LOL most beta testers are preordering because there was only like 5 beta testers and if 3 preorder that is most .
yeah that's why there are leaks showing beta forum polls with 1000+ votes in them.
1/10.
Are you still here? I would've assumed you'd have run for the hills or one of your many international conferences by now.
Or at least answered questions asked directly at you...
- CaesarsGhost
Lead Gameplay and Gameworld Designer for a yet unnamed MMO Title. "When people tell me designing a game is easy, I try to get them to design a board game. Most people don't last 5 minutes, the rest rarely last more then a day. The final few realize it's neither fun nor easy."
Someone previously in this thread said it best about too many red flags to order this title.
IMO, when a title begins to create 2-3 red flags, for me personally, I do not risk investing into it.
Dropping/cutting features weeks before release? Red Flag. False, we've known about everything but the 4-legged mahirrim running thing. everything else has been known for 12 months+. What about all the features that are supposedly ready and just need "activating"? What about the completely wrong FAQ and Feature list? You DON'T release a product to supermarkets with outdated ingredient lists and say "we didn't have the money to change it but we went ahead and sold it anyway". Not lifting the NDA well in advanced of the release? Red Flag. true, but there are plenty of leaks out there, and almost all of them are positive /shrug. Hidden away on some illegal underground website that almost no-one knows about, heavily moderated by either adventurine or their cronies. Far, far away from mainstream sites and magazines that millions of people read in order to formulate an opinion on their purchase. Where people have equal opportunity to express their opinion wether good or bad, troll or fanboys (sadly) included. Not conducting at least one stress test on your servers during beta? Red Flag. false, noone outside of Av knows whether there has been a stress test. A few hundred players are in beta and leaks and tester reviews are seaping out like water from a paper bag. if 10.000+ people had stress tested it we'd know. Utter BULLSHIT. Not actually answering questions in repeated interviews? Red Flag. false, quite ridiculous thing to say. Sure... What have you learned from this interview then? Having only ONE person cable of conducting all the interviews and released news? Red Flag. false, tasos has been doing all the interviews and news for nearly 5 years. No, True, that's exactly what he was just saying...................................... Banning a good number of testers due to posts on testing forums? Red Flag. false. there have been less than 10 beta testers banned; less than 0.1% of the beta tester population. 10 = less 0.1% huh? I consider myself terrible at maths but does'nt that mean 10.000+ testers? I'm sick and tired of your bullshit man, this is really taking it to extremes now. And you pulled that 10 number straight out of your ass along with all the flying monkeys that came with it. Changing significant features in the game weeks/days before release? Red Flag. false, what do you think has been changed? Towers, and safe zones. Universal Banks as opposed to trading. Are there any more?
Anyways, you get my point.
No, we don't. You're either blatantly lying or just haven't done any research.
Are you still here? I would've assumed you'd have run for the hills or one of your many international conferences by now. Or at least answered questions asked directly at you...
Was going to say the same thing to you: after you were shown to know jack shit about IT after boldly professing to know all about MMO server infrastructure i would've assumed you'd know when to stop embarrassing yourself.
if you want me to answer questions i'll PM a paypal account you can donate to at a reasonable rate. no money, no obligation to respond.
Someone previously in this thread said it best about too many red flags to order this title.
IMO, when a title begins to create 2-3 red flags, for me personally, I do not risk investing into it.
Dropping/cutting features weeks before release? Red Flag. False, we've known about everything but the 4-legged mahirrim running thing. everything else has been known for 12 months+. What about all the features that are supposedly ready and just need "activating"? What about the completely wrong FAQ and Feature list? You DON'T release a product to supermarkets with outdated ingredient lists and say "we didn't have the money to change it but we went ahead and sold it anyway". go ahead and list them then.
Not lifting the NDA well in advanced of the release? Red Flag. true, but there are plenty of leaks out there, and almost all of them are positive /shrug. Hidden away on some illegal underground website that almost no-one knows about, heavily moderated by either adventurine or their cronies. Far, far away from mainstream sites and magazines that millions of people read in order to formulate an opinion on their purchase. Where people have equal opportunity to express their opinion wether good or bad, troll or fanboys (sadly) included. this is your 1 valid point. relax, there will be mainstream reviews if you're too inept or distrusting to google for the numerous beta leaks.
