APB: Finally, I Can Be A PUNK!

[Trippy]

Please Send Tell

PST used to drive me crazy in EQ E. Commons cause sending people tells *was* the convention on trades so PST was redundant but somehow the meme got started and it took off from there.

[TripleDES]

A lot of the terms we throw around are like the three seashells in Demolition Man.

Despite the best efforts  of the members of this site, we've found no reasonable answer to this question. But in an interview on Ain't It Cool News (question 9), Stallone himself shed some light on the issue:

    Q: For the love of all that is good and Holy. How do you use the 3 seashells?!

    A: OK, this may be bordering on the grotesque, but the way it was explained to me by the writer is you hold two seashells like chopsticks, pull gently and scrape what's left with the third. You asked for it... Be careful what you ask for, sorry.

[Mrbloodworth]

Another person commenting that driving is hard mode is a bad sign, IMO.

She also tried to TAB target, just saying. 

[Engels]

Please Send Tell

PST used to drive me crazy in EQ E. Commons cause sending people tells *was* the convention on trades so PST was redundant but somehow the meme got started and it took off from there.

I'm happy to hear I am not the only one. We need a new emoticon of two geezers giving each other a high-5.

[Sky]

She also tried to TAB target, just saying. 

If yooou try to target with tab...you might be a mmogtard.

[Cadaverine]

Yes, because we have phrases like "First Person Shooter", "Third Person Shooter", "Twin Stick Shooter".

It's like hearing "DPS per second" or "PST me please" and being driven up a wall.  And I refuse to think it's just me being damnit!

While PST me please is technically redundant, I saw it most in WoW, so I figured that people just didn't know what it originally meant, and co-opted it as in whispering "psst".  Especially since the command for tells is /whisper.   That said, it still is irritating as all hell.

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MMORPG.com's Angela Webb writes this report of her brief time spent playing APB at a recent press event. Please note that this is not a full game preview, but a first impressions preview based on a few hours of gameplay.

When the NDA is down, I'll come back to that preview.

[Kageru]

PST was commonly mis-used in EQ and I'm pretty sure came over with the early adapters. It actually made more sense in EQ because you didn't want to be discussing auction details, or why you are not getting leet enough to fill a LFG request, in zone chat. Given in WoW both those features are largely automated it is a bit less common / needed.

[Rendakor]

PST was commonly mis-used in EQ and I'm pretty sure came over with the early adapters. It actually made more sense in EQ because you didn't want to be discussing auction details, or why you are not getting leet enough to fill a LFG request, in zone chat. Given in WoW both those features are largely automated it is a bit less common / needed.

The complaint isn't that people are saying PST, its that "PST me" = "Please send tell me" which sounds fucking retarded

[Stormwaltz]

Ahhhh, now I get it. (I have an equivalent pet peeve; people who talk about "MMOs" instead of "MMGs.")

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Ahhhh, now I get it. (I have an equivalent pet peeve; people who talk about "MMOs" instead of "MMGs.")

Sorry.

[Margalis]

Where do yo stand on RBI vs. RBIs? 

[Sky]

Ahhhh, now I get it. (I have an equivalent pet peeve; people who talk about "MMOs" instead of "MMGs.")

Oh, a wise guy! Why I aughtta...

[Stormwaltz]

That's why I almost never mention it.

Thank goodness we all love playing Massively Multiplayer Onlines, or we'd be at each other's throats!

[LK]

I call them MMO's because the G is silent.

[Trippy]

I very much expect it to be shortened further to "MM" in a few more years and then eventually they'll be the norm and we'll just call them "games".

[Sky]

I very much expect it to be shortened further to "MM" in a few more years and then eventually they'll be the norm and we'll just call them "games services".

fify

[Lantyssa]

They need to start providing something resembling decent service to get that moniker...

[Furiously]

What? You don't like prison shower scenes?

[UnSub]

I call them MMOs because I include Second Life, Project Entropia etc as part of my internal mental list. I could start calling them MMOPWGs (MMO Persistent Worlds and Games), and further split into the FPS, RTS, RPG et al categories. But I'm not. MMOs it is! 

[Sky]

They need to start providing something resembling decent service to get that moniker...

No, they just need to charge that way.

[Mrbloodworth]

APB Player Generated Content posted by RTW

APB Player Generated Content - Crow

APB Player Generated Content

APB Player Generated Content - Ripchen

Awesome high speed editor use.

EDIT: Fixed links as they may have been busted.

[LK]

There was never any doubt any their customization and player generated content support for APB.

It's everything else.

[Mrbloodworth]

There was never any doubt any their customization and player generated content support for APB.

It's everything else.

Did you watch any of those before posting? There is more than just editors in there. It may not change your opinion though.

