I wonder if this time some of us beta testers can actually be able to log in *Grrrrrr*

I had just done about 60 line entry explaining alot of the statements and some of the top theories behind most of those... then I acidentally hit the shift key when backspacing reloading the page making the editor erase all my work... I am not doing it again all I will say now is

Ignore the Sherpas

Enjoy the Milksake or Smothie... your choice

A Dreamy Sick Dragon

Remember there is no conspiracy¡

TINCS

Technologicly the player creator is the most advanced and graphicly spans most of the Uncanny Valley but as several other EVE players I play with and know personally, they feel like it is inferior as it took options they associated with the characters they played.

These guys point out that there are many games that have vastly more available options than EVE did originally or now, and that in many cases they can't possibly recreate the original portraits they wanted because the physiological limits to the adjustments on the new Character Creator.

It may make more realistic characters but it makes less adjustable characters.

Because of this some players are choosing to play without portraits waiting and hoping for future updates to give them the ability to at least recreate the original portrats or create new ones with a fuller palete of options.

Me, My new main's face is OK, but it is impossible for me to recreate my own, and now I have to wait and hope that when they get around to finishing the character creator I don't have to pay to use it.

Although the article does it with allot more humour and shock value, I could not agree more that biologiccal imperitives should be included in MMO games with the same seriousness as combat and commerce/crafting.

I have played several MMOs that had the food and/or water drink imperitives included and when they are done tastefully and propperly  (unlike some of the above suggestions) it actually adds a wonderfull amount of depth. I really sucks when it is done wrong or heavyhanddedly.

Freinds and I have been discussing this for almost a decade now, and if it is included in the base mechanics for the game from the start there is no reason why it should't work outside of a player just not liking it, like some don't like PvP and some don't like crafting.

I made a couple of serious protrait snapshots and a couple for fun that I would never use, and when I selected one of the serious ones to use (or at least I thought my click selected it) it was the last unserrious one (that I had made my character look snooty and disgusted and sort of like a hooligan was the one that went through... I am so glad they are giving do overs

HOWEVER

I wish that they would give multiple do overs for the grace period to make sure that bugs or accidental clicks don't ruin your portrait until Incarna is rolled out.

If you said EVE Online: Incursion I would vote for  EVE but with Cataclysm rolling up the old lower levels they had nerfed progression (so I am repeatedly told by players, I have never played WoW)  and not only modernized and rebalanced the world, but took the risk of redoing it too, I say is what gets my vote for biggest improvement.

Translated:

FU Solo players

FU Small Corps

FU Carebares

FU Players that base themselves in Hi Sec

FU Casual Mission Runners

FU Miners

FU Couriers

Oh yeah... this will do wonders for most of the player base... after all EVERYONE wants to fight better than Sleeper NPCs with nerfed ships and tech with a bunch of strangers that they don't know  or else they won't be able to play normal EVE¡

For PVP and Wormhole PVE players this is fine, but for the majority of the rest of the players this means either leave the system, jump clone out, or play an alt and hope the few who take part don't take forever to kick the Sansha Out.

I have never seen as good results for voice as Vivox in EVE. Using TS, Vent, or other clients (I haven't had a chance to use TS3 though). It is all me and my compadres use for small group comms in EVE.

I was thrilled when they started beta testing a dedicated client with the atrocious name of Voon, but when the sheets hit the economic fan and they had to stop developement before it built a big user base.

If you want you can still download and use it at voon.vivox.com but it is in beta and they aren't fixing anything right now.

I hope they come back and try again, because it was very promising and if they get it finalized and stable and start to give it a competative feature set, and especially if they can make it tie into ingame Vivox voice they could really have a killer app.

DONT PANIC

Quote from EVE Online Article:

"So what does that mean?

Simply put it means that to run EVE you'll have to have Nvidia GeForce series 6 or higher cards. Ati Radeon X1300 (Radeon R520 chips) or higher or Intel GMA X3000 or higher or Intel G965 or higher. These are series of cards that were first published in 2004-2005 and we will therefore continue supporting graphics cards over half a decade old."

