Friday with(out) Means - Aug. 7th, 2009: how did this get here i am not good with com

[IT_Ninja]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: The Troxkini Tavern

Muahahaha!!

[Krause]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: Krausetopia

Without question the best sounding out of all the past and future submissions.

[Raggy]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: The Winchester

How's that for a slice of fried Gold?

[Susi]

Yah, Chrys copied my "Tab Q" from the last thread on this naming thing which I appreciate since I can only make one submission. If "Tab Q" wins I'll give him/her good taste recognition.

...and I give you good taste recognition for refining my earlier Tab Q Ding -suggestion

[Righteous]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST:


the AIMED SHOT

[Starphoenix]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: Free Fall

[Dragam]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: Social Grind

if someone already took that then my bad ^^

[Tyfowler]

Since it is sunrise station it is obvious it should be:

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: Club Daybreak

Thanks (:

[Apothis1]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: Club Phantasm

[hamms]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: Boom Boom Room

Bahahaha! That's the name of a nudie bar a buddy of mine owns!

[Daiken]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST:


the AIMED SHOT

asswhipe that was my idea too >.<

[sultryvoltron]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST:


the AIMED SHOT

I'll bump this one since I lolled.

[Reids]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: The Winchester

How's that for a slice of fried Gold?

I lol'ed. My fave film ever

[enakur]

Quote:
Originally Posted by enakur
ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: One Step Beyond.


!!!

Stay out of my brain!!


Quote:
Originally Posted by vallikat
ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: One Step Beyond

!!!

Stay out of my brain!!

Hmm hadn't read that entry. My bad

[-Plexor-]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: AtmosPhear

[Artyomis]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: Orbital Paradise

Just because of decent looks compared to any other clubs in the game.

[Kintaii]

Hello Kintaii.

A quick question: do FC devs realize pvp is the only long term challenge that keeps players online after reaching endgame?
I think my suggestion (shamless self promotion, check my signature please) is one of many ways to go to reward PvPers. I would also like to see a 100,000 VP item in LE shops that would be tradeable and would give 1 research or regular or alien level on usage.

Also give tower explosions back please.


ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: Eternity

This is one of those things that I really can't stress enough when talking to people about design - Player vs. player content is the only thing that will keep an online game running successfully. As I tend to put it, it's what gives a game legs - You can make an awesome online game, but if there's a terminal zero point where the player has nothing left to challenge them or to accomplish... there's no need to keep playing.

The harsh reality of MMORPGs is that once one person has done something, *everyone* has done it. The guides are put up, the tricks are figured out, and there's no real challenge there anymore. People come to understand the AI, they know exactly how to kite a mob, they know precisely when to blob and when not to blob in S42... the challenge is diminished to the point of rote memorization. This is because, no matter what, no game can create an endless, open system that will not repeat itself or ever become dull. Humans, however, are capable of acting and reacting on different levels from AI scripting - Their responses differ, and are varied. They're a random "x-factor" that adds new surprise and difficulty to an otherwise static creation.

PvP is one of those things that ultimately gets sort of a bad rep from people - They tend to think of little 14 year old kids running around screaming profanities and /backflipping n00bs. PvP, though, covers a pretty wide range of topics that goes way beyond actual combat; the term itself, "player vs. player" doesn't actually contain the word "combat" or "kill" or even "fight" - It instead implies a struggle, a challenge. A contest. These contests are what keep the game going.

Take a look at tower wars, for example. At a base level, everyone can look at this and identify the primary PvP system - Two forces head out to a specific location and proceed to beat each other senseless. That's PvP. But at the same time, you also have the competitive level of maintaining the best tower sites - Making your org more powerful than the others. That's a competition. After Lost Eden launched, and the new Global Research lines came in, that was PvP content - Players vs. other players in a race to see who could complete the lines the quickest and gain the rewards. Right there you have a PvP system tied into PvM mechanics. The term "PvP" covers a lot more than people initially think of. The first team to complete Sector 42 - Some of those guys around here have that accomplishment listed in their signature (and they have every right to). But that right there is a form of player vs. player content - The struggle against others attempting to complete the same goal and emerging victorious. You managed to complete the hardest encounter in AO to date and you did it first. You win.

Anyway, the basis of this rant is to say that I spend way too much time thinking about PvP and ways to make it interesting/exciting. Like the recent birthday present stuff we did in the stations - Those seemed to go over really well, and I've been putting together some thoughts on similar ways we might be able to ****e up the Battlestation action. We've also got a few thoughts on other things down the road that... well, I don't want to give anything away, but I think you in particular might find them interesting. Just keep your eyes peeled.

[skranken]

ENTRY FOR NIGHTCLUB NAME CONTEST: The Grid

[Chrys]

This is one of those things that I really can't stress enough when talking to people about design - Player vs. player content is the only thing that will keep an online game running successfully. As I tend to put it, it's what gives a game legs - You can make an awesome online game, but if there's a terminal zero point where the player has nothing left to challenge them or to accomplish... there's no need to keep playing.

The harsh reality of MMORPGs is that once one person has done something, *everyone* has done it. The guides are put up, the tricks are figured out, and there's no real challenge there anymore. People come to understand the AI, they know exactly how to kite a mob, they know precisely when to blob and when not to blob in S42... the challenge is diminished to the point of rote memorization. This is because, no matter what, no game can create an endless, open system that will not repeat itself or ever become dull. Humans, however, are capable of acting and reacting on different levels from AI scripting - Their responses differ, and are varied. They're a random "x-factor" that adds new surprise and difficulty to an otherwise static creation.

PvP is one of those things that ultimately gets sort of a bad rep from people - They tend to think of little 14 year old kids running around screaming profanities and /backflipping n00bs. PvP, though, covers a pretty wide range of topics that goes way beyond actual combat; the term itself, "player vs. player" doesn't actually contain the word "combat" or "kill" or even "fight" - It instead implies a struggle, a challenge. A contest. These contests are what keep the game going.

Take a look at tower wars, for example. At a base level, everyone can look at this and identify the primary PvP system - Two forces head out to a specific location and proceed to beat each other senseless. That's PvP. But at the same time, you also have the competitive level of maintaining the best tower sites - Making your org more powerful than the others. That's a competition. After Lost Eden launched, and the new Global Research lines came in, that was PvP content - Players vs. other players in a race to see who could complete the lines the quickest and gain the rewards. Right there you have a PvP system tied into PvM mechanics. The term "PvP" covers a lot more than people initially think of. The first team to complete Sector 42 - Some of those guys around here have that accomplishment listed in their signature (and they have every right to). But that right there is a form of player vs. player content - The struggle against others attempting to complete the same goal and emerging victorious. You managed to complete the hardest encounter in AO to date and you did it first. You win.

Anyway, the basis of this rant is to say that I spend way too much time thinking about PvP and ways to make it interesting/exciting. Like the recent birthday present stuff we did in the stations - Those seemed to go over really well, and I've been putting together some thoughts on similar ways we might be able to ****e up the Battlestation action. We've also got a few thoughts on other things down the road that... well, I don't want to give anything away, but I think you in particular might find them interesting. Just keep your eyes peeled.

If Means doesn't come back from vacation can u be our new GD??!?

[Kintaii]

if means doesn't come back from vacation can u be our new gd??!?

do not want!!1!