Not conducting at least one stress test on your servers during beta? Red Flag. false, noone outside of Av knows whether there has been a stress test. A few hundred players are in beta and leaks and tester reviews are seaping out like water from a paper bag. if 10.000+ people had stress tested it we'd know. Utter BULLSHIT. if you *were* informed enough to be familiar with the beta leaks you'd have seen beta forum polls with 1000+ votes on them that are only 24-72 hours old. common sense says there are *at least* more than 1000 beta testers.
Not actually answering questions in repeated interviews? Red Flag. false, quite ridiculous thing to say. Sure... What have you learned from this interview then? why do you think you're entitled to an answer to every question? you haven't paid for anything. answers will be available before release, that's enough. get over it.
Having only ONE person cable of conducting all the interviews and released news? Red Flag. false, tasos has been doing all the interviews and news for nearly 5 years. No, True, that's exactly what he was just saying...................................... is there even a point here?
Banning a good number of testers due to posts on testing forums? Red Flag. false. there have been less than 10 beta testers banned; less than 0.1% of the beta tester population. 10 = less 0.1% huh? I consider myself terrible at maths but does'nt that mean 10.000+ testers? I'm sick and tired of your bullshit man, this is really taking it to extremes now. And you pulled that 10 number straight out of your ass along with all the flying monkeys that came with it. jesus christ. 10/1000 == 0.1%.
Changing significant features in the game weeks/days before release? Red Flag. false, what do you think has been changed? Towers, and safe zones. Universal Banks as opposed to trading. Are there any more? universal banks have been in the game for over a year. guard towers replacing roaming guards have been in the game for over a year too. i even supplied a link for it.
No, we don't. You're either blatantly lying or just haven't done any research.
Try again, i dare you.
It's amazing that someone too dumb to calculate 10/1000 = 0.1% or use google to find basic facts is even able to use a computer.
once again: if DF doesn't sound good to you: DON'T BUY IT. why is this so hard to understand?
Are you still here? I would've assumed you'd have run for the hills or one of your many international conferences by now. Or at least answered questions asked directly at you...
Was going to say the same thing to you: after you were shown to know jack shit about IT after boldly professing to know all about MMO server infrastructure i would've assumed you'd know when to stop embarrassing yourself.
Don't think no one else has noticed you're dodging the question, Doctor "wtfpwn".
Do all Darkfall articles dating back to 2003 Timeframe contain fully, up to date, information?
Do all Darkfall articles dating back to 2003 Timeframe contain fully, up to date, information?
this has the same answer as: do people/developers sometimes change their mind during development?
however when you spend 6-12 months developing a model for distributed computing that your entire game is built upon, you tend to stick with it.
just like if you're building a skyscraper, you're probably not going to change the foundations once it's up.
So, what you're saying, is that they're using servers from 2003 to run the game?
..cause that would explain alot..
- CaesarsGhost
Lead Gameplay and Gameworld Designer for a yet unnamed MMO Title. "When people tell me designing a game is easy, I try to get them to design a board game. Most people don't last 5 minutes, the rest rarely last more then a day. The final few realize it's neither fun nor easy."
Banning a good number of testers due to posts on testing forums? Red Flag. false. there have been less than 10 beta testers banned; less than 0.1% of the beta tester population.
10 = less 0.1% huh? I consider myself terrible at maths but does'nt that mean 10.000+ testers? I'm sick and tired of your bullshit man, this is really taking it to extremes now. And you pulled that 10 number straight out of your ass along with all the flying monkeys that came with it. jesus christ. 10/1000 == 0.1%.
It's amazing that someone too dumb to calculate 10/1000 = 0.1% or use google to find basic facts is even able to use a computer.
Ouch all i can say is....
SELF-OWNED!
Now this ^ ladies and gentlemen is how legendary sigs are born!
Ohhhhhhh man i wouldn't want to be the guy who claimed he has a PHD in order to "prove" his points!
Ohhhhhhh man i won't let you forget this one for awhile!
