Warrior General Games

Originally posted by Adderfist
What about make the announcement of a testing game the next blank day of a cycle. Schedule it as a ladder-like game. In one go you'll get a LOT more games tested.

As good of an idea as that sounds, I'd have to have Bort set up a new server that we could dump code onto, then not use except for when there's changes. And it would need to be a pretty powerful server to run a full days worth of games.

Silence Boss! It's almost like they'd be paying us to test for them. .... which .... should be how things are done anyway.... why didn't Adderfist think of this before. I blame him for everything that has ever happened

Originally posted by Corndog
As good of an idea as that sounds, I'd have to have Bort set up a new server that we could dump code onto, then not use except for when there's changes. And it would need to be a pretty powerful server to run a full days worth of games.

Why not make use of nesting or VMware?

Edit : VMware vsphere with Veemo is a great solution for virtual servers.

The most likely scenario is I just have Bort upload shit tonight and that's that.

That said, if you're hoping for a drastic revert on changes, you're going to be kind of disappointed.

Originally posted by Corndog
The most likely scenario is I just have Bort upload shit tonight and that's that.

That said, if you're hoping for a drastic revert on changes, you're going to be kind of disappointed.

So you mean it's a small change just to see how it will tweak the code...

Sounds like a sane plan. Glad you thought of it.

Originally posted by Corndog
The most likely scenario is I just have Bort upload shit tonight and that's that.

That said, if you're hoping for a drastic revert on changes, you're going to be kind of disappointed.

Will it at least be something we notice?

Like maybe CB's no longer can break run blocks against run blocking specialist offensive lineman?

Originally posted by Xavori
In short, MNBob's fix made the game much, much worse. Except for Xavori because again, he's really good at finding the loopholes in games.

Actually, that sort of buries the result. The reputation experiment failed. Developers freaked. EQ installed a hard PVP switch and made oodles of money and no one has ever gone back to the UO model of free for all PVP on every server ever again in the history of MMORPGs.

Basically, Corndog, do the exact opposite of what Xavori wants, ban his play style or relegate it to a niche server with other @$$holes like him, and you will make lots and lots of money, be able to blow it on a drug addiction (EQ) or get your own episode of South Park (WoW).

PS: Off day tomorrow is the perfect day to put in fixes.

Not sure how hard this is, but can you just add an extra day to the season in between a fix and the next ladder match? That would give folks 2 days before game day.

Originally posted by Sardonik00
EQ installed a hard PVP switch and made oodles of money and no one has ever gone back to the UO model of free for all PVP on every server ever again in the history of MMORPGs.

Pretty sure EQ's hard PVP switch was because it was a graphical interface on DikuMUD which had always been carebear.

And I'm willing to bet you there are far, far more PvP gamers in the world than carebears.

See: Halo of Duty Honor

And if you are really being honest Xav, you would tell them what "Breaking Vases" means for you and IOTB in Diablo III ; P

Originally posted by Xavori
Pretty sure EQ's hard PVP switch was because it was a graphical interface on DikuMUD which had always been carebear.

And I'm willing to bet you there are far, far more PvP gamers in the world than carebears.

In the world of MMORPGs, I think many more people want to camp the foozle than get their corpse violated with a thigh bone. And I think subsequent development bears that out.

By the way, I just want to say Jampy is my spirit animal.

Originally posted by Corndog
The most likely scenario is I just have Bort upload shit tonight and that's that.

That said, if you're hoping for a drastic revert on changes, you're going to be kind of disappointed.

I'm hoping for running to be fixed - so I'm pretty prepared to be dissapointed. Excited for something in the right direction though.

Originally posted by Sardonik00
And if you are really being honest Xav, you would tell them what "Breaking Vases" means for you and IOTB in Diablo III ; P

I'm pretty sure I did tell that story once.

It's pretty simple. I figured out one of the fastest ways to earn gold back when you could sell gold for money was breaking vases in the Royal Crypt. And, if one were to make an Autohotkey script to run through the first part that never changed....

'Course, that was very much supplanted by using your ferrets to collect gold while you just stood in one place killing the infinite respawning spiders...

I've made no secret of the fact that breaking games is kinda my thing

Can you let us know what the changes are so we can look for them in the scrims?