Dragon*Con MMO» warhammer http://www.dc-mmo.org Home of the SnarkCast Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:05:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2009,2010,2011,2012 grimthorn@dc-mmo.org (Grim and Netgoth) grimthorn@dc-mmo.org (Grim and Netgoth) 1440 http://www.dc-mmo.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Dragon*Con MMO http://www.dc-mmo.org 144 144 http://www.dc-mmo.org/category/podcast/feed/ 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 Grim and Netgoth Grim and Netgoth grimthorn@dc-mmo.org no yes 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 .  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 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/ 1 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 another SnarkCast.  Everyone and everything is fair game for our snarktastic duo this time around.  If you, or the game you[...] 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”) 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 [...]]]>
  • 65+ hours of programming…
  • 43 events…
  • 23 ’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 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 to the powers that be, we’ll post an unofficial here.  Once the 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.

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    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     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 .  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 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/ (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 ’s
    Free MMO’s
    WoW (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
    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!.

    ]]>     http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/03/dc-mmo-update-march-30-2009/feed/ 0     Help Wanted http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/02/help-wanted/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/02/help-wanted/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:36:39 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=687 [...]]]> I’ve had a few e-mails and messages on this subject, so I thought I’d go ahead and throw this out there.

    Yes, we have a staff slot open on the Dragon*Con MMO team. If you want to know what volunteers do at , you can read this. Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the team.

    Being in the MMO group is a year-round gig. We start planning next year’s convention about 2 weeks after the end of Dragon*Con each year. What will you be doing?

    Do you blog? Can you write well? That’s a start. You’re going to be participating in discussions on forums and blogs all over the Internet.

    Obviously, you’ll need to be up-to-date on the latest and greatest MMO’s out there. If you “play WoW sometimes”, that’s not going to cut it… Ideally, you will have played 4 or 5 MMO’s and know enough about others to carry on a conversation without sounding like a total noob. We are especially looking for folks who play Lord of the Rings Online, EVE Online, Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, or Guild Wars.

    Do you know people in the gaming industry? If I told you to get in touch with a Community Relations rep at Flying Lab, would you have the foggiest idea who to call, or what game I’m referring to?

    Oh yeah, you’ll also need to work your 20 hours at the convention. None of the year round stuff counts towards your 20 hours of time at the convention itself. (We had one staff member who worked over 60, that’s why we’re looking for more help.) We’re going to need you to be bright-eyed and bushy tailed, even if you get scheduled for a 10:00 AM panel the night after working a party until 4:00 AM. What’s more, you’re going to be dealing with game industry professionals, so you are going to have to be able to act like a professional yourself.

    Here are some of the other skills that would come in handy in our group.

    • Photoshoppery
    • Designing your own graphics
    • Familiarity with Youtube and Flickr (You’ll be searching for videos and pictures a lot)
    • Public speaking (yeah, you might have to work a crowd…)
    • Willing to bring (and use) your own laptop to Dragon*Con

    If you’re just looking for a place to work 20 easy hours in order to get a free badge, we’re sorry, but we can’t use you. We do most of our meetings throughout the year in Ventrilo, so you don’t have to be local to the Atlanta area. If you don’t have all of the things I listed above, but are willing to work like hell to learn how to do those things, that’ll work too. It’s a fun job, but it’s definitely a job. If you’re interested in working with us, drop us a line with your name and contact and we’ll be in touch. Ideally, we’d like to have the last spot filled by the time the staff meeting rolls around in March.

    -Grim

    ]]>     http://www.dc-mmo.org/2009/02/help-wanted/feed/ 0     About http://www.dc-mmo.org/about/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/about/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:56:59 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/?p=2 [...]]]> DC*MMO is a year-round community of gamers and fans of the Programming Track at Dragon*Con. Rather than a Facebook page, a LiveJournal page, a Twitter feed, a MySpace page, and a hundred other sources of , we created this site as the official source of all and information of interest to the * community.

    Who are we?

    has a dozen staff members who work year-round to prepare for each year’s . In addition to maintaining this website, we have to research new games (yes, playing games is part of the job), talk to community relations staff, come up with contests and prizes, and most of all work the convention itself and make sure our guests and fans get where they are supposed to go. It’s fun work, but it never ever ends.

    A partial list of the games that we cover includes:

    • Age of Conan
    • Anarchy Online
    • AQ Worlds
    • Champions Online
    • City of Heroes
    • DC Universe Online
    • EVE Online
    • Everquest
    • Everquest 2
    • Force of Arms
    • Free Realms
    • Gaia Online
    • Guild Wars
    • Kingdom of Loathing
    • Lord of the Rings Online
    • Pirates of the Burning Sea
    • Second Life
    • Star Trek Online
    • Star Wars Galaxies
    • Stargate Worlds
    • Tabula Rasa
    • Vanguard
    • Warhammer Online
    and, of course…
    • World of Warcraft

    If there is a game that you would like to see us cover, of if you are a game developer who wants to participate in Dragon*Con, please Contact Us and let us know.

    ]]>     http://www.dc-mmo.org/about/feed/ 0     The blackout is almost over. http://www.dc-mmo.org/2008/09/the-blackout-is-almost-over/ http://www.dc-mmo.org/2008/09/the-blackout-is-almost-over/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:42:32 +0000 Grim http://www.dc-mmo.org/blog/?p=12 [...]]]> Our “month off” is almost over, which means we will be starting our plans for next year’s soon.   I’ll post some feedback on what we thought worked well, and what we thought we could do better on for next year.  It would really help us out if you guys did the same.

    What do you want more of?

    What can we do without?

    What can we do differently?

    What games would you like to see represented next year?

    I’m fairly certain that we will not be in the Sheraton next year, but that determination isn’t up to me and is quite a way off.  Assume, for the time being, that we will be in an unknown location.  What kinds of things will improve our track regardless of where it is held?

    Also… One of the things we can ALWAYS use more of is “Subject Matter Experts”.  This year, for example, I had to run the Online panel because nobody on my staff played the beta, and /EA had to cancel at the last minute.  If you are willing to run a panel, and have some expertise on an , then step on up and let me hear from you.   As much as I might try, I can’t play more than 2 or 3 ’s at any given time.

    -Grim

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