Ohhhhhhh man I can't stop laughing!
*edit* Tweaking and decorating THE post of EPIC WIN! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Originally posted by gruminator posted by javac. "It's amazing that someone too dumb to calculate 10/1000 = 0.1% or use google to find basic facts is even able to use a computer." 10/1000 = 0.01
10/10000 = 0,1% 0,1% = 0,1/100 = 1/1.000 = 10/10.000 = 100/100.000 Or in his case, 10/1000 = 0,01%
oops, my bad. PhDs make mistakes too. least i'm man enough to admit when you guys get proven wrong over and over and either deny it or just keeping telling lies.
so, less than 1% of beta testers booted from beta for trolling. still doesn't change the original point.
Give Javac a break, he is a big international computer geek so he was probably thinking in binary or octal, yeah that's the ticket he was using a different number base that all you ignorant mmorpg.com trolls can't understand.
It is a number base that comes from the land of Aventurine make believe.
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Now to my real point:
Just perused my favorite hard core bad ass guild board to see what they were saying about Dark and Fail. Oh boy are they really "happy" with it. Steaming pile is being complimentary to it over there. These are guys that brought fear into the hearts of many people back on the Sullon Zek server. Sounds like they got a guild invite and they are slaughtering this POS. 2 big complaints are either UI blows chunks or that combat mechanics make WAR look good.
Can't wait for the 25th, hell may have to call in sick that day
lol, you've self-owned yourself like 5 times in this thread already getting basic facts wrong.
And you're STILL not answering all the questions because
A) You don't know the answer.
2) You don't have the information (which, don't feel bad, nobody seems to).
Lastly) You're only picking battles you think you have a remote chance of possibly winning.
...you're losing at "lastly", by the way Dr "wtfpwn"
- CaesarsGhost
Lead Gameplay and Gameworld Designer for a yet unnamed MMO Title. "When people tell me designing a game is easy, I try to get them to design a board game. Most people don't last 5 minutes, the rest rarely last more then a day. The final few realize it's neither fun nor easy."
Just perused my favorite hard core bad ass guild board to see what they were saying about Dark and Fail. Oh boy are they really "happy" with it. Steaming pile is being complimentary to it over there. These are guys that brought fear into the hearts of many people back on the Sullon Zek server. Sounds like they got a guild invite and they are slaughtering this POS. 2 big complaints are either UI blows chunks or that combat mechanics make WAR look good. Can't wait for the 25th, hell may have to call in sick that day
lol, are you seriously calling an Everquest/WOW guild "hardcore"?
dude even hardcore fanbois say WOW carebears will not like DF.
And you're STILL not answering all the questions because A) You don't know the answer.
2) You don't have the information (which, don't feel bad, nobody seems to).
Lastly) You're only picking battles you think you have a remote chance of possibly winning. ...you're losing at "lastly", by the way Dr "wtfpwn"
i don't even know what "question" you're talking about. No doubt something trivial that any reasonable person could find within 10 secs of googling.
btw Dr wtfpwn sounds great to me, gonna use it in TF2 from now on. didn't think i'd be able to come up with a better/funnier name than r0x0r mc0wnage, but i think that might have done it, thanks!
Give Javac a break, he is a big international computer geek so he was probably thinking in binary or octal, yeah that's the ticket he was using a different number base that all you ignorant mmorpg.com trolls can't understand.
this is mostly true, it's been a while since i had to work with actual numbers, though the truth is, i have a 3 week old newborn, and haven't had more than 3-4 hours sleep since he was born, and i simply fucked up.
lol, you've self-owned yourself like 5 times in this thread already getting basic facts wrong.
*charlie the unicorn voice* Yayyyyyyyy Javac YAYYYYYYYYYYYY
Seriously now,
While i'm interested to know wich basic facts i got wrong, besides the part about NPC towers and universal banks wich i don't have any issues *OWN*ing up to if i'm wrong....
Wouldn't you rather talk about your PHD mate? Let's start seeing some credentials, i'm sure alot of people would want to since you seem to fail high school level mathematics.... I never claimed to be a world renowned industry proffesional like you did, wich is why this is all the much sweeter.
