Important to note that it wasn't an official FDev event.
Salome : The Crux 2 - why didn't you take part ?
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Important to note that it wasn't an official FDev event.
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why didnt i take part....
earlier in the day my arcade PC went into an infinite boot loop. spent all day diagnosing, eventually finding the problem, then reinstalling...... and then after hrs i finally got up and running, and had a "quick" go on Amiga alien breed and turrican 2....... a few hrs later I had my "oh pants look at the time" moment, i had missed my chance. oh well.
As for if it was the right decision.... well it wasnt really a decision I made, more a lack of time keeping, but i do now have a 90gb roaming Hyperspin install of half a dozen classic computers/consoles and a mame romset all which runs off usb on any machine..... so, no, no regrets
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You don't understand - this wasn't an FD event at all - it was an event thought up by Drew Wagar, so that he can add the outcome of it as part of the ending for the new book he is writing, Premonition.
Frontier, I believe, helped by adding a couple of Salome-related multicrew options for it, and maybe even had some extra staff on standby to help if the game servers croaked.
But this wasn't something organised by Frontier.
I didnt take part, because i knew that i would never see the faintest glimming of her thrusters because of the bad instancing.
So i was out in the Rosette-Nebulae jumping towards Monkey-Head Sector and waiting for the Server-Down.
As it happened i knew i was right...
PS: After reading of the kill i got remembered the good old time of UO as Lord British get killed by a firewall-spell
So i was out in the Rosette-Nebulae jumping towards Monkey-Head Sector and waiting for the Server-Down.
As it happened i knew i was right...
PS: After reading of the kill i got remembered the good old time of UO as Lord British get killed by a firewall-spell
Another reason not to join in then...human nature will always turn it into the farce it was
but also kinda making my point for me
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But they did benefit from it and you had better believe that they worked with drew wagar to set it up. so let's not pretend that FD had nothing to do with it.
Was no where a PC as I was at a Blood Bowl weekend.
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Exactly This.
If the forum is the only - or even the best by far - method for keeping up with a game's narrative, then the narrative aspects of that game are an utter, abject failure in terms of development.
If you want me to keep up with your narrative or hidden secrets, then give me a method for doing so IN THE GAME. And dont say Galnet. If reading a newspaper is the best way to keep up with your in game narrative, well, see above about forums.
It. was. not. organised. by. FD.
I believe that's covered by when I said "Frontier, I believe, helped"? But it's okay - if saying "Frontier, I believe, helped" means I pretended they didn't help, then my grasp of the English language isn't as good as I thought it was
Not the point of my post. And. why. do. you feel. the. need. to. type. like. this?
My point was that everyone seems to be pretending that FD had nothing to do with the event, when they clearly did. You really think that they get nothing from the book sales? You really think that they get nothing from all of this practically free advertising? I don't care about who "organized" it. FD was waist deep in this from the get go.
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I believe that's covered by when I said "Frontier, I believe, helped"? But it's okay - if saying "Frontier, I believe, helped" means I pretended they didn't help, then my grasp of the English language isn't as good as I thought it was
They did much more than just "help."
Not to be defeatist but... for me
1) Had little to no knowledge of the storyline to begin with. Maybe I don't read enough Galnet?
2) Soon as I saw comments made by various groups that, if you was not a recognized PVPer you would essentially be muscled out from any form of participation... I just thought, great clique event for the cliquey people... not so much an open event for everyone more of a 'For the cool kids who are already friends/frienemies'
3) Like most of these open invite events I expected griefers to basically make a mockery of it, regardless of any gentlemen's agreements. 'Oh whats that? no weapons... kapow'
From reading around it... pretty much was right on all accounts. Came to no surprise that the character was killed with some so called big names involved in that...
Still neat to try these things i suppose.
1) Had little to no knowledge of the storyline to begin with. Maybe I don't read enough Galnet?
2) Soon as I saw comments made by various groups that, if you was not a recognized PVPer you would essentially be muscled out from any form of participation... I just thought, great clique event for the cliquey people... not so much an open event for everyone more of a 'For the cool kids who are already friends/frienemies'
3) Like most of these open invite events I expected griefers to basically make a mockery of it, regardless of any gentlemen's agreements. 'Oh whats that? no weapons... kapow'
From reading around it... pretty much was right on all accounts. Came to no surprise that the character was killed with some so called big names involved in that...
Still neat to try these things i suppose.
Who's pretending that Frontier had nothing to do with the event?
Also, perhaps you could enlighten us with a detailed list of everything Frontier did for this event? You seem to know an awful lot about what Frontier have done for it - maybe help us poor ignoramuses out then. I await that list with great interest
1) this wasn't in galnet much at all. don't worry.
2) pretty much exactly how it played out
3) also pretty much how it played out.
"Neat" isn't the way I would describe this thing.
I lost interest as soon as it was announced as it was obvious it was an Open Only event:
I know that instancing means only about a dozen people can ever see any individual, and then it will just be people on Friends Lists (how prophetic)
With no way of meaningfully tagging your allegiance, if there was any fighting, it would just be anarchy, not a battle
I missed nothing except a chance to chat, my faction was stationed as decoy (as were at least 75% of the attendees)
I know that instancing means only about a dozen people can ever see any individual, and then it will just be people on Friends Lists (how prophetic)
With no way of meaningfully tagging your allegiance, if there was any fighting, it would just be anarchy, not a battle
I missed nothing except a chance to chat, my faction was stationed as decoy (as were at least 75% of the attendees)
Why I didn't take part.
1) It was in open.
2) I know enough about ED's instancing that I knew that I'd never be in the same instance, and so wouldn't really see anything or "take part".
3) I couldn't be bothered to spend the hour or so (of real life) it would take me to get a ship into the area
1) It was in open.
2) I know enough about ED's instancing that I knew that I'd never be in the same instance, and so wouldn't really see anything or "take part".
3) I couldn't be bothered to spend the hour or so (of real life) it would take me to get a ship into the area
Pub>>>Boxing>>>Party.
If this event had been done right, where everyone had a fair chance to get involved rather than just the 'in-crowd', then this thread wouldn't be 15 pages long.
If this event had been done right, where everyone had a fair chance to get involved rather than just the 'in-crowd', then this thread wouldn't be 15 pages long.
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