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Easy, people dont play so much time as before but their characters take up place as long as they paying their fees. I play 3 hours a day now, in the beginning I played a lot more but I really dont have time for more, just took the time whenever I bought a new game.
The guild stuff seems to come from moves between servers and also that some players quit while noobs show up. So far only 1 quited from my guild and I don't know if he quited AoC totaly or just found another guild. Ill bet most players from your guild quited in the first 6 weeks.
But I can off course be wrong, but I havn't noticed less players on Crom for the last month, the only thing I seen is more russians now, they are 10 times as many as they were a month ago. Someone said it is cause Crom mean something in russain so it can just be a local oddity.
Because it is more important to some people to think that they are playing a game wiht tons of people than to jsut enjoy the game itself.....Like many of you said it says created characters not actual subscribers.....Like many of us know AoC suckered in alot of people at launch so yes if you only have a couple thousand character slots abailable they will be full.....problem is when alot of these people start cancelling they will either have to increase the number of characters allowed or you will have an empty server......These games make me sick because all the players want is to have that WoW killer and they'll buy any piece of garbage in hopes that it turns out to be the WoW killer.....Enjoy your boobs, blood, and lousy community that is all AoC has to offer.
Easy, people dont play so much time as before but their characters take up place as long as they paying their fees. I play 3 hours a day now, in the beginning I played a lot more but I really dont have time for more, just took the time whenever I bought a new game.
The guild stuff seems to come from moves between servers and also that some players quit while noobs show up. So far only 1 quited from my guild and I don't know if he quited AoC totaly or just found another guild. Ill bet most players from your guild quited in the first 6 weeks.
But I can off course be wrong, but I havn't noticed less players on Crom for the last month, the only thing I seen is more russians now, they are 10 times as many as they were a month ago. Someone said it is cause Crom mean something in russain so it can just be a local oddity.
No we only had about 6 or 7 quit in the first 6 weeks. As of last week (to everyones relief) the council decided AoC was not for the guild. All members bar 2 left. The two that stayed only hanging around for the pvp patch.
Shame really game on release had huge potential. But you soon see past the attractive graphics and realise there is nothing to do worthwhile or fun. And imho it will stay like that.
Well better pop on another tin foil hat
looks like mr avery knows more than he lets on.
From: Geir Bækholt <geirh <at> funcom.com>
Subject: Re: how to pass an argument into a Z SQL method without using a form?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.web.zope.database
" Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC."
Agreed.
Not only that, but using recycled proprietary technology (i.e. the modified Dreamscape Engine they originally designed for AO) that never worked properly with your last title, and took years to get under control, doesn't seem like they have learned from a single past mistake made with AO.
Sorry, but I'd rather burn a twenty dollar bill monthly than pass it to a company that treats customers like shit, and continually attempts to pull the wool over the eyes of the consumer.
Rock a FailCom avatar now and express your disgust with pride!
The truth hurts...
Funcom RX
Well better pop on another tin foil hat
looks like mr avery knows more than he lets on.
From: Geir Bækholt <geirh <at> funcom.com>
Subject: Re: how to pass an argument into a Z SQL method without using a form?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.web.zope.database
" Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC."
Something seems very wrong here
Did you just uncover a paid Funcom PR shill working on the mmorpg.com forums?
Agreed.
Not only that, but using recycled proprietary technology (i.e. the modified Dreamscape Engine they originally designed for AO) that never worked properly with your last title, and took years to get under control, doesn't seem like they have learned from a single past mistake made with AO.
Sorry, but I'd rather burn a twenty dollar bill monthly than pass it to a company that treats customers like shit, and continually attempts to pull the wool over the eyes of the consumer.
Not to mention most of the team that created that engine are no longer working for Funcom.
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Well better pop on another tin foil hat
looks like mr avery knows more than he lets on.
From: Geir Bækholt <geirh <at> funcom.com>
Subject: Re: how to pass an argument into a Z SQL method without using a form?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.web.zope.database
" Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC."
