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	<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com</link>
	<description>A blog on virtual worlds, games, and digital content, from Matt Mihaly</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 02:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Warhammer 40k MMO by Neodaishi</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/03/01/warhammer-40k-mmo/#comment-63073</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Well, I might be looking at this a little biased, but if you compare races and traits - granted I'm pulling from the THQ's DoW and lore from the Black Library - the main focuses for 40K players is going to be imperium and chaos.  Now everyone is going to want to either play one or the other.  If the focal point is from that perspective, think about what other races you would need to compliment the two and give them balance.  I would gander a guess to the story and say the eye of terror is spilling out into the imperium at an exponential rate which gives the Chaos's forces their power.  Orcs, Chaos', and Dark Eldar (Dark Elves) feed from this power and grow with it.  Since it's a large group facing the &quot;non-warp&quot; planets, The imperium might have to look beyond their current &quot;Human's only&quot; Government and create a cease fire with other races... So who rival space marines?  Eldar are one and Tau are another whom aren't possessed by the warp.  Granted I'm basing this theory off &quot;infantry&quot; strengths.  Since this is an MMO, and character are in essence infantry.  So there is your 3 on 3 in my mind.

So the next question is, why not Imperial Guard, Adeptus Mechanicus, Necron, Sisters of battle, or tyranid?

Well, If you look at both tyranid and necron, both are autonomous entities that would kill everything in their paths, imho.  Adeptus Machanicus is in large a transportation and mechanized group primarily to serve the imperium, not necessarily fighting for it.  Imperial guard is like cannon fodder and it's hard for them to stand on par with a space marine, though the IG have taken on Chao's space marines and survived at a heavy cost. Sister's of Battle are fickle creature - but if Vigil games wants to keep the balance, they might add this one later if in an expansion.

Granted - this is my opinion and I would love conversation on this.  Again, I'm focusing on infantry here and how they might be paired from imperium to chaos.  

I'm hoping for a Space Marine Librarian class...

Adeptus Astartes my brothers!  Knowledge is power and guard it well!

Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I might be looking at this a little biased, but if you compare races and traits - granted I&#8217;m pulling from the THQ&#8217;s DoW and lore from the Black Library - the main focuses for 40K players is going to be imperium and chaos.  Now everyone is going to want to either play one or the other.  If the focal point is from that perspective, think about what other races you would need to compliment the two and give them balance.  I would gander a guess to the story and say the eye of terror is spilling out into the imperium at an exponential rate which gives the Chaos&#8217;s forces their power.  Orcs, Chaos&#8217;, and Dark Eldar (Dark Elves) feed from this power and grow with it.  Since it&#8217;s a large group facing the &#8220;non-warp&#8221; planets, The imperium might have to look beyond their current &#8220;Human&#8217;s only&#8221; Government and create a cease fire with other races&#8230; So who rival space marines?  Eldar are one and Tau are another whom aren&#8217;t possessed by the warp.  Granted I&#8217;m basing this theory off &#8220;infantry&#8221; strengths.  Since this is an MMO, and character are in essence infantry.  So there is your 3 on 3 in my mind.</p>
<p>So the next question is, why not Imperial Guard, Adeptus Mechanicus, Necron, Sisters of battle, or tyranid?</p>
<p>Well, If you look at both tyranid and necron, both are autonomous entities that would kill everything in their paths, imho.  Adeptus Machanicus is in large a transportation and mechanized group primarily to serve the imperium, not necessarily fighting for it.  Imperial guard is like cannon fodder and it&#8217;s hard for them to stand on par with a space marine, though the IG have taken on Chao&#8217;s space marines and survived at a heavy cost. Sister&#8217;s of Battle are fickle creature - but if Vigil games wants to keep the balance, they might add this one later if in an expansion.</p>
<p>Granted - this is my opinion and I would love conversation on this.  Again, I&#8217;m focusing on infantry here and how they might be paired from imperium to chaos.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m hoping for a Space Marine Librarian class&#8230;</p>
<p>Adeptus Astartes my brothers!  Knowledge is power and guard it well!</p>
<p>Thanks!
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		<title>Comment on Warhammer 40k MMO by Playelf</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/03/01/warhammer-40k-mmo/#comment-63069</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>On the question of balance; 40k Space Marines arn't thrown out into the field after six weeks of boot camp as is. They spend maaaany years establishing themselves as credible warriors so that the chapters take an interest; then they're inducted into trials, the very best of the best will survive. Then they're implanted with gene-seeds and spend decades fighting as Scouts before they finally become your 'bog standard Space Marine'.
Given that, it comes down to level; average space marine is level 40.
Average Guardsman is level 10.
As for the balance being taken by Dawn of War players; the tabletop edition was liberaly re-interpreted for the purposes of that game there's no reason that a 40k MMO can't adjust them differently for it's needs.

