http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/02/involving-fans/ A blog on virtual worlds, games, and digital content, from Matt Mihaly Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:34:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/02/involving-fans/#comment-13129 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:12:04 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/02/involving-fans/#comment-13129 [...] As I mentioned a week ago, I decided to hold a contest for Earth Eternal where we take submissions from users out of which we’ll pick the 14th race for Earth Eternal. We got a few hundred submissions and as I went through them realized that there were a lot of requests for reptiles and amphibians. There were also a few submissions for boars, and as any long-time player of Achaea knows, I love boars. There’s an 800 pound big black boar roaming around the Saoghal Valley that is loyal to me, in fact. Even though I’m not really visibly active in Achaea any more (though I’m there a lot invisible to all but the producers), woe be to the player that slays my boar! He’s even item/NPC #17, which is my favorite number. (All items/NPCs have a number unique to themselves in our and many other text MUDs.) [...] […] As I mentioned a week ago, I decided to hold a contest for Earth Eternal where we take submissions from users out of which we’ll pick the 14th race for Earth Eternal. We got a few hundred submissions and as I went through them realized that there were a lot of requests for reptiles and amphibians. There were also a few submissions for boars, and as any long-time player of Achaea knows, I love boars. There’s an 800 pound big black boar roaming around the Saoghal Valley that is loyal to me, in fact. Even though I’m not really visibly active in Achaea any more (though I’m there a lot invisible to all but the producers), woe be to the player that slays my boar! He’s even item/NPC #17, which is my favorite number. (All items/NPCs have a number unique to themselves in our and many other text MUDs.) […]

]]> http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/02/involving-fans/#comment-12744 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:55:21 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/02/involving-fans/#comment-12744 I still say Phallusmang is the sure winner. :P I still say Phallusmang is the sure winner.

]]> http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/02/involving-fans/#comment-12544 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:03:22 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/02/involving-fans/#comment-12544 [...] Fans Involving Fans:“ [...] […] Fans Involving Fans:“ […]

]]> http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/02/involving-fans/#comment-12526 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:47:06 +0000 http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/02/involving-fans/#comment-12526 We did try to get future players involved with the creation of the game in Ilyrias (through the forums) and the results were awesome. There's so many things a creative team can come up with, and players often give a fresher aproach to some subjects we lacked, or totally new ideas for mechanics that we didn't though about but fit the game very well. The only problem was sometimes having to say "No" due to coding limitations, or because there's not a computer fast enough to do some processing without the game lagging like crazy :) We did try to get future players involved with the creation of the game in Ilyrias (through the forums) and the results were awesome. There’s so many things a creative team can come up with, and players often give a fresher aproach to some subjects we lacked, or totally new ideas for mechanics that we didn’t though about but fit the game very well. The only problem was sometimes having to say “No” due to coding limitations, or because there’s not a computer fast enough to do some processing without the game lagging like crazy

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