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Man if you think this board has the "average" gamer you are so out of touch with reality. I work with many "average" gamers and I can say that not a one of them even knows about this board. Hell most of them don"t even use the boards for the games they play. The "big sites" tend to be more...

Works in every FPS and really what is an arena or a BG for that matter other then a FPS instance? I have always wanted gear to be a non-sequitor in these type of environs and even in world PvP the gear should have no effect on your stats. Stats only need to apply to PvE so that individual...

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Very interesting write up Arden. It reenforces most of what I have always thought about the egotistical asses and petty BS. I would second the vote as to Sigil BTW I guess that is the difference between a game company and a professional fortune 100 company staffed by professional engineers...

38 Studios is just going to prove again what we have seen so many times in the genre: INCEST IS NOT BEST Maybe someday some company other then Blizz will hire some outsiders and we will see another decent product. Until then I expect the same old crap over and over again with different pixel...

Let me guess, arrogant spoiled rich kid asshole as well? Until you show some product you are no different then Brad McQualude. You just don"t blow your horn and lie to us as much as he did (yet I might add). I don"t care about the "almighty" beta that all the sychophants on here want to...

Wow you must work for the AP or the Big 3 networks with that ability to spin.

Suppose you will loose to her also won"t you? Gawd man grow some balls, thicken up your skin some and develop a modicom of a sense of humor.

You just did

As did you and I, so what? BTW Potter and Bongk are correct with what they said.

I"ll start on the DnL chapter, which one do you want to write Zehn?

Fair enough, I will guarantee you that I will let you and others know what I think after the game ships Oh and Cad, maybe you are getting older and less likely to believe the crap that is spouted as truth with no proof.

Until the day it actually ships they are one and the same. I have been jerked around by this industry too often to put any stock in anything said anymore, especially by someone I remember way too well from EQ2.com

So since you seem to be a business expert, just how much NET do you think Blizz is actually making per month lets say? Bet it is way less then you think with overhead and other business expenses. Also since you are so experienced in writing MMORPG"s just how much does it cost to make an...

Interesting concept, don"t really see much in the way of expansion potential since once the theory became accepted the premise for the whole game would be over. Besides trying to convince a bunch of fanatical religious zealots doesn"t really sound all that exciting. I guess you will have to...

Basically what EQ2 had promised before all the raiders / ubers started whining about having to be at the mercy of the crafters and their prices for the "uber" items. There were entire guilds forming to do just what you talk about in EQ2 and then SOE slapped them down when they caved to the...

Strange, I chat with my friends and family on my cell phone or using VOIP not in a f"n game. Of course if you want the original graphical chat room that was EQ then I can see your point but other then to shoot the shit what purpose would it serve to waste programmer time offering cross server...

Which is exactly why I previously used the example of our Production Control people and building Aircraft Carriers at NGSB-NN in the QA discussion. When you break it down there really isn"t much difference. You have an extremely complex system with many, many , many parts and systems that...

Totally disagree, the correct answer is the bugs in the game should be corrected by the devs not some lame "We know what is wrong and we will fix it someday". It is time to stop giving these lame assholes a pass everytime something goes wrong. I hope you don"t put up with that type of crap in...

Great come back Kurt, real class act for the head of a company.

Yep the one that posted and as he has always done said not a Goddamn thing. Moorgard should be a fucking politician since he can double speak better then Husein Obama, Hitlary or John Insane.

Well the head PR weenie was there Steve "the mouth of EQ2 falsehoods" Danuser is the Community relations head (read, head PR man). Glad to see this was just another in the long ongoing line of substance less interviews that this genre is becomming more and more famous for. I really smell...

QFT (don"t know about the tidal waves, I think the food and gas riots will take their fair share in the next couple years )

Not saying that there should not be anymore fantasy books but look at it from the point of an investor. Just how many New York Times best seller lists have the fantasy books made the top ten on in say the last 3 decades?? It is one thing to write a book (very little to no cost actually) vs...

My take on Curt"s take is as follows: 1) A market that is large due to the number of people ALREADY playing the competition"s product and not likely to change just because an unknown studio puts out a new game. 2) Making a game with people that brought us such stellar games as SWG, V:SOH...

That right there is what bothers me. He has been PLAYING them for years not designing them nor running a corporation. Running a company is much different then being a player either in a MMORPG or a sports team. We shall see what we shall see, until then just another hype machine with no...

I would be willing to bet a tall cold adult beverage that Unreal (possibly Bigworld also) doesn"t provide their source code. In fact the only companies that I can think of that do provide source code are run by a bunch of scrubs and not pro"s or are based in the Gnu world.

Most software you add to but you don"t get into the core engine. That is a copyright no-no and the source code is normally not available to even attempt that. You are stuck with the core, "black boxes", modules, etc. doing what the original programmers let it do and until they change it you are...

So was VG:SoH, DnL, EQ2. Unfortunately when you have a few people running around on high power machines it all looks good with no hitching / lag. Now throw in a few hundred - thousand and lets see what happens. Of course as the above games proved good looks does NOT make a good game. Wishing...

If memory holds isn"t Bigworld used in some Korean MMO"s? Would be nice if 38 Studios could get some of their art people since they seem to be able to make graphically excellent games even if the rest of the game is a grind fest.

I agree with you also Maxxius, what is being discussed though is how to get rid of the suck and if MMORPG companies keep on the same course that they have for the last decade or so (with few exceptions) then suckage will be the standard.

Not going to make a long winded response since I have over the last few years covered most everything on this and other boards but.... 1. Get rid of the inbreeding, hire outside the industry. 2. Get some professional programmers with real life experience not a bunch of "earring boyz" that...

Whole heartedly agree with you Flight. You have nailed it quite well and this is speaking from a background of over 30 years in the nuclear industry doing Nuclear QA. There is a radical difference in the 2 fields but the ideas and methods stay the same (course if we screw up then we create...

I would say Curt has already weighed in on this matter.... On Yahoo right now

I stand by my original comments. Good luck getting anyone other then Jimmy Smallcompany to let you look at their source code. If your programmers are competent they can utilize the published /documented hooks. If not then you need to fire them and get some that can work with modular code.

Wow all the software business experts coming out of the woodwork. You really think that companies let you see their source code that they hold copyright on unless you license it? BWAHAHAHA....Tell that to IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Symantec, etc...hell good luck even if you license it...of...

All right our old budy the spinmeister Moorgard. Can"t wait to see how he spins this game, sure fed everyone a total load of crap for EQ2, though some saw thru his bull and called foul....

Not at all Soygen, got the exact response I figured I would get. Just a slight variation on the response I would expect from Brad McQualude. Looks like in a year or so UT will have a new crusade to take up with GMG since at this point in time I see no fundamental difference between them...

Hmm, interesting comment from someone who"s real world income is allowing them to create the game they want to play. A bit hypocritical I would say. I am so sick of the cum-ba-ya socilistic attitude of game designers where it is one big everyone is equal commune. How about a dose of...