And You Can Quote Them
June 26, 2007 by Foton • Filed Under Etc. • 6 Comments
Tags: gaming, vanguard, warcraft, world of warcraft
I love this World of Warcraft thread, because I’m so easy to please. “Phrases you will never see on the WoW Forums” The original poster, Sekkite of the Nazjatar realm gives an example, ” PvE and PvP are perfectly balanced.”
Other good suggestions:
- Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and choices, and I won’t try to impose what I think on them. (Also by Sekkite. Hey!)
- You are absolutely right, I DO need to learn to play! Thank you
- I see your point, you’ve made me change my point of view.
- Please detail in point format the reasons why you are quitting. Be as concise as possible, I am taking notes which will be forwarded to a Developer this afternoon. Thankyou. (That’s an lol.)
- I’m quitting WoW to go back to Vanguard.
- That warlock obliterated me with pure skill.
- We’re sad to announce that Tigole and Furor are pursuing other opportunities. Incidentally, we’re now hiring lead developers who will focus on providing content for the majority of the player base. (ouch. burn.)
- All right, you got me. I don’t really have 9 kids, a supermodel wife, two doctorates and a high-paying executive position at a Fortune 500 company. But I do bathe sometimes.
- That NE Hunter’s opinion is completely valid and should be taken seriously.
- They’re taking their time over there. (The poster explains, “I doubt most forum goers could spell it correctly.”)
- I don’t really have even a lay-person’s understanding of what it would take to add a feature to the game, so I’ll refrain from making any demands in that regard.
That last one is just anti-consumer!
Vanguard, Sigil and The Vision
May 17, 2007 by Foton • Filed Under Etc. • 10 Comments
Tags: gaming, screenshots, vanguard
I don’t want to say I called it early, but I did call it. And early.
(source post, where I blew my first Vanguard beta application cuz I was screwing around and prematurely submitted.)
Anyways, this week, all the speculation about what to do with a problem like Vanguard was resolved when it was assimilated into the Sony Online collective.
Don’t take my word for it. Let the reblogs do the talking:
f13.net — superlative job on nailing this story:
The Short and Morbid Tale of Sigil Games Online — The blood bath at Sigil Games Online when those, sans-parachutes, were shoved out of the plane. Figuratively.
Also, The Long and Morbid Tale of Sigil Games Online: Interview Edition — an interview with a freshly-fired Sigil Games employee. Interesting and engaging, but it really needs more swearing. I’d be swearing. And bitter. And probably drunk.
And there’s more! The Hub of All Blame: A Postmortem — a phone interview with McQuaid, including some pretty good gossip, but again, not nearly enough swearing. Or, presumably, drinking.
(An aside, anyone else getting a Yoko Ono vibe about the situation over there?)
Krones, of Plaguelands, wrote some sizzling commentary that I enjoyed (includes swearing):
Sigil collapses like a house of cards
Official: SOE scoops up Vanguard and about half of Sigil’s former staff — SOE’s Smedley announces the changes afoot for Vanguard.
Ex-Vanguard dev throws it down in a tell-all interview
Bonus! details from Grouchy Gamer: Brad McQuaid Abandoned Vanguard, Sigil — includes swearing and bitterness.
Lots of entertaining reading.
My favorite part was using a lackey to fire everyone. That’s sooo messed up.
Another Brick in the Wall
February 6, 2007 by Foton • Filed Under Etc. • 12 Comments
Tags: advertising, gaming, screenshots, vanguard, warcraft, world of warcraft
How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat fish?
If you’re shopping around for a World of Warcraft gift for your faux WoW girlfriend, you might want to farm A Steamy Romance Novel.
afkgamer.com