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Post by Jeshin on Mar 28, 2015 9:36:15 GMT -5
I was discussing Armageddon versus SOI: Laketown (alpha) with someone last night. The fact of the matter is that Armageddon is a game that players can create, do things, have things, have stories, all without a single staffer ever having to look at them. This is because of the amount of automation in ARM because it is a mature game in terms of development. SOI: Laketown hasn't reached the same level of automation yet. It takes longer for characters to get inertia and self-sufficiency.
What's this mean? I can create a character and minute 1 of day 1 I can be out making money out buying new items out getting an apartment out getting a mount out socializing in a bar. I can be as visible in public as I want or I can have a whole 'life' without interacting with other players at all. So staff stepping back and enabling instead of dictating is completely feasible. The game already runs itself, that's one of the reasons it's still around.
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 27, 2015 16:58:47 GMT -5
Sounds kind of weird. A world where magical creatures demand their rights. I once heard that she writes former ARM stories. Is the setting of her books supposed to be a variant of the setting she proposed for ARM 2?
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 20, 2015 22:48:21 GMT -5
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 20, 2015 9:59:25 GMT -5
Random Questions
1. What kind of illegal/criminal/pirate-y things would you want to be able to do in a spacefaring scifi game? 2. Do you believe that enslaved/kidnapped roles be that short-term or long-term are fun for the right people and should be supported? 3. What kind of tools/gadgets/equipment would you most want to see in a spacefaring scifi game?
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 18, 2015 0:02:16 GMT -5
Calavera retired last I heard, also I would imagine that the staff would not approve of Calavera using the request tool for non-arm communication.
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 17, 2015 17:20:06 GMT -5
If anyone has the ooc contact information of Calavera. Please convey to them that I would be very interested in a short 15 min chitchat with them (not about ARM). They can reach me in a manner of their choosing or I can contact them, just PM me or check my profile for my SNs.
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 16, 2015 19:25:34 GMT -5
Her forum kung-fu is strong.
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 16, 2015 16:02:55 GMT -5
I think the barricade got removed, didn't it?
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 15, 2015 14:30:38 GMT -5
advent-truth.com/ --- This is a DragonBall Z MUD with an RPE design. I have some friends that play it when they just want to relax and relive a DBZ episode , I tried it but my communist Russian mutant talking bear was only so interesting.
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 14, 2015 13:51:53 GMT -5
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 11, 2015 8:13:22 GMT -5
No people would think it was really Nyr posting. I think it achieved snarky sentience.
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 11, 2015 7:58:38 GMT -5
^ If true then I retract my statement. But as someone who isn't reading the GDB all the time (like a newbie doesn't) just seems like a staffer saying No to a reasonable request.
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 10, 2015 22:21:12 GMT -5
gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,31255.msg871783.html#msg871783 It does seem weird that ARM kind of shafts peoples ability to connect and form compatible character concepts. Like if they had gotten approved for a family-role and then posted FAMILY APP FOR OFF-PEAK PLAYERS THAT WANT TO PLAY WITH ME OFF PEAK. Then it's okay. But just asking if there are off-peak players in the north or south and what their playtimes are, isn't?
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 10, 2015 9:12:56 GMT -5
Random MUD Questions 1) What is something that is often hit or miss on MUDs for you? (example: stealth can be a waste of time or OP at max with little inbetween) 2) What is the most important gameplay/gameworld aspect of an RPI besides the RP? 3) Would you be willing to try a sci-fi setting? 4) If yes please explain what specifically draws you to a sci-fi setting. If no please explain why you wouldn't try a sci-fi setting. 5) What level of preparation/difficulty do you think is appropriate for a MUD? (example: How much preplanning or obtaining of equipment should be done before going off to do things in the world... To link to arm, how much prep should be done before a successful spider nest attack?) If anyone is interested in answering these in the forum, via PM, or over AIM. I would certainly appreciate it. Mostly these questions are one-offs that have a chance of someone thinking of something that I or the group I discuss such things with have not thought of yet. Still interested in any further replies in the thread, PM, or AIM - Religiousbum, or Skype - Religiousbum
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Post by Jeshin on Mar 9, 2015 16:25:46 GMT -5
Don't worry I'm not as ambitious as FutureMUD with its functioning human body code that waits for brain death which can be caused by organ failure. But I do intend to deliver a reasonable package of gamesystems. As for alpha/beta, I do want to stress that I wouldn't expect anything until March 2016. I'm not in any rush to get through development! Whole point of the thread is just to crowdsource some willing participants for me to ask questions and get some impressions from.
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