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Actually, the market supports what sells. Everyone can say the mechanics are sound and be perfectly correct or incorrect but those same mechanics aren't going to sell or they would have. EQ was left by most players as soon as something decent was available. WoW is not successful just because it...

Great post. The proof will indeed be in the pudding. Smed backpedals quite well and having an option but never using said option doesn't make SOE any money. They know exactly which races were popular and therefore profitable.

There is nothing a real developer would want from Brad. Not much developed, horrible lore, etc, etc. as mentioned before, most of this stuff would be easy to replicate with better results.

I am surprised at how much has been accomplished. Sure, it's not great but it's a lot more work than I thought Brad ever had in him. Even if the totality of his work was just the few minutes spent in the demo.

Man, these Mississippi teams are fun to watch this year. Not a fan but it's nice to see some kind of good happening in the shittiest state in the union. Now if only the team from a top 5 shitty state had managed to win against Saban, then 99 virgins worth of happiness would be out there. Well...

Best weekend I've ever seen. Love to see a bunch of overrated teams finally lose. Honestly, Auburn and FSU should have a loss as well. Can't wait to see what Mississippi(either) does next. Tons of great football this weekend. Now I'll be watching the professional blowout league and see how many...

As you mention, it could be considered niche based off all of those definitions. As long as a game is making money, it's successful and can claim whatever it wants. It's a poor standard of definition so why use it at all?

There are two niche old school MMOs in development and we will see how successful they are. Both should do well and be fun to play. I don't know what else anyone really wants here? Maybe play those when they come out? SOE isn't going to make an old school EQ EVER and most of their developers...

Hoping Star Citizen scratches some of that itch and I agree. It is good to see vision though even if it unfortunately doesn't see the light of day many times.

I don't know what people really expect here. First, NFL players are widely known to be ignorant if not completely stupid. Secondly, what new story was he going to bring up? He knew what happened. This guy is out millions because he was too stupid to keep his issues at home. Union reps have been...

I'm sure he quit playing after a month if he ever even tried the game. With WoW losing subs someone had to take some of them away and there's few really solid options out there. It must hurt to think that a SWToR sequel will get made far more quickly and easily before anyone will ever try to...

I don't think it was ever about disposable income. Companies have gotten smarter and more savvy as competition has forced them to compete. It's like every market and the superior options have won out. WoW has enormous brand identity which allows it to do some things that just don't work with...

Actually, most games have not been a flop on release. A flop within a few months of release? Sure, but that's different. a_skeleton_02 is exactly right that SWToR has made a ton of money just like FF made a ton of money and Rift is at least profitable. It's well known that most larger releases...

I would love if the top end gear was crafted. As mentioned by a few here, have RCs drop parts to recipes and very little loot outside of maybe cash. Let's say that each RC gives you something that can be used for armor for a smith. 8 RCs will get you a full suit, 3 will get you a weapon, etc...

Really sad to see AP do the right thing and our shitty society is going to try and eat him alive. Did he go overboard a bit? Sure, but the kid was beyond minor acting out. Of course, evidence from a research project said it causes society to implode into barbarism. This means that physical...

If you hit her in the right place you wouldn't have to hear her cry either. Fail, good sir, fail. Who taught you the basics of life?

Fuck that. Goodell makes millions every year.

She should but it's the same premise as any case that involves a person with martial arts training or advanced training of any kind. Can a woman defend herself from a professional football player? Not unless she has specific training. Did Rice's wife have any training? Maybe the two black eye...

I'm going to support the waiter at least 60% of the time and i do here. I hate the idea of tips and think they should be outlawed but, even with poor service, he deserved better. Shady comes off as the entitled asshole he is and I'm glad this got out. Hopefully every time he eats out, he has to...

Just glad to see two good teams playing. That last game was pretty damn boring. Thanks Eli!!

I'd say they should clone Eli to see if any average QB can still be carried to a SB win but Flacco already proved it's still true.

It never gets old watching Eli get sacked.

