Firefly MMO

[Chenghiz]

The only thing that makes Firefly awesome is the characters. This will not translate well into an MMO, I fear.

[Ironwood]

Why not ?  It worked for Star Wars Galaxies.

[Riggswolfe]

Space has always been about the Wild West.

Space has never been about Romans.

That's one difference.

Yeah, what kind of idiot would have a scifi IP with an Emporer and a Senate?

Yes, because the Romans were the only people ever to have an Emporer and Senate.

[Endie]

Yes, because the Romans were the only people ever to have an Emporer and Senate.

You do know that copying is transitive: that if A copies B, and C then copies B, C is still copying A?

That said, the direct inspiration for the Emperor in SW was, Lucas says, not Augustus or his heirs but Ming the Merciless.  Given the godawfulness of the whole (and here I use the word loosely) "plot" of the bits he was responsible for I can well believe that the fat, beardy twat is telling the truth.

[Soln]

it worked for Harry Potter. oh wait.

[Lantyssa]

 

This is going to be Travesty Online.

[Venkman]

It'll be below everyone's radar probably. Except the fans, who'll never be pleased.

But I still retain hope. As long as they line up the right talent to build the actual game and assets.

[Sky]

I'll be in my bunk.

[Endie]

I'll be in my bunk.

 :-D

[tazelbain]

Even if Firefly is stuck in niche, it will still work wonderfully as a vehicle to promote Multiverse.net.  Doubly so that the Firefly fanbase is probably overlaps with the market of people interested in making a mmog.

My problem with Multiverse.net is it not an "all in one" solution.  You'd still have to go through a third party to rent a dedicated server to host the thing.  Good for a small independent game shop, still not a solution for a hobbyist to try stuff out before committing to spending a lot of resources.

[Falconeer]

I'll be in my bunk.

One of my favourite quotes of all time, and I don't even know why...

[Venkman]

Tazel, it's Multiverse, not Metaverse. Though their site is down (probably getting hammered by the folks you were talking about) :)

[WindupAtheist]

I never saw Firefly, but I actually thought Serenity was pretty good when I caught it on cable.

"I'm unarmed."
"Good!"  *BANG*

Lawl.

Of course, that doesn't mean I don't enjoy seeing it's slobbering-crazy fans getting reamed.

[Signe]

I'm not a huge science fiction fan but I really enjoyed both the series and the film, unlike Star Wars.  I actually enjoyed SWG more than the films.  What does this mean?  I dunno.

(WUA, your words belie your festive avatard!  You so mean.)

[HaemishM]

Fox Merchandising goes on a money grab with what sci-fi IP they have. What's next, an X-Files MMOG? Harsh Realm? John Doe?

Fuck, we all know a Firefly MMOG will suck, because it will shatter every dream we might have had of a good MMOG in the universe. I'm not saying a good MMOG couldn't be done with that IP. I'm just saying it WON'T be done well.

[WindupAtheist]

(WUA, your words belie your festive avatard!  You so mean.)

Sure his helmet may be festive, but look at him.  He still hasn't found shit, and he's not happy about it.

[Furiously]

You know - this could be the first 20 Million subscriber game....

My reasoning will be summed up in one word...Whores.

[tazelbain]

SL has the most Whores per-capita of any game and it can't even make a profit.

[Signe]

Haemish is right, of course.  It will suck.  The more you like the idea, the more it will suck. 

[CmdrSlack]

SL has the most Whores per-capita of any game and it can't even make a profit.

Yeah, but some of the whores are making money hand over fist.

[Furiously]

SL might not be - but I bet the 40-year-old men pretending to be Julia Roberts are.

[tazelbain]

But the army of men dressed as Julia Roberts aren't enough to get SL to any where near 20 million.

Ya, I know we are just quipping.

[HaemishM]

Actually, the more money the whores make in SL, the more money Linden Labs will make, since all the money is bought from Linden at some point. They are the ultimate pimp.

[Endie]

My problem with Multiverse.net is it not an "all in one" solution.  You'd still have to go through a third party to rent a dedicated server to host the thing.  Good for a small independent game shop, still not a solution for a hobbyist to try stuff out before committing to spending a lot of resources.

Uhm, have you tried it?  I'm running the Multiverse server software right here, right now.  I could give you the IP address and open port through my router right now if I was stupid enough to want a critique of my Sparse Island of D'eath.  For a hobbyist it's ideal - if I knew anyone with artistic ability, at any rate - it's when you want to scale up from that that the costs start.

[Riggswolfe]

Yes, because the Romans were the only people ever to have an Emporer and Senate.

You do know that copying is transitive: that if A copies B, and C then copies B, C is still copying A?

That said, the direct inspiration for the Emperor in SW was, Lucas says, not Augustus or his heirs but Ming the Merciless.  Given the godawfulness of the whole (and here I use the word loosely) "plot" of the bits he was responsible for I can well believe that the fat, beardy twat is telling the truth.

You missed the whole point, nevermind.

[stray]

Ming the Merciless was the shit.

Endie, are you saying otherwise?


Also, Star Wars was about Han Solo and Bubba Fett. There will be no arguments about that.

[Endie]

Ming the Merciless was the shit.

Endie, are you saying otherwise?

Oh, don't get me wrong.  Not only do I believe that the Mingster was everything Flash wasn't - successful, smart, straight... - I would also suggest that his policy of testing planets for pluck and then destroying the ones that showed it made Stalin look like a fucking pussy.  Sensible policies for a happier interstellar empire.

But you can't do Ming again.  Everything that was needed, was said.  Clearly Lucas was too busy writing down the bits of Kakushi toride no san akunin that he liked to make up a new and interesting protagonist.

Ironically, the most boring of our party leaders in the UK is called "Ming" Campbell.  Us Scots have the coolest names.

[stray]

You mentioned Stalin. You are awesome.

Thanks. 


* Inside joke between me and myself. Don't mind me.

[edit]

Also, my brother (the one who played Traveller) is named Ming. He's not Scottish though.

[Signe]

I used to have a parakeet named Stalin.  How cool is that?

[WindupAtheist]

Boba Fett was a second-rate villain whose death was played as comedy.

[stray]

Heh. I guess I don't like him that much after all. Can't even spell his name right.

[ahoythematey]

Fox Merchandising goes on a money grab with what sci-fi IP they have. What's next, an X-Files MMOG? Harsh Realm? John Doe?

Hah.  Harsh Realm's plot pretty much is about people in an MMO.  But with terrorism and stuff.  Fuck, the first episode had a UO reference, if I remember rightly.

[Venkman]

Boba Fett was a second-rate villain whose death was played as comedy.

This is where it pains me how many people rate SW by the movies.

Well, not "pain" per se. More of a "I wish they made movies from what was created for the books" wish.

[Akkori]

Seeing the EU in a movie theatre would ROCK. Stackpole has some great SW books out. Did good BattleTech books too, btw.

[Merusk]

You people and your EU.   You're the ones that made the prequels suck.