Electric-Knight

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    First off E-K I'm going to assume you don't know that you can do this

    If you don't like the Comic Style Outlining and don't want to see it in the game, turn it off. No one is forced to use the Comic Outlining.



    There are customers of that game that actually prefer the Comic Style Outlining. Why? I have no idea. I can't stand it myself, but when I do play I don't have to look at it cuz I have it turned off.
    I actually did know that (I knew I should have included that, hehe, any time this "feature" comes up, you/everyone/anyone has to make sure the person knows it can be disable... I mean, I agree, you have to make sure, because... yeah, it's nutty ridiculous! Haha).

    Although, as you said, some like it.
    I was just reacting to that particular image and also wondering why that'd be the default appearance the developers decided upon.
    Then again, clearly the entire visual style is just not for me, so what difference does it make, hehe!

    Thanks though, Forbin.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by jfp2004 View Post
    ...I don't even like the character models. It looks too....potatoey to me. If that's a valid way to describe them. Lol.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Xzero45 View Post
    The word you're both looking for is "Cartoony." CO may have those (IMO ugly) "comic book outlines", but the overall art style makes the game look more like your average cartoon than your average comic book.
    Haha, I liked potatoey, even if I'm not positive about why that'd be the word...
    Maybe it is because the characters just look like they are made out of plastic. I agree that they are "cartoony" (and, no, not due to the cell shading and lines). The humans/humanoids look like a rubber action figure of Plastic Man for some reason.
    Honestly, the game looks somewhat like the Incredibles, more than what I think of as my preferred comicbook style.
    Maybe they're "potatoey", because they kinda look like a shiny, plastic Mr. Potato Head (or maybe because they remind you of Toy Story).

    Something about the textures, something about the stances and something about the bodies just do not appeal to me. Not only do they not appeal to me, they really, truly turn me off of the game.


    So, okay, looking at this example:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Spork_NA View Post
    Maybe it's just me but I think CO looks pretty good..



    It's all matters of opinion, of course, so to each their own, but...
    I can understand how someone can say CO's graphics are better. There's greater resolution, finer detail... certainly more shine.
    However, this picture, my eyes immediately see the CO character and my brain just scream NO. Something about the puffed out chest, but long (kinda gangly) arms. Hrm, maybes it's actually the sloped shoulders!
    But, again, the greater details? They make it look worse to me, somehow. Likely due to the plasticy sheen maybe? Regardless... ACK MY EYES... those black outlines... just why? I stopped leaving outlines on my drawings when I was in grade school, heehee.
    Anyway, I honestly didn't mean to make fun. There's nothing wrong with liking either one better than the other. My preference just happens to lie with the CoH style.
    I have to admit, I was always a fan of the Sega Genesis and its graphics (for the time) and, while I love me some truly great graphics, if it's not super realistic, I prefer generic and less detail, so my imagination can make it look better, rather than super detailed, but not what I'd like.

    For any Sega Genesis fans... something about CoH always feels a bit Sega Genesis-ishy... even the game play, really. Hm... odd.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by houtex View Post

    /Must be his draw... no wait, that didn't help Dark Shadows.
    Even the power of Depp's draw can only help so much.
  4. Again, watch this video and share it around!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter View Post
    Absolutely, I'd love to see it!
    PM sent! (with a lot of disclaimers and background and some links too, depending on how interested you are, lol)

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter View Post
    As for the rock opera, that sounds pretty wicked too. Is there a project page anywhere for it?
    I only have a very simple hack job page linked on my website, which is linked in my sig.
    The project is called Technology Dogs. Eventually, I will have some background videos, promos and stuff (possibly a kickstarter) as it gets a little further along.
    The page I have right now just has a little synopsis and a couple of pictures, but I plan to have some sneaks of a few songs coming within a few weeks. I've been talking and reporting about this project on Facebook more than the website.
    (And yes, I need to fix up that website, lol)
    Some of my music is on the site and, while similar, the music of this show is a bit darker and a little more visceral (but still falls in line with the scope I tend to do, even if that is broad anyway). Modern Pink Floydish, with a bit of a growl (add a touch of male Bjork and The Doors)... maybe.
    Anyway, I should save that for PMs...

