MMORPG Contest - Week 1

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Jesse (Midhir) Liles   (Nov 07, 2006 at 05:58 GMT)

Good luck! =)

Tony Richards   (Nov 07, 2006 at 06:25 GMT)   Resource Rating: 3

Thanks!

As it stands, we need 150+ people to sign up for beta testing within the next 90 days... Since I live in New York and I can call on the NYU students, I think I can pull this off, but if you're interested in alpha / beta testing a fun MMORPG indie game, please send an e-mail to my gmail.com account (Linterra) and indicate that you're interested in alpha / beta testing.

Good bandwidth / video card is a must... beta testing means a 150 MB download nearly every day as we approach our deadline... and our graphics won't be optimized yet, so a great video card will be necessary to keep the frame rates above 30fps.

I wish I could say "no griefers allowed" but obviously this won't do any good... but if you know you're the typical griefer, do us a favor and wait until after the beta, k? :P

[edit]removed crappy comments about being second MMORPG :P[/edit]
Edited on Nov 07, 2006 14:55 GMT

Tom Eastman (Eastbeast314)   (Nov 07, 2006 at 06:43 GMT)

It's been awesome seeing how quickly you got this project to take off. The best of luck!

Sam Redfern   (Nov 07, 2006 at 10:21 GMT)

Well done with the progress! However, it's not quite true to say your game is the second MMORPG indie game, or indeed that MoM is the first.. indie MMOs go back quite a few years.

Stefan Lundmark   (Nov 07, 2006 at 11:23 GMT)   Resource Rating: 2

The second MMORPG indie game, which has not even started production yet? Sorry to burst your bubble, but many are already far into production or already completed.

Tony Richards   (Nov 07, 2006 at 14:54 GMT)   Resource Rating: 3

Actually, true... I completely forgot about Brokeass Games and a couple of others...

Hopefully we'll see several decent games come out of this contest, and I'm sure we won't be the only one's to finish something.

Ben -Djaggernaut- Chavigner   (Nov 07, 2006 at 15:28 GMT)   Resource Rating: 3

Dude, you've got a strange oversized ego aura ^^ I can't explain it, it's just a feeling.
Maybe because I don't like people rating their own blog (especially with a max note) except if it has a meaning, like the birth of a baby (it deserves some self-congratulation!!).
I guess my point is "Make a baby or do not rate yourself.." :-)

Back to topic, what's your MMORPG about? :)

Dreamer   (Nov 07, 2006 at 15:42 GMT)   Resource Rating: 5

Wow, I'm seriously impressed with your progress awesome job!

Tony Richards   (Nov 07, 2006 at 16:34 GMT)   Resource Rating: 3

You're right, a 5 was overly high, but I was trying to adjust for Stefan's rating of 1, which was only because I left out a few other MMO games in the works and nearing completion... I switched mine back to a 3, but I thank Dreamer for the 5.

I do think this is an important series of blogs, and not because I'm writing it... I wish some of the other groups in the competition would blog as well. I want to prove that an MMO RPG game can be completed by a very small team in an extremely short time.

At first, we're sticking with the typical D20 style game RPG game, multiple character classes, level / skill based system. Once that's finished, if we have time before the end of the competition, we'll add a few more original features.

We have in the works a new magic system, a faction system with factions able to own keeps and castles and possibly even make seige engines and make war on each other.... individual players may also be able to own their own homes, either inside a castle, in a city, etc... nothing as crazy as UO, but something a little more externally visible than CoH / CoV.... again, nothing is final.. we'll see how far we get.

But, like I said, first things first... keep it simple, get something that works, then add to it from there.

Stefan Lundmark   (Nov 07, 2006 at 16:48 GMT)   Resource Rating: 2

I rated 1 because you rated it 5, egobrain. Go figure and stop lying.

I remember your plan comment a while ago where you claimed to have a solution to one of the problems people mentioned, but when you were asked to share it, you said you wouldn't because it was a industry secret. That's funny shit man, and I wish you all the best of bad luck. (:
Edited on Nov 07, 2006 16:51 GMT

Dreamer   (Nov 07, 2006 at 16:51 GMT)   Resource Rating: 5

@Stefan, Wow thats a little harsh don't you think?

Stefan Lundmark   (Nov 07, 2006 at 16:52 GMT)   Resource Rating: 2

Which, Dreamer? He's lying, and I don't see why. He already rated it when I saw the plan and there's no need to lie about it.

Sam Redfern   (Nov 07, 2006 at 16:57 GMT)

Stefan is right about the order-of-voting, of course. I don't see the point in rating blogs, unless they actually are a "real" resource, though. Surely the whole point about rating resources is to make it easier for people to find useful ones?

