D*C MMO, home of The SnarkCast» eve-online http://www.dc-mmo.org Home of the SnarkCast Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:24:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2009 grimthorn@dc-mmo.org (Grim and Netgoth) grimthorn@dc-mmo.org (Grim and Netgoth) posts 1440 http://www.fortheloveofgame.com/gfx/dcpodcastrssimg.jpg D*C MMO, home of The SnarkCast» eve-online http://www.dc-mmo.org 144 144 http://www.dc-mmo.org/feed/podcast SnarkCast - The Next Episode Catch up with Grimthorn and Netgoth as they snark on about all things MMO. Also including Dragon*Con MMO track news. DragonCon, mmo, mmorpg, informational, Dragon*Con, gamer, geek, snarky, NSFW Grim and Netgoth Grim and Netgoth grimthorn@dc-mmo.org no yes EVE is Pretty http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/07/eve-is-pretty/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/07/eve-is-pretty/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 16:34:25 +0000 Jhaer http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1751 EVE Online isn’t a game for everyone.  But if you haven’t checked it out in a while, you might not know they did a graphics upgrade.  EVE always looked pretty good for what it was: ships flying through space.  But now it is breathtaking.  Check this out, and make sure you switch to HD and go [...]]]> EVE Online isn’t a game for everyone.  But if you haven’t checked it out in a while, you might not know they did a graphics upgrade.  EVE always looked pretty good for what it was: ships flying through space.  But now it is breathtaking.  Check this out, and make sure you switch to HD and go full screen (you might need to actually go to YouTube to do so)…

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]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/07/eve-is-pretty/feed/ 0 Things that are just wrong… http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/01/things-that-are-just-wrong/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/01/things-that-are-just-wrong/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:38:07 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1139 Ok, I’m currently sitting here, listening to this audio sent from a friend of mine over at Certified Sound.  Listen to the whole thing if you can, the payoff at the end will make you smile.

This is audio of an EVE Online playing calling in to a phone [...]]]> Ok, I’m currently sitting here, listening to this audio sent from a friend of mine over at Certified Sound.  Listen to the whole thing if you can, the payoff at the end will make you smile.

This is audio of an EVE Online playing calling in to a phone sex line.

Enjoy.

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2010/01/things-that-are-just-wrong/feed/ 1 FORK! (Or: SnarkCast #6) http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/09/fork-or-snarkcast-6/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/09/fork-or-snarkcast-6/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:07:28 +0000 Krystalle Voecks http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1080 This week we start to settle back into a somewhat normal snarky schedule, covering both Dragon*Con MMO goodness and things going on in the MMO world. We also managed to catch a bit of news before everyone headed to AGDC this week (Austin Game Developer’s Conference) to discuss the state of the industry. Harrumph, harrumph, harrumph.

It [...]]]> This week we start to settle back into a somewhat normal snarky schedule, covering both Dragon*Con MMO goodness and things going on in the MMO world. We also managed to catch a bit of news before everyone headed to AGDC this week (Austin Game Developer’s Conference) to discuss the state of the industry. Harrumph, harrumph, harrumph.

It also looks like the new engineering is working nicely in terms of flipping these casts over faster. We’re going to aim for once a week, but we’d love to hear from you in regards to show times. Would you prefer SnarkCast be around 30 minutes, or is the current hour-long chunk good for you? Be sure to let us know in the comments!

Note: If the above audio is choppy for you, please consider downloading it to your local machine before listening. We’ve made the file significantly smaller than before, so it should come down pretty quickly.

As always, full show notes are after the break!

Here’s what we’re talkin’ ’bout this week, Willis.

Music comes from the remix artists over at OverClocked Remix, with the exception of the brief snip of organ “hold” music.

The specific songs used are:

Comments, hate-mail, proposals, or offers for lewd and lascivious housecleaning can be sent to podcast [at] dc [dash] mmo [dot] org. That is, if you’re into that kind of thing.

As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy!

