revealed that is new, there is a whole bunch of context that goes along with it. But with the show, due to the condensed nature, medium, etc., you...

I think it annoys me more that Jon knows that Bran is alive and he would be north of the wall because he was looking for a wilding camp. It completely fucks up the narrative of Stannis presenting Jon with the Winterfell decision (which doesn't lead anywhere, but still...). Much the same way...

It's possible, which goes with my theory that I don't think the show is married to the books once it reaches a certain point since it's a forgone conclusion that the books will not be done in time. Most tv viewers aren't going to care since most are probably not going to read the books anyway...

Yea I'm the opposite. I'd rather be spoiled in the books because there is more exposition/context in the books that ever could happen in the show. The red wedding reveal is one example that the show cannot 'surprise' in such a way that the books did. I liked how the show did the red wedding...

It's just the framework now. Even some of the characters are different than the book counterparts (some of which because certain characters are not even cast). Which is fine, but once you invent changes it starts to effect other things down the line. There is nothing that says that the show...

Well, I'm of the mind that I don't really consider the show canon anymore due to the changes so I can see a situation where the books turn out differently than the show. I mean there have been enough changes in the show that has altered the timeline anyway. The fact that Jon nowknowsthat Bran...