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8/07/09 1:56:10 AM#21
Originally posted by Abrahmm
That cracked me up!
Honestly, it's sad when your this big of a joke in the industry and don't even realize it.
Exactly. Are people that work in the MMO industry so out of touch? It would explain why there have been so many game failures. It seems that MMO players have a much better idea of what is going on then the executives do. If you want to design a line of clothes for 12 year old girls, who do you ask what 12 year old girls like? Do you form a focus group consisting of 40+ year old men or do you ask 12 year old girls? |
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8/07/09 4:56:22 AM#22
Bill Roper and this douchebag should not be in the gaming business at all. Let alone run one. |
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8/07/09 5:53:31 AM#23
That's like having Joey Buttafuoco be the keynote speaker at a seminar on sensitivity toward women. |
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8/07/09 5:57:17 AM#24
Originally posted by Erolis For those who haven't seen him recently, here you go:
He now looks like Fester. |
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8/07/09 11:29:39 AM#25
Wow...such rabid hate. Way to represent the gaming community in a positive non-psychotic light. This sword here at my side dont act the way it should |
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8/07/09 11:39:44 AM#26
Originally posted by storm-dragon
You don't know the half of it dude, during the so cal fires there were folks on the SWG vet forums that were hoping him, his wife and kids didn't make it out. he gets regular death threats (by fans of video games seriousley how fucked up is that?) and has been the target of all kinds of harassment. The really messed up part is sites like this condone and even encourage it. This is why I lie when folks ask me if I'm a gamer seriousley who wants to be associated with freaks who will no doubt one day walk into SOE headquarters with an Assault Rifle? |
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8/07/09 12:15:00 PM#27
Originally posted by Zorvan For those who haven't seen him recently, here you go:
He now looks like Fester. Hey, now that's out of line...don't insult Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan RIP) like that. "Many nights, my friend... Many nights I've put a blade to your throat while you were sleeping. Glad I never killed you, Steve. You're alright..." |
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8/07/09 1:53:07 PM#28
Originally posted by MikeB If the following was a screen shot of the age of conan servers, no one would be calling is wildly successful. If it was a screenshot of the warhammer online game servers, no one would call it wildly successful.
Both of these games are looked upon as failures to different degrees, because they each lost hundreds of thousands of users in a few short months after each sold close to a million copies each. (each game can also fill up more servers than the following screen shot also)
For whatever reason, people keep calling free realms wildly successful, yet it can't even fill up 2 servers. That isn't even close to the number of decent population server of AoC and Warhammer in comparison. This is they guy they are going to get to keynote mmo design? The best he can offer is bragging about millions of people who signed up for his game, but don't play it. What can he possibly offer other than snake oil? The last line of his keynote description makes me laugh: "... how developers can re-educate their teams to move from stagnant and dated MMO design toward mass market success." That is soooo funny coming from smed.
This is the server status of free realms right now. Occasionally server 1 gets to "high" population, but thats it.
Mike I don't know if the quote above was your write-up or it was just a cut/paste of the GDC text, so I don't really know who to address.
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