Entropia News: State of the Universe Address 2017

I wasnt sure if I should comment, because there is nothing to comment on.
Then again, your 1st phrase sums it all up.

So, here we go :

They still manage to make it sound like good news. :p

Since 2009.

As said, SEE it as an update of the Gautlent, or MindarksMiniMaryMayhem. Soon forgotten.

It has been mentioned so often...Im not sure anything will be "added" to space anymore. Its complete.
Except for asteroid mining and space pirates of course... ;DDDDDDDDDDDDD *so sad, yet so true*

Announced in early 2015, it sounds indeed like there might be 1 or 2 additions in late 2017, that could get postponed ofc. ;)
Nothing spectatcular anyway, nothing that will "investors" make rich, but there will be updates. xP

I think they cleary mean Compets VR mini game when talking VR... ;D
(or what was this giant announceent of fully integratign oculus rift into eu about again ?)
That was May 2015...2 years later they are still fascinated about VR at MA...come on...what do you really expect here except for some more announcements about how they are "still fascinated" by VR in 2019 ? ;)


Lets head over to your expectations.
(you got to lower these by 200%)


But let me tell you, it was either there already and got removed, or got announced and then forgotten or deleayed (as always)
which is the saddest part of this MMO :


Old soc terminals


CE2 promises


Harvesting plants in 2000


Meat extractor (2000)


Foods and beverages (2000)



Hangars (space) anyone ?


Old Avatar Inventory, never worked anyway (2000-2005)

etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. you know I could go on for ages.


All of the above might come one day...but remember, it was already here...


But should it come to the point, something big becomes real, in terms of MA, lets say it with the words of the "Gigantic Sports Stadium", with breathtaking games and thousands of visitors and...


"Hey, why dont I just ride my Atrox into the sunset right now ?"

But indeed, for the very 1st time I SEE a totally realistic timeline here...which doesnt sound too promosing...but realistic.
Maybe reality catched up with Mindark. Again I SEE absolutely no reason to put anymore money into this world.

What had priorities in 2015 and was promised for 2016 (Space, Stables, Gardening, Harvesting, Taming, Battle Octagons blahhh blahhh blaaahhh!) is now getting clouded by a BattleSim attempt. And do I need to mention that most of the stuff had promises before (priorities in 2015 and 2014 and 2013)

Jesus... ahoy Zenith !

 

I wonder how many "missed" this "misscommunication"...and start asking questions after wasting tons of $...not recieving any skills x'DDDDDDDDDDDDDD

 

Next tuesday we can judge the prototype. As if we havent enough prototype systems around already.

 

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Participation may be considered in the future.

 

there's so much more to come, it just takes one more decade or two...

 

I think you guys have more or less covered what I would say. Indeed it seems the most realistic SOTU ever. In short:

"last year we worked on optimisation and stability as well as missions and made a nifty new extension to the event engine. New players went up and the economy increased so don't worry, we are still in business. This year we will make the nifty event extension available to PP's and release something else that no one asked for. There is a chance we may come back to the Land system but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Space, yeh... we know. We'll think about it - can't promise more than that at this stage. We had a quick gander at VR then realised that DX9 is kinda out and besides, even with our best efforts, we still struggle to get a consistent framerate or quality of graphical content. Its a pipe dream really right now. That said, we ARE Mindark and if there is one thing you CAN say about us, is that we are resilient. Entropia has hung on a long time while other MMO crazes have come and gone and we plan to keep on doing so. We'll have VR in mind for the next 10 years or so, if it becomes popular, it will definitely be a fun thing for us to work towards by 2030 maybe. Tarra till next year - Klas"

 

This actually sounds vaguely interesting though... I have a nasty feeling there will be a b$g c$tch though. It sounds like MA are looking to go "hey we have a 3d world that generally supports slow careful play - how much effort would it be to convert a bit of it into a sandbox blaster?" - they will almost certainly get the pricing all wrong though. Vehicles don't strike twice!

 

Yep, whatever MA will announce, it's worth nothing. McCormick reported this fact since ages. Big or small announcements from MA. All worthless. Most of them useless. I have to thank McCormick amongst other things for the chance to leave Entropia Universe. Kind of deprivation therapy.
I own an old tape cassette. A live-report from a booze-up in 1974 at our barracks of "Nationale Volksarmee der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik" (army of GDR=East Germany) in Potsdam-Geltow, Command Land Forces. No clue if I would be able to replay it with an old ghetto blaster after 43 years ... alas, I don't want it. It's really gone. Same with Entropia Universe - MY Universe for such a long time!

 

I still have a working tape player... it is only just working though. A good one too. A walkman with the ability to auto fast forward/re-wind up to 3 tracks. Clever stuff!

 

8 months after the "State of the Universe"...which didnt promise much for 2017...
and delivered even less...namley, nothing.

No CLD plot updates. Last so called plot update was "gardening", exactly 1 year ago (9.2016).Wow.

No Compet Deed payout, no Compet for IOS (except as early release in Ukraine).
No "innovative cross-platform and cross-genre gaming experience"...
And just as a friendly reminder. Compet deed owners wait for a "Return of Investment" since 2014.

Seems like "Within the next months", means nothing inside of Entropia anymore.

Space ship balance and travel, galactic transport...nothing...
Phrases like "plans to adress", means sh!t nowadays.

Taming not even mentioned in the State of the Universe anymore...honestly...whatever happened to Phase 2 of taming,
that we are waiting for since 2005... x'D

No Battle octagons, no creature control...which was both planned for late 2014.

No Partner Buildings (Athena Spaceport) mentioned anymore. They are empty since their introduction in july 2015.

No word about Mindbank and its return anymore, last mentioned by David Simmonds on
a public stage discussion about bitcoins, held in early 2015.

No crap about Teleport Fees and our beloved Virtual President anymore...who already resigned from his office
anyway, just 1 year after doing...nothing.

No more casino... x'D

It has been like this since 2009, it got worse and we all got used to "years of waiting".
We often waited, to actually recieve absolutely nothing in return, not even a response by MindArk.

And this short list, is just the tip of the iceberg. Honestly, I can already imagine what to expect from their next "big PR gag".
Which already manifested itself as "3D B2B Box" it seems... *sigh*

MindArk is truly unique !

 

Can't say I agree with all of that but the overall sentiment is valid.

 

Instead youd be tied into a contract +NDA and wouldnt (want to) loose a single word on forums.
Else hell would breake loose, starting with an unpleasent phone / skype call... ,-)

 

Based (partly) upon McCormick’s comments today I requested a withdrawal of 23k peds.

More withdrawals to follow. Having said that I do hope that EU survives and one day becomes successful.