All Things Geek Podcast: Recent Comments

Comment on EQOA: Back in the Saddle again!

2011-12-06T08:34:24Z

welcome back to eqoa

PSN illahstrait

Comment on EQOA: Back in the Saddle again!

2011-11-29T03:04:33Z

Amanda,

YES YES YES I love it when the music kicks in so Iconic! Susan (bettyjedder) is in game atm and ran into a guy named Omniscient, no relation, felt like old times to have a quick chat in Freeport!

Comment on EQOA: Back in the Saddle again!

2011-11-22T02:32:23Z

Don't you love that feeling when you first load up EQOA and the music kicks in? My husband and I have gone back to EQOA a few times. I always say "EQOA was my first love... I mean my first MMO."

Can't wait to hear more of your adventures. Say hello to Chief Kimlosh for me!

Comment on Episode 52 Our First Rant?

2010-06-10T18:20:29Z

I posted these same comments over on my blog, but it was chopped off here:

So this is quite the pessimistic episode. I like having the flip side of the discussion - we certainly do have different views :) I've said this before and many other have as well but I think ya'll just need to calm down and wait for them to actually release details before jumping to conclusions. I'll point out that LOTRO isn't going completely F2P it is a hybrid model with a F2P option complementing the current subscription option. So this really is more like the model you love with WoW and Cryptic (who ironically MANY hate based on their MT system) where you have a cosmetic cash shop. This means they will have cash coming from their subscribers (just like DDO) and as such they won't be purely relying on the cash shop to drive their business. I'm not sure of the numbers for DDO (they've commented their subscriber base has grown significantly), but I'm guessing their subscriber base isn't something they'd be willing to just toss away. Not to mention that LOTRO also has a pretty significant Lifetime community and it would be silly to anger them such that they miss out on any potential revenue from them in the cash shop.

Certainly some of these things you assume could happen, but you're basically saying that Turbine has no credibility and you can't trust them at all. With the economy the way it is, why are you punishing them for trying to apply a successful mechanism they've already put in place to try and be a more successful company? The assumptions you make haven't happened in DDO, and it has been F2P for over a year with content updates since they switched.

A few other things I wanted to touch on:
- They've stated they're not selling balance changing items just cosmetics and convenience items. Some I will admit can be seen as balance but to a certain degree that's a matter of personal choice.
- Getting to the max level in ANY game (including WoW) is blocked by paying for it as every level cap increase is accompanied with a PAID expansion. If you want to see Moria and level 60, buy the expansion pack - that part hasn't changed. Same thing with Mirkwood and level 65.
- On your forum posts, I don't know the specifics and they quite well might have blown away your posts. However, there are LOTS of negative posts currently on the forums so I'm guessing one of the following was true:
1) it was in the wrong place, all F2P discussions have been requested to be in the F2P forum
2) the thread started to get nasty or flamish (you hint that this actually did happen)
3) your post was deemed to be nasty
- You argue that Turbine will suck you dry of money, I'll argue the other way in that after WoW's $25 pony, I GUARANTEE Blizzard/Activision will expand that and look for every possibility to milk their customers. They'd be stupid not to, or at least see how far they can push it. They obviously haven't reached the tipping point yet :)

- And finally, you don’t lose anything you’ve paid for, that has been mentioned numerous times

Comment on Let Stiele Sing

2010-05-21T18:25:28Z

I vote aye just for laughs.

Comment on Dungeons and Dragons Night

2010-03-15T19:15:02Z

All you have to do is take dice out of the equasion.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm

The DM would use the above listed link to roll for your actions. You concentrate on the roleplaying and the DM handles all the rolls. It's not like there would be a trust issue there, I mean the DM has the ability to adjust rolls as he/she sees fit due to a DM screen anyways.
The DM will need to have copies of your character sheets anyways so he/she can check your abilities and review your stats anyways so he can plug in any modifiers where the rolls are concerned as well....the program even has places to plug those in. Neat, huh?
I've played several 'diceless' games and I've always found them to be unique and fun and you don't have to get caught up on the dice rolls as much.

Comment on Dungeons and Dragons Night

2010-03-15T02:55:30Z

The only problem is how would we organize this especially on die rolls you could always say "yay natural 20" and how would we prove or disprove unless we use webcams lol

Comment on Dungeons and Dragons Night

2010-03-13T23:55:10Z

I'm down....But I will not, Will Not be an elf chick.

Comment on Dungeons and Dragons Night

2010-03-13T23:44:53Z

Ok so since we haven't received a plethora(yes I said plethora) of comments Ill be the first to say COUNT ME IN, I just don't want to GM!

Comment on Zombie Goodness!

2009-11-14T21:24:32Z

WOW GLAD TO SEE YOUR PUBLISHING MAN, THE PODCAST SHOULD BE UP TONIGHT!