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A new reign begins on the GW Amp site today. A new herald of the Site Manager title has been chosen and his name is Wyat_Hawke.
For those unaware, outstanding staffer/member Kanna recently stepped down as Site Manager for the site. In his departure, a new SM was sought to fill in the void. Kanna will be missed as staffer but I am pretty sure he isn't completely leaving the site. I would like to be one of the first to thank him for his time and effort he placed into the site on a daily basis. Also please give congratulations to Wyat in his new position for the site.
With Wyat taking over as SM, we are considering opening up to take on new staffers. Stay tuned for news on seeking out site assistance. If anyone has any questions feel free to contact Wyat or myself.
Stay tuned to Gameamp.com for more news on Guild Wars.
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Game Update 45 is coming soon and looks to have something for everyone. Will start with Coercers and Warlocks no longer needing spell componnents like thoughtstones. Weaponsmiths and Woodworkers will have see some dramatic and welcome overhauls to crafting. You will now be able to share things with your evil alts and revel in additional bank slots. Now even quests that no longer reward you with adventure experience due to being too low level may still give you Achievement XP. Priest classes may have some heals combined to cure multiple afflictions.
Finally some high level monsters corpse and chests will have the decay time increased to give additional time to loot.
Read more about all the goodies this update will bring by visiting Game Update 45 Sneak Peek.
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If you play any SOE games right now or just want to have some fun in Vegas plan to check out the SOE Fan Faire between August 14th through the 17th. Meet fellow gamers, participate in live events, banquests, developer forums, and sneak peeks at things to come. Bring friends and plan on having a great time with other gamers. Passes will gon on sale later this spring and Lodging can be booked at the Las Vegas Hilton at the discounted rate of $139 per night.
More details can be seen at Fan Faire 2008
Check back here for more details as they become available.
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We all know that in-game Gold is sold for Real Money in a process called RMT. We know it because we get tells in-game from seller accounts and because we sometimes (think we can) see the farming accounts at work in our beloved game.
That there is a market for in-game gold can not be doubted once one looks at Google's WOW Guide WOW GOLD trend analysis. Some go as far as to compare the phenomenon to prostitution, claiming it's the unsavory elements around it that are the problem, not the "service" itself.
Game Security blogger Play no Evil got some statistics straight from the monster's mouth. IGE has been busy tearing itself to shreds so was unavailable for comparable figures.
The article is an interesting read, showing some interesting tidbits like WOW-EU gold being persistently cheaper than WOW-US Gold. Could it be that Blizzard patrols the EU servers less fanatically or is it to do with time-zones, the proverbial Chinese Farmer doesn't have to wait nearly a day for the US market to wake up before offloading the hot goods. Some of the comments are even better. Truly showing how complex and diverse this issue really is.
Read and discuss.
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Strictly speaking this isn't news, since this item is about two decades into the past and one decade into the future.
The first is a Visual Histroy of MMORPGs (first part) hosted at Massively.com which shows a nice overview of the genre, starting with the first MUD, created by Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw back in 1978 (told you it was two decades) up to around the time Everquest hits the scene in 1999. Presumably, that will get a viewing in part2. But for a quick timeline of that classic, check here.
But this is all preface for Richard Bartle's (who is indeed the same Bartle as from the famous Bartle Test which many Developers still use to define players by) Keynote speech at IMGDC 2008, in which he sets out three brilliant though sometimes scary visions of how MMORPG's will evolve in the next ten years or so.
Best of all, he posted his Slides online!
I would invite you all to look at the pretty pictures by Massively and then read through Richard Bartle's Slides, if only to find out how he managed to link MMORPG's to two of the best things to come out of the seventies, namely the Muppets and Debbie Harry.
Once you're done, I'd like you to share your thoughts on the past and future of MMORPGs here.
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EA Mythic brought saddening news earlier this week when they announced a fall launch, showing once and for all that a release set in mud can still easily slip.
But since that sad day, Mythic's been making up for it with a sleuth of items that hitherto had only been hinted at. They accomplished this by means of letting a TTH crew film just about everything they had tape for during a visit to the Mythic offices.
Here's the list:
“Tech is as deep as plastic. Game play is forever!”
In another part of the world, we learn that EU Open beta this summer will be guaranteed for the 55,000 people who will be pre-ordering the Collector's Edition. The rest will presumably be drawing straws.
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Well, we've got no-one to blame for this but ourselves.
We did ask for this after all. Thanks to the valiant efforts of our Developers, you are now only a click (or two if you miss-click like me) away from seeing which of your site's staff-members are online at the moment.
For example:
So if you need a staffer, and need one NOW, that's the place to check who to PM. In emergency situations, you can also use the staff page of other network sites. You can easily navigate by means of the pull-down menu at the top right of every page. The four mentioned sites are the most active though. A link to the Staff page is always provided in the left column as part of the box labeled "Gameamp", usually at the bottom.
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There has been a recent outbreak of new strain of Private Message scams to hit the Gameamp Network. It can be from any user, but the basic message is that something tragic has happened to the user and they need your help in retrieving funds.
If you receive one of these types of PMs in your box, please notify the closest staffer and include any and all pertinent information, such as username who sent the PM, the contents of the PM, and anything else you might feel they would need to know. In order to make this scam seem more legitimate, the user will include what looks to be their real identity and email address in the body of the message. Please do not be fooled by this tactic.
The staff here at Gameamp wants you to know that this kind of behavior is severely frowned upon and will not be tolerated. We would like to keep this site as friendly and family oriented as possible and need your help in keeping it that way.
Thank you for your time and attention.
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Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, according to Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games.
Gygax designed the original D&D game with Dave Arneson in 1974, and went on to create the Dangerous Journeys and Lejendary Adventure RPGs, as well as a number of board games. He also wrote several fantasy novels.
"I don't think I've really grokked it yet," said Mike Mearls, the lead developer of the upcoming 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. "He was like the cool uncle that every gamer had. He shaped an entire generation of gamers."
Whole article at: WIRED
The father of D&D the game that spawned, well everything from P&P RPG to the MMORPG's of today.
As reported by Shepard in this thread
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For those of you that are fans of Podcasts, SOE has posted Podcast #29 that features a rare interview with the folks from the Q & A team and with all the new stuff tied to the SOE current offerings as well as games to come. Visit the SOE Podcast site.
SOE is also offering interships now. What a great chance to join the MMO industry. Several part time paid positions are available and run 9 weeks. This is an invaluable opportunity to grow both professionally and personally and undoubtly have a great time. For all the details go to SOE career opportunities and fill out an application. For a bit more detail check out this story at the official EQ2 players site.
Fans of the Legends of Norrath card game will not want ot miss out on the chance to win free cards. Visit Win Win Erollisi Contest site to learn about how your creative talents can earn LON packs. Good luck folks!
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