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thestringpuller: In
the same way MP charges 30 BTC
to get into MPEX. In order
to raid you needed
to go
through 60+ levels of shit.
thestringpuller: Not entirely,
that's half
the coin. But
they wanted
to create a barrier
to entry
to
the end game.
Namworld: It really kills
the gameplay value
Namworld: You don't HAVE
to pay. But most micropayment games have gameplay made so
that if you don't pay, you can't advance, compete or must grind for months on end
to acquire "premium" currencies.
ThickAsThieves: then i could spend my
time playing
the dame
the way i wanted
mjr_: the one after lich king i
think
thestringpuller: Namworld makes
the best point. It has
to be fun. You can make any gimmick you want in a game, but people are going
to keep playing it.
Namworld: But whatever, companies are free
to release a payment model as
they please.
Namworld: And honestly, how fun is a game when
to progress, you must pay? Isn't
the whole point
to entertain yourself with good gameplay and advancement
through
that gameplay? A subscription for online games and flat fee for offline game is a good model.
thestringpuller: What devalues a game is whether or not you're making
the gameplay optional or not.
davout: she was all like "fucking noobs gonna flood
the servers"
ThickAsThieves: if you pay for all your stuff do you value
the game more or less?
thestringpuller: Namworld: but what happens when
those addicts go
to rehab?
Namworld: The way it is now, with micropayments games, most play free, a few addicts pay
thousands
to have everything.
ThickAsThieves: not sure if it's a good
thing or bad
thinig personally
ThickAsThieves: they are simply offering what WoW players already pay for
through grey markets
thestringpuller: I
think Rift is what kinda forced a lot of other games hands from
the subscription model.
thestringpuller: You can earn money in any MMO.
That's not why
the core players play
them
though...
mjr_: thestringpuller: i
think it is interesting, because similar
to WoW you can earn money by playing
mjr_: i'm just looking forward
to playing it
thestringpuller: MP will likely sweep it under
the rug or have a salvage plan.
davout: or we get
to make fun at MP for failing miserably
davout: either i make some money on
the S.MG shares
davout: let's see how
the execution rolls out
ThickAsThieves: i just
think your gloom and doom is misplaced or at least disproportionate
thestringpuller: Did you know
the reason
the
the goombas and koopas change in Super Mario Bros. is because
the NES had limited color data.
davout: thestringpuller: didn't know it, actually it's
the first
time ever I read an article
there :-)
thestringpuller: davout: I love Gamasutra, it's pretty much
the news site for game developers.
davout: thestringpuller: I find it
to be an interesting article
peterl: but all
the stocks instead of individualized?
thestringpuller: I have a feeling mircea_popescu
thinks of Gamasutra, as a "Fanfic" blog, as MPOE-PR would put it.
peterl: you mean like
the PT's?
ThickAsThieves: the easiest would be an index fund, where i actually buy 1 of each stock and sell
them as 1 index unti
mjr_: or you would see
those cool ones, you can see other ones without reading it
mjr_: if you read
the novel REAMDE you could see
the cool applicatoins
mjr_: oh lol, i just want
to play it
Namworld: I want
to play my game already
mjr_: can't wait
to play it
mjr_: hopefully it would be an mpex15 at
that
time
mjr_: i actually wish
there was more IB stuff in btcland
mjr_: most famous/important
the russel imbalance
mjr_: where
they adjust
the ratios
to keep
them in line with
the funds stated goals
mjr_: at pre-announced
times
mjr_: i
think he had some stuff going on
too
mjr_: i
talked
to Bugpowder yesterday
mjr_: and at
the end of
the day, what matters is where you put your money
mjr_: and i don't claim
to know better
than him, by any means, i haven't written a lot of options and he has
mjr_: but he has a good model in place
to avoid insolvency, but not
to avoid loss
mjr_: if you
told
them
that
the vol was over 100,
they would consider it suicidal (probably)
mjr_: well, if you ask anyone, "what is
the riskiest
thing you can do in finance?" i
think
they would say write options without a hedge
mjr_: and
that is great, and actually a public service
mjr_: so he has decided
to be
that someone
mjr_: You can't pull yourself up by your breeches and for
the very same reason you can't have everybody in
the market hedge. Someone needs
to provide
the support everyone else relies on
to hedge. I'm
that someone
ThickAsThieves: or is he simply
too worried about flash crashes and such
mjr_: but i agree with
the second point
ThickAsThieves: is maybe his own analysis says
that lower prices are
too risky
mjr_: his stock is at an all
time high right now if i remember correctly
mjr_: well...wrong needs
to be defined in
this context
ThickAsThieves: he didnt wanna change
the algo when he was losing money
ThickAsThieves: i
think
that reason is just an extension of one of
two possible real reasons
mjr_: i mean, i
think
the only reason (per
trilema)
that mp hasn't moved it, is due
to
the fact no one has jumped into
the middle