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Topic: Dear sweet and wonderful Raph K. (Read 13875 times)
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angry.bob
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We're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I.
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Next time you're going to be featured on NPR on a talk show about online games/worlds, mention it beforehand so I'm not finding out when I'm in a car channel surfing. Had I known I could have caught more than 5 minutes of it and been at home to more easily crank call you and give a shoutout to myself (and maybe Lum).
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Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
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schild
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I demand a transcript.
I want to hear how the ideas he's peddling sound when they have to be explained to mouthbreathers.
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Engels
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inflicts shingles.
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Yoru
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the y master, king of bourbon
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Realmedia or WMP, eh? Might as well make me choose between herpes and syphilis. |
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Trippy
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Realmedia or WMP, eh? Might as well make me choose between herpes and syphilis. Wait an hour or so and I'll upload an MP3. |
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Righ
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Teaching the world Google-fu one broken dream at a time.
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Can you encode it as FLAC please? I don't want to lose the subtle nuances in Raph's voice.
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The camera adds a thousand barrels. - Steven Colbert
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Yoru
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the y master, king of bourbon
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Realmedia or WMP, eh? Might as well make me choose between herpes and syphilis. Wait an hour or so and I'll upload an MP3. Impatience won out. I chose syphilis.  Edit: Interesting, although nothing particularly new to most of the people around here. Raph made his usual points about going after different markets, casual games, long tail, etc. Some of the talk about the Wii is interesting, particularly the point about how using it may look to an outsider compared to couch-jockey control schemes. |
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« Last Edit: November 22, 2006, 09:31:30 PM by Yoru »
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Trippy
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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Raphcasting
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Cheddar
I like pink
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Noob Sauce
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If anyone gets a transcription, lemme know.
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No Nerf, but I put a link to this very thread and I said that you all can guarantee for my purity. I even mentioned your case, and see if they can take a look at your lawn from a Michigan perspective.
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Raph
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Title delayed while we "find the fun."
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Clearly, you fail to visit my blog or have an RSS feed, because I posted in advance TWICE. :)
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Raph
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Title delayed while we "find the fun."
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Oh, and on the subject matter -- that was actually the subjects that the show chose. They were on the "has the game market hit a wall?" "what about long tail and casual?" bandwagon from the get-go, because they themed around the Wii launch to some degree.
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angry.bob
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We're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I.
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Clearly, you fail to visit my blog or have an RSS feed, because I posted in advance TWICE. :)
You have a blog?  |
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
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Akkori
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What's a blog?
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I love the position : "You're not right until I can prove you wrong!"
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hal
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Damn kids, get off my lawn!
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Rough crowd. Rough rough crowd. We love ya Ralph just keep on hanging on.
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I started with nothing, and I still have most of it
I'm not a complete idiot... Some parts are still on backorder.
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LC
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I just want to know when he is going to stop talking and release a game that doesn't suck. |
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Slyfeind
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I can't tell if people are serious with that comment anymore. I'll just assume it's all a big joke now, and pipe in with... When are UO beta CDs being sent out?
Also, any transcripts yet? Dagnabit.
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"Role playing in an MMO is more like an open orchestra with no conductor, anyone of any skill level can walk in at any time, and everyone brings their own instrument and plays whatever song they want. Then toss PvP into the mix and things REALLY get ugly!" -Count Nerfedalot
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tazelbain
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I just want to know when he is going to stop talking and release a game that doesn't suck. Not everybody in science need be an engineer. |
"Me am play gods"
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Merusk
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I can't tell if people are serious with that comment anymore.
It's LC, he's being serious. |
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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geldonyetich
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The Anne Coulter of MMO punditry
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Did SWG suck? I'd say yes, but not on all fronts. The part of SWG that Raph K was likely at least partly responsible for, the virtual worldly aspects, worked just fine in SWG.
The error, I think, was in the choice to place greater developed emphasis on the virtual world instead of an action game. It wasn't that the MMORPG community wasn't ready for a 3D better Ultima Online, it's that most of the players SWG would encounter were looking for an action adventure game to complement what was an action adventure movie series.
Main thing I learned from SWG was that giant brand names bring with them a curse of powerful player expectations.
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hal
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Damn kids, get off my lawn!
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When people begin to understand that SW.G broke new ground in new ways then the industry may begin to move forward. Were all aspects perfect? No, we are all aware of the defects. core things like Oh combat . But crafting was new and different, the social skills, dancing etc was very different and fun if not very powergaming friendly. Ya, a lot about that game was broken, but there was a lot of good, new stuff that hasn't been duplicated. You go Ralph !!!
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I started with nothing, and I still have most of it
I'm not a complete idiot... Some parts are still on backorder.
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Tale
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sıɥʇ ǝʞıן sʞןɐʇ
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Did SWG suck? I'd say yes, but not on all fronts.
There's a ... uh ... thread ... for that. |
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WindupAtheist
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Someday every thread will be about SWG.
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"You're just a dick who quotes himself in his sig." -- Schild
"Yeah, it's pretty awesome." -- Me
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Akkori
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I'd like to think Sir Raph is using his SWg worly experience for his current project... any hints?
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I love the position : "You're not right until I can prove you wrong!"
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Yoru
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the y master, king of bourbon
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I'd like to think Sir Raph is using his SWg worly experience for his current project... any hints?
When we interviewed him two months ago, he stated that the earliest we'll hear anything new is GDC. So, as long as that's still accurate... |
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HRose
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VIKLAS!
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Hey, there must be something left to talk about in 2007, beside Vanguard's clusterfuck.
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Krakrok
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You have summoned the HRose!
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Slyfeind
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Complaining about SWG design decisions nowadays is like complaining that Lum and Tweety sold out.
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"Role playing in an MMO is more like an open orchestra with no conductor, anyone of any skill level can walk in at any time, and everyone brings their own instrument and plays whatever song they want. Then toss PvP into the mix and things REALLY get ugly!" -Count Nerfedalot
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Ironwood
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They did sell out. The bastards. The succesful, happy, financially secure bastards.  |
"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Lum and Raph are going to partner for Get Off My Damned Lawns Online.
No, really. You, in the Hello Kitty Darth Vader suit. Off the lawn.
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