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"You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity."
- Bullet Tooth Tony

 

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Latest Blog Entry - I must be a Masochist! (According to some people here)
From my blog Musings and Stuff. [singsofdeath]

Yes, I must be. I am playing and enjoying Age of Conan.

 

Why? Very simple. I came to this conclusion after quietly reading these forums for a while. No, I am not going to say these Forums are riddled with posts that are painful to read (I'll hold my opinion on that to myself), but I am talking about the apparent -fact- that I am playing a game that is so obviously total crap and BS and broken everywhere and so on and so forth, yet I am having fun with it. So the obvious conclusion is, I am a masochist! I love torturing myself through endless broken quests, love waiting for non-existant support and love, getting stuck everywhere, plus I love grinding without sense, I love being banned without reason and I love a lagfest!

 

Or do I?

 

Now don't get me wrong. This is not a place to slander all those of you, who certainly have valid problems with the game, be it that you simply don't like it, or that you encountered a huge bug that entirely broke the game for you.

 

I am talking about all these people, I won't give names, but you will know them, who keep posting in every thread that crops up and proclaim that the game is so bad, that, according to them, anyone playing it, must be an idiot. I mean, judging from what these people are spouting, there is simply -NO- way that -ANY- sane person could -EVER- enjoy the game now.

 

So why then, am I having fun?

 

Is it because I am trying to shy away from the truth? Do I -force- myself to play the game even though, deep down, I really do not enjoy it? Am I blinding myself to the truth that others, so vocal in their crusade to convert everyone, have long accepted and made their own? Me, and the other people in my guild? And the people on my Friends-List? And the friends playing on other servers.

 

Or could it be that I am not blinding myself, but that I am enjoying the game nonetheless? That I have yet to encounter game-breaking bugs? That I actually like the graphics, the combat, the mechanics and the content offered? Could that really be?

 

Do you think there might be people out there who do not share other people's opinions? Could that REALLY be?

 

Think about it for a moment, and look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself why you think you hold the universal truth to people's joy and fun in games. Ask yourself why you think your opinion, or that of anyone else for that matter, is in any way important to another person. Ask yourself if you don't want to change your tone of posting, your way of expressing your discontent, and instead of painting everything in your, personal view, and making it the ultimate truth, allow others to have their own opinion, without trying to make them look like idiots.

 

Frankly, I am sick and tired of replying to people that continue to slander the -players- of AoC as idiots because they are enjoying the game that they are playing. Or postulating that they are helping a company rip the gamers off. Or claiming only their version of reality is the true one.

 

Again, I do not mind people giving valid reasons for quitting, nor do I mind people not liking the game. It's the people who seem to be on a crusade to "save" all the others from a horrible game that can't possibly be enjoyed that bug the hell out of me.

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    • July 2008 video presented at the Greece conference
    • Originally posted by Fodfod

      You must be mistaken, why would Tasos release a 2 years old video at a july 2008 conference just 5 months before release, it doesnt make any sense.

      Care to explain trolls ?

       

      Maybe because he has nothing else to show? And still wants to keep the hype alive?

       

      Any other reasons?

    • Posted: 7/03/08 4:06 PM
      Darkfall
    • 5 months left and no Beta weeeeeeeeeee
    • Originally posted by Shannia
      Originally posted by singsofdeath
      Originally posted by Shannia
      Originally posted by Aragon100
      Originally posted by Polarization

       

       

       

      Well you heard it her first folks, according to Aragon and Tasos apparently:-

      Darkfall will be released in a few months.

      Darkfall will be released in 2008.

      Darfkall will be distributed by AVE in Europe

      Darkfall has been adequately tested by professional QA testers.

      Darkfall Beta will start a few weeks before launch.

      Darkfall Beta will be only last a few weeks.

      Darkfall is already very polished and 100% feature complete.

      Darkfall will release a comprehensive gameplay video soon.

      I sincerely hope you and Tasos are right about all of this, but I doubt it no matter how much I would like it to be true.

