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New interview of Tasos - 7/29/09
I posted this link in a different thread... but it's too good to not have it's own thread.
mmorpg.gamesource.it/Articolo/154/Darkfall--Intervista-a-Tasos-2.html
Enjoy. I'll leave others to see if they found it as "awesome" as I did. 
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His statement about cheaters not being a problem in the game made me laugh for 30 seconds.....
I had quite a few laughs as well.
This line was pretty good as well.
"GS: Do you think that the accounts number limitation has discouraged many players to try Darkfall later?
I believe you refer to the limited sale of accounts in the beginning. Unfortunately this was necessary to maintain a good gaming experience for the players. We’re sure that people wanting to try the game will eventually get it and play. The game is better than ever it’s continuously improving and attracting a lot of new players. We have done many optimizations and as a result there is no limit to account sales and anyone can get Darkfall by visiting the Darkfall website."
mmorpg.gamesource.it/Articolo/154/Darkfall--Intervista-a-Tasos-2.html
Ahh... so now we know why the account page is open 24/7... it's the optimizations. The "apparent" lack of players is just an illusion.
Same shit he says in every interview where they don't ask him real questions or push him out of his comfort zone, forcing him to become the rude little prick he's known to be ( like when mmorpg.com interviewed him months ago ). Except, of course, instead of "Every gamer will have a chance to try Darkfall before purchsing." has changed to "We don't have one. We might someday.".
"Groundbreaking technology" cracks me up every time, though.
The optimization part is the truth. Sieges are not screen freezing lag anymore.
I don't know...
I'm still going with the:
"We have done many optimizations and as a result there is no limit to account sales..."
That one is just too funny!
Classic.. My ribs almost snapped that time.
"What do you think about the actual MMOs panorama, and about the upcoming Mortal Online, in many ways similar to Darkfall ?"
Response to that made me giggle.
So then the posts from fans 3 months ago that said there were "thousands" in a battle with zero lag were... dishonest?
I'm shocked!
So then the posts from fans 3 months ago that said there were "thousands" in a battle with zero lag were... dishonest?
I'm shocked!
i am shocked as well!
and what about every fan spouting "OMG the AI IS THE SMARTEST IN THE WORLD! LOOK HOW IT DODGES MY ATTACKS!"
yeah.......
So then the posts from fans 3 months ago that said there were "thousands" in a battle with zero lag were... dishonest?
I'm shocked!
i am shocked as well!
and what about every fan spouting "OMG the AI IS THE SMARTEST IN THE WORLD! LOOK HOW IT DODGES MY ATTACKS!"
yeah.......
Yeah that one is pretty funny as well.
For an AI that was touted as being the smartest... it sure seemed to be getting a lot of updates every single patch. Heck by now it should be able to run circles around Deep Blue.
Hopefully, some may start to realize why some of us were skeptical of Tasos' claims back before Beta even started. There aren't many of the koolaid drinkers left... but some are still drinking in Tasos' own special blend like there is no tomorrow.
So then the posts from fans 3 months ago that said there were "thousands" in a battle with zero lag were... dishonest?
I'm shocked!
i am shocked as well!
and what about every fan spouting "OMG the AI IS THE SMARTEST IN THE WORLD! LOOK HOW IT DODGES MY ATTACKS!"
yeah.......
Yeah that one is pretty funny as well.
For an AI that was touted as being the smartest... it sure seemed to be getting a lot of updates every single patch. Heck by now it should be able to run circles around Deep Blue.
Hopefully, some may start to realize why some of us were skeptical of Tasos' claims back before Beta even started. There aren't many of the koolaid drinkers left... but some are still drinking in Tasos' own special blend like there is no tomorrow.
I hope that you're not including wyrdaskolir in with the few koolaid drinkers, he's been the most balanced fan of the game that we have posting here.
"I’ll just say that Darkfall is the largest seamless, zoneless, un-instanced MMO ever created that holds more than 10 thousand concurrent users with no artificial barriers and invisible walls. The largest and most epic real-time online battles ever with thousands of players participating are happening in Darkfall right now."