No balance issues at all. It's all just relative.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the question of balance; 40k Space Marines arn&#8217;t thrown out into the field after six weeks of boot camp as is. They spend maaaany years establishing themselves as credible warriors so that the chapters take an interest; then they&#8217;re inducted into trials, the very best of the best will survive. Then they&#8217;re implanted with gene-seeds and spend decades fighting as Scouts before they finally become your &#8216;bog standard Space Marine&#8217;.<br />
Given that, it comes down to level; average space marine is level 40.<br />
Average Guardsman is level 10.<br />
As for the balance being taken by Dawn of War players; the tabletop edition was liberaly re-interpreted for the purposes of that game there&#8217;s no reason that a 40k MMO can&#8217;t adjust them differently for it&#8217;s needs.</p>
<p>No balance issues at all. It&#8217;s all just relative.
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		<title>Comment on Will Runescape break 1 million subscribers? by jardel</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/19/will-runescape-break-1-million-subscribers/#comment-63042</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/07/19/will-runescape-break-1-million-subscribers/#comment-63042</guid>
					<description>rune scape isn't the same because they changed it they took away wildy and good trading process i realy want wildy back</description>
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		<title>Comment on More Second Life Nonsense by Kagehi</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/11/10/more-second-life-nonsense/#comment-62962</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 02:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/11/10/more-second-life-nonsense/#comment-62962</guid>
					<description>Like to throw in my two cents...

1) I figured, based on the horrible &quot;popular&quot; list and the like, that I might as well look around at some of these sex &quot;hot spots&quot;... I found exactly *1* that was populated with any significant number of people, and most of those where guys. The rest, 95% where human form, 3% where some sort of bot/camper in some lame area, and 2% where just wandering around, but not doing much. I had to really ***look*** to find places that actual SL people did actual SL sex in, and I still only found 3-4 sims that both cater to it, are not a tiny number of Gorian areas, and people actually can be found in. Where ever the image above came from... Its no place I have been. lol

2) Not everyone can design/script well, if at all, so there is &quot;some&quot; legitimate annoyance at how much you have to spend to get good quality items. If you plan to involve yourself in combat systems, RP, etc. you need DCS equipment, or some variation, and its not trivial to get that by making it. However, I am using flexi hair and legs from one furry vender, with a free flexy tail, and a free everything else. So, you can get &quot;free&quot; even for furry stuff. Its just not always going to be exactly perfect for what you want (imho, too much of the designs are almost as plasticky as the stupid furry head and tail you start with).

My real gripes have jack to do with the stuff that people here, who spent 1-2 days wandering around the botted high-profile, garbage heaps of SL, if they bothered spending that long, saw, but that a) you its damn hard to find stuff beyond that initially, b) the stuff you can find is... not that impressive (sorry Linden, your &quot;see this&quot; list of things you hand out stinks, and some of it isn't even accurate) and c) Too many groups that have some sort of RP are either over restrictive on character types, over bearing in their &quot;theme&quot;, too narrow in that theme for all but very narrow groups of people to have an interest, or too &quot;combat&quot; oriented.

I have yet to find one that fits my vision of things, and I have looked every place from the so called elven empires to CARP (though not seriously in the later case as an RP place). The only one so far I didn't get told &quot;at the door&quot; that I would have to become something else, besides a fox, or conform to some silly sub-group, because their combat/rule system only allowed X, Y or Z, and if you look even a little like Z, you *are* Z, has ironically been the Arizona Tombstone area. I don't doubt I will get grumbled at staying as I am if I apply, but I am going to try for a sort of &quot;fox/coyote&quot; persona, complete with script to magically change everything from my clothes to my weapons, while hidden in a dust devil. I mean, they have Indians, I don't see why I can't become the local &quot;Indian legend&quot;. lol And, how the heck hard should it be for someone to RP that they can't &quot;tell&quot; I am a fox until I do something to trick them, or the like?

Its an idea, and the best I can manage so far, in an environment I wouldn't mind spending time in, instead of under the thumb of some horrible set of rules that don't just limit what I am, or deny it, but force it to be something else. Until someone comes up with a better option...