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter View Post
    As for graphics and animation, I might be able to help on something there, depending on what it is. I'm absolutely horrid with organic creatures though, beyond modelling a plant or two. This probably has a lot to do with why I got into machinima; the bodies have already been modelled for me.
    That could be terrific! (wish I checked back here, instead of just checking on New Posts in the forums, sooner!)
    We'll talk more about this and see what works and if you're interested!
    At the very least, I've figured I'd have a few different teams working on different parts needed. So, there are some small things (and some large things) that I'll need to get done, so every little bit is amazing help. Thanks for the interest! We'll chat soon!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter View Post
    I'm working on another video, just for the troops. Nothing meant to go to the newssites. Nothing so extravagant as the last video (besides I don't think something like that can happen twice), but it'll be a fun little 2-minute pick-me-up.
    Excellent!
    I'm sort of working overtime right now, hoping that it'll free up a little bit of time to make some CoH stuff soon. I know I will do a few things, but it's just a question of if I have the time to do the big thing(s) that I want to!

    Looking forward to the next video... and to talking more!
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SteelRat View Post
    You can try and fight all you like, but if the bloke you're fighting is 2 feet taller than you and holding his hand on your forehead and laughing at you flailing your arms about, you're not going to achieve very much.

    A lot of the problem is that many of us through being rallied by the various efforts to save the game really believed that we had a chance of success. There is an emotional interest in all this for everyone. After all that, NCSoft have STILL come back with "Nope, sorry chaps, we're still closing it". People may get annoyed with the constant "We can still do it" imperative because they are no longer willing to put themselves through that emotional rollercoaster.

    If you compare the cold hard reality of "CoH was NCSofts lowest performer with a continually declining playerbase / financial return" with "I had a bad time and CoH saved my life" in that context, most reasonable people will hold their hands up and say "Yup.. fair enough.. I enjoyed the game while I played it, it sucks that it's shutting down, but that's how it has to be".

    Whilst I won't necessarily say that anyone who still thinks there is a shred of hope that something can be salvaged is delusional; after all everyone is entitled to their opinions, that kind of behaviour is indicative of someone who, despite seeing all the evidence that they're presented with, is sticking their fingers in their ears, shutting their eyes and shouting "LALALALALALA" at the top of their voices.

    If you want to keep fighting and keep trying, honestly more power to you, but don't be surprised or get upset when someone tries to tell you that it might actually be over. The thing is, we're not superheroes. We're just a bunch of nerds that play a superhero game.
    You see, we can completely agree to reasonable opinions and personal stances. There is no argument there.
    I've not attacked or argued with anyone who understands that the odds are not in our favor and that they don't believe it will happen and/or aren't interested in doing much (if anything) to change the outcome themselves. We came here to play a game, not spend time and energy fighting for something we're likely to lose anyway. Do what you feel is right and what is best for you and yours, no doubt.

    However, if you look at the words of people stating that their position of deriding people who've taken the stance that they're willing to put more effort in, you'll see the blatant insults. "Delusional" is bandied around aplenty.
    There's nothing delusional about it.
    You can say we have no leverage, but it's not entirely true.
    People do have leverage and that is all we are doing - attempting to apply any and all leverage that we can. It matter-of-factly may not be anywhere near enough...
    But, to use your analogy...
    That pipsqueak fighting the overwhelming bully is not necessarily doing so in vain. Maybe they can win the fight... probably not. However, maybe winning the fight isn't the most important thing. Maybe their defiance and good-hearted efforts will lead to other turn of events. The true success of battle is not in the physical fight, but in the conquering of minds and hearts. You can change people's minds and positions. You can influence others to do wonderful things. You never know until you try... but, honestly, it's not about that. It's simply about doing what one feels is right and true.

    Your example is precisely what was in the Captain America movie. When the little pipsqueak Steve Richards refused to back down and got his butt handed to him... did you want to stand up and mock him and tell him to stop, because there's no use?

    Now, don't take any flaws with the anaology against me... it's your analogy, but that's how I see this situation in the analogy that you've shared.

    Beyond the personal aspects, the efforts being put forth can certainly have impact on the mmorpg landscape, both for customers/players and for companies to consider what this entire industry is about, what it means and how to go about these things. At its very least, it draws attention, and adds, to that discussion of what mmo communities are about.

    There's nothing delusional about any of that.