Something seems very wrong here
Did you just uncover a paid Funcom PR shill working on the mmorpg.com forums?
ha too funny!! Did you just make that up or have a source for it?
To answer your quest Ath - no he didn't.
as for the last part: " Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC." Was in january at the community event where Jon Wood Editor here was too. I had the invite for the extra day and I asked Cody if he wanted to come too.
Well better pop on another tin foil hat
looks like mr avery knows more than he lets on.
From: Geir Bækholt <geirh <at> funcom.com>
Subject: Re: how to pass an argument into a Z SQL method without using a form?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.web.zope.database
" Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC."
Something seems very wrong here
Did you just uncover a paid Funcom PR shill working on the mmorpg.com forums?
ha too funny!! Did you just make that up or have a source for it?
To answer your quest Ath - no he didn't.
as for the last part: " Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC." Was in january at the community event where Jon Wood Editor here was too. I had the invite for the extra day and I asked Cody if he wanted to come too.
Yeah I'm sure he went through the trouble of photoshopping that to frame you.
No response to yesterdays screenshot that was actually a month ago Avery?
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article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.zope.database/802
www.tentonhammer.com/node/21061
Well better pop on another tin foil hat
looks like mr avery knows more than he lets on.
From: Geir Bækholt <geirh <at> funcom.com>
Subject: Re: how to pass an argument into a Z SQL method without using a form?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.web.zope.database
" Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC."
Something seems very wrong here
Did you just uncover a paid Funcom PR shill working on the mmorpg.com forums?
ha too funny!! Did you just make that up or have a source for it?
To answer your quest Ath - no he didn't.
as for the last part: " Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC." Was in january at the community event where Jon Wood Editor here was too. I had the invite for the extra day and I asked Cody if he wanted to come too.
Yeah I'm sure he went through the trouble of photoshopping that to frame you.
No response to yesterdays screenshot that was actually a month ago Avery?
Forsure, I was browsing some Fan websites such as IGN and the story was on the front page, the chart I also just sourced out from a blog which is not to friendly to the game if people read. As FC haven't put out any numbers, A month old chart was the best I could find from someone I though collated the numbers in an ok fashion. Whether the news was 1 month old or not, i thought it was relevant and had not been posted here, considering all the "sub" posts, I simply thought would make good for friendly chat on the topic.
I did state that the chart from from one month ago, I also thought the Fury message was recent and it wasn't - sorry about that. However, I still feel its a good topic for discussion - I also didn't set put with anything misleading being the intention - I even posted that chart from someone who has anything but nice smelling roses for FC to balance any "PR Spin" comments out.
I posted stuff like this over the last couple of years, if I missed some news first time I would still post it if I thought relevant, in this case as we can see many people are interested.
I am big enough to put my hand up and say I didn't fully look at the date of the Fury server picture, but then again it more directly ties in with the chart and makes correlation more interesting, dont you think? I also didn't come out praising and foaming out the mouth - just asked some questions wondering what you guys though in the original post.
That TTH article is legit, I have no idea about my name being in the other link from over 5 yrs ago - co-incidence.
So Avery was actually representing Funcom at official interviews about AOC... and now he's posting AOC-praising drivel on these forums at the same time as Famine comes in to damage-control the negative press AOC is recieving?
Funcom's PR blitz is VERY desperate.
Bull. So add an edit: to your original post and make it clear.
This is more than not checking the date. You're spreading mis-information:
"The server reached its max yesterday, and is increasing next week. The poll was done a month ago yes, but was only one I could recently find. Was looking for how popular Fury Server was in the past for comparison.
The server full notice just went up."
Yes omg I thought the same thing. Does anyone in this thread realize this??? There has to of been a lowering of the max possible per server since launch because there was never max when the servers had all those people. They obviously lowered the max to make sure they got some info out there like this thread showing that they are doing good, but they really aren't.
Who let you in the VIP section?
Well better pop on another tin foil hat
looks like mr avery knows more than he lets on.
From: Geir Bækholt <geirh <at> funcom.com>
Subject: Re: how to pass an argument into a Z SQL method without using a form?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.web.zope.database
" Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC."