You can supply all the rebuttals you want, but the only reason someone playing the beta at present would preorder is that A. they have never played a MMO before or B. they are masochists
Yeah that's why almost all beta testers are preordering or why most voted DF as their favourite and beta MMO right now.
The only reason not to play DF is if you're a WOW-loving carebear. If you like PVP and sandboxes, you will probably like DF.
Most of your statements on this thread have been so contrary to what all the beta leaks say. The best one was where you were touting the AI. Well the AI for the guards was so bad they had to put towers in instead. If that is any indication how bad the coding for this game is then you can pretty much figure out how bad the rest of the game is.
"As things stand right now, the guards are in various fixed positions like towers and posts and not roaming around."
You're just another clueless troll/WOW fanboi who can't read, and is cherrypicking all the worst things being reported without even bothering to fact-check them.
Whose the troll here? ROFL! sorry the towers were just added in the cities because the beta people were complaining the guards were useless. Read the dumb boards yourself, it was all over them. Geez how can you be so ignorant about a game you profess to know something about. You knowledge about this game is kind of like your doctorate...Vaporware.
mmorpg.com forums are just getting sad. Page after page of posts on the interview and only like 3 people have commented on the article itself; the rest has been a bunch of useless bickering back and forth about nonsence,
It's an FPS, one world, sandbox MMO geared toward a small audience. People are hyping this game way beyond what the devs had hoped for, at least that's the impression I'm getting as they have to resort to staged releases in order to cope with the demand. Not to mention the games being developed by an indy group.
The expectations from believers and non believers alike is just absurd. The game will stand on it's own merits when it's released. Anyone who thinks they know what will happen after release is talking out of thier backsides.
You know nothing.
A lot of you are simply full of yourselves, and seem to think that your opinion holds more weight then the next guys. I would really hate to have to work with a lot of you after seeing some of the behavior you demonstrate here I can only imagine what kind of selfish stuck up egotistical twats some of you could be in real like.
It's a game for godsakes; one that hasn't even been released yet. Get over it already. The arguing isn't funny, it's sad.
Just perused my favorite hard core bad ass guild board to see what they were saying about Dark and Fail. Oh boy are they really "happy" with it. Steaming pile is being complimentary to it over there. These are guys that brought fear into the hearts of many people back on the Sullon Zek server. Sounds like they got a guild invite and they are slaughtering this POS. 2 big complaints are either UI blows chunks or that combat mechanics make WAR look good. Can't wait for the 25th, hell may have to call in sick that day
lol, are you seriously calling an Everquest/WOW guild "hardcore"?
dude even hardcore fanbois say WOW carebears will not like DF.
You know the legend in your own mind only is exceeded by your obvious ignorance when you post. If you are an actual PhD then I am the f'n president of Greece and Tacos is under my desk right now giving me all kinds of new information about his latest scam.
You don't apparently even know what the Sullon Zek server was and what game it was in. I never mentioned WoW and I know many WoW carebears BTW that can easily whip most of the "hardcore" PvP players in a twitch MMOFPS which is really all Dark and Fail is going to be.
Where do you think most of the hardcore UO freaks went? Hint, probably Azeroth or Norrath, it sure the F wasn't Dark and Fail.
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yeah that's why there are leaks showing beta forum polls with 1000+ votes in them.
1/10.
yeah that's why there are leaks showing beta forum polls with 1000+ votes in them.
1/10.
Are you still here? I would've assumed you'd have run for the hills or one of your many international conferences by now.
Or at least answered questions asked directly at you...
- CaesarsGhost
Lead Gameplay and Gameworld Designer for a yet unnamed MMO Title.
"When people tell me designing a game is easy, I try to get them to design a board game. Most people don't last 5 minutes, the rest rarely last more then a day. The final few realize it's neither fun nor easy."
No, we don't. You're either blatantly lying or just haven't done any research.
Try again, i dare you.
Was going to say the same thing to you: after you were shown to know jack shit about IT after boldly professing to know all about MMO server infrastructure i would've assumed you'd know when to stop embarrassing yourself.
if you want me to answer questions i'll PM a paypal account you can donate to at a reasonable rate. no money, no obligation to respond.
