Comments on: Couple words for Brent http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/ Thoughts about mmorpgs and the communities that surround them. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:22:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rick http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/#comment-966 Rick Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:04:06 +0000 http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-966 Heya Sleiyn :) I'm just sayin' it because it's true. Kept my ranger butt healed more than my skill warranted on many an evening, and you always tried to keep everyone involved. I miss those days. Thanks for the link, I'll take a look! Heya Sleiyn :) I’m just sayin’ it because it’s true. Kept my ranger butt healed more than my skill warranted on many an evening, and you always tried to keep everyone involved. I miss those days.

Thanks for the link, I’ll take a look!

]]> By: Slayne (Sleiyn) http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/#comment-963 Slayne (Sleiyn) Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:20:52 +0000 http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-963 "I still remember the names of Hibernian heroes on Percival. Raad, Emerick, Blarney, Wayland, Slayne, Valgrim, the Thorns of Eire, and so many more. The names won’t mean anything to people who didn’t play on my server, but damn, I had fun with those people night in, night out. They meant more to me than any Vader wannabe could ever mean. They were selfless, they were inspirational, they were skilled, they were daring, and most of all, they made the game fun." Ahh.. You never know what you'll accidently stumble across on the internet. :) Thank you, very nice of you to say that. There's a lot of folks from Perc/Tintagel planning to try out WH together. They seem to be gathering here, a website I just found yesterday. :) http://www.ravensofwar.com/forum/index.php “I still remember the names of Hibernian heroes on Percival. Raad, Emerick, Blarney, Wayland, Slayne, Valgrim, the Thorns of Eire, and so many more. The names won’t mean anything to people who didn’t play on my server, but damn, I had fun with those people night in, night out. They meant more to me than any Vader wannabe could ever mean. They were selfless, they were inspirational, they were skilled, they were daring, and most of all, they made the game fun.”

Ahh.. You never know what you’ll accidently stumble across on the internet. :) Thank you, very nice of you to say that.

There’s a lot of folks from Perc/Tintagel planning to try out WH together. They seem to be gathering here, a website I just found yesterday. :) http://www.ravensofwar.com/forum/index.php

]]> By: Rick http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/#comment-955 Rick Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:42:48 +0000 http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-955 Hudson, you're probably right, except Brent doesn't have the cool accent :) If I had made Brent's post, I would have felt compelled to explain why I thought it was DOA for me, and what my feelings were about the genre to prompt that kind of comment. Brent just kind of let it fly and let everyone else churn over it. I enjoy that, just like I enjoyed Bartle's comment about closing WAR. Personally, I don't really enjoy being the center of that much drama, but it's fun to watch other people in the internet maelstrom :) Yeebo, it didn't sound snarky, and I enjoyed your description. I think you're right that Eve comes out of a different sub-genre than EQ and WoW. There's a branching of the MMO lineage (pun intended)...ya know, it would be kind of interesting to see a chart of what game descended from what other games before it. Then we could argue about that for a month until WAR releases :) Wheatnik, I think we're going to have a lot of fun next month! Hudson, you’re probably right, except Brent doesn’t have the cool accent :) If I had made Brent’s post, I would have felt compelled to explain why I thought it was DOA for me, and what my feelings were about the genre to prompt that kind of comment. Brent just kind of let it fly and let everyone else churn over it. I enjoy that, just like I enjoyed Bartle’s comment about closing WAR. Personally, I don’t really enjoy being the center of that much drama, but it’s fun to watch other people in the internet maelstrom :)

Yeebo, it didn’t sound snarky, and I enjoyed your description. I think you’re right that Eve comes out of a different sub-genre than EQ and WoW.

There’s a branching of the MMO lineage (pun intended)…ya know, it would be kind of interesting to see a chart of what game descended from what other games before it. Then we could argue about that for a month until WAR releases :)

Wheatnik, I think we’re going to have a lot of fun next month!

]]> By: Hudson http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/#comment-954 Hudson Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:09:51 +0000 http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-954 Well if this has done anything for Brent it has made him a Bartle Part 2. Amazing what type of press a little WoW competition will churn up. I bet Funcom is pissed right now that their game flopped but Mythic is now on the chopping block. Yeah, I went there AoC fans Well if this has done anything for Brent it has made him a Bartle Part 2.

Amazing what type of press a little WoW competition will churn up. I bet Funcom is pissed right now that their game flopped but Mythic is now on the chopping block. Yeah, I went there AoC fans

]]> By: Yeebo http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/#comment-952 Yeebo Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:31:15 +0000 http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-952 It's late and I'm unhappy to still be at work. Rereading my post it sounds a bit snarky to me so I'll clarify. I think EVE is about as much of a step forward from the basic design of pre-trammel UO as WAR is from DAoC or EQ (take your pick). It was at the very least much harder (if not outright impossible) to control territory, and it didn't have the deep economic systems in place that EVE does. But it had a similar character development system, FFA PvP with corpse looting, and was very much a sandbox style game rather than a linear Diku MUD descendant. Again, very good read. I absolutely concur with the gist of it. It’s late and I’m unhappy to still be at work. Rereading my post it sounds a bit snarky to me so I’ll clarify.

I think EVE is about as much of a step forward from the basic design of pre-trammel UO as WAR is from DAoC or EQ (take your pick). It was at the very least much harder (if not outright impossible) to control territory, and it didn’t have the deep economic systems in place that EVE does. But it had a similar character development system, FFA PvP with corpse looting, and was very much a sandbox style game rather than a linear Diku MUD descendant.

Again, very good read. I absolutely concur with the gist of it.

]]> By: Yeebo http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/#comment-951 Yeebo Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:33:59 +0000 http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-951 Good read. My only quibble is that I'd call EVE a descendant of pre-trammel UO in many ways. Good read. My only quibble is that I’d call EVE a descendant of pre-trammel UO in many ways.

]]> By: Scott http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/#comment-950 Scott Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:10:16 +0000 http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-950 Very well said. I've got some mmo gaming friends as well that were in the WAR beta and came away unimpressed and not likely to subscribe, while the rest of the guild was extremely excited at the prospect of playing. I really do think it comes down to how burned out or jaded ones become of the genre and base gameplay. It's also their expectations for what it'll take to rekindle that interest in a new MMO, be it a totally new style like The Agency to just get a break from the MUD derivitive MMO's like WoW. Very well said.

I’ve got some mmo gaming friends as well that were in the WAR beta and came away unimpressed and not likely to subscribe, while the rest of the guild was extremely excited at the prospect of playing.

I really do think it comes down to how burned out or jaded ones become of the genre and base gameplay. It’s also their expectations for what it’ll take to rekindle that interest in a new MMO, be it a totally new style like The Agency to just get a break from the MUD derivitive MMO’s like WoW.

]]> By: brent http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/#comment-949 brent Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:21:01 +0000 http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-949 Thanks for the thoughts. Well said. Thanks for the thoughts. Well said.

]]> By: wheatnik http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/couple-words-for-brent/#comment-948 wheatnik Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:47:06 +0000 http://slashrandom.wordpress.com/?p=248#comment-948 I been reading post NDA stuff all week, Rick. But this is the first one that has me excited like I haven't been since, well....that's best kept secret. Thanks for the inspiration! I been reading post NDA stuff all week, Rick. But this is the first one that has me excited like I haven’t been since, well….that’s best kept secret. Thanks for the inspiration!

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