    Lastly, the major thing going on right now is... NCSoft's latest announcement/reply to us has had some people change their minds (in both directions, actually).
    However, nothing actually changed. They told us on August 31t that it was over, period.
    They released another announcement a few days ago, in response to our efforts saying, that it really is over, period.
    If you can read their latest announcement and believe that they sincerely put in a good effort and truly wanted to sell the game, IP and studio, but couldn't, more power to you. If you truly believe exactly what they said in that press release, then that is where we differ. As far as I see, it is just a PR spin. They publicly implied that they cared and that they wanted to help, but have "exhausted" their efforts.
    I just think, for the most part, they wanted to shut us up, stop our drawing attention in the media and be done with us.
    So, we got their attention. And we believe we can do more and we can do better and our efforts simply have not been exhausted yet.
    It's as simple as that.
    Anyone who believed we might make a difference on August 31st should not be swayed, one bit, by the latest words from NCSoft.
    That's all.
    That last reply was damage control PR spin. I don't say that as though it's a major storm for them. It could be, but could very well be rather insignificant to them. Our goal is to raise the volume as much as we can and find out.
    If we can push them a little, maybe we can push them more. And maybe it'll make a difference.
    No difference between August 31 and now, regarding any of that.

  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Katie V View Post
    I'm working on a program to generate short demofiles showcasing a character. I've got most of what I want it to do figured out, but I can't find a way other than demorecording each power to generate power animations. For example, is there a way to figure out that activating "Blaster_Ranged.Fire_Blast.Flares" while flying generates the lines "FX Maintained 26804 CUSTOMIZEABLEPOWERS/FIREBLAST/FIREHANDS.FX 0" and "FX OneShot 26805 CUSTOMIZEABLEPOWERS/FIREBLAST/FLARES_ATTACK.FX 0", as well as a "MOV" line to get the character's hands into position?
    Unfortunately none that I know of.
    You have to either demo record it or refer to a list of MOVs and such and find the right one.

    We really should all work together to create a master list of not only MOVs and FX, but also, as you mention, what MOVs (animations) go with what Powers.

    There is the CoH Codex, here: http://home.roadrunner.com/~scuzzbopper/
    But, as far as I know, it's not been updated in a long while and wasn't complete at the time.

    Not sure if anyone has been at work on larger, more comprehensive lists...
  7. Electric-Knight

    Confessions

    Hi, my name is the Electric-Knight (not true)...

    And I have 2,348 saved costumes in my costume folder (true).
  8. I've never cared for the big $$ sinks to solve video game inflation, because, as Arcanaville pointed out, they rarely impact the big fish and can really impede the small fish.
    (Perhaps this is all 'no-duh' territory, but I've never really discussed the topic much)
    The problem I have with doing the above is the nature of in-game moneys:

    First of all, because games are inherently for fun and the further impeding of people who play less often, who don't chase after in-game money as much as others... impedes their fun (when encountering sizable money sinks). Which, eventually impedes all players' fun (everybody's fun bounces off of each other in these community games).

    The cause is mostly that you basically have tireless virtual workers that can put out productive efforts unlike any mortal... but that is generally only if you want to spend your game time doing as such. And, no matter how quickly you might earn money playing casually... the people playing above that (and the people pushing way, way, way beyond that) are making it just as easy multiplied by a large integer.

    Now, especially within CoH, the diversity of legitimate playstyles and approaches counters the nature of penalizing players for not approaching the game with the goal of optimal income earning.

    Now, I, personally, never found the inflation in this game to be very hurtful. And I have been a player that doesn't run TFs very often, doesn't ever farm, usually only plays a few hours a week and when I play more often, tend to spend a lot of that time not really earning things quickly (I might be role-playing for hours or I might just be playing through a story arc very slowly). Perhaps I didn't encounter money problems because I didn't chase after IOs, so I wasn't spending all that much on my enhancements (I usually just created highest level standard IOs).
    And, at least you could really turn quick profits with just a little bit of smarts on the market.
    Most importantly, I seemed to earn plenty from just simply playing (very causally).
    Although, my wife believes (and points out regularly) that my main, Electric-Knight, was exceedingly fortunate in all of the recipes and salvages that I'd get in missions and sell for millions. *shrug*
    It's hard to say... I did have a lot more than her, but I don't honestly know how much of it was luck (She's not reading this, is she??) and how much may have been better money management.

    In-Game economics are just a whacky thing to me and always have been.
    I understand the concept of the fairness in work more, get more, but I think the bottom line always has to be (from the designers): What measurements of time+accomplishments are we using for the baseline of keeping it fun for everyone?
    And then, everything above that is just fat cat city.
    The tricky part is not really wanting too many people to fall below that level, otherwise it's just unmanageable doubleplus unfun for those players, I'd imagine.

    Anyway, the inflated economy worked well for me, despite me not being a fat cat (although, winning a billion Inf in a huge cross-server costume contest did make my final results look a little fatter. Still, I never even tapped into that).