- Krys

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/09/fork-or-snarkcast-6/feed/ 2 53:25 This week we start to settle back into a somewhat normal snarky schedule, covering both Dragon*Con MMO goodness and things going on in the MMO ... This week we start to settle back into a somewhat normal snarky schedule, covering both Dragon*Con MMO goodness and things going on in the MMO world. We also managed to catch a bit of news before everyone headed to AGDC this week (Austin Game Developer's Conference) to discuss the state of the industry. Harrumph, harrumph, harrumph. It also looks like the new engineering is working nicely in terms of flipping these casts over faster. We're going to aim for once a week, but we'd love to hear from you in regards to show times. Would you prefer SnarkCast be around 30 minutes, or is the current hour-long chunk good for you? Be sure to let us know in the comments! Note: If the above audio is choppy for you, please consider downloading it to your local machine before listening. We've made the file significantly smaller than before, so it should come down pretty quickly. As always, full show notes are after the break! Here's what we're talkin' 'bout this week, Willis. D*C stuffs, as always! Is MAG an MMO? http://www.massively.com/2009/09/15/the-daily-grind-is-mag-an-mmo/ Blogger sued by Evony for Defamation/Libel http://www.massively.com/2009/09/14/blogger-sued-by-evony-for-defamation-libel/ Get the FULL details after you've caught up at: http://www.bruceongames.com/ EVE Online council member steps down for insider trading http://www.massively.com/2009/09/08/eve-online-player-elected-council-rep-steps-down-in-wake-of-insi/ DDO goes F2P Fallen Earth goes into pre-launch early start release Beatles Rock Band just came out Music comes from the remix artists over at OverClocked Remix, with the exception of the brief snip of organ "hold" music. The specific songs used are: Ghetto Lee Lewis - Ultima Online "Create your Fantasy" remix djpretzel, Vigilante - Short Skirts (Tifa's Theme), Disc 2 "Dirge", Voices of the Lifestream FFVII remix project Wurlitzer organ music blurb "Nola" from VirtualOrgan.com. (Get your minds out of the gutter, people.) Comments, hate-mail, proposals, or offers for lewd and lascivious housecleaning can be sent to podcast [at] dc [dash] mmo [dot] org. That is, if you're into that kind of thing. As always, thanks for listening. Enjoy! - Krys D*C MMO, Podcast Grim and Netgoth no no Another year has come and gone – The 2009 DC*MMO Wrapup Post http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/09/another-year-has-come-and-gone-the-2009-dcmmo-wrapup-post/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/09/another-year-has-come-and-gone-the-2009-dcmmo-wrapup-post/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:03:50 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1069 Thanks so much to all of the fans who came out to see us at Dragon*Con this year.  We are still in the process of braindumping and writing “after action reports” so that we retain all of the information and lessons that we have learned at this year’s convention.  Some highlights.

We WTFPWNED! the old Thriller Dance [...]]]> Thanks so much to all of the fans who came out to see us at Dragon*Con this year.  We are still in the process of braindumping and writing “after action reports” so that we retain all of the information and lessons that we have learned at this year’s convention.  Some highlights.

We WTFPWNED! the old Thriller Dance record set at William & Mary (Bill and Buffy) University.  They had just over 200 people dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller.  Dragon*Con had over 900.

Comic-Con took the record for largest charity blood drive from us…briefly.  We retook the record with over 1900 units of blood donated.  DC*MMO’s own “Horde vs. Alliance” blood drive saw 250 donors step up and bleed for a good cause.  My most sincere thanks to everyone who gave. (even if it did make you a cheap drunk for the rest of the weekend… Don’t think we didn’t notice.)

50 panels and events on the MMO track this year, and hardly a “bomb scare” in the bunch.   Thank you to our guests and panelists for making this year’s DC*MMO track such a success.

Felicia Day is amazingly cool, and apparently had a really good time at Dragon*Con.  Thank you Felicia, and thank you fans for showing her a good time this year.  Felicia screened all of seasons 1 and 2 as well as the first episode of season 3 which debuted last week just before the convention started.

Thank you Funcom for throwing a killer party on Friday night!

Thank you Sony Online Entertainment for throwing a killer… well… all day Sunday!

Thank you CCP, Cartoon Network, Wardog Studios, Artix Entertainment, Hi-Rez Studios, Massively.com, and WoW.com for hosting excellent panels and events for us.  We look forward to working with you again next year.

Thank you, WoWTCGLoot.com, NCSoft, iZ3D,  and Turbine for donating prizes for us to give away this year.

