Comments on One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's HowTypePad2014-01-28T21:46:50ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2014/01/eve-onlines-largest-battle-ever/comments/atom.xml/Mom news commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01b7c7b1c01d970b2015-07-21T07:56:22Z2015-07-21T07:56:22ZMom newshttp://Www.mmolist.comThe future of mmo games maybe in trouble after celular phones, there are mmo sites like www.mmolist.com that list most...<p>The future of mmo games maybe in trouble after celular phones, there are mmo sites like www.mmolist.com that list most of this games but, only the future will tell...</p>eve player commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01a511666303970c2014-02-07T05:03:22Z2014-02-07T05:03:22Zeve playerI was there!<p>I was there!</p>Ciaran Laval commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01a5115f5885970c2014-01-30T19:10:40Z2014-01-30T19:10:40ZCiaran Lavalhttp://sl.governormarley.com/@Pussycat Catnap "Many here pay tier into SL, so we get that video games can cost... but this just seems...<p>@Pussycat Catnap "Many here pay tier into SL, so we get that video games can cost... but this just seems like a problem that you have to be in a certain world of privilege in order to have..."</p>
<p>If you want to make a comparison then be fair. Let's take that tier for a new Island and one year's worth of use. USD$1,000 setup and USD$295 a month.</p>
<p>The sim lasts, let's say, one year. That's USD$4,245 lost. Maybe this happens to 100 sims in a year, that's USD$424,500 gone.</p>
<p>That's without counting the costs incurred for the content on land and the monies spent by residents.</p>
<p>Your point about this being a whole different level of privilege really doesn't stand up to scrutiny when you bring Second Life into the discussion.</p>Pussycat Catnap commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01a3fcafc3cd970b2014-01-30T17:45:57Z2014-01-30T17:45:58ZPussycat Catnaphttp://profile.typepad.com/catnapkittywordpresscom"If you thought the recurring Second Life drama show was something, it's nothing compared to the drama queens of EVE....<p>"If you thought the recurring Second Life drama show was something, it's nothing compared to the drama queens of EVE. Same dynamic, galactic scale."</p>
<p>Which is funny as from what I've read EVE is the most male-dominant online game out there. Though LOLs might be worse...</p>
<p>So the notion that 'drama' is 'women gossip / catfighting' slams into a hard wall of facts with things like EVE and LOL. :)</p>Arcadia Codesmith commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01a73d6aa67e970d2014-01-30T14:56:12Z2014-01-30T14:56:12ZArcadia CodesmithIf you thought the recurring Second Life drama show was something, it's nothing compared to the drama queens of EVE....<p>If you thought the recurring Second Life drama show was something, it's nothing compared to the drama queens of EVE. Same dynamic, galactic scale.</p>
<p>I enjoyed the game for the time I played, but the epic metagame is too rich for my blood. Even if you don't have real money in it, the amount of sweat equity some players put in is mind-boggling. </p>Kirstenlee commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01a3fcaf2444970b2014-01-30T00:08:13Z2014-01-30T00:08:13ZKirstenleeEpic stuff I predict some MASSIVE butthurt in the morning :D<p>Epic stuff I predict some MASSIVE butthurt in the morning :D</p>Pussycat Catnap commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01a5115e7e45970c2014-01-29T20:28:06Z2014-01-29T20:28:08ZPussycat Catnaphttp://profile.typepad.com/catnapkittywordpresscomAnother more "Conservative-Correct" way of stating it is: First Worlder Problem. These folks have all that wealth and the privilege...<p>Another more "Conservative-Correct" way of stating it is: First Worlder Problem.</p>
<p>These folks have all that wealth and the privilege to be able to throw it around in this manner - and that's not something most of humanity could even dream about caring about.<br />
</p>Iggy commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01a73d69ee21970d2014-01-29T18:35:49Z2014-01-29T18:35:49ZIggyhttp://iggyo.blogspot.comYou want to play a war game, you face the prospect of losing. Nice thing about the 40-year-old war games...<p>You want to play a war game, you face the prospect of losing. Nice thing about the 40-year-old war games I play? After a good drubbing, both sides put up the Avalon-Hill counters, fold the map board, and plot our revenge for the next Operation Barbarossa or Battle of Midway, over beers.</p>
<p>But over $3K for a bunch of pixels that go up in a space battle? </p>
<p>Pussycat is right on in quoting the Times commenter about this being a "white people problem." I'll stick to rolling dice and pushing stacks of old cardboard around Guadalcanal.<br />
</p>Pussycat Catnap commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01a5115e4f24970c2014-01-29T17:03:42Z2014-01-29T17:03:45ZPussycat Catnaphttp://profile.typepad.com/catnapkittywordpresscomI agree with a comment I saw on one the washingtonpost about this, that got removed: "White people problems" The...<p>I agree with a comment I saw on one the washingtonpost about this, that got removed:</p>
<p>"White people problems"</p>
<p>The context for which:<br />
Many here pay tier into SL, so we get that video games can cost... but this just seems like a problem that you have to be in a certain world of privilege in order to have...</p>
<p>But basically, those collective masses paid their $300k - $500k (WP says it was $500k) as an entertainment fee over time and collectively - and now they've been served their entertainment piece.</p>
<p>(That's how I approach what I buy in SL too - a transitory fee to be entertained, as whether or not I think I own it, its all going away the day SL closes... so in fact I don't own a bit of it.)<br />
- which is a problem to have, that a person from my roots having is very rare.</p>Wolf Baginski commented on 'One of the Biggest Battles in MMO History Cost Participants $300K in Real Money -- Here's How'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01a73d697918970d2014-01-29T08:14:31Z2014-01-29T11:04:51ZWolf BaginskiA similar huge battle happened a few years ago. I don't think it was this big. They said nobody would...<p>A similar huge battle happened a few years ago.</p>
<p>I don't think it was this big. They said nobody would risk war because of the expense in 1914 Europe. Not a big war.</p>
<p>They were wrong.</p>