Player Reputation

This post repeats and expands upon my comments to Amber Night‘s article, Why Player Rep Will Fail; her response to the third-party player reputation site, Playerep.com. Rep based on who considers you a friend Rep systems based on friends lists seem relatively fair. You don’t get to mark anyone down, just up. The people you … Read more

Beethoven Answers Your Questions

Today, regular correspondent and composer Ludwig von Beethoven answers your questions about his famous Ninth Symphony. When and where did you premiere your ninth symphony? We held the first performance on the seventh of May, 1824, at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna. I wasn’t sure it would be well received in Vienna – the whole city … Read more

RMT, Monopoly Style

Players Abel, Baker, Charlie and Dawn sit down for a friendly game of Monopoly. They each draw their starting money from the Bank. Baker gives a $20 bill to the banker and receives all the remaining $500 notes. Abel: Huh? What’s that all about? You can’t do that! Baker: Pfft. Sure, it’s technically against the … Read more

Comic-Con 2006

A line is the highest form of human organization. You can have a thousand people; ten thousand people; more — all doing what they’re doing, but tell them to form a line and *whomp*. Is there any position higher in the world than Head of the Line? Or more detested than the end of the … Read more

Deception: Who is Deceiving Who?

Though we didn’t get to go to the Comic Con yesterday, it did mean I was able to finish up the Deception quest to get my first Prismatic weapon from Nagafen as reward for taking care of Darathar’s threat. Turns out his anger over Lady Vox’s death and frustration at the Drakota for bringing a … Read more