No, we don't. You're either blatantly lying or just haven't done any research.
Try again, i dare you.
It's amazing that someone too dumb to calculate 10/1000 = 0.1% or use google to find basic facts is even able to use a computer.
once again: if DF doesn't sound good to you: DON'T BUY IT. why is this so hard to understand?
Was going to say the same thing to you: after you were shown to know jack shit about IT after boldly professing to know all about MMO server infrastructure i would've assumed you'd know when to stop embarrassing yourself.
Don't think no one else has noticed you're dodging the question, Doctor "wtfpwn".
Do all Darkfall articles dating back to 2003 Timeframe contain fully, up to date, information?
this has the same answer as: do people/developers sometimes change their mind during development?
however when you spend 6-12 months developing a model for distributed computing that your entire game is built upon, you tend to stick with it.
just like if you're building a skyscraper, you're probably not going to change the foundations once it's up.
do you seriously think professionals (especially IT professionals) don't play games and are familar with internet culture?
btw your poll is funny; like that makes any difference to the argument at hand. you kids are funny.
this has the same answer as: do people/developers sometimes change their mind during development?
however when you spend 6-12 months developing a model for distributed computing that your entire game is built upon, you tend to stick with it.
just like if you're building a skyscraper, you're probably not going to change the foundations once it's up.
So, what you're saying, is that they're using servers from 2003 to run the game?
..cause that would explain alot..
- CaesarsGhost
Lead Gameplay and Gameworld Designer for a yet unnamed MMO Title.
"When people tell me designing a game is easy, I try to get them to design a board game. Most people don't last 5 minutes, the rest rarely last more then a day. The final few realize it's neither fun nor easy."
posted by javac.
"It's amazing that someone too dumb to calculate 10/1000 = 0.1% or use google to find basic facts is even able to use a computer."
10/1000 = 0.01
It's amazing that someone too dumb to calculate 10/1000 = 0.1% or use google to find basic facts is even able to use a computer.
Ouch all i can say is....
Now this ^ ladies and gentlemen is how legendary sigs are born!
Ohhhhhhh man i wouldn't want to be the guy who claimed he has a PHD in order to "prove" his points!
Ohhhhhhh man i won't let you forget this one for awhile!
Ohhhhhhh man I can't stop laughing!
*edit* Tweaking and decorating THE post of EPIC WIN! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
10/10000 = 0,1%
0,1% = 0,1/100 = 1/1.000 = 10/10.000 = 100/100.000
Or in his case,
10/1000 = 0,01%
So, yes, the original poster, the guy "bad" at math, was right . . .
10 beta testers out 10.000 possible on servers, is actually 0,1% of the max server population.
distributed server *code* genius.
oops, my bad. PhDs make mistakes too. least i'm man enough to admit when you guys get proven wrong over and over and either deny it or just keeping telling lies.
so, less than 1% of beta testers booted from beta for trolling. still doesn't change the original point.
Not shitting on you, we are humans.
10/10000 = 0,1%
0,1% = 0,1/100 = 1/1.000 = 10/10.000 = 100/100.000
Or in his case,
10/1000 = 0,01%
Give Javac a break, he is a big international computer geek so he was probably thinking in binary or octal, yeah that's the ticket he was using a different number base that all you ignorant mmorpg.com trolls can't understand.
It is a number base that comes from the land of Aventurine make believe.
-------------------------
Now to my real point:
Just perused my favorite hard core bad ass guild board to see what they were saying about Dark and Fail. Oh boy are they really "happy" with it. Steaming pile is being complimentary to it over there. These are guys that brought fear into the hearts of many people back on the Sullon Zek server. Sounds like they got a guild invite and they are slaughtering this POS. 2 big complaints are either UI blows chunks or that combat mechanics make WAR look good.
Can't wait for the 25th, hell may have to call in sick that day
lol, you've self-owned yourself like 5 times in this thread already getting basic facts wrong.
lol, you've self-owned yourself like 5 times in this thread already getting basic facts wrong.
And you're STILL not answering all the questions because
A) You don't know the answer.
2) You don't have the information (which, don't feel bad, nobody seems to).
