Exactly how long did you sit there feeling realllllllllly stupid, after you typed that?
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I was just looking at the Guinness World Records Gaming book tonight. Sad thing is, the published entry on UO contains two photos: one of Richard Garriott, one of Tim "Draconi" Cotten.
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Lady Kiara
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Just WOW ........ WOW
But your right Do you See the Smoke thier Blowing....
So I take it I'm not alone in feeling as though I should put on my hip waders?
I think it's getting awful deep.
At any rate I'll say a couple things on my mind...
1) Seems to me one way to "stop" most of the 3rd party programs and cheats... turn off the 2d client... permanently (Of course this would mean I'd no longer be able to play because not only can I not stomach the EC... it overheats my computer to run the thing causing it to shutdown.... NOT COOL at all.)
2) If they actually did find a way to stop cheating and the rampant use of 3rd party programs I think they may see a drastic rise not only in the number of folk willing to and wanting to return to Fel... but I think the subscription rate would increase from the 100's of players who left because they were tired of all the cheating and couldn't compete...
I know several who gave that as a reason for quitting. If they put the focus back on communities and working together... and they fixed the PvP... especially cheats... things would improve drastically.
I'll also say this... from things I've been hearing lately my interest is peaked and my hopes are going up... though I still have much doubt and a huge lack of confidence in much of what is said... I'm trying to be hopeful that this time things are really moving in the right direction...
*crosses fingers*
I think it's getting awful deep.
At any rate I'll say a couple things on my mind...
1) Seems to me one way to "stop" most of the 3rd party programs and cheats... turn off the 2d client... permanently (Of course this would mean I'd no longer be able to play because not only can I not stomach the EC... it overheats my computer to run the thing causing it to shutdown.... NOT COOL at all.)
2) If they actually did find a way to stop cheating and the rampant use of 3rd party programs I think they may see a drastic rise not only in the number of folk willing to and wanting to return to Fel... but I think the subscription rate would increase from the 100's of players who left because they were tired of all the cheating and couldn't compete...
I know several who gave that as a reason for quitting. If they put the focus back on communities and working together... and they fixed the PvP... especially cheats... things would improve drastically.
I'll also say this... from things I've been hearing lately my interest is peaked and my hopes are going up... though I still have much doubt and a huge lack of confidence in much of what is said... I'm trying to be hopeful that this time things are really moving in the right direction...
*crosses fingers*
Thank you Cal for confirming what many of us already suspected; the number of players playing UO has been going up for months now (even before SA), despite what the few detractors might claim on Stratics.
It is a shame that rest of EA is suffering but hopefully, tomorrow will be a brighter day.
It is a shame that rest of EA is suffering but hopefully, tomorrow will be a brighter day.
"Finally, as a former Air Force Officer and graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, I hope everyone found time to show their appreciation for those currently serving in our Armed Forces as we celebrated Veteran’s Day earlier this week. We here at Mythic make games. We don’t defend against all enemies foreign and domestic. We make a worlds where it’s possible to be the conquerors and almost king. Here we have a different battle for good and evil. As we’ve seen, life is all too real sometimes. Thanks for making us the place you care to escape."
Well said!
Well said!
Hi Viq,
Actually... Chrissay said, but I don't remember who's office it belonged to. Oh wait... might have been a meeting room.
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Mitzlplik_SP
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I don`t feel stupid at all. Its better than buying into some Uhall prophet spewing out some numbers trying to look smart. Last I knew houses can only be placed on a paid account,since temps can`t place houses. Some of the houses are owned by EA but the VAST majority are connected to paid accounts. YOU`d be stupid to believe otherwise.
Speaking of stupidity....
Spoken like a true cheater. I`ll keep an eye on you and see if we come across a post proclaiming your innocence sometime in the future.rolleyes:
I don't play any more...hence the comment.
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canary
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Well they laid off 40% of their EAMythic workforce. Can't be a huge roster to sort through anyhow, at this point.
Ugh.
Sorry, don't buy a word this guy says. After calling 80+% of the playerbase carebears, and saying that the throwing skill 'owned'... Yeah, no.
"Expect some turbulence on ascent."
Ascent. Right. The nearly annual gutting of the UO Dev team has led to a serious descent. Cal's smoke and mirrors post does nothing to address the myriad valid questions and issues Mythic's paying customers have with UO.
Mentioning that "engineering has been working on speedhacking and 3rd party program detection" is nothing more then a carrot meant to distract the masses. Again, sorry, but this had been done sooooo many times over there years that it has no credibility.
Sorry, don't buy a word this guy says. After calling 80+% of the playerbase carebears, and saying that the throwing skill 'owned'... Yeah, no.
"Expect some turbulence on ascent."
Ascent. Right. The nearly annual gutting of the UO Dev team has led to a serious descent. Cal's smoke and mirrors post does nothing to address the myriad valid questions and issues Mythic's paying customers have with UO.
