A thread to help McC with some new ideas for his good ol blog... http://www.entropiaplanets.com/wiki/MindArk_Office_Raid_by_70_Marshals_Demanded_by_Microsoft will add more here later, and imagine others will as well, lol.
will add more here later. some interesting quotes can be found from the devs over at https://entropiascams.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/links-to-various-interviews-and-articles/ Originally most of those ideas came from the thread over at http://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?200643-Marco-said which still has some interesting ideas/quotes too, but is a few years old now... blogs like oblivion might be a better house for this type of stuff, at least for the promises that became broken. Kinda interesting just looking at old dev posts from many years back and seeing how many promises were thrown around that never were fulfilled.
Im aware of the marshalls that raided MindArk back in the days and that MA wanted to sue Microsoft because of it. Rumors have it, Microsoft wanted to get rid of competitors by that time, because SEEing Entropia as archenemy for their "Asherons Call" http://www.geek.com/games/mindark-threatens-ms-with-suit-over-raid-548876/ Find me official data/reports that they did not sue Microsoft and it might fit into my blog ^^ If they did not sue Microsoft, find me the court documents that will prove MA used 600 illegal copies. Knowing MindArk, and SEEing that "we get millions and make a gigantic treasure hunt for the players" already sounds like one of their very 1st PR stunts though x'D Fishing has already been added to oblivion. -2008 1st fishing rod looted and 1st hints by Marco its on the "to do list" -2009 silence -2010 silence -2011 silence -2012 System claimed to be ready by Timkrans junior (and it will be somewhat different...) ! -2013 Timkrans junior admitted fishing exists on paper only, no ETA -2014 silence -2015 silence -2016 8 years later... Quests: The original tone of MA was "quests like hunting 1000 argonauts would be considered boring" and MA just turned into "kill 10.000 argonauts" x'D Foods, fruits and beverages are part of oblivion. They exist since early beta 1999/2000, as textures and 3d models. Only fruits and shit made it into the game xD The booths: never got any attention excpet for that phrase by Justin. Ill keep it in mind. ^^
oh, on the booth issue, history repeats itself... http://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?281546-Cannot-drop-items-in-booth http://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/showthread.php?284534-Issue-with-Booth-item-points
Find me official data/reports that they did not sue Microsoft and it might fit into my blog ^^ If they did not sue Microsoft, find me the court documents that will prove MA used 600 illegal copies. ... That's gonna take some digging... so far, a few google searches are telling me that it was a 2 year legal battle that started in 2002 with the raid and ended March 29, 2005 when Mindark did a press release indicating that the suit was dropped. I'm not sure which jurisdiction that BSA is in? It's a conglomerate of Microsoft, Macromedia, and Adobe that they created back then around the turn of the century to fight folks making pirated copies. MA is in Sweden, so Swedish authorities may have some type of records?
