Gaming ups and downs

Amoonsinas · 11-28-2005, 10:07 AM

<img style="margin:8px 8px 8px 8px;" src="http://www.vanguardspheres.com/gallery/files/1/ttbanner.jpg" border="0" alt="" align="left" width="180px" /> Ten Ton Hammer hosts two very interesting articles about online gaming.

In the first article Karas speaks of his personal struggles with the online gaming addiction and shows us the stages of addiction in his life until he found it necessary to do something about it himself. The article is named "My name is Karas and I'm an MMO-aholic". Thanks for sharing your experiences, Karas.

The second article from Ten Ton Hammer is "Grouping up "Now and Then". In this article, Martuk gives us a first-hand look at the grouping system of an MMOG back before groups became mandatory for "raids", and when they were used for having fun rather then functionality.

Silky Venom adresses TLC. For all of you that think that Silky is getting a bit more affectionate about the game, sadly they are only addressing "Trivial Loot Code". Skarlath discusses the basics and functionalities of the TLC in the article TLC? We'll see.

Forum Debriefs:

Brad defends the Beta process for Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Here
... and addresses some concerns about game design here
... and speaks about PVP, Player housing, character progression, and some possible upcoming goodies here
... and explains harvesting, class tree, large world vs small world concerns, Combat wheel and character graphics here
... discusses Guild caps here
Aruspex speaks of an episode of sleepwalking - Full thread

Pirotess · 11-28-2005, 02:50 PM

Great news update Amoonsinas. Thanks for taking some of the load off of me so I can focus on other stuff.

Amoonsinas · 11-28-2005, 03:27 PM

My pleasure!

Glad that I could help out.