Mentioning that "engineering has been working on speedhacking and 3rd party program detection" is nothing more then a carrot meant to distract the masses. Again, sorry, but this had been done sooooo many times over there years that it has no credibility.
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Splup
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Well, there's 1 throwing template that is actually doing serious damage. G dragon thrower gargoyle.
But yeah, that "working on fixing speedhack etc." really seems like them trying to distract people from the fact that Devteam that has done really good job lately is getting kicked out.
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canary
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Please, according to them they've been working on this the past HOW many years? I still haven't seen anything.
It's a dangled carrot, like others said.
It's a dangled carrot, like others said.
This.
Yep.
Yep.
Now the qualifier: It's understandable that he'd want to distract us. It also could be a way to soften the blow rather than distract. "Yeah, this is bad, but we're still working on stuff, really!"
While I hope this qualifier is true, I'm still in agreement....So let me reiterate:
Yep.
I feel weird with all these qualifiers....I don't want to discourage him from communicating with us, but he really does to know that we're suspicious, and that our suspicion is rational and understandable.
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Ditto.
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Mmmhmm.
Agreed.
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StaticOnAtlantic
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About time. Prices will go through the roof for awhile then stable out. HORDE YOUR ITEMS HORDE THEM!!!!!
The simple fact is that EA continues to show that it is a huge multinational behemoth that has lost touch with it's client base. All they see is the numbers, and fail to recognize that their clients, the ones paying the bills, hate seeing good people let go.
It isn't just about the product, it's about making your clients feel good about the product, and when your clients see you behaving like a cold blooded corporate assassin, they aren't likely to feel good about your product, no matter how good that product may be in other ways.
They've showed they've learnt some lessons in the past, and they treat their clients with a great deal more respect and kindness than they used to in the past, at least that is what I have seen. It's time they learnt some new lessons, and develop a way of operating that involves treating their employees as well, with kindness and respect.
No one likes a corporate thug in a $10,000 suit, and if there is a choice people tend not to purchase products from corporate thugs. And there are more and more choices available every day in the markets that cater to gamers.
Wake up EA!
It isn't just about the product, it's about making your clients feel good about the product, and when your clients see you behaving like a cold blooded corporate assassin, they aren't likely to feel good about your product, no matter how good that product may be in other ways.
They've showed they've learnt some lessons in the past, and they treat their clients with a great deal more respect and kindness than they used to in the past, at least that is what I have seen. It's time they learnt some new lessons, and develop a way of operating that involves treating their employees as well, with kindness and respect.
No one likes a corporate thug in a $10,000 suit, and if there is a choice people tend not to purchase products from corporate thugs. And there are more and more choices available every day in the markets that cater to gamers.
Wake up EA!
Legends of Kesmai ftw! Air Warrior as well. Those were my first online games, remember fondly my grandfather being so pissed off when the compuserve and then AOL bills would come in each month.
I was hooked.
I feel like I could explain this a bit better. I'm not saying that layoffs in the gaming industry are any better or any worse than they are in any industry, but there is a critical difference in the gaming industry, and specifically with regard to MMO's. With MMO's the clients develop personal relationships with the developers.
They will very often know who the developers are, and to a certain extent will be aware of the contributions each developer has made to the production of the MMO they play. They will very often have communicated directly with them through forums and blogs. The MMO industry is unlike most industries, the employees, and especially the developers, are not nameless and faceless.
When a company producing an MMO treats it's employees badly, and especially the developers, the clients will take it personally. In this case EA seriously needs to rethink the way it handles it's employees, and especially it's developers, because treating them the way they have treated them in the past, and more recently, probably has, and will, affect their bottom line.
Obviously we would all like to see every corporation treat it's employees with wisdom and kindness, but in the MMO industry, there are reasons beyond simple morality for doing so.
*phew*
*looks up*
*no the sky isn't falling*
Thanks for clarifying that.
*considers sounding his barbaric YAWP*
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Sergul'zan_SP
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Fine by me.My hats off to all of those Non Cheaters. Once they get rid of all of the xxxxUO users, all 10 of you will have lots of room to run around and congratulate each other in.
A month later and it is looking, sadly, like this was the truth; more smoke and mirrors, and more empty words.
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olduofan
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You would think after twelve years I would know better, wouldn't you?Did you really think it was anything more than that ?
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olduofan
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You would think after twelve years I would know better, wouldn't you?
Dont feel bad I still fall for there BS now and then...
Hope is after all not a good thing, as quoted here
"It means that you entertain illusions. It's a sort of spiritual clap, I should say"
And I have been hoping they would do a lot of things LOL
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MoonglowMerchant
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Not sure what happened to all the discussion in this thread about how the "Speedhacking and 3rd party program detection" fixes they were working on were just another lie to keep people paying under false pretenses but here we are, only 10 months away from the next "Letter from the Producer", who knows who that will be?, and the evidence is mounting that EA is doing absolutely nothing other than cashing checks.