All Posts by Lepidus

Originally posted by Adamantine

This thread here is already a much more interesting read than that article.

What does it really contain ? A general request for "quality", a request for low hardware requirements, and the analysis that MMOs are meant to be games where you can "flee reallife". Have I forgotten anything important ?

Thats all nice and dandy, but from the self proclaimed elite of MMO development, I had hoped for way more.

Like:

- no more boring "killing X of Y" quests

- more intelligent combat

- more non-combat content

- MMOs as a world simulation

- MMOs as a social environment

 

To be fair to those I interviewed, the interviews were not about the state of game design, but the state of the genre as a business. Most the people involved were not designers. I tried to get a good cross section of people for it, but the goal was really to look at what people need to do on a higher scale. The closest we came to design was the innovation/evolution question, which was really addressed from an overall strategy point of view.

Originally posted by boinged

Where's Dana moving on to?

HIs is one of the few voices that comes across as both unbiased and informative in MMO journalism.

Somewhat onto the "dark side" I've gone. You might have seen the announcement about Jeff Anderson's company Play Hard Sports. I'm there now as Network Director.

The folks at IGG have announced that their game Myth War will celebrate Christmas in a spectacular way. Their GMs will be putting on a full day of fun, games, events and prizes on Christmas day itself.

Myth War Wishes Everyone A Merry Christmas In A Spectacular Way!

(Sunnyvale, CA - December 22, 2006) - Myth War is planning a very special Christmas, and everyone is invited to join the fun! On December 25th the GMs (assisted by sentinels) will host a full day of fun, games, activities and -- best of all -- prizes!

The fun begins December 24th when the GMs send out their holiday greetings to all players. They'll also be issuing special invitations for exciting activities. (We're not telling what activities or where they'll be! Join us and find out!) Rewards will include plenty of Fireworks, Trainer Devices, Devil's Blood, Stones of Dream and Double Gold Rumor Scrolls -- everything needed to make your Christmas wishes come true!

For more information and to view your special invitation, please visit: http://www.mythwaronline.com/xmas/index.html.

Myth War Online, developed by Unigium, is a beautifully illustrated isometric 2D fantasy MMORPG. Myth War Online offers four races, over one hundred pets that can be trained, over 200 skill sets to learn, and vast tracts of unique lands to explore and adventure within the game. In keeping with the magical atmosphere rich within the game, players can even encounter certain characters who share incredible myths and legends that have the power to become true. For more details about Myth War Online, their official website is http://www.mythwaronline.com/.

Thanks to Myth War for sending this along.

In the second part of Carolyn Koh's special reports on Horizons the EI Interactive takeover, she looks at payment issues, the vulnurability report and more.

"After notifying EI I got a response from Mr. Rask, informing me that the executive GM will contact me shortly. This never happened."

So what did he do then?

"I waited 60 days," he said, "then I published it and I informed you."

Ed Andercheck of EI Interactive/Pixel Magic saw this in a different light.

"[The SOAP vulnerability is] a non-event from the standpoint of security," Andercheck told MMORPG.com. "It's being closed."

The full article is available here.

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Originally posted by Rikimaru_X

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Originally posted by Lepidus

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Originally posted by Rikimaru_X

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Originally posted by Lepidus

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Originally posted by Rikimaru_X
I remember Dana as a member...she got the job before me...then I watch her do great work. Sad to see such a good member go.

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I think you have me confused with someone else.

I'm a guy, first off ;)

And the only posts I made before working here were when I worked on Wish.

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I did that on purpose. You got the girly name...takes a man to keep a name like that though. Don't worry about your post. I know more about you than you know...I know where you live.

So why are you leaving again?

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Creepy

...and not talking about that until next year

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After re reading my post...humm. Let me guess you got a new job?

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Originally posted by Rikimaru_X

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Originally posted by Lepidus

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Originally posted by Rikimaru_X
I remember Dana as a member...she got the job before me...then I watch her do great work. Sad to see such a good member go.

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I think you have me confused with someone else.

I'm a guy, first off ;)

And the only posts I made before working here were when I worked on Wish.

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I did that on purpose. You got the girly name...takes a man to keep a name like that though. Don't worry about your post. I know more about you than you know...I know where you live.

So why are you leaving again?

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Originally posted by Rikimaru_X
I remember Dana as a member...she got the job before me...then I watch her do great work. Sad to see such a good member go.

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Staff Writer Carolyn Koh took the opportunity to talk to Daniel Lin, the Manager of Overseas Marketing for Voyage Century, about the upcoming Pirate-MMO from IGG.

MMORPG.com: We understand that Voyage Century is a 3D Nautical MMORPG set in the 15th to 18th century. Is it geographically contained or does it span the world?

Daniel Lin: Voyage Century combine the information about the history and geography relating to the voyage in the century of 15--18 and form a side of history spanning 300 years. Voyage Century will make the players feel the real geography and create all kinds of histories in the game. There are two spatial proportions: real proportion of the city scene and the sea battle. Furthermore, the sea map in the earth which is minimized by the virtual time in the game.

The full Q&A is here.

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Originally posted by afsolesky
Resignation?  When did this happen?

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Last week.. see here: http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/105767

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Originally posted by afsolesky
Around when will the chosen writers be announced?

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Originally posted by Anageth
I'm still not sold. They clearly just want to go mainstream and impress people with just graphics. If they concentrated on both deep and meaningful gameplay and updated graphics, I would be interested. This interview has been aesthetics only.

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Originally posted by Richard_Mythic

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Originally posted by fansede

I did notice Mythic posted kind words (wonder if a p.m. was sent : psst! send a resume to us!).

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Nah, don't read too much into it, just wishing him well, I did teach him everything he knows afterall. He'd be nothing without me! ;)

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Originally posted by Hakiko

Are you the same Dana Massey that had an article in Massive Online Gamer this month?

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Originally posted by arrin
I just wish there was a None of the Above option for all of the categories...

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