Most of all, thank you to my staff of unpaid volunteers who busted their humps for me all year long in order to pull this weekend off.

My assistant directors, Trevor Legg and Krystalle Voecks.  I could not have done this without you two by my side to keep me sane and remind me of all of the things that could have slipped through the cracks.  Trevor’s ideas and ability to think creatively (I hate the term “outside the box”) and Krystalle’s organizational skills and industry knowledge were both absolutely essential to our success.  I thank you both.

To the rest of the gang, Michael McGreevy, Rafe Brox, Ian Wickenkamp (I didn’t forget you this year!!!), Jonna Crane, Doug Keller, Scott Blanks, Jay & Sheryl Sturrock, Sam Levine (Happy Birthday!) and all of the folks who stuck around and chipped in to help us even though they didn’t have to… You have my thanks, and that doesn’t even begin to cover it.  I put you guys through a pretty brutal wringer this year, and you all came through shining brightly.  Rest well, you have earned it.

Planning for Dragon*Con 2010 starts next week. :-)

-Grim

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/09/another-year-has-come-and-gone-the-2009-dcmmo-wrapup-post/feed/ 2 Oh, and another sign that we’re getting close… http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/oh-and-another-sign-that-were-getting-close/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/oh-and-another-sign-that-were-getting-close/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:42:51 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=1009 You may see this plastered somewhere around the convention.  When I tell you that we can always use creative talent, this is why.   I actually had to do this bit of [...]]]> You may see this plastered somewhere around the convention.  When I tell you that we can always use creative talent, this is why.   I actually had to do this bit of photoshoppery myself.

flyer_final_small

]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/08/oh-and-another-sign-that-were-getting-close/feed/ 3 SnarkCast #3: Return of the Snarkcast! http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/07/return-of-the-snarkcast/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/07/return-of-the-snarkcast/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:24:36 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=954 After a month off to tend to various injuries (Krys hurt her wrist, and Grim busted up his knee), Krys and Grim are back with another SnarkCast.  Everyone and everything is fair game for our snarktastic duo this time around.  If you, or the game you love, find yourselves in our cross-hairs, take solace in the [...]]]> After a month off to tend to various injuries (Krys hurt her wrist, and Grim busted up his knee), Krys and Grim are back with another SnarkCast.  Everyone and everything is fair game for our snarktastic duo this time around.  If you, or the game you love, find yourselves in our cross-hairs, take solace in the fact that you aren’t alone.  We snark because we love. (Except Gold Farmers, nobody likes those little idiots.)

In this week’s show, we snarkify (otherwise known as “show notes”):

(Opening music, courtesy of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, “Isis Unveiled”)
]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/07/return-of-the-snarkcast/feed/ 0 33:26 After a month off to tend to various injuries (Krys hurt her wrist, and Grim busted up his knee), Krys and Grim are back with ... After a month off to tend to various injuries (Krys hurt her wrist, and Grim busted up his knee), Krys and Grim are back with another SnarkCast.  Everyone and everything is fair game for our snarktastic duo this time around.  If you, or the game you love, find yourselves in our cross-hairs, take solace in the fact that you aren't alone.  We snark because we love. (Except Gold Farmers, nobody likes those little idiots.) In this week's show, we snarkify (otherwise known as "show notes"): E3 Booth Babes Underwear as Swag A "Stripper Game" News from Sony Online Entertainment Free Realms The Agency Hong Kong Shuffle Star Wars: The Old Republic Global Agenda Bogus "Awards" given at E3 DC*MMO takes a studio tour "Open All Night" demo at Dragon*Con Sony Fan Faire Star Wars Galaxies Zombies User-created content The Gungan Gun SOE's big party at Dragon*Con Blizzard No LAN play for Starcraft II What's Wrong With WoW? Special Interview w/Dr. Tran WoW Faction changes WoW may be an MMO with training wheels, but it serves an important purpose. EVE Online Yet another bank scam BoB is dead Age of Conan Huge upcoming patch "Fixing" stats and itemization Problems with questing in AoC Warhammer Online How to "Kill 10 rats" correctly Public quests Mark Jacobs leaving Mythic Mythic is now part of Bioware How will Bioware change WAR? City of Heroes Issue 15 is coming The 5th Column is back! New costumes and facial options Is it better to look good? or have uber stats on gear? Dragon*Con stuff Schedule is done! 50 panels and events scheduled on MMO track WoW trivia event being combined into Hardcore MMO Trivia contest 5 different parties planned on the MMO track this year. Closing Music and gag reel. (Opening music, courtesy of ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, "Isis Unveiled") D*C MMO, Podcast Grim and Netgoth no no The schedule is almost ready… http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/the-schedule-is-almost-ready/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/the-schedule-is-almost-ready/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 01:12:08 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=888 That’s what we have in place so [...]]]>
  • 65+ hours of programming…
  • 43 events…
  • 23 MMORPG’s (and counting…)
  • 9 ballroom events…
  • 9 game development companies (we’re not done yet…)
  • 6 parties…
  • 2 best-selling authors…
  • 1 amazingly cool geek celebrity gamer babe…
  • a live action quest that lasts all weekend…
  • …and a charity event that we’re gonna make you bleed for.  (Relax, it’s part of the blood drive.)

