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Scott Jennings

Crafty Thoughts

Recently, the EQ2 Blogger Cartel posted some interesting thoughts about crafting. Blackguard in particular pretty much nailed the various interplays between loot-centric and craft-centric systems, and how the two pressure groups tend to battle for dominance within games. My reaction to this: \’e2\’80\’9cHuh.\’e2\’80\’9d

“The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All The Blue”

Here’s an interesting post: everything you know about community management is wrong. This relationship is readily apparent in World of Warcraft. Every time there is a new patch, the users complain on the forums, and the Community Managers get fed up with the users, and the users think that

“Well, if that’s the best they can do…”

Settling the eternal Star Trek vs Star Wars debate – FOREVER.

“I want my. I want my. I want my RMT.”

From Dan Rubenfield’s modest proposal: If you run the game, your cost of goods for item sales will ALWAYS be lower than the gold farmers. So you want to beat them and make cash on the side? Change the playing field. You sell the items. You sell the gold.

And Their Screams Are The Music Singing Me To Sleep On Rainy Nights

In haste, so can’t comment yet (hint: project management? RANDOM VERY DIRTY WORDS) but Dan Rubenfield has some fun grenades to throw in response to the “OMG RMT BAD” post making the rounds. But I have comments. Oh yes. Also, in response to some other posts, my Vision Statement

Austin gets a LFW channel

If you’re in Austin and recently let go from an MMO company, the local IDGA chapter – and local employers – want to hear from you. There are some employers around town who would like to snatch you up as soon as possible because of your previous work experience. We’ll

Whence Chip And Dale Defeat The Capitalist Running Dogs

Apparently the North Korean government is now in the tchotchke business. I say this only because you can buy this “famous North Korean cartoon” on VCD: I mean, WTF. We in America get blamed for warmongering, but I’m pretty sure our cartoon characters don’t carry panzerfausts. Unless they