Ex-NCsoft Employees on Tabula Rasa's Demise2010-02-24 00:00:00pretty similar to Adam's, actually. I was considerably closer geographically, but not that much closer from a development perspective. To mirror Adam's "who is this guy and why is he pontificating, again?" bona fides, I...
[list]1. ...was a designer on another, smaller project at NCsoft Austin's office (hired as
system designer, eventually promoted to lead designer)
2. ...wasn't on the TR dev team
3. ...am not much for FPS games, am pretty sad at them, and usually die horribly in Team Fortress 2
4. ...used that as an excuse for staying as far away from TR discussions as possible
5. ...it was a pretty weak excuse, yeah.
6. ...was on the same mailing lists Adam was (save the cool management ones he was privy to, which...
World of Warcraft: PvP Panel Discussion2009-10-24 00:00:00now getting into the game.
Cave Defense? Nerfed!
Players abusing honor gains by going AFK in Alterac Valley is one of the biggest issues in WoW PvP today. Blizzard plans to address this problem by implementing an abuse reporting
system for Alterac Valley, where players will be able to submit a cave defender's name to an automated
system. Once enough players report someone, that person will gain a debuff that will put them on a...
Arenas to be reset2009-04-13 00:00:00rating
system which, similar to the Wintergrasp brouhaha, created disastrous results. Many teams skyrocketed to 2200 ratings, with wins garnering up to 30 points and losses ...
