Comments on: The MMO Gamer Metaplace interview http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cuppytalk » Blog Archive » MMOGamer visits Areaehttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-132670 Cuppytalk » Blog Archive » MMOGamer visits Areae Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:01:06 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-132670 [...] put up an interview awhile back with one of my bosses, Raph Koster. They’ve just put up part 2 of the interview [...]

[...] put up an interview awhile back with one of my bosses, Raph Koster. They’ve just put up part 2 of the interview [...]

]]> By: Grand Text Auto » Koster on Metaplace, MUDs, MMOs, Morehttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-128784 Grand Text Auto » Koster on Metaplace, MUDs, MMOs, More Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:35:37 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-128784 [...] on Raph’s website, I came upon a link to a large (three part) interview about Metaplace on MMO Gamer. It’s [...]

[...] on Raph’s website, I came upon a link to a large (three part) interview about Metaplace on MMO Gamer. It’s [...]

]]> By: Sean Bulgerhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-128690 Sean Bulger Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:00:04 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-128690 Now that was a good read--well, listen thanks to the handy audio options. It certainly answered quite a lot of questions that popped up into my mind and just served to intrigue me further with the project. Now that was a good read–well, listen thanks to the handy audio options. It certainly answered quite a lot of questions that popped up into my mind and just served to intrigue me further with the project.

]]> By: The MMO Gamer » » Interview: Areae’s Raph Koster Talks Metaplacehttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-128678 The MMO Gamer » » Interview: Areae’s Raph Koster Talks Metaplace Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:20:31 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-128678 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Raph’s Website » The MMO Gamer Metaplace interview Says: October 11th, 2007 at 4:09 pm [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%-->

[...] Raph’s Website » The MMO Gamer Metaplace interview Says: October 11th, 2007 at 4:09 pm [...]

]]> By: Bonedeadhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-128661 Bonedead Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:20:15 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-128661 I really am excited about MP but I find my defense mechanism conditioned by MMOs kicking in, telling me to calm down and such. If only I'd gotten an alpha! I really am excited about MP but I find my defense mechanism conditioned by MMOs kicking in, telling me to calm down and such. If only I’d gotten an alpha!

]]> By: robusticushttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-128658 robusticus Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:23:41 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-128658 My kid's been bugging me for months now to get a "dedi" server, so this stuff is great. His server crashed a few weeks ago due to RAM going bad and I have to deal with the pressure of "thousands" of pre-teens going "WTF, L2Operate, nubz". Not to mention ~35 concurrents per CPU being a not-so-soft cap to "lag omg!" And it raises my ping by a lot, which is unacceptable for my shotgun and crobar playstyle. In other words, I'm sick of hosting this crap, but I'm not gonna pay $200/month for it. Or anything per month, for that matter. Let them watch ads, I say. MetaMarkup could be like the leetspeak of programming. I would pontificate on grammar (see XML.org) versus language, code profiling and Steve McConnel's theory on performance optimizations, but I'm sure those discussions have been had. I was curious though about faucets and exchange rates. Not that that matters for the ripoff of the ripoff of the ripoff of UO that all the kids love to play, but I might be able to coax mine to do some original work. How feasible would this be to hook up to XNA? Or Civ? Or... the CryEngine (my fav being an art snob, er, connoisseur). You guys gonna do some DS stuff, Raph? My kid’s been bugging me for months now to get a “dedi” server, so this stuff is great. His server crashed a few weeks ago due to RAM going bad and I have to deal with the pressure of “thousands” of pre-teens going “WTF, L2Operate, nubz”. Not to mention ~35 concurrents per CPU being a not-so-soft cap to “lag omg!” And it raises my ping by a lot, which is unacceptable for my shotgun and crobar playstyle. In other words, I’m sick of hosting this crap, but I’m not gonna pay $200/month for it. Or anything per month, for that matter. Let them watch ads, I say.

MetaMarkup could be like the leetspeak of programming. I would pontificate on grammar (see XML.org) versus language, code profiling and Steve McConnel’s theory on performance optimizations, but I’m sure those discussions have been had.

I was curious though about faucets and exchange rates. Not that that matters for the ripoff of the ripoff of the ripoff of UO that all the kids love to play, but I might be able to coax mine to do some original work.

How feasible would this be to hook up to XNA? Or Civ? Or… the CryEngine (my fav being an art snob, er, connoisseur). You guys gonna do some DS stuff, Raph?

]]> By: Alaihttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-128632 Alai Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:25:38 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-128632 Raph, you're making us all drool over this. I'm especially drooling as I see it as a simple game subsystem prototype engine - you write a test behavior, stick it on a virtual world, and iterate. Raph, you’re making us all drool over this. I’m especially drooling as I see it as a simple game subsystem prototype engine – you write a test behavior, stick it on a virtual world, and iterate.

]]> By: Over00http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-128623 Over00 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:51:39 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-128623 Probably the interview with the most "technical" info in it. Nice reading. Probably the interview with the most “technical” info in it. Nice reading.

]]> By: JuJutsuhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-128617 JuJutsu Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:33:53 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-128617 If someone from one of the case-oriented biz schools ever approaches you about writing up a case on Areae & Metaplace please agree; lots of tasty stuff for the MBAs there. If someone from one of the case-oriented biz schools ever approaches you about writing up a case on Areae & Metaplace please agree; lots of tasty stuff for the MBAs there.

]]> By: Nick Korandahttp://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-128615 Nick Koranda Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:22:52 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2007/10/11/the-mmo-gamer-metaplace-interview/#comment-128615 Raph, you mention in the interview that editing is done live. Will there be a sandbox (or "test server") feature available for the worlds so that changes can be tested before going "live"? Raph, you mention in the interview that editing is done live. Will there be a sandbox (or “test server”) feature available for the worlds so that changes can be tested before going “live”?

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