If Darkfall has ever had 10k concurrent users online, they'd have announced it. There would be queues. Players would be posting about how full the server is, not how empty. It's pure bullshit.
Regarding battles with thousands of players, also bullshit. The largest campaign I've ever heard of on the boards (both here and on the official boards) was allegedly with 2k players and I've yet to hear of one since then that's been even one thousand (hundreds is more like it). If it was happening, we'd know. At the time I played, I questioned whether there were even 2 or 3 thousand online, so how could these epic battles even be possible? Also, before some anal-retentive (more than me
) apologist comes along, yes 2k players is "thousands", but Tasos is clearly implying that these types of battles occur regularly, not just the alleged one time.
~Ripper
Lol wtf are you talking about? Tasos is the most entertaining part of this game.
Trolls = Hardcore
Fanbois = Carebears
The only posts I read in threads are my own.
That was a good one, keep them coming
Iiii-iiiiiit's.... me!!! *Hooray*
Is this any surprise? It's just another "generic question/generic answer" dis-dat, filled with the complimentary massive use of adjectives, such as "groundbreaking" et al.
Does anyone fall for this lip service, anymore? I hope not.
What's the merit of giving interviews filled with half-truths, obfuscation and hype talk? How can you trust a developer that calls a patch an "expansion" ("expansion" with content that should be in the game right off the bat, mind you)? Really, silence is golden, when all they have to say is that.
The person who wrote the article/asked the questions doesn't seem too intelligent nor does he appear to know how to speak (type) in proper english...
Stopped reading after I realized the same questions that have been asked before were being asked again...
Do you people really have nothing better to do than throw shit at games you dont play?
Recession must be worse in US and Europe than I thought
Playing: Darkfall New Dawn (and planning to play Fallout 76)
Favourite games have included: UO, Lineage2, Darkfall, Lotro, Baldur's Gate, SSX, FF7 and yes the original Wizardry on an Apple IIe
Ah, better posting useless stuff, then. /facepalm
Most people who criticize the game play or have played the game. And let me break it for you: the US and EU are not the whole world.
The answer to that is so arrogant and in denial of reality it's not even funny anymore. But we are used to it coming from Tasos anyway.
Respect, walk
Are you talkin' to me? Are you talkin' to me?
- PANTERA at HELLFEST 2023
Who's throwing shit at the game? We're throwing shit at the loser running the game.
Whatever Aventurine does, people complain. Darkfall is not perfect, get over it.
Its still better then most other shit some developers try to sell as MMORPGs nowdays. Lets take away player freedom and make grouping and playing with other players useless. Hiding behind a fancy company name is no excuse....hear that Bioware!
Its kinda pointless when people laugh at Aventurine for doing thier things as they see fit. Isnt that what we would love all MMO companys to do?
AV are epic fail. Their money grabbing, directionless company which has consistently misled its user base and managed to turn a niche PVP game into a niche PVP game for the utterly gormless. One example they charged TWICE for the same game. Whatever travesty other companies have done AV have done to a much greater degree. I for one do not want to see ANY company behave like has recently.
No... there is simply no defending AV from prior to the launch right up till now. Its the same old tune from Lord Tasos and this latest interview shows no departure. As long as this insanity goes on then us "trolls" will be here to give an equal bash back. this is what happens when you alientate a passionate userbase.
But yeah DF is uber hardcore forum PVP....
The answer to that is so arrogant and in denial of reality it's not even funny anymore. But we are used to it coming from Tasos anyway.
I'd like to see Tasos' response when MO delivers the final blow to Darkfall's dwindling population...
Yeah, was rather miffed with not being able to try it out before purchasing...now i don't even want to anymore and will not purchase, the drama surrounding this game is just to much..... and no that drama I'm talking about is not the negativity from forum trolls, its the drama this Taso's guy started with stretching of truths and going back on various things promised...
As for ground breaking technology...yes it is groundbreaking....in Greece...not the rest of the world though.