In any case, some people here need to get their immature heads out of their tails and ask themselves if maybe their &quot;bad&quot; experience didn't have more to do with their attitudes and how they &quot;looked&quot; at, for, and around the world, not the world itself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like to throw in my two cents&#8230;</p>
<p>1) I figured, based on the horrible &#8220;popular&#8221; list and the like, that I might as well look around at some of these sex &#8220;hot spots&#8221;&#8230; I found exactly *1* that was populated with any significant number of people, and most of those where guys. The rest, 95% where human form, 3% where some sort of bot/camper in some lame area, and 2% where just wandering around, but not doing much. I had to really ***look*** to find places that actual SL people did actual SL sex in, and I still only found 3-4 sims that both cater to it, are not a tiny number of Gorian areas, and people actually can be found in. Where ever the image above came from&#8230; Its no place I have been. lol</p>
<p>2) Not everyone can design/script well, if at all, so there is &#8220;some&#8221; legitimate annoyance at how much you have to spend to get good quality items. If you plan to involve yourself in combat systems, RP, etc. you need DCS equipment, or some variation, and its not trivial to get that by making it. However, I am using flexi hair and legs from one furry vender, with a free flexy tail, and a free everything else. So, you can get &#8220;free&#8221; even for furry stuff. Its just not always going to be exactly perfect for what you want (imho, too much of the designs are almost as plasticky as the stupid furry head and tail you start with).</p>
<p>My real gripes have jack to do with the stuff that people here, who spent 1-2 days wandering around the botted high-profile, garbage heaps of SL, if they bothered spending that long, saw, but that a) you its damn hard to find stuff beyond that initially, b) the stuff you can find is&#8230; not that impressive (sorry Linden, your &#8220;see this&#8221; list of things you hand out stinks, and some of it isn&#8217;t even accurate) and c) Too many groups that have some sort of RP are either over restrictive on character types, over bearing in their &#8220;theme&#8221;, too narrow in that theme for all but very narrow groups of people to have an interest, or too &#8220;combat&#8221; oriented.</p>
<p>I have yet to find one that fits my vision of things, and I have looked every place from the so called elven empires to CARP (though not seriously in the later case as an RP place). The only one so far I didn&#8217;t get told &#8220;at the door&#8221; that I would have to become something else, besides a fox, or conform to some silly sub-group, because their combat/rule system only allowed X, Y or Z, and if you look even a little like Z, you *are* Z, has ironically been the Arizona Tombstone area. I don&#8217;t doubt I will get grumbled at staying as I am if I apply, but I am going to try for a sort of &#8220;fox/coyote&#8221; persona, complete with script to magically change everything from my clothes to my weapons, while hidden in a dust devil. I mean, they have Indians, I don&#8217;t see why I can&#8217;t become the local &#8220;Indian legend&#8221;. lol And, how the heck hard should it be for someone to RP that they can&#8217;t &#8220;tell&#8221; I am a fox until I do something to trick them, or the like?</p>
<p>Its an idea, and the best I can manage so far, in an environment I wouldn&#8217;t mind spending time in, instead of under the thumb of some horrible set of rules that don&#8217;t just limit what I am, or deny it, but force it to be something else. Until someone comes up with a better option&#8230;</p>
<p>In any case, some people here need to get their immature heads out of their tails and ask themselves if maybe their &#8220;bad&#8221; experience didn&#8217;t have more to do with their attitudes and how they &#8220;looked&#8221; at, for, and around the world, not the world itself.
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		<title>Comment on Sherwood RPG by Alpha</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/06/24/sherwood-rpg/#comment-62456</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 02:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Hi. Please join my Sherwood site...we have tons of sherwood stuff on it!!!!

Come on! http://swdcheats.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi. Please join my Sherwood site&#8230;we have tons of sherwood stuff on it!!!!</p>
<p>Come on! <a href='http://swdcheats.com' rel='nofollow'>http://swdcheats.com</a>
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		<title>Comment on The Forge Gets Takedown Request From Jagex by henry</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/11/19/159/#comment-62416</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>jagex is a noob lol if u wanna start this boycott send me a email lol to henrylatino1127@yahoo.com ye aim willling to ban eevr acc i make to start this if u are 2 join me im so ready to destroy jagex.my acc gto ban now its my turn to get there ass ban.if jage xdeost give more chanses ima fly all the way to the uk and find were ur ass live and fuck u up asshole.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>jagex is a noob lol if u wanna start this boycott send me a email lol to <a href="mailto:henrylatino1127@yahoo.com">henrylatino1127@yahoo.com</a> ye aim willling to ban eevr acc i make to start this if u are 2 join me im so ready to destroy jagex.my acc gto ban now its my turn to get there ass ban.if jage xdeost give more chanses ima fly all the way to the uk and find were ur ass live and fuck u up asshole.
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		<title>Comment on Virtual Marriage and Minors by chloe</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/12/virtual-marriage-and-minors/#comment-61889</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>you shouldn't have to pay for habbo credits</description>
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		<title>Comment on Virtual Marriage and Minors by chloe</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/12/virtual-marriage-and-minors/#comment-61888</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>u shodnt have to pay for habbo credits</description>
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		<title>Comment on Guitar Hero 2 Downloadable Songs by Brad</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2007/04/11/guitar-hero-2-downloadable-songs/#comment-61854</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Cool</description>
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		<title>Comment on Viva Pi&#241ata! by kisseylalagirl</title>
		<link>http://forge.ironrealms.com/2006/12/10/viva-pi241ata/#comment-61404</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>cool</description>
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