    • That’s what we have in place so far for the MMO track this year.  More importantly, we’re not done yet.

    We’ve got a few more commitments to nail down.  Once we submit the final schedule to the powers that be, we’ll post an unofficial schedule here.  Once the schedule is made official, we’ll have links to iCal and XML files so you can put the entire weekend of events in your phone or PDA.  Why?  Because we’re geeks, and we love our toys too.

    Stay tuned, folks.  We’re only a couple more months away.

    ]]>     http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/the-schedule-is-almost-ready/feed/ 0     Pray for Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/pray-for-grim/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/pray-for-grim/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 17:22:15 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=878 I’m about to install the new Windows 7 RC1 build on my gaming rig at home.  I don’t know if this build includes DirectX 11 or not, but I am very much interested to see how my current MMO’s play under this new OS.

    If there are any games you would like me to try under Windows [...]]]> I’m about to install the new Windows 7 RC1 build on my gaming rig at home.  I don’t know if this build includes DirectX 11 or not, but I am very much interested to see how my current MMO’s play under this new OS.

    If there are any games you would like me to try under Windows 7, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

    Current games:

    ]]> http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/05/pray-for-grim/feed/ 1     Dragon*Con MMO Podcast #1 http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/04/dragoncon-mmo-podcast-1/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/04/dragoncon-mmo-podcast-1/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:05:37 +0000 Krystalle Voecks http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=764 Join us for thrills, chills, and more as the two snarky emcees from Dragon*Con’s MMO track settle down and talk geek. For this, our first-ever D*C MMO podcast, we touch briefly on some of the lessons learned from running the track last year, and some of the things we’re doing to make this year rock much [...]]]> Join us for thrills, chills, and more as the two snarky emcees from Dragon*Con’s MMO track settle down and talk geek. For this, our first-ever D*C MMO podcast, we touch briefly on some of the lessons learned from running the track last year, and some of the things we’re doing to make this year rock much harder. Curious as to who we’ve booked as guests and who we’re in talks with? You’ll get the behind the scenes scoop on all the latest MMO track happenings with a hint of general MMO news as Kevin and Krystalle wander across the Dragon*Con landscape.

    Also, as this is our first-ever attempt at actually making a podcast, we welcome your thoughts. You can contact Kevin and Krystalle by dropping an email to them at podcast [at] dc-mmo [dot] org. Gifts are accepted in the form of beta keys, money, or chocolate covered espresso beans.

    Feel free to follow these two crazy monkeys on Twitter as well. Kevin can be found [here] and Krystalle lurks around [over here].

    This episode features music from around the MMO landscape: City of Heroes, EVE Online, EverQuest II, Age of Conan, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and a bit of audio silliness here and there. See if you can figure out which is which; or if you’re truly hardcore, what the track names are. (After all, we have an MMO Trivia panel to plan for… You never know.)

    We’ll see you in two weeks for Episode II; and not the one where Anakin is a whiny, emo QQer.