Eli don't shy away from a challenge! Eli, show them who's boss!

Romo 1-0 this week. Cutler going have to up his game! Don't let no pussy from the Cowboys beat ya at the int game Cutty! At least the Bears have a chance at .500 this year. Whew, Jones is killing Dallas. Can he hopefully live another 20 years please?

Even as a writer for the NFL, I'd try to scrub my site for any mention of that team too. Amazing how quickly things have changed since they drafted RG. Is there a worse division in football? Cowboys look 4-12ish, skins maybe 6-10, same for G-men, and one bright spot in Chip Kelly. Imagine if...

While the NFL has that policy who's going to support him on it? Companies fire all the time for behavior that is harmful to their image. The union won't have his back on this either. He could go to court but I highly doubt he wins against a money machine like the NFL. There's very few times the...

Well, even though Rice had already faded, who's going to carry that shitty team now? Flacco looks like a perennial back up and has looked that way since the SB. Reminds me so much of Eli that I swear he's 6 degrees from Manning.

I do agree that the Bears have a lot of weapons. They have the best WR tandem and a top notch RB. Never been a fan of Cutler though and the D just isn't Chicago quality. Maybe they get it together next week.

Dolphins have completely new OL, and the Pats are considered a playoff staple. I agree they aren't quite as good but what exactly has ChiTown accomplished the past few with Cutler besides constantly being overrated? One playoff season? The Bills have an excellent defense as Chicago found out...

Really late but damn!!! Look at those Dolphins stomp some Brady ass!! Then look at ESPN, etc not even talk about it. Hell, the halftime show on NBC, the surprise game is the shitty Bears losing? You mean the 8-8 guys from last year losing to 6-10 Bills. Not nearly surprising as the Pats who...

Not only that but some of his statements are blatantly false. WoW has both meaningful loot that is incredibly hard to find now and is a gigantic world. Quite a few games have contested content in some form or other. Also, which game started making smaller worlds with a Book of Knowledge? Who...

Grim, Of course skill is dependent on playing time like anything you learn. Time = skill only to a certain point though. At some point, it's just a waste of time and EQ had a lot of those moments. EQ had it's moments when skill was needed. I know, I played. Most of the time...once learned, it...

It just depends. Some like Jacobs and Garriott remake themselves off hard work and desire to be great again. Some like most of the old EQ staff stay at their jobs and just keep moving forward. Some, just move on when they fail. The very select few try to rehash their glory off the backs of...

Your hyperbole would make me laugh if I hadn't heard the exact same ridiculous comments for the past half decade. I'm sorry you aren't a special snowflake anymore where time invested isn't the primary measuring stick of your prowess. I'm even more sorry you can't seem to find a forum on here...

I'm hoping that's what Rallying Calls will be. Hopefully they will be a server wide even that everyone can get involved in. Draegan, I think you hit the nail on the head of what type of progression they want. Achievements are a very easy way of showing forward progress without enforcing...

Levels are exactly artificial time constraints. They are a required time sink. They restrict access. EQ was a game every slug could play. You camped a spawn for loot and the only ability you needed was to be there first. That's some high end competition! People spent more time sitting than...

It's the goal of every game. Who plays games to be average? As stated earlier, the goal is to let skill and experience be the divider but still allow people to play together. Just because people want artificial time constraints to separate players doesn't mean it's a better system.

I think it goes beyond presentation. At no point in EQ could a level one and a level 50 do real content together. They could ride your coattails while you hoped that your speed leveling didn't kill them too many times from random greys you didn't notice. Games got much better at allowing a new...

It's the same driving force all MMOs have at later levels. Just because you are a warrior doesn't mean you may not want a skill from a different melee based class at some point. They just have to make the skills in newer classes interesting and you have the carrot. Just like leveling is never...

They won't monetize classes per se but I could see them monetizing a goal needed to get a few classes. Like WoW required engineers having 10 k gold for a part to make the hog, I could see that armor pre-req maybe needing a $3 piece. There will have to be some hard to get classes out of 40. I...