       

      True, all statements is quotes from Tasos except very polished game which is my own statement. A few weeks beta as Tasos wrote have been misunderstood as 2 weeks which isnt accurate or what he ment. Tasos version of a few weeks is more then 2 weeks, just to clarify.


       

      Considering we were suppose to have a new video "very soon" and that was promised over two months ago now, I would expect beta to last at least a few months, maybe even year.  This is Greece we are talking about and NOTHING moves fast in Greece wtih the exception of traffic.

       

      Remember, there -IS- a new video. It was shown to a bunch of guys in a conference in Greece.

       

      Of course, the fans and followers of Darkfall don't need to be presented with new videos. I mean...why would they want that? They've got text-updates after all.

       

      Oh wait.


       

      There is no proof that the video that Tasos showed at the conference was a new video.  The video shown at the conference could very well have been the last video update we had.  If they had a new video, I'm sure we would have seen it already because people have been screaming for it on the official forums for the last month and Tasos insists it isn't ready yet.

       

       

      I was being sarcastic, sorry. I'm not that good at sarcasm.   Basically, I was pointing out exactly what you are saying.

    • Posted: 7/01/08 11:10 AM
      Darkfall
    • 5 months left and no Beta weeeeeeeeeee
    • Originally posted by Shannia
      Originally posted by Aragon100
      Originally posted by Polarization

       

       

       

      Well you heard it her first folks, according to Aragon and Tasos apparently:-

      Darkfall will be released in a few months.

      Darkfall will be released in 2008.

      Darfkall will be distributed by AVE in Europe

      Darkfall has been adequately tested by professional QA testers.

      Darkfall Beta will start a few weeks before launch.

      Darkfall Beta will be only last a few weeks.

      Darkfall is already very polished and 100% feature complete.

      Darkfall will release a comprehensive gameplay video soon.

      I sincerely hope you and Tasos are right about all of this, but I doubt it no matter how much I would like it to be true.

       

      True, all statements is quotes from Tasos except very polished game which is my own statement. A few weeks beta as Tasos wrote have been misunderstood as 2 weeks which isnt accurate or what he ment. Tasos version of a few weeks is more then 2 weeks, just to clarify.


       

      Considering we were suppose to have a new video "very soon" and that was promised over two months ago now, I would expect beta to last at least a few months, maybe even year.  This is Greece we are talking about and NOTHING moves fast in Greece wtih the exception of traffic.

       

      Remember, there -IS- a new video. It was shown to a bunch of guys in a conference in Greece.

       

      Of course, the fans and followers of Darkfall don't need to be presented with new videos. I mean...why would they want that? They've got text-updates after all.

       

      Oh wait.

    • Posted: 7/01/08 9:14 AM
      Darkfall
    • AoC hype finally fallen.
    • Originally posted by Ascension08
      Originally posted by singsofdeath

      I just point out the obvious. The most successful MMO isn't even in that list. Why people want to see that happening, or are happy about it is beyond me. The MMORPG.com boards are, after all, in no way any indicator of what game is successful or not.

      <modedit>


       

      Then couldn't you tell the OP was also pointing out the obvious? People saw through the hype when the free month ended, and there's still people playing. But what he says is true: if Funcom doesn't change and deliver ALL their promises, alot more people are going to lose interest.

       

      Sure. That's a given, as with any other game. Companies need to improve their games, or people will leave.

       

      What I pointed out, is that AoC being on Place 2 of the MMORPG.com charts of this site is nothing to indicate success or the lack thereof. If anything, it could be seen as a lack of interest from the few (comperatively, speaking in whole gaming community terms now), people who are here.

       

      But sheesh, if you're all so adamant about this being something important, please. I just don't see the sense. :)

    • Posted: 6/29/08 8:53 PM
      Age of Conan
    • AoC hype finally fallen.
    • I just point out the obvious. The most successful MMO isn't even in that list. Why people want to see that happening, or are happy about it is beyond me. The MMORPG.com boards are, after all, in no way any indicator of what game is successful or not.

      <modedit>

    • Posted: 6/29/08 8:46 PM
      Age of Conan

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