    Actually, I'm more curious about what was actually low and what was average than I am about what was the richest.
  9. Perhaps I should state that I did indeed post this entirely for the sake of humor. I wasn't sure that I should post it, because I felt like it has far more potential to come off negatively and/or spread some negativity...
    But, just as pretty much all of my posts were before August 31st, I was just trying to make someone smile or laugh and not take things so seriously.

    Also... I fully recognize the philosophical flaws in the title. It shouldn't really be opinions of my "opinions", but it made a better headline than "opinion of my actions", in my opinion. (Ooh, that's my favorite worst sentence that I've typed in a while!)
    After all, if I am stating my opinions, you better damn well be free to offer your opinion of it, haha.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Evil_Legacy View Post
    Well you have passion, you have your mind made up, and dont seem like you are going to let anything get in your way. There has to be nothing but respect for that.

    Wouldnt the world be such a boring place if certain people had their way and everyone had the same exact opinion, when you wondering what opinion you should have someone just assign it to you, and everyone have the mind process and experience the exact same way, same time, same views, same everything?

    While you will anyways, I say keep it up and keep going for the goal you aim to achieve and let no one ever stop you nor assign any opinion to you.
    Aww, hehe, I didn't expect anyone to be serious in here, and I probably shouldn't reply, because I don't want to encourage such things in this thread, but...

    Thank you very much, ma'am!
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Evil_Legacy View Post
    Your passion towards the goal of your cause seems undeniable.
    Hehe, that's honestly the only way I know how to be. I mean, I strive to be respectful, but I just listen to what I feel is right and no odds or obstacles and no criticisms are enough to dissuade me from making attempts that I feel are worth it when I believe it is the right thing to do and/or when I think something is wrong and I just might be able to steer it in a better direction (or possibly even all the way around).

    Eh, I'm prepared for failure. I don't fear that at all. I can handle a hell of a lot worse than my favorite game being gone (although, I feel more for other people in worse situations and for the community's existence more so).
    I find it somewhat laughable that people will say that other people are delusional and ill-equipped to handle such loss (so I/we will suffer worse for it when it is all said and done), when it is just the small matter that it is. Why would I fall apart afterward?? I don't need to guard myself against this failure. I can handle it, hehe. I could point that around and turn it on those who say such things, but it's all just nonsense anyway.

    I don't fear failure, hehe, I've already felt it. I welcome the fight!
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bad_Influence View Post
    I am as hopeful as anyone that somehow our efforts will magically mean that CoX isn't coming to an end; I would party as hard as anyone on hearing we are NOT about to lose everything - however, I am a realist.

    Underhanded slurs such as "They take what they get, do what they're supposed to do and move along the supplied paths, fitting their own interests and oddities between the cracks of society's demands when and where they can" are not changing the REALITY of the fact that NCSoft holds all the cards, and it looks like they own the dealer too.

    Rage, rage against the dying of the light all you want. I'm raging too. I realize that NCSoft is gonna pull the plug any time they want, though, and that realization does not mean I'm some lockstepping drone afraid to step outside the path of what some corporation wants.

    It means I'm an adult who knows reality when I see it.

    Meanwhile I continue the fight to find somewhere to recreate my hero and villain mains; they must live on even if this game dies. I wil accept nothing else.
    Hey, everyone picks their own fights, no doubt. I was speaking to the majority of people (and I'd think you'd agree), but yeah, no doubt, the context aimed things at people citing "reality" as their explanation for our "denial".
    That's just it. People can pick and choose their own levels of interest all they want, as they so very well should. There's nothing cowardly about that at all.
    However, once it becomes a matter of "anyone that would bother trying is in denial and doesn't grasp reality", they're not simply staying out of it.
    Even warriors must sometimes choose not to fight.
    As my comments pointed out, I don't begrudge anyone for their focuses. However, insulting other people's focus just brings out the mirror. Looking at the string of quotes, I see that I responded to a post that was responding to a snippet of yours, but your post does not contain the outright negativity and judgment and certainly was not the aim of my words.

