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trumps gross taste is still better than the abomination that was limbaughs apartment
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Jul 11, 2017 14:46
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 it's like garriot wanted alien looking elves a la the elder scrolls and his hack artists ended up putting pointing ears on grey aliens
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Jul 12, 2017 01:34
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pointy ears and tits, add some shiny grease and it's a skyrim mod
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Are some of the lots not "tax free"? Is the lot tax real money or in game currency?
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Any deed obtained through the game instead of the kickstarter is taxed. It's taxed in gold, the in-game currency. It's basically there to ensure you can't hold onto your spot unless you keep playing regularly, but such a massive amount of tax-free lots were thrown out via the kickstarter with no mechanism for removing deeds that haven't been touched I imagine that the majority of the half-decent spots in the world are still currently occupied by abandoned houses.
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iminers posted:Theyve raised a hefty $187,057 out of the 2 million they need if im reading the seedinvest page correctly. Gariott could fund this thing pretty easily, if he wanted. $20mm USD is not much of his estimated net worth. When you consider that he's trying to attract investors with "everything is fine and dandy I promise" it is very very telling that he won't fund a significant portion himself. Unless he already has, in which case they should be crowing about that.
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Thursday Next posted:Gariott could fund this thing pretty easily, if he wanted. $20mm USD is not much of his estimated net worth. If Garriot is smart he wont use his money to fund this. I saw he's selling a house in texas for something like 35 million or so. Makes me wonder if he's gonna use that money to keep this game alive or what.
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iminers posted:If Garriot is smart he wont use his money to fund this. He's not dumb enough to back this.
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Ok so in 2011 he listed his Austin home for $4.1 million so that he could build "an even more lavish Texas castle." Then 2 years later, the asking price for Austinhouse went down to $3.5 million. A year after that it got sold to some shmuck, for who knows how much, but Zillow has it pegged at ~$1.5 million, and realtor.com has it at ~$1.2 million, down from about $1.8 since its last listing in 2014 (so presumably this is around what it sold for???). Now I guess the lavish Texas castle is being listed for $45 million? He's selling it so that he can "buy a smaller property in Austin". Like the one he sold a couple years ago... 
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Jul 12, 2017 04:44
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"...and his children, Kinga and Ronin." Goddamn what a childhood that must have been/will be.
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Percelus posted:britannia manor sounds like it's in a contest with trump tower to be the most tasteless estate in the 5 boroughs I like to think that his doorbell plays the Ultima theme song Stones when you press it.
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Jul 13, 2017 07:55
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Actually when press the button Iolo comes out of a side door and plays the song on his lute.
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stones is legit rad though and gives me nostalgia and feels.
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Hmm http://www.gamasutra.com/view/press...ming_Tokens.php
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Jul 20, 2017 20:51
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doa game finds partner in neverdie :-/
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Initially I thought he joined forced with Ico, as in, the developers of the game Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Needless to say, that was confusing.
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Jul 20, 2017 22:43
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So the guy who spent several hundred k on a in game asset has partnered with garriot to make ultima online... but with bitcoin!
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Jul 21, 2017 00:58
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Just when I thought this whole scam couldnt make any less sense, it somehow becomes even more nonsensical.
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Jul 21, 2017 01:16
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Meanwhile, in Lum's cubicle, 
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As if he's still showing up for work at this point. I doubt anyone over at the development house really gives a poo poo at this point.
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The "game" only exists to milk whales at this point, and now bitcoin too? What a sad end to Garriott's legacy and career.
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I think they lost sight of making an actual game a long time ago. Now it's more like some weird fantasy version of second life. And they're partnering up with a company owned by a guy who was apparently crowned "President of Virtual Reality" (looool) and is supposedly internet famous for a virtual nightclub or something. When I think of it that way, it makes sense that they would focus on selling status items and eyeburning outfits that don't even fit into the original world they (at one time) were creating. Making people believe they will have some sort of stake in the company and selling them Neverlol coins is just another way to monetize that crowd. Yeah, a real Ultima successor.
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Jul 22, 2017 03:58
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He came from entropy online which is second life but everything costs thousands of dollars
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clone on the phone posted:The "game" only exists to milk whales at this point, and now bitcoin too? What a sad end to Garriott's legacy and career. I doubt this is a big enough fiasco to even put a dent in Garriott's reputation. Hell take a vacation somewhere then be back with a new product to hype in a few years.
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you think? this seems like a lark more than anything else. i imagine he'll peace out at some point and go chill with his hillbot wife and renfaire-themed kiddos
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Nah, next time he needs to fund a move to NYC or getting shot into space or some other expensive thing he wants to do I bet hell suddenly find some inspiration for a new MMO.
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Agree. And if it's not his own idea, he'll pull another NCSoft and get his reputation bought out by some up and coming developer, then peace out on them when things fall apart.
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Soup du Journey posted:you think? this seems like a lark more than anything else. i imagine he'll peace out at some point and go chill with his hillbot wife and renfaire-themed kiddos He just needs to do this. Retire and leave the MMO scene all together. He has way more than enough money to do this.
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Yeah, I wanted him to keep making games until I found out that UO was only good because EA kept him under control and vetoed his terrible ideas. Edit: Richard wanted the entire game to be trammel :0
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If Lum still works for this garbage, it's probably only to send his own robotic segway with a monitor on top of it around the office twice a day as well. Except instead of a monitor its a cutout of his face.
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yoloer420 posted:Yeah, I wanted him to keep making games until I found out that UO was only good because EA kept him under control and vetoed his terrible ideas. You are gonna have to source that because I find it extremely hard to believe that the guy that lobbied hard for cannibalism to stay in the game wanted it to not even have pvp
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Givin posted:If Lum still works for this garbage, it's probably only to send his own robotic segway with a monitor on top of it around the office twice a day as well. Except instead of a monitor its a cutout of his face. I hope it has a little speech bubble with the phrase "I am taxing to victory!!!!!" attached.
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I bought $1000 of bitcoin when it was at $24. Should I cash out and invest in Britcoin?
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jabro posted:I bought $1000 of bitcoin when it was at $24. Should I cash out and invest in Britcoin? I did a market analysis of competitors and here's the data on Shroud: - bad
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Entoloma posted:I think they lost sight of making an actual game a long time ago. Now it's more like some weird fantasy version of second life. And they're partnering up with a company owned by a guy who was apparently crowned "President of Virtual Reality" (looool) and is supposedly internet famous for a virtual nightclub or something. When I think of it that way, it makes sense that they would focus on selling status items and eyeburning outfits that don't even fit into the original world they (at one time) were creating. Making people believe they will have some sort of stake in the company and selling them Neverlol coins is just another way to monetize that crowd. I'm starting to think Alexander De'Large is a lovely games canary. If he seems really excited about the project in whatever megathread gets genned up you stay for the comedy, not the game.
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See also the words "Spiritual successor to UO"
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