Comments on: No, Wait… Bots: Our Last, Best Hope For The MMO Industry http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/ Random Comments About Games and Tractors Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: knurd http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16860 knurd Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:58:11 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16860 Nice to see the spiritual warfare of reality and simulacrum still in full swing. Nice to see the spiritual warfare of reality and simulacrum still in full swing.

]]> By: Hatch http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16859 Hatch Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:43:27 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16859 "Kind of a sad point in my life, I admit, but being a stay at home dad can get boring. Heh." I don't think it's sad at all... people spend more money and time on cable TV than online gaming accounts and that is fine, but when the ratio changes it suddenly isn't? It is all recreation. No different than poker or going to the movies. MMO's just have an extremely good return of enjoment for the money you spend (unless you play a game made by Verant). “Kind of a sad point in my life, I admit, but being a stay at home dad can get boring. Heh.”

I don’t think it’s sad at all… people spend more money and time on cable TV than online gaming accounts and that is fine, but when the ratio changes it suddenly isn’t?

It is all recreation. No different than poker or going to the movies. MMO’s just have an extremely good return of enjoment for the money you spend (unless you play a game made by Verant).

]]> By: Sheepherder http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16858 Sheepherder Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:55:46 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16858 <blockquote cite="">Not sure why this doesn’t happen anymore. I’ve heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group. I’d guess it’s because WoW requires everyone to mash buttons really fast, which would quickly get out of hand for a full party.</blockquote> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8uLUBEPB-U&feature=related Heroic Magister's Terrace multi-boxed with five shaman.

Not sure why this doesn’t happen anymore. I’ve heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group. I’d guess it’s because WoW requires everyone to mash buttons really fast, which would quickly get out of hand for a full party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8uLUBEPB-U&feature=related

Heroic Magister’s Terrace multi-boxed with five shaman.

]]> By: Gunch http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16857 Gunch Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:31:08 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16857 At one point in my life I had 5 boxes set up playing SWG (I wanted to craft everything) and then EVE. Kind of a sad point in my life, I admit, but being a stay at home dad can get boring. Heh. I did have a shammy bot for my warrior in DAoC, but only when my wife was working or was unable to play. At one point in my life I had 5 boxes set up playing SWG (I wanted to craft everything) and then EVE.

Kind of a sad point in my life, I admit, but being a stay at home dad can get boring. Heh.

I did have a shammy bot for my warrior in DAoC, but only when my wife was working or was unable to play.

]]> By: Hatch http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16856 Hatch Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:55:34 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16856 "Not sure why this doesn’t happen anymore. I’ve heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group. I’d guess it’s because WoW requires everyone to mash buttons really fast, which would quickly get out of hand for a full party." LOL... It happens all the time. Every server has at least one full party multi player, and some servers have numerous. You can run all five instances on one machine with only a modest hardware setup (quad core, 4gbRAM and 4850+ level card). WOW is arguably the easiest game to do this on since the battle chest is so cheap and the button mashing and auto face on casting take care of you so well. 5 ele shamans or 4 ele shamans and one prot pally are the most common setup. “Not sure why this doesn’t happen anymore. I’ve heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group. I’d guess it’s because WoW requires everyone to mash buttons really fast, which would quickly get out of hand for a full party.”

LOL… It happens all the time. Every server has at least one full party multi player, and some servers have numerous. You can run all five instances on one machine with only a modest hardware setup (quad core, 4gbRAM and 4850+ level card). WOW is arguably the easiest game to do this on since the battle chest is so cheap and the button mashing and auto face on casting take care of you so well. 5 ele shamans or 4 ele shamans and one prot pally are the most common setup.

]]> By: Robin Kestrel http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16855 Robin Kestrel Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:53:02 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16855 <blockquote>I’ve heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group. "> I’ve heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group.</blockquote> Here's the setup from a WoW player who plays 36 separate characters (that's $5711 in subscription costs per year) simultaneously on 11 computers... <a href="http://videogames.yahoo.com/featurescreenshot?eid=1255557&index=0" rel="nofollow">http://videogames.yahoo.com/featurescreenshot?eid=1255557&index=0</a>

I’ve heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group.
“> I’ve heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group.

Here’s the setup from a WoW player who plays 36 separate characters (that’s $5711 in subscription costs per year) simultaneously on 11 computers…

http://videogames.yahoo.com/featurescreenshot?eid=1255557&index=0

]]> By: JuJutsu http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16854 JuJutsu Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:44:01 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16854 "Actually, the question is really “how do you investors describe success?” Duh. It's all about the benjamins or they won't stay investors very long. “Actually, the question is really “how do you investors describe success?”

Duh. It’s all about the benjamins or they won’t stay investors very long.

]]> By: xzzy http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16853 xzzy Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:57:53 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16853 <blockquote cite="D-One">Who can forget the days of the one man, six character groups in EQ’s Planes of Power… I can’t. /shudder</blockquote> A refresher for that have forgotten: http://xzzy.org/files/games/eq/eq-mad2boxing.jpg Not sure why this doesn't happen anymore. I've heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group. I'd guess it's because WoW requires everyone to mash buttons really fast, which would quickly get out of hand for a full party.

Who can forget the days of the one man, six character groups in EQ’s Planes of Power… I can’t. /shudder

A refresher for that have forgotten:

http://xzzy.org/files/games/eq/eq-mad2boxing.jpg

Not sure why this doesn’t happen anymore. I’ve heard of some people in WoW playing two mages with one keyboard, but never running an entire group. I’d guess it’s because WoW requires everyone to mash buttons really fast, which would quickly get out of hand for a full party.

]]> By: aet http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16852 aet Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:49:38 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16852 It's the next step of the MMO industry: catering to customers who literally do not exist. It’s the next step of the MMO industry: catering to customers who literally do not exist.

]]> By: sentack http://brokentoys.org/2008/11/18/no-wait-bots-our-last-best-hope-for-the-mmo-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-16851 sentack Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:00:09 +0000 http://sjennings.wordpress.com/?p=3151#comment-16851 The funny thing is, EvE is said to be one of the better games to dual-box, since it's slow enough, you can easily manage two accounts. The best combo being a miner and some kind of offensive ship, so you can defend your miner. Dual Boxing just got uggly in DAOC over the fact that it did show how bad Buffs where in that game. The funny thing is, EvE is said to be one of the better games to dual-box, since it’s slow enough, you can easily manage two accounts. The best combo being a miner and some kind of offensive ship, so you can defend your miner.

Dual Boxing just got uggly in DAOC over the fact that it did show how bad Buffs where in that game.

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