    I simply spoke of the majority of people not understanding the truth in what Ironblade said.
    Still, anyone who wishes, may take offense to what I said. Any backhanded slur that you glean from that was not intended for every single person that believes there's no hope. I can't take back what I said, but I do not mean to be disrespectful, so I apologize if that is the taken result.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gangrel_EU View Post

    This is *revenue* and not profit. This does not take into consideration *any* expenditure from NCsoft/Paragon Studios. It doesn't need to take them into consideration as i never mentioned anything concerning profit.
    Doh! Revenue, yes. I sincerely apologize as I made a mistake. I thought this was a number based on those guesstimate average salary numbers I'd seen before (this being revenue though, that was just a brain failure moment on my part).
    I was honestly surprised, because it seemed like it'd be the last thing you'd do... Hah! I guess there was a reason for that!
    Again, my apology! I stand corrected.
    And, for the record, I've never had anything to do with any business numbers in the past. It's not my thing nor my interest. And none of what I was saying was pro this or pro that. I was just surprised and confused... but, that is because I was wrong!

    Sees the word revenue clearly now, lol.
  13. I thought this might help to cut down on such offerings from cluttering up other threads and help to keep them on topic...




    And you can use this for your opinions about anyone else's opinions too...



    Now, let's hope that every other thread out there doesn't just dry up and die.
  14. In a nice comfy blimp floating above Atlas Park!
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    True, but we can change reality by taking actions. That's how the world works.
    Remember, most people do not walk that path. They take what they get, do what they're supposed to do and move along the supplied paths, fitting their own interests and oddities between the cracks of society's demands when and where they can.

    I'm not insulting anyone for that. It's just the truth. That is the majority of people. If they're happy with that, I can't argue with them for it. I'm happy being me and I'm happy to help others be what they want to be. I have no interest in wasting my time defending my own decisions and approaches to things, especially when most of them don't even respond to the details I offer. Some of them will carry on, but I recognized that it is simply something a great many people can't relate to.
    Judging though... that comes as a free right that won't put most of them outside of their comfort zone.

    Anyway, yep, that is how the world works.
    Whether I get the changes I want or not, my efforts and actions will speak for themselves and hopefully influence things toward the direction I wish it to go. And we adapt and change and/or stand firm as we choose. Not as my neighbor chooses for me, hehe.
  16. Editing just to acknowledge that I was completely wrong! Nothing to see here... move along!
    (but I'll leave the actual post unaltered)

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gangrel_EU View Post
    Well, CoX was bringing in roughly $800K/month revenue according to their financial releases. It is peanuts compared to all of the other titles (ok, Guild Wars 2 brings in roughly 1/2 the amount, but lets see what this quarters financial statements say to actually make judgement on it... side note: GW1 has brought in roughly $30million more than CoX over their respective lifetimes).
    I think it is odd that you attack others for using numbers that you don't think are true, but you're throwing around that 800k estimate as fact... and it is not.
    I'm not joining in the debate about how small of a chunk CoH and/or the western market is within NCSoft's stable of games, but - unless I am mistaken - that 800k mark was whipped up with a bunch of guesstimates on things that we have no idea about and, more importantly, it used salary figures using all of the Paragon Studios staff and tied it to CoH, which is completely incorrect (even if the guesses on the average salary were close at all).

    I have no issue with you personally and I have no problem with what you're saying other than throwing around that figure as a matter of fact.
    It's not doing me harm, but it's spreading falsehood and possibly making you look a bit silly!
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JayboH View Post
    Yeah exactly - nothing's changed other than prolonging the inability of acceptance.
    There is zero inability about it, but you keep judging all you like, mate.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by NinjaPirate View Post
    ...
    I just don't understand the purpose of repeating 'game over man, game over!' ad infinitum.
    ...
    I've discovered, in life, that many people seem to want to emulate some of Bill Paxton's more obnoxious characters.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JayboH View Post
    I think if the original Paragon Studio devs were doing the reverse engineering work we would still have massive problems and it could take years.

    It's over - really. Immediately I assume attacks will be sent my way for being honest but I don't really care. I just don't understand why people are setting themselves up to be hurt in the near future. I DO understand the majority love rooting for the underdog in most situations but regardless of what is written on the Titan Networks I just don't see anything but disappointment happening.
    Disappointment happened the moment they made the first announcement.
    What we do from then on simply defines what we want and how much we're willing to do to attempt to influence things to make it happen.

