“It is probably safe to say that, despite decades of ever more spectacular Hollywood visions of extra-terrestial domination, humanity in its worst nightmares never imagined it would have to contend with spawn-camping aliens.”
(also … If that article is accurate, sad but unsurprising to hear that (apparently) the underpowered server tech for TR yet again managed to make a misery of gameplay, even at the very end. If that article is accurate, then well done to the ops for managing to get some instancing sorted out, but note to self: never let this happen with future twitch-based / FPS MMOs)
European Online Game Operators infamous for being overly secretive announce new association:
“The founding members have set three major goals for PEOGA:
* Networking. PEOGA is the meeting point for European companies from the online game publishing industry.
* Improvement of the Public opinion. PEOGA shall improve the image of online games by providing realistic information to the public.
* Self Regulation of the Online Game Industry. The online game industry has responsibilities towards their users. PEOGA will assist to set general rules and regulations for the industry.”
…and add an idiotic javascript hack that tries to disable the right-mouse-button + context menu in your web browser…
The page at http://www.peoga.eu/ says:
Copyright – Pan-European-Online Games Association PEOGA
So, let’s get this straight:
None of the developers of the top 10 online games in Europe are in your org
None of the publishers of the top 10 online games in Europe are in your org
You have a President. But in case he gets lost on the way to meetings, fortunately you have someone else who is the “also President”. Nice.
You can’t even make a website
Guys, I have to say: this isn’t looking great so far. Let’s hope this was just an unlucky start (BTW: you might want to get GOA on board – they know all about rocky starts, they’re probably the most experienced company in the *world* when it comes to bungling a launch).
PS: OMG I HAXX0RED UR SEKURITY – look, I “stole” the URL to your image – HHAHAHHAA111!!!!11!11
(please. It’s not 1996 any more. Get rid of the childish javascript hacks. It’s … embarassing. For all of us)
Jeans. In Europe, everyone wears jeans. From the same supplier.
