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Scott Jennings

CYBER ATHLETES [Author: myschyf]

The mainstream press ignores them. Some don’t see the sport they play as a worthwhile pastime at all. Almost no one thinks people could or should make a living at it. Their clans have funny names, and almost no one outside the clans knows how the game works. Just

SURE, HE’S JUST A KID, BUT HE KNOWS WHERE THE SCREENSHOT KEY IS [Author: Lum the Mad]

He proceded to ask ‘lady’ what is duping, and she replied that “for your comment I will need to take your equipment”. This isn’t right for asking a question on what is going on. She then started going off on how he was in cohoots with the other guy

IT MAY NOT EXIST, BUT IF IT DID… [Author: Lum the Mad]

Everquest II was spotted on RAD Game Tools site as one of the many upcoming new projects using the “Granny” toolkit for importing Maya and 3DStudio animations directly into a game engine. You know, along with that “Ultima Online 3D” game. So it DOES exist. Nyah!

HE STILL LOGS IN ONCE A WEEK TO REFRESH HIS CASTLE [Author: Lum the Mad]

Gamespy has a brief interview with Richard Garriott, who worked in the gaming industry at some point in the past. He even tells my favorite Lord British story! Gamespy: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen a fan do? Richard Garriott: How about the fan who broke into

BRAD MCQUAID VS. THE WORLD ON DOWNTIME [Author: Lum the Mad]

Downtime actually was one of the things LoH and I discussed with the Verant crew while we visited (actually, “beat them over the head with a cudgel about it” would be more accurate). We recieved many different answers as to why downtime was such a major factor in Everquest – from

PUNISHING THE PLAYER: DESIGNING AROUND EBAY [Author: Savant]

Now we all know the depths lucrative EBay has taken some, and the approach some have taken. Like it or not, EBay is here to stay. The consensus as to the only clear cut solution to the dilemma (for those who perceive it as one) has been that the only

D00D! YOU’RE THE PRIME FORCE OF EVIL IN THE WORLD! GIMME PORTAL 2 TETH! [Author: Lum the Mad]

In what is at the same time one of the most insightful and one of the funniest pieces on MMOGs I’ve ever seen, Dave “Asheron” Namerow and Jesse “Bael’Zhaeron” Kurlancheek write up for Gamespy what it was like to run “Asheron vs. Bael’Zhaeron – This Time It’s