Something seems very wrong here
Did you just uncover a paid Funcom PR shill working on the mmorpg.com forums?
ha too funny!! Did you just make that up or have a source for it?
To answer your quest Ath - no he didn't.
as for the last part: " Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC." Was in january at the community event where Jon Wood Editor here was too. I had the invite for the extra day and I asked Cody if he wanted to come too.
Yeah I'm sure he went through the trouble of photoshopping that to frame you.
No response to yesterdays screenshot that was actually a month ago Avery?
Forsure, I was browsing some Fan websites such as IGN and the story was on the front page, the chart I also just sourced out from a blog which is not to friendly to the game if people read. As FC haven't put out any numbers, A month old chart was the best I could find from someone I though collated the numbers in an ok fashion. Whether the news was 1 month old or not, i thought it was relevant and had not been posted here, considering all the "sub" posts, I simply thought would make good for friendly chat on the topic.
I did state that the chart from from one month ago, I also thought the Fury message was recent and it wasn't - sorry about that. However, I still feel its a good topic for discussion - I also didn't set put with anything misleading being the intention - I even posted that chart from someone who has anything but nice smelling roses for FC to balance any "PR Spin" comments out.
I posted stuff like this over the last couple of years, if I missed some news first time I would still post it if I thought relevant, in this case as we can see many people are interested.
I am big enough to put my hand up and say I didn't fully look at the date of the Fury server picture, but then again it more directly ties in with the chart and makes correlation more interesting, dont you think? I also didn't come out praising and foaming out the mouth - just asked some questions wondering what you guys though in the original post.
The last time that thread was posted in was the first of July. How could it be on the front page? Bro, give it up already. It's all out in the open now, so just quit digging a bigger hole for yourself.
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Kool-Aid FTW!
"Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever." - Noam Chomsky
That TTH article is legit, I have no idea about my name being in the other link from over 5 yrs ago - co-incidence.
Hmm, who doesn't love a good mystery?
This one didn't take too long to solve though, your doppelganger seems to be a UK Programmer who has worked on a variety of youth welfare projects since the one he worked for 5 years ago & that I traced using the domain names in email forum signatures.
I even found a link to a page with a picture, look under the Techical Section.
http://www.youthnet.org/whoweare/people
Seems like a decent enough sort of guy, not sure about his choice in hats though.
Yes I probably should get out more, but it was the end of the day & I was bored.
If you can't "Have your cake & eat it too", then how can "The proof of the pudding be in the eating"?
Take the Hecatomb? TCG What Is Your Doom? quiz.
Bull. So add an edit: to your original post and make it clear.
This is more than not checking the date. You're spreading mis-information:
"The server reached its max yesterday, and is increasing next week. The poll was done a month ago yes, but was only one I could recently find. Was looking for how popular Fury Server was in the past for comparison.
The server full notice just went up."
Agreed 100%. Avery seems to be going out of his way to cover up and spread misinformation about the pile of dung that is AoC. Moreover, being a correspondent he should be presenting unbiased and current information, yet every one of his posts reeks of fanboism.
I think that MMORPG needs to get rid of his correspondent status as all he seems to be doing is PR for Funcom, which is not what a correspondent is about. As a correspondent, you post unbiased news, not take a post from over a month ago and try to spin it in Funcom's favor. Bad move Avery.
Off topic. 5 years of lies and decay. I kinda feel sorry for you girlfriend/wife.
There is many serius guild on Fury EU server like Axemen, Anvil of Crome, Deathwing, hehe drama, may disband soon and many others.
Spoils of War - The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.
Bull. So add an edit: to your original post and make it clear.
This is more than not checking the date. You're spreading mis-information:
"The server reached its max yesterday, and is increasing next week. The poll was done a month ago yes, but was only one I could recently find. Was looking for how popular Fury Server was in the past for comparison.
The server full notice just went up."
Agreed 100%. Avery seems to be going out of his way to cover up and spread misinformation about the pile of dung that is AoC. Moreover, being a correspondent he should be presenting unbiased and current information, yet every one of his posts reeks of fanboism.
