Why are we getting rid of competition in the world? people are saying kids shouldn't be called winners or losers in sports and i am left to say why not? There are winners and losers everyday in lives and all that competition does it make the people who lose try harder.
No one wants to lose but even if people try and get rid of it there will still be competition. You know why? because there is people like me who will go to sports games and i will keep track of the score and when the game is over i will yell it. If a team scores 11 goals and the other team scores 0 well its kind of obvious who won.
Just like in video games there needs to be competition. Instances need to be done with, you need to be able to race for the boss not this pre-set raid time because you will just enter an instance. Competition makes everyone better and if you don't like competition than you are a loser.
Sunday 16 October 2011
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Everquest 1 emulator
Everquest is a game we all should be familiar with; It is a game that helped bring MMOs( massively multplayer online) to where they are today. The game was made by a developer who was known to be on a cocaine binge most of the time the game was being made but i guess that help explains how the game got to be where it is today.
Everquest was released to gamers in 1999 and is still being played today. There are live servers which are servers hosted by SOE and has up to 17 expansions right now enabled and there are servers hosted on emulators. If you are on the internet reading this you know what emulators are so i will just save some time and not explain them but i will explain some things you may want to know.
You may be an Everquest 1 fan sitting there hoping for a game to come along and grab your fancy or you could not have heard of it until now but it is possible to play Everquest 1 right now for free. A website that can be found at http://www.eqemulator.org/ allows individuals to play the game that they loved for free. There you will be able to find information on servers, files needed and walkthroughs on how to get the gaming going.
To save you some time searching if you are after a server that replicates Everquest 1 servers you will want to go to www.project1999.org it does its best to duplicates live. All things found on the server is based off the knowledge of the developers and its community, if a person finds information elsewhere that shows the server to have false information then it gets changed. The main people behind this server are known as Rogean and Nilbog these two do an amazing job at tracking down hackers as well. Recently over 300 accounts were banned for using programs like macroquest and showeq. Multi-boxing is also not allowed so you are forced to group with others.
Another server is the EZserver which has a website at www.ezserveronline.com . Now this server is the exact opposite of project1999 it has content that was developed by the host of the server and does not follow live at all. There are raids but most just multi-box 12 characters or more to advance through everything. Instances are also on this server so you are not waiting for mobs and allows for you to use your time doing what you want to do.
There are numerous other servers that you are able to choose from also if none of these strike your fancy, solo servers included. If you need any help at all setting up the emulator or any questions just leave a comment.
Everquest was released to gamers in 1999 and is still being played today. There are live servers which are servers hosted by SOE and has up to 17 expansions right now enabled and there are servers hosted on emulators. If you are on the internet reading this you know what emulators are so i will just save some time and not explain them but i will explain some things you may want to know.
You may be an Everquest 1 fan sitting there hoping for a game to come along and grab your fancy or you could not have heard of it until now but it is possible to play Everquest 1 right now for free. A website that can be found at http://www.eqemulator.org/ allows individuals to play the game that they loved for free. There you will be able to find information on servers, files needed and walkthroughs on how to get the gaming going.
To save you some time searching if you are after a server that replicates Everquest 1 servers you will want to go to www.project1999.org it does its best to duplicates live. All things found on the server is based off the knowledge of the developers and its community, if a person finds information elsewhere that shows the server to have false information then it gets changed. The main people behind this server are known as Rogean and Nilbog these two do an amazing job at tracking down hackers as well. Recently over 300 accounts were banned for using programs like macroquest and showeq. Multi-boxing is also not allowed so you are forced to group with others.
Another server is the EZserver which has a website at www.ezserveronline.com . Now this server is the exact opposite of project1999 it has content that was developed by the host of the server and does not follow live at all. There are raids but most just multi-box 12 characters or more to advance through everything. Instances are also on this server so you are not waiting for mobs and allows for you to use your time doing what you want to do.
There are numerous other servers that you are able to choose from also if none of these strike your fancy, solo servers included. If you need any help at all setting up the emulator or any questions just leave a comment.
Saturday 8 October 2011
Gaming is getting easier?
Now hear me out before you get all mad because i am not calling gaming easy and that anyone is able to do it. People can pick up a game and play it yes but to be in the top raiding guilds or to win first person shooter matches it takes special people to be able to pull it off. Dedication to the game, to the people they are with and the skill to pull it off is what is needed.
Now what i am getting at by saying gaming is getting easier is the market is starting to go towards the casual gamers instead of the hardcore gamers. Remember Everquest 1? The game had raid mobs that were up once a week or the epic quests mobs that sometimes would not even spawn that week if it skipped its spawn. If a raid mob popped in Everquest 1 and there were other trackers in that zone in competing guilds you would be forced to race for the raid mob. If you messed up or died while clearing to it you are most likely losing that mob and forced to grab your corpses.
Even World of Warcraft is getting easier, yes it does take skill to do the fights but there is maybe one or two fights that are truly challenging. Most just involve moving out of the circle the boss puts on the ground or killing an add not really that hard at all. Now i'm not trying to take away anyone's accomplishments but i would like anyone to post how the game is getting harder. The raid's used to be 40 man raids now they are at 10 and 25 mans? half the difficulty of raiding is finding people who don't suck.
Games are being aimed more towards kids which nothing is wrong with it at all they can sell more that way but even shooters are getting bland. Shooters used to be glorious maps where you would be lucky if you saw it all and now they are call of duty black ops ( horrible game) and battlefield where there are way to many vehicles.
Games these days blech.
Now what i am getting at by saying gaming is getting easier is the market is starting to go towards the casual gamers instead of the hardcore gamers. Remember Everquest 1? The game had raid mobs that were up once a week or the epic quests mobs that sometimes would not even spawn that week if it skipped its spawn. If a raid mob popped in Everquest 1 and there were other trackers in that zone in competing guilds you would be forced to race for the raid mob. If you messed up or died while clearing to it you are most likely losing that mob and forced to grab your corpses.
Even World of Warcraft is getting easier, yes it does take skill to do the fights but there is maybe one or two fights that are truly challenging. Most just involve moving out of the circle the boss puts on the ground or killing an add not really that hard at all. Now i'm not trying to take away anyone's accomplishments but i would like anyone to post how the game is getting harder. The raid's used to be 40 man raids now they are at 10 and 25 mans? half the difficulty of raiding is finding people who don't suck.
Games are being aimed more towards kids which nothing is wrong with it at all they can sell more that way but even shooters are getting bland. Shooters used to be glorious maps where you would be lucky if you saw it all and now they are call of duty black ops ( horrible game) and battlefield where there are way to many vehicles.
Games these days blech.
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