    Honestly, I'm not convinced that things are very different now than they were before their most recent announcement.
    So, on August 31st, they told us they were shutting it down.
    We rallied, we made noise, we spread the word, they gave us an email address and we continued and they publicly addressed our efforts and mentioned the selling of the game, the IP and the studio. While their mention included that they'd exhausted such efforts, I just think it is great that they made mention of what we were seeking in their public address.
    The things that they said don't really come off as fully believable (having a special place in their hearts for the company they sent packing with zero notice in the middle of all of this great work they'd done and had in store for us, shutting things down and preventing further account adjustments, preventing the developers from being able to do a proper sendout... and they say they want it to end on a "high note"? Hah! And then, after all of this, we're supposed to believe that efforts of good faith were made to sell and keep the team, the game and the community alive? After only a few weeks? What sort of efforts were made? Were any even at all? Or did they exhaust those possibilities before even making any attempts?).
    Now we have the doom criers out and the news outlets saying the same thing they said August 31st. It's done. It's over.
    We made them take notice and they responded.
    We'll continue to do what we're doing. We'll step it up in some ways and we will see if they take notice some more. And some more. And some more. Until we exhaust our efforts. There is still some time before all hope is lost for further Paragon members' involvement. That certainly is the huge loss here, zero question.
    However, we're not done yet. And there is still more we can get, below the best case scenario (regardless of who is or isn't interested in it).

    No. I see things as being rather the same as before, but one big difference.
    We're stronger now.
    We managed to change the press coverage around to display what this community is about. And we managed to reach NCSoft and have them respond to us.
    We're going to do our best to reach them all again and we hope to change their minds. It may not work. We all knew this from day one.
    Never trying would result in failure anyway. We have nothing to lose, but our own integrity if we don't do what we feel we must.

    You don't fail until you stop trying.
    Even beyond just this game, this dev team and this community, we have something to fight for.
    The fact that we don't think this was the right way to handle this situation.
    It's their prerogative to handle it the way they want and it is our prerogative to respond how we want. And, I can only speak for myself when I say that, I want to continue to show our commitment to the same exact stance we took on August 31, because, that is what I believe is right.

    I want to get an Atlas Park 34 up on Saturday.
    Help us make it so.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Scythus View Post
    Virtue as usual?
    I believe so.
    I'll see about throwing the official Bat signal up tomorrow!
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tannim222 View Post
    ...
    This is not just a game. It is a community of people, many of them wonderful. People have begun charities, met spouses, kept in contact with distant loved ones, met friends, lost friends, created written, drawn, and painted works of art, and so many more things. All of them spokes on a wheel at which this game is the center. My own deaf son has learned so much from watching me play and playing this game on his own. So manynew words have been adopted into his ever-growing vocabulary thanks to his interest in this game - words he probably wouldn't have spoken until much later if this game didn't exist.

    All of this and more is why this game is worth saving.

    This, my friends.
    And let the petty insults a few send our way be absorbed by the masses of us who stand together.

    I do believe it is time for a unity rally this Saturday... I'ma get to work on making that a go.
  22. I'm definitely intrigued.
    I'd heard about this film a while ago and forgot that it was coming out. I remember Depp talking about it in an interview somewhere.
    I don't have much worry about his role within it, although, I do feel a bit for the few actors that would have been more fitting due to their true heritage (ain't it a kicker when a rare role like that comes along and gets taken by a caucasian anyway... let alone Johnny Depp, heh!).

    This trailer, though, has me a little more interested than just my original interest due to Depp's role (and, yeah, what he said in the interview made me interested in seeing him play the role). From what I remember, he took it rather seriously (not that this would come as a surprise).

    Now we just need to finally see him as Pancho Villa in a Terry Gilliam production of Don Quixote...
  23. I had typed a reply in another thread, in which I tangent-ed into the subject of questioning what the MMO really was and what people were expecting it as compared to what corporations view them (and create them) as and what does it mean to be an "old" mmorpg and what their lifecycle should or shouldn't be and what it all might mean and how we've reached a new point in the existence of the genre and how the old stalwarts have remained, but now we're seeing an example of a new should-have-been-stalwart getting shut down...
    But I cut it out, because I felt it was too off topic and I should post it as its own thread...
    Then I forgot about it, went and posted a reply to something else, copied the reply before hitting submit (because, ya know, I'm so clever...) and later realized that I lost that whole thing that I intended to start that thread with that I was sure would have led to in-depth discussions of great interest and importance...
    And have been too disheartened to retype it all and instead bored you (if you bothered to read this).

    I think this might be my worst reply ever. And, yes, that is saying a lot (of nothing).

  24. Yep, we're going to respond like we have been since August 31.
    They publicly addressed us and acknowledged the subject of selling... claiming that they exhausted their efforts.
    Well, now we're going to let everyone know that we look negatively upon their "efforts" and we're not going to stop spreading the word, passing on information and working towards what we want to see happen.
    The only thing that can happen is delays.
    Failure only comes when you quit. Until then, it's just taking on each obstacle on your path towards success.