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thestringpuller: evolution still applies
to life, despite what any creationist wants
to say
thestringpuller: just because you can dunk doesn't mean you shouldn't make your free
throws
thestringpuller: the paradigm shift isn't
the issue it's
the fundamentals beneath it
thestringpuller: these aren't my concerns,
these are
things
that have been discussed
thoroughly for years, and are still discussed
thestringpuller: ThickAsThieves: I'm not looking for problems. I'm worried
that
too much is dependent on
the playerbase and not
the designer. Or perhaps more specifically
too much of
the "end experience" or whatever you want
to call it is dependent on evolution.
mircea_popescu: it'll be great, because if playerbase goes "meh,
there's no flying horses" i'm just gonna go well, have you made flying horse models ?
ThickAsThieves: thestringpuller,
this game will mostly consist of all
that you fear most
mircea_popescu: they'll do it if/when
they get around
to it, if
they even feel like doing it.
mircea_popescu: the game is however not going
to prevent players from constructing useful shit.
mircea_popescu: dude,
the game isn't based on players constructing anything.
thestringpuller: a game based on player's constructing
the world is limited.
their contributions are as finite as
the economy proposed.
this means at launch
there is 0, and everything is being hedged
to getting
to 1.
mircea_popescu: thestringpuller i don't
think
the "full play experience" will be evident period. as i imagine it'll keep on changing
mircea_popescu: oook so
the good news is i've just been shown
the server working
thestringpuller: it does if you expect player made
things
to magically appear during launch
thestringpuller: that's irrelevant,
the full play experience won't be evident for at least a year
thestringpuller: Player based emergent depends on simple interactions between players. With a limited player space, you have limited emergence meaning
the full experience isn't evident for some X duration.
ThickAsThieves: and
they have chosen a genre likely
to be accepted by
that community
ThickAsThieves: as i see it, S.MG is bringing a product
to an appropriate community
ThickAsThieves: how can you say he's
too anything when it's like 10 days old
thestringpuller: I still
think you're hedging
too much on emergent gameplay early on
mircea_popescu: well if you want a hat one of
the easiest ways is
to make it.
thestringpuller: Blizzard is currently propping up Activision since
they have like products
ThickAsThieves: dont be all
timid about custom 3d models for items, shit drives me crazy
mircea_popescu: prolly not going
to waste art
time on it at
the start.
thestringpuller: I
think Final Fantasy 6 was more steam punk
than Chrono
Trigger
tbh
ThickAsThieves: left enuf of an impression for me
to remember 20 yrs later or whatever
mircea_popescu: i
think arcanum obscura
thing is
the one steampunk
title
thestringpuller: I don't remember much steam punk at all in Chrono
Trigger...
ThickAsThieves: it was steampunky and i am assuming
there are a fair amount of steamers
that playe dit
mircea_popescu: basically
they got huddled into a corner by some buyreaucrats
ThickAsThieves: what will steampunks
turn
to after
they get
their own
tv show?
mircea_popescu: i wonder who
the steampunk fat chick
that broke
the bike is
taub_: they shouldn't call it steampunk,
there is no punk in steampunk
mircea_popescu: But
Telsa came into conflict with
Thomas Edison, America’s foremost inventor at
the
time, and Edison’s superior sense of business and advertising destroyed
Tesla’s reputation and left him and many of his ideas frustrated and unfulfilled.
Thankfully, with
the rise of steampunk and a renewed interest in nineteenth century science,
Tesla has come back into
the public eye and, one hopes, will finally get
the recognit
mircea_popescu: The story of Nikola
Tesla is one of
the great personal
tragedies of modern history. Arguably one of
the greatest scientific geniuses of all
time,
Tesla faced poverty, slander and persecution during his lifetime.
ThickAsThieves: he uses his creativity, individuality, and judgement
to desanctify creativity, individuality, morality and
the sanctity of life
mircea_popescu: Over
the course of
the film, Lowry dreams of a beautiful woman who he finally meets in life and who he struggles
to help save from
the bureaucratic system. While
the story is well done and engaging,
the most important part of Brazil is not
the plot, but rather
the horrific world
that is occurs in.
ThickAsThieves: "Sentiments such as creativity, individuality, morality and
the sanctity of life have no meaning in such a world" isn't
that like ultimate irony?
mircea_popescu: he writes
these collegiate essay
type of
things
that are just awful outside of
the college
mircea_popescu: "Sentiments such as creativity, individuality, morality and
the sanctity of life have no meaning in such a world"
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