    ]]>     http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/04/dragoncon-mmo-podcast-1/feed/ 1 19:10 Join us for thrills, chills, and more as the two snarky emcees from Dragon*Con's MMO track settle down and talk geek. For this, our first-ever ... Join us for thrills, chills, and more as the two snarky emcees from Dragon*Con's MMO track settle down and talk geek. For this, our first-ever D*C MMO podcast, we touch briefly on some of the lessons learned from running the track last year, and some of the things we're doing to make this year rock much harder. Curious as to who we've booked as guests and who we're in talks with? You'll get the behind the scenes scoop on all the latest MMO track happenings with a hint of general MMO news as Kevin and Krystalle wander across the Dragon*Con landscape. Also, as this is our first-ever attempt at actually making a podcast, we welcome your thoughts. You can contact Kevin and Krystalle by dropping an email to them at podcast [at] dc-mmo [dot] org. Gifts are accepted in the form of beta keys, money, or chocolate covered espresso beans. Feel free to follow these two crazy monkeys on Twitter as well. Kevin can be found [here] and Krystalle lurks around [over here]. This episode features music from around the MMO landscape: City of Heroes, EVE Online, EverQuest II, Age of Conan, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and a bit of audio silliness here and there. See if you can figure out which is which; or if you're truly hardcore, what the track names are. (After all, we have an MMO Trivia panel to plan for... You never know.) We'll see you in two weeks for Episode II; and not the one where Anakin is a whiny, emo QQer. Podcast Grim and Netgoth no no     DC-MMO Update – March 30, 2009 http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/03/dc-mmo-update-march-30-2009/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/03/dc-mmo-update-march-30-2009/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:28:00 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=735 Welcome to the first weekly installment of the DC-MMO Update.  Now that we’re about 5 months away from Dragon*Con, and preparations are underway in earnest, it makes sense for us to keep everyone up to date on where we are.

    So, with no further ado, here’s where we stand.

    We will definitely be back in the Sheraton this [...]]]> Welcome to the first weekly installment of the DC-MMO Update.  Now that we’re about 5 months away from Dragon*Con, and preparations are underway in earnest, it makes sense for us to keep everyone up to date on where we are.

    So, with no further ado, here’s where we stand.

    We will definitely be back in the Sheraton this year, specifically in the Athens and Augusta rooms.

    The following companies have already confirmed that they will be participating in Dragon*Con this year:
    Sony (EQ, EQ2, Star Wars Galaxies, DC Universe Online, Free Realms, The Agency)
    Funcom (Age of Conan, Secret World, Anarchy Online)
    CCP (EVE Online)
    Adventure Quest (AQ Worlds)
    Gaia Interactive (Gaia Online)
    Wardog Studios (Force of Arms)
    Cartoon Network (FusionFall)

    We are still in talks with the following companies:
    NCSoft (City of Heroes, Guild Wars)
    EA/Mythic (Warhammer Online)
    Cryptic Studios (Star Trek Online, Champions Online)
    Bioware (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
    Blizzard (DUHHHHHH)
    38 Studios (Copernicus)
    Frogster Interactive (Runes of Magic)

    We are planning additional panels on topics such as
    Guild Management
    Dead MMO’s
    Free MMO’s
    WoW Lore (with authors Richard A. Knaak and Keith R.A. DeCandido)
    The state of MMO gaming (with representatives from several MMO companies)
    The Guild, starring Felicia Day (not nailed down yet, but we’re working on it)

    Of course, we are also planning a series of parties/events for our night time sessions…
    Quest Givers (yes, we’re doing the weekend-long live action quests again!)
    Kickoff Party on Friday Night
    World of Warcraft Trivia Contest
    Hardcore MMO Trivia Contest (all games)
    WoW Olympics (Gnome Tossing, Dodgeball, Dance Contest, Emote Contest, etc)
    Kingdom of Loathing Party
    Sony Party (EQ, EQ2, SWG, etc)

    We are also working on getting all of the MMO games that we will be discussing included in the computer gaming lab in the Hilton so that you guys can try out some of these games on your own time.  As with all convention preparations, things can (and often do) change at the last minute, but this is a snapshot of where we are as of right now.  We have our 12th, and final, staff member on board for this year and we plan on moving very quickly to finalize our plans for this year so that you guys will have plenty of opportunity to get ready for an outstanding Dragon*Con this year.

    If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please contact us and let us know about it.  If you’d like to buy a shirt to help us out, that would be great too!.

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