Comments on: Sheeeeit! 1.8 billion for online game development in China. http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html Always Fairly Unbalanced Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: seldon metropolitan http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45537 seldon metropolitan Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:09:15 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45537 that works fine. It seems like the month for DNS and hosting troubles. everyone I know has gone through something. that works fine. It seems like the month for DNS and hosting troubles. everyone I know has gone through something.

]]> By: Walker Spaight http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45536 Walker Spaight Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:37:39 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45536 sorry, Seldon, that's been a problem. I guess I am going to have to relocate URLs since my hosting service is apparently teh suxxor. check back again in a while, maybe it will work then. or you should be able to get it at: <a href="http://walkering.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">walkering.typepad.com</a> which I guess is what I'll make the official address. sorry, Seldon, that’s been a problem. I guess I am going to have to relocate URLs since my hosting service is apparently teh suxxor. check back again in a while, maybe it will work then. or you should be able to get it at: walkering.typepad.com which I guess is what I’ll make the official address.

]]> By: seldon metropolitan http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45535 seldon metropolitan Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:19:24 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45535 Im getting nothing but DNS errors when I click that link walker... I hadnt read it in a little over a week, but it worked before. Im getting nothing but DNS errors when I click that link walker… I hadnt read it in a little over a week, but it worked before.

]]> By: Walker Spaight http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45534 Walker Spaight Wed, 10 Aug 2005 08:46:32 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45534 nah PvE (Players vs. Environment) would be coddling the little suckers. They need to learn feel their hearts leap into their throats when they run up to BRD and find some Tauren feckwit camping the entrance and wonder to themselves, do I kill him? Is he too much for me? Will he just let me in? What's the right and moral thing to do here? Ah screw it, the right thing to do is my combo backstab and fireball of teenage wrath! A PvE server has *nothing* like the excitement of a PvP server. PvE has its merits (like being able to actually complete quests), but the experience is much less 'massively multiplayer' than on a PvP server, where your interactions are orders of magnitude more complex. Maybe the PRE-teens should be on PvE servers, and then as a rite of passage they have to transfer their characters to PvP. And if they gank a character more than 5 levels below them, they get one day of grounding for every level more than 5 in the gap. But none of this matters to me anymore, as you would know if you'd read <a href="http://www.walkering.com/walkerings/2005/08/in_which_i_canc.html" rel="nofollow">my blog lately</a>. nah PvE (Players vs. Environment) would be coddling the little suckers. They need to learn feel their hearts leap into their throats when they run up to BRD and find some Tauren feckwit camping the entrance and wonder to themselves, do I kill him? Is he too much for me? Will he just let me in? What’s the right and moral thing to do here? Ah screw it, the right thing to do is my combo backstab and fireball of teenage wrath!

A PvE server has *nothing* like the excitement of a PvP server. PvE has its merits (like being able to actually complete quests), but the experience is much less ‘massively multiplayer’ than on a PvP server, where your interactions are orders of magnitude more complex.

Maybe the PRE-teens should be on PvE servers, and then as a rite of passage they have to transfer their characters to PvP. And if they gank a character more than 5 levels below them, they get one day of grounding for every level more than 5 in the gap.

But none of this matters to me anymore, as you would know if you’d read my blog lately.

]]> By: Neal Stewart http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45533 Neal Stewart Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:52:30 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45533 How about raising the children on 'Player Vs Enemy' servers? Instead of banning player-kills, ban kills on certain players. Force citizens to join Chinese W.O.W guilds etc :D How about raising the children on ‘Player Vs Enemy’ servers? Instead of banning player-kills, ban kills on certain players. Force citizens to join Chinese W.O.W guilds etc :D

]]> By: Walker Spaight http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45532 Walker Spaight Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:32:16 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45532 bah, the under-18s are the ones who *should* PvPing around so that they can learn their lessons now before they get out there into theh *real* world :p bah, the under-18s are the ones who *should* PvPing around so that they can learn their lessons now before they get out there into theh *real* world :p

]]> By: Neal Stewart http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45531 Neal Stewart Mon, 08 Aug 2005 17:41:30 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45531 Apparently the PVP-game ban is only for under 18's. But the general in-game online-time-limit seems to apply to anyone. It doesn't say what the cut-off time will be. 10.9 hours per week is apparently the average amount of time Chinese gamers spend playing online games - which is only about 90 minutes per day. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25146 http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=4211 -- Neal Apparently the PVP-game ban is only for under 18′s. But the general in-game online-time-limit seems to apply to anyone. It doesn’t say what the cut-off time will be. 10.9 hours per week is apparently the average amount of time Chinese gamers spend playing online games – which is only about 90 minutes per day.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25146
http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=4211

– Neal

]]> By: Walker Spaight http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45530 Walker Spaight Mon, 08 Aug 2005 11:09:07 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45530 Not so, Athel. They've recently legislated against MMOGs that feature PvP, and have set a legal limit on the amount of time you're allowed to spend in a virtual world. They want the game to kick you off after something like 10 hours a week or something like that. 10 hours? The whole country's going to go into withdrawals! Not so, Athel. They’ve recently legislated against MMOGs that feature PvP, and have set a legal limit on the amount of time you’re allowed to spend in a virtual world. They want the game to kick you off after something like 10 hours a week or something like that. 10 hours? The whole country’s going to go into withdrawals!

]]> By: Athel Richelieu http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45529 Athel Richelieu Sun, 07 Aug 2005 23:56:59 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45529 The Chinese have finally learned the truly effective brainwashing technique, turning a population into mindless drones by hooking them to games which they play in every moment of their spare time, and ignore the important things. The Chinese have finally learned the truly effective brainwashing technique, turning a population into mindless drones by hooking them to games which they play in every moment of their spare time, and ignore the important things.

]]> By: Cocoanut http://alphavilleherald.com/2005/08/sheeeeit_18_bil.html/comment-page-1#comment-45528 Cocoanut Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:51:41 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=2271#comment-45528 Not long, lol. coco Not long, lol.

coco

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