I checked NCIX.com where I buy parts and you can get video cards that beat that for $25 to $30! If it is a problem, stop playing for a couple of months and buy a card to hold you over until you can afford a better system.

This reminds me of the article I read about Europe's first treatment facility dedicated to treating and studying Gaming and internet addiction. This was after the place was open 2 or 3 years, had treated tonnes of people and had a backlog of patients over a year deep.

The interviewer talking to one of the lead psychologists asked about their success rate.

The Psychologist gave highly positve numbers in percent successfully rehabilitated, as far as he could tell.

The interviewer, who had set up this interview as the opposing side to some big game news a fellow reporter was reporting on then asked a loaded question: How many intakes were genuine addicts to gaming.

The Psychologist answered "not a single one, all suffered either OCD, Impulse control, pathological shyness, or some other issue." but they had not  found a single addict.

Shortly afterwards the website of the treatment centre explained this but lost so many customers that couldn't tell the difference and were convinced that their loved one was an addict, that they had to go back to reffering to them as addicts both for their bottom line and the good of the patients that were not getting the help they needed.

Yeah, but will it quench the bloodthirst from the players who are livid over the size of the Incarna team and the non lag "low hanging fruit" issues that CCP wont address and can't even think about considering for 18 to 24 months?

I don't think so but at least it is a BIG step in the right direction.

second on the specifying it is a client repair tool

Just be forwarned it is not just this weekend, but until the 18th.

I signed up and it said it was not available in my country yet (Canada). I signed up to the Ubi account.

I found no where to sign up for beta, just signing up for an account.

I believe that if you took the world from the backdrop of the first two films (Circa second world war) with adventuring and tresure hunting and intrigue along with ORIGINAL content, then span England, USA, Canada, Japan, Tibet, Egypt, etcetera.

Also make it classless and skill/training based.

Cover issues like what is the difference between tomb raiding and protecting antiqueties and disturbing the sacresanct of other cultures.

Sounds like a cross between LARP and LazerTag with a little Westworld and Holodeck thrown in for good measure.

Will wait for more deets before judging.

5 JarJar (Im serious here... it is my opinion that he is an adept with no training and that is why hi is always finding so much trouble) except it would be humble more serious "oh crud I tricked the senate into supporting Palpatine as Emperor" Jar Jar. I'd take him on as my padawan TO SAVE THE GALAXY!

4)Odan Ur: Refiner of the modern Jedi Code and attempted to prepare the senate against the return of the Sith, Also a highly trained and unusually skilled Jedi at Combat, along with being long lived and having set up the Jedi Library of knowledge as it is known in the movies.

3)Any beautiful woman who can defend herself, kick my ass, put up with me, and is smart to boot. If I can win THAT over to me... I got it made!!!

2) My own padawan... or sith acolyte I have to try and "Save"

1) A Clone of myself ... We will get similar but different tattoos. I can just imagine the storylines now...

Yeah, but most (but not all) of the 'transmedia' or as they used to call it multimedium synergy, was cheap attempts at doing advertising to different markets and failed miserably. The ones that either took it seriously or lucked out to have really talented people or groups looking to make a name were the ones that were successful 20 years ago.

Ever since the Matrix, the idea that you try to do it all right, and back it with the funding to do so is relatively new.

How many bad comic book tie in video games can you name? Some of them are so serially bad that when a good one comes out it is met with shock and a very good one (like Batman: Arkham Asylum which ties closely into the animated Batman TV series, comic books, and arguably while having different cannon, The Dark Night movies) is treated like a gift from god.

One thing the article misses out on is that another vector they put out is psudo or directly related documentaries they fund and sell to broadcasters at a discount to get  cross promotion. I am surprised with the longer development time most games have that MMO's and other video games haven't done this too.

Thanks for clarifying things for me. Doubling the prizes was pretty cool too (YAY CCP!)!

Good luck me, er, everyone!