I think that MMORPG needs to get rid of his correspondent status as all he seems to be doing is PR for Funcom, which is not what a correspondent is about. As a correspondent, you post unbiased news, not take a post from over a month ago and try to spin it in Funcom's favor. Bad move Avery.
Wow, didn't realize his title, how sad. Perhaps if we can get Protus in here too it will be swell.
"Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever." - Noam Chomsky
Well better pop on another tin foil hat
looks like mr avery knows more than he lets on.
From: Geir Bækholt <geirh <at> funcom.com>
Subject: Re: how to pass an argument into a Z SQL method without using a form?
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.web.zope.database
" Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC."
Something seems very wrong here
Did you just uncover a paid Funcom PR shill working on the mmorpg.com forums?
ha too funny!! Did you just make that up or have a source for it?
To answer your quest Ath - no he didn't.
as for the last part: " Cody "Micajah" Bye and community member Ben Avery took an extra day with the Funcom developers to really get to the heart of the details concerning the quests in AoC." Was in january at the community event where Jon Wood Editor here was too. I had the invite for the extra day and I asked Cody if he wanted to come too.
Yeah I'm sure he went through the trouble of photoshopping that to frame you.
No response to yesterdays screenshot that was actually a month ago Avery?
Forsure, I was browsing some Fan websites such as IGN and the story was on the front page, the chart I also just sourced out from a blog which is not to friendly to the game if people read. As FC haven't put out any numbers, A month old chart was the best I could find from someone I though collated the numbers in an ok fashion. Whether the news was 1 month old or not, i thought it was relevant and had not been posted here, considering all the "sub" posts, I simply thought would make good for friendly chat on the topic.
I did state that the chart from from one month ago, I also thought the Fury message was recent and it wasn't - sorry about that. However, I still feel its a good topic for discussion - I also didn't set put with anything misleading being the intention - I even posted that chart from someone who has anything but nice smelling roses for FC to balance any "PR Spin" comments out.
I posted stuff like this over the last couple of years, if I missed some news first time I would still post it if I thought relevant, in this case as we can see many people are interested.
I am big enough to put my hand up and say I didn't fully look at the date of the Fury server picture, but then again it more directly ties in with the chart and makes correlation more interesting, dont you think? I also didn't come out praising and foaming out the mouth - just asked some questions wondering what you guys though in the original post.
The last time that thread was posted in was the first of July. How could it be on the front page? Bro, give it up already. It's all out in the open now, so just quit digging a bigger hole for yourself.
give avery a break his game is dying and its breaking his heart..lolololol. the day the game was announced he declared it the "greatest game ever made" i'm sure most people on here have long stopped taking him seriously. the game population is in decline its no mystery.
mmolab.com/2008/01/23/age-of-conan-music-information
Ben Avery, the guy behind the excellent AoC Visual FAQ on which I’ve reported earlier, has created another Video containing lots of information about Age of Conan’s sound effects and its musical soundtrack.
Nothing personal im just interested in yor position with funcom.
Wow, if AmazingAvery is actually a Funcom employee posting on his spare time then I feel bad about breaking his illusion, but he should leave the shameless promotion to people getting paid to be flamed.
I wanted to stop in real quick and point everyone to this new site
AoCDB.info
The page I have linked specifically shows a "Character" count, i.e: how many characters have logged in. We need to keep in mind as well, people can make up to 8 characters per server (think that was the max)
This site uses a piece of software from AO called a helpbot. It does various tells, accepts help tells, etc. and tries to calculate the data to gather these charts.
If you look at the overall count at this time, there is roughly 144k "characters" on all the servers, with more being added on a regular basis.
But, we need to make sure that we keep an open mind here, and note one player can have up to 7 various alts as well.
Now, lets look at Fury (the "supposedly" full server)
We get a rough calc of almost 12k "characters"
All it tells me is the "Database" is almost full, and they need to purge some old data, and expand that base.
I would wager 1000 to 2000 players just on that one server.
Nothing more.
Enjoy