And Ivan Sullic is still hired because either A) The guys at Cryptic have his same view of the world (i.e I pwn and all the lesser beings are shit despite the fact that they are paying my salary) or B) He’s sucking balls. Or C) All the previous. I dont know.

But i know that if its A or C the Chapions Online forums and community are going to be SO MUCH FUN. And they are going to be cited here in the future.

Ok, ok, I’m getting that this one is ringing your bell, but soliciting players from their old game, simply to test the new one doesn’t strike me as a gigantic felony worthy of the death penalty. Maybe in bad taste, sure, but overall, kind of a small matter.

I probably shouldn’t talk. Every time 38 Studios pulls another of their tasteless HUA PR blunders, someone at WG practically goes apoplectic. THAT crap rings our collective bell as deeply disrespectful of gamers, and I’m sensing this does the same for you.

Also, having a bit of hands-on time with Champions, I can say this with confidence: the idea of “stealing” players from another title is going to be irrelevant. That game is going to sell like hawtkaques.

Of course, I cut my teeth in this industry playing Everquest, so was the victim of all of Verant/Sony’s early ugliness. I may just be jaded.

Peace!

For me, as a customer, I’d love a beta invite, even if it were for a competitor of the game I was presently playing. Competition makes better games for us all.

This blog is starting to read like the Jerry Springer of MMO commentary.

Until you run the game after doing so, and then you’re a copyright infringer. Just clearing that part up.

…I smell gimmick Architect boss.

But enough pining for these Cryptic cretins completely awesome and better than most any other MMORPG on the market if City of Heroes is of any indication games.

(*grumble* Champions Online is probably more rife with consolitus anyway.)