[Kageru]

APB Player Generated Content - Ripchen

Well that gameplay certainly looks edge of the seat exciting.... The way everyone's jinking left and right also convinces me that it's ping sensitive, especially if the driving is server side.

of course I expect to see a lot more APB Gameplay like this where someone not actually involved in the mission is just being an obstruction with the aid of a truck.

[Mrbloodworth]

Well that gameplay certainly looks edge of the seat exciting.... The way everyone's jinking left and right also convinces me that it's ping sensitive, especially if the driving is server side.

I believe they call it dodging, as for the driving, why would it be anything but server side? That's also pre-release footage. You also talk about the use of those vehicles like that as if it was any sort of new thing in any game on the internet. I have seen worse in modern warfare games.

[schpain]

So 1up is giving a June release for this baby, is it still under nda, and who's going to be playing?

I'm slightly concerned about ping issues for us Aussies.

[Mrbloodworth]

I would assume the NDA goes down tomorrow.

Unrelated:

Instead APB plays a little more like a proper shooter, albeit one without headshots. On the face of it this is a baffling choice, but actually play the game and the reasons become apparent. APB is fast-paced enough as it is. Quick-kill headshots would deny the player the extended showdowns that APB specialises in, those glorious moments when small scuffles escalate into full-scale war and utter chaos ensues.

Source

I found that team work is absolutely essential to have any real chance of passing a mission. If you all try and just go in guns blazing at different times, you’ll probably just be put down. My character had a shotgun and a pistol, while other team-mates had Uzi’s and assault rifles. In total, I believe there are 25 weapons with 4 different variants for each, so you can store upto 100 weapons in your locker. The weapons do pack a considerable punch and are great to control, although I definitely think they still need some tweaking to get just right. You also oddly use the CTRL key to launch grenades, which isn’t always easy to do during a Firefight.

Source

I don’t normally like shooters, and this is mainly due to the fact that I have little to no skill with them, to the point of utter embarrassment and frustration when playing. I also hold a deep personal belief that MMOs are nothing more than treadmills that make you fat.
 
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We won and I have to admit, I was having fun. The teamwork aspect made this game way more appealing to me. I didn’t have to worry that I wasn’t the greatest with a gun, because within my team I possessed a different skill. But I did have my reservations. Working in a team with people you don’t know means you are at the mercy of Internet stupidity. Ben Bateman, another of Realtime Worlds community team member, informed me that those who don’t want random teams can easily start clans. The beta is already starting to see this with the "Wasps," an enforcer team made famous by their distinct all yellow and black attire, or the slightly more outrageous clan, "The Naked Alliance," already dominating.

Source

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APB Player Generated Content - Ripchen

What an interesting choice of weapons.

Schpain, I'll comment about Aus. pings as soon as the NDA drops.

[Kageru]

I believe they call it dodging, as for the driving, why would it be anything but server side?

Yeah, I know... you see special forces practicing it all the time... wait, no you don't. Instead a game should have moving reduce accuracy, lower movement speed and bullet spread make hi-speed jinking less meaningful. Gives a more realistic appearance to combat and means that ping is less of an issue. Otherwise you are going to have people jousting with shotguns and if you don't live next door to the servers you are screwed.

[Ghambit]

It uses the UE3 engine. 

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[Azazel]

We won and I have to admit, I was having fun. The teamwork aspect made this game way more appealing to me. I didn’t have to worry that I wasn’t the greatest with a gun, because within my team I possessed a different skill. But I did have my reservations. Working in a team with people you don’t know means you are at the mercy of Internet stupidity. Ben Bateman, another of Realtime Worlds community team member, informed me that those who don’t want random teams can easily start clans. The beta is already starting to see this with the "Wasps," an enforcer team made famous by their distinct all yellow and black attire, or the slightly more outrageous clan, "The Naked Alliance," already dominating.

I wonder how much chance a casual player will have at doing anything fun without simply being curbstomped by clan players?

[schpain]

APB Player Generated Content - Ripchen

What an interesting choice of weapons.

Schpain, I'll comment about Aus. pings as soon as the NDA drops.

thanks, i'll keep my beady eye out

[Trippy]

Is EA handling the billing for this game?

[Mrbloodworth]

I believe they call it dodging, as for the driving, why would it be anything but server side?

Yeah, I know... you see special forces practicing it all the time... wait, no you don't. Instead a game should have moving reduce accuracy, lower movement speed and bullet spread make hi-speed jinking less meaningful. Gives a more realistic appearance to combat and means that ping is less of an issue. Otherwise you are going to have people jousting with shotguns and if you don't live next door to the servers you are screwed.

As you can see from the videos, the Cross hairs expand ALA Planetside, however that doesn't much matter at that range with a shotgun (in the video in question). It seems the model they have gone with means no one shots as in other games, it takes a number of hits to down someone. If you are looking for an ultra realistic model for guns and damage, this isn't that game, clearly they have gone for the longer times to kill than some borderline simulation shooter games.

Is EA handling the billing for this game?

Good question.