Lastly) You're only picking battles you think you have a remote chance of possibly winning.
...you're losing at "lastly", by the way Dr "wtfpwn"
- CaesarsGhost
Lead Gameplay and Gameworld Designer for a yet unnamed MMO Title.
"When people tell me designing a game is easy, I try to get them to design a board game. Most people don't last 5 minutes, the rest rarely last more then a day. The final few realize it's neither fun nor easy."
lol, are you seriously calling an Everquest/WOW guild "hardcore"?
dude even hardcore fanbois say WOW carebears will not like DF.
i don't even know what "question" you're talking about. No doubt something trivial that any reasonable person could find within 10 secs of googling.
btw Dr wtfpwn sounds great to me, gonna use it in TF2 from now on. didn't think i'd be able to come up with a better/funnier name than r0x0r mc0wnage, but i think that might have done it, thanks!
this is mostly true, it's been a while since i had to work with actual numbers, though the truth is, i have a 3 week old newborn, and haven't had more than 3-4 hours sleep since he was born, and i simply fucked up.
you'd have to have had a kid to understand.
lol, you've self-owned yourself like 5 times in this thread already getting basic facts wrong.
*charlie the unicorn voice* Yayyyyyyyy Javac YAYYYYYYYYYYYY
Seriously now,
While i'm interested to know wich basic facts i got wrong, besides the part about NPC towers and universal banks wich i don't have any issues *OWN*ing up to if i'm wrong....
Wouldn't you rather talk about your PHD mate? Let's start seeing some credentials, i'm sure alot of people would want to since you seem to fail high school level mathematics.... I never claimed to be a world renowned industry proffesional like you did, wich is why this is all the much sweeter.
Yeah that's why almost all beta testers are preordering or why most voted DF as their favourite and beta MMO right now.
The only reason not to play DF is if you're a WOW-loving carebear. If you like PVP and sandboxes, you will probably like DF.
Total and complete lying, as usual.
Guard towers have been in Darkfall for 12 months:
"As things stand right now, the guards are in various fixed positions like towers and posts and not roaming around."
You're just another clueless troll/WOW fanboi who can't read, and is cherrypicking all the worst things being reported without even bothering to fact-check them.
Whose the troll here? ROFL! sorry the towers were just added in the cities because the beta people were complaining the guards were useless. Read the dumb boards yourself, it was all over them. Geez how can you be so ignorant about a game you profess to know something about. You knowledge about this game is kind of like your doctorate...Vaporware.
mmorpg.com forums are just getting sad. Page after page of posts on the interview and only like 3 people have commented on the article itself; the rest has been a bunch of useless bickering back and forth about nonsence,
It's an FPS, one world, sandbox MMO geared toward a small audience. People are hyping this game way beyond what the devs had hoped for, at least that's the impression I'm getting as they have to resort to staged releases in order to cope with the demand. Not to mention the games being developed by an indy group.
The expectations from believers and non believers alike is just absurd. The game will stand on it's own merits when it's released. Anyone who thinks they know what will happen after release is talking out of thier backsides.
You know nothing.
A lot of you are simply full of yourselves, and seem to think that your opinion holds more weight then the next guys. I would really hate to have to work with a lot of you after seeing some of the behavior you demonstrate here I can only imagine what kind of selfish stuck up egotistical twats some of you could be in real like.
It's a game for godsakes; one that hasn't even been released yet. Get over it already. The arguing isn't funny, it's sad.
lol, are you seriously calling an Everquest/WOW guild "hardcore"?
dude even hardcore fanbois say WOW carebears will not like DF.
You know the legend in your own mind only is exceeded by your obvious ignorance when you post. If you are an actual PhD then I am the f'n president of Greece and Tacos is under my desk right now giving me all kinds of new information about his latest scam.
You don't apparently even know what the Sullon Zek server was and what game it was in. I never mentioned WoW and I know many WoW carebears BTW that can easily whip most of the "hardcore" PvP players in a twitch MMOFPS which is really all Dark and Fail is going to be.
Where do you think most of the hardcore UO freaks went? Hint, probably Azeroth or Norrath, it sure the F wasn't Dark and Fail.