Tony Richards   (Nov 07, 2006 at 17:27 GMT)   Resource Rating: 3

You're right about the rating ordering... I mis-remembered. The website had me marked as a rating of 1 or 1.5 or something, so I bumped it up.... sorry, I was tired last night when I made the post. Less of a lie and more of a "what the heck, why did I do that?!?" then a poor attempt at covering up my mistake... sorry, chalk it up to a late night and an early morning, a lack of sleep, etc...

I do admit I am a little egotistical at times... and I definately come across that way.

But, you have me wrong about witholding information because it's a "trade secret." I never do that... in fact, quite the opposite. If that was my style, do you think I'd post our plans like this?

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We have in the works a new magic system, a faction system with factions able to own keeps and castles and possibly even make seige engines and make war on each other.... individual players may also be able to own their own homes, either inside a castle, in a city, etc... nothing as crazy as UO, but something a little more externally visible than CoH / CoV.... again, nothing is final.. we'll see how far we get.

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Only once have I even mentioned something being a "trade secret" and it was about www.3drt.com artwork... but I said something more along the lines of: "As much as I hate to give out secrets like this, I use pre-fab artwork like 3drt.com." But it wasn't anything that was really a secret and I was joking when I said it....

If anyone ever has a problem that I can help with, I'm more than happy to jump in and help them.... I've been that way from day one.

My intent is to have a weekly blog that ends up being a success story to inspire others to do the same... ignore the nay-sayers that say you can't do it. If you can, ignore my grating personality... sit back, enjoy the ride, wish us well or wish us ill, either way...

Maybe from now on I'll have our PR person edit these things, that way he can remove the ego... fair enough? :P

Jason Burch   (Nov 07, 2006 at 17:55 GMT)

I think it's a good idea to place a blog for your progress in the contest.

I'm getting ready to do the same sometime this week .

Stefan Lundmark   (Nov 07, 2006 at 18:02 GMT)   Resource Rating: 2

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Only once have I even mentioned something being a "trade secret" and it was about www.3drt.com artwork... but I said something more along the lines of: "As much as I hate to give out secrets like this, I use pre-fab artwork like 3drt.com." But it wasn't anything that was really a secret and I was joking when I said it....

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Fair enough.

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My intent is to have a weekly blog that ends up being a success story to inspire others to do the same... ignore the nay-sayers that say you can't do it. If you can, ignore my grating personality... sit back, enjoy the ride, wish us well or wish us ill, either way...

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Good luck with your stuff. If you're interested in some "food for thought" then definatly check out PlaneScape (edit: Can't remember the URL) and their site. It has a tons of articles and discussions pertaining to MMO's in particular. Nothing spectacular in ways of tech-talk, but definatly gets your mind going!
Edited on Nov 07, 2006 18:03 GMT

Cameron Jensen   (Nov 07, 2006 at 18:20 GMT)   Resource Rating: 5

Whoa I don't see what all the fuss is about.. the guy is doing a great job, and there are trade secrets.. it does happen.. anyway

Best of luck man!!
Good job! :)

Welias D. Willie II   (Nov 07, 2006 at 18:20 GMT)

Tony, Great Work! It isn't an easy undertaking to compete in this contest and it looks like you have your head, team and goals in the right place.

About the Ego? If you didn't have one, you wouldn't be doing this. So, keep the ego going, stand tall, proud and kick butt. Do not edit your ego out. Your audience isn't on this site anyway, only your peers and maybe they should get a little ego of their own. =^)

Dreamer   (Nov 07, 2006 at 18:21 GMT)   Resource Rating: 5

My point though was the ego comment was out of line, because humility has no place in something as big as an MMO Design contest. :)

Christian S   (Nov 07, 2006 at 19:27 GMT)

Tony I am honestly impressed with the speed you managed to get teambuilding, project definition and workload fired off!

Keep it up folks!

Ben -Djaggernaut- Chavigner   (Nov 07, 2006 at 20:50 GMT)   Resource Rating: 3

Actually I didn't wanted to start a flame war or grant war with my comment :)

I just think you should let the other rate your ressource and not do it yourself.
And I don't agree about the ego. It's nicer for the other to not sound "arrogant". You can and should be proud of your work but not to the point where you forget about everything/everyone else.
It felt on you, but you're not the only one in that case. A little reminder isn't so bad :p

@Dreamer, you started this contest, you're not objective at all :p

So you've gone for the classic RPG, not a bad choice since making a new gameplay takes a lot of time.
But we'll talk about having finished something when it will actually be finished! :)

Wish you a cooperation with your teammates.

Dreamer   (Nov 07, 2006 at 21:02 GMT)   Resource Rating: 5

I object to being called not objective...
Oh wait NM you're right :)

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