Comments on: Catching up with MMOG Nation http://www.mmognation.com/2008/12/06/catching-up-with-mmog-nation/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:06:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Adam (Witty Ranter) http://www.mmognation.com/2008/12/06/catching-up-with-mmog-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-164901 Adam (Witty Ranter) Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:18:58 +0000 http://www.mmognation.com/?p=1503#comment-164901 Michael, You know that I'm loving LOTRO, and I'm with you on the "keeping off the character" problem. At least this time it's not *me* being the one who's always ahead of everyone else, level-wise (Darren, I'm looking in your general direction!) Fortunately my alt is fast approaching 30, so I can use him as a major distraction. Although I do need to go harvest more wood... damnit. The idea of a static group when we first broached it, I kept thinking it was more of a "hey, this is nifty, I bet this'll last about 2 months before it peters out" has turned into almost a year now of memorable quotes, one liners, and just a hell of a lot of fun, across several games (WoW, DDO & LOTRO). I'm really looking forward to 2009, when we're all in Moria and rocking out :) Adam, Host - Witty Ranter (New Show forthcoming!) Michael,

You know that I’m loving LOTRO, and I’m with you on the “keeping off the character” problem. At least this time it’s not *me* being the one who’s always ahead of everyone else, level-wise (Darren, I’m looking in your general direction!) Fortunately my alt is fast approaching 30, so I can use him as a major distraction. Although I do need to go harvest more wood… damnit.

The idea of a static group when we first broached it, I kept thinking it was more of a “hey, this is nifty, I bet this’ll last about 2 months before it peters out” has turned into almost a year now of memorable quotes, one liners, and just a hell of a lot of fun, across several games (WoW, DDO & LOTRO). I’m really looking forward to 2009, when we’re all in Moria and rocking out :)

Adam,
Host – Witty Ranter (New Show forthcoming!)

]]> By: MMOG Nation » Every Video Should Include Pie http://www.mmognation.com/2008/12/06/catching-up-with-mmog-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-164897 MMOG Nation » Every Video Should Include Pie Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:24:22 +0000 http://www.mmognation.com/?p=1503#comment-164897 [...] Paul poked me to be sure I watched the follow-up to the video I was critical of the other day. [...] [...] Paul poked me to be sure I watched the follow-up to the video I was critical of the other day. [...]

]]> By: The Common Sense Gamer ? Game Update http://www.mmognation.com/2008/12/06/catching-up-with-mmog-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-164890 The Common Sense Gamer ? Game Update Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:35:26 +0000 http://www.mmognation.com/?p=1503#comment-164890 [...] One last point….I have no idea what to do with WoW. It is a great offering in terms of PvE, but with LOTRO being what it is, I have trouble figuring out whether I’m scratching the same itch with both games. I’m not the only one apparently. [...] [...] One last point….I have no idea what to do with WoW. It is a great offering in terms of PvE, but with LOTRO being what it is, I have trouble figuring out whether I’m scratching the same itch with both games. I’m not the only one apparently. [...]

]]> By: Blue Kae http://www.mmognation.com/2008/12/06/catching-up-with-mmog-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-164889 Blue Kae Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:08:14 +0000 http://www.mmognation.com/?p=1503#comment-164889 Glad to hear your wife is doing better. Nothing worse than surgery during the holidays. Looking forward to hear more from you about LoTRO. As a longtime player/fan of the game, I'm thrilled it seems to be getting more press lately. Glad to hear your wife is doing better. Nothing worse than surgery during the holidays.

Looking forward to hear more from you about LoTRO. As a longtime player/fan of the game, I’m thrilled it seems to be getting more press lately.

]]> By: wilhelm2451 http://www.mmognation.com/2008/12/06/catching-up-with-mmog-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-164887 wilhelm2451 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:24:41 +0000 http://www.mmognation.com/?p=1503#comment-164887 Hope your wife's recovery is coming along. On that Mythic video... I am just taken aback. I have years of management training, formal and informal, and the whole thing just screams "bad idea." No matter the intent, do we still need to be reminded that anything that can be misconstrued will be misconstrued on the internet? And while I appreciate Mr. Jacob's admonishment about having a sense of humor, it does not speak well for his own skills as a manager, since he obviously gave this video the green light. But, then, I got that clue when he was saying things like "if we're not adding servers six weeks after launch, we're in trouble." We all hate zero-meaningful-content press releases and the like, but don't give people failure milestones off the cuff. That stuff never fails to come back and bite you. Hope your wife’s recovery is coming along.

On that Mythic video… I am just taken aback. I have years of management training, formal and informal, and the whole thing just screams “bad idea.” No matter the intent, do we still need to be reminded that anything that can be misconstrued will be misconstrued on the internet?

And while I appreciate Mr. Jacob’s admonishment about having a sense of humor, it does not speak well for his own skills as a manager, since he obviously gave this video the green light.

But, then, I got that clue when he was saying things like “if we’re not adding servers six weeks after launch, we’re in trouble.” We all hate zero-meaningful-content press releases and the like, but don’t give people failure milestones off the cuff. That stuff never fails to come back and bite you.

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