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/ Fun? We know what fun is! - Sunday, December 18, 2005 - D0ne
I've played some RPGs that are fun. And I've played some games that weren't fun. In one case they welcomed input from the players. In the other they only wanted the players to think they had input. After seeing the latest round of, "No, really! We listen!" from every game out there. All I have to say is this, "No, you don't.". Stop marketing and start playing your own God Damned games. No, I don't mean play your games 20 hours a week. I mean play your game two hours a week. Hell, you might learn something. You may even learn that to the mass market, the millions who would like to go fantasy for a couple hours a week, your game sucks. Your game does suck. Just because you don't know it or don't want to know it is no excuse. Your game sucks. I know this sound crazy to you but being able to raid, yes raid, with other people after a month of playing your game is fun. That's 8 to 10 hours of content. I know you think this concept is insane but it's the one thing you've never tried because you're too busy addressing the needs of a tiny niche of the total possible market.

/ This is why I should read all those uber guild we sites. - Friday, December 16, 2005 - D0ne
It doesn't matter what game you play. There's always this... Honestly now, we all cannot be retired at age 32, with a beautiful wife, a perfect son, and millions in the bank. At least that is the story I get every time I ask a member of an elite online guild about what they do other than play online games. I wonder where all the unemployed, irresponsible, bums who live in their parents basement at age 32 are? Where are all the latch key kids, living in single parent homes with no responsibility or accountability for anything? Where are the “classic” cases of college students playing games until they flunk out? I do not know, because, they certainly are not members of the elite guilds of online gaming. No they are not! Just because someone has spent sixteen hours a day, every day, playing an online game for two or three years does not mean his or her life has been trashed. It certainly does not! I’m feeling a tad sarcastic, let’s play. I for one do not see the logic in designing a game to meet the needs of the wealthy elite but hey, I’m wrong. Just look at the numbers. Wow, there sure are a lot of wealthy people who like to live in fantasy worlds! Since it’s just the wealthy elite playing the game I see no reason not to raise the online fee to $50 a month for a basic subscription and $150 a month for the “elite” server. I mean, come on, who can’t afford lunch at Burger King every day of the month? If you can’t afford to buy lunch everyday there’s always the basic plan (a mere and paltry $50 a month) for you pathetic losers. Hey, if you can’t afford $50 a month for a game you shouldn’t be playing online games in the first place, you “fuckin n00b” you. Ah, that was satisfying.

/ Privacy policy? - Saturday, December 3, 2005 - D0ne
We don't need no stinking privacy policy! We're SOE! "How you may access, change, or delete the information you have provided to us If you change your mind and do not want to receive e-mails from us and/or to have us share your name and e-mail address (or other personal information) with third parties, you may send an e-mail to us at accounts@soe.sony.com. Subject to security and privacy concerns (e.g., regarding your password and credit card number), we will give you the ability to review, correct, delete, and/or update your information. To do so, you may send us an e-mail at accounts@soe.sony.com. You may also contact us via mail at: Attn: SOE Privacy Officer, 8928 Terman Court, San Diego, CA 92121. If you choose to have your personal information removed from our active databases, we will do so within a reasonable time after your request and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is not used (except as may be required by law) by SOE after your notification to us." Privacy policy. Try emailing them to ask that your information be removed. Hi. This is the qmail-send program at xxxxx.net. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. : 64.37.129.21 does not like recipient. Remote host said: 550 5.1.1 ... User unknown Giving up on 64.37.129.21. --- Below this line is a copy of the message.

December 2005