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Ah, the memories. Sorry for the bounce on this old thread, but I'm making plans for QuakeCon and started thinking about that year I reported on the whole thing and did a quick forum search. I still have my piece of the smashed console (among other things). I need to check to see if my NDA on...

One item that I didn't see addressed is why the 1700x was chosen for testing over the 1800x. (I can already hear Brent's moan of "Another round of testing? I'm not a robot!" but we can't get enough numbers, can we?) Even if the 1800x was used, I don't think it change the end result: you...

Need some feedback to see if a display issue is something I'm doing, or something to RMA. I have a two month old HIS Turbo IceQX2 R270x that works perfectly fine with my flat-panel on the DVI and DisplayPort (via adapter), but fails to work with HDMI. By fail, I mean it displays a mottled...

^^^ This. I'm also disturbed at the recent rumblings in the game publisher circles that they are pushing the "Free To Play - Pay To Win" concept in the next generation of games. Both consoles are looking like giant micro-transaction pay sinks. I expect both consoles to be released before...

It's been awhile, this old curmudgeon has an insight or two to share. "Good Ol' Day Syndrome" arguments have always persisted; arguments about 1989 being better than 1999 in terms of story and gameplay. Heck, I've participated in several of those threads. The two main difference between...

What if you need to use the restroom? You'll need to take it off and put on other shoes. (I'm certainly not going into the bathroom barefoot.) Now if this thing came with a built-in catheter... yeah, now we're talking. Then I could work and pee at the same time. Sure beats using the...

I know this is two weeks old, but I'm still just... stunned. Even though It's been a long, long time since I worked there, I didn't ever dream of MS dropping them like that. I only found out when I started getting hits on my LinkedIn account since I have ES listed in my bio. That gave a clue...

Boy, this does bring back some memories.

What is old is new again. So many posts are reminiscent of this topic when Kyle switched to the new methodology five years ago. I'm half-way tempted to repost something I wrote on the subject then. Others have posted comments that cover what I wanted to say, but there were a few people with...

Kyle, for a followup, is it possible to assemble a meaningful chart or graphic outlining the product lineup? To be totally honest, I haven't been paying close attention for the past year or so to the model names and letter extensions. Now it's really getting mucked up with Nvidia moving from...

Oh, this is so easy... just put video games up against other media and you can easily get him trapped. For example: What has the greater influence on youth: Media like television and movies or video games? Why do countries like Japan and Korea, who have greater penetration of video...

Favorite: Ensemble Studios. For obvious reasons. Least Favorite: Ensemble Studios. The producer turned out to be a total dick and made some key mistakes.

Truth be told, most of the people (namely Tim Roberts) have left the company so it isn't as it used to be. That's all that I can say for now.

It's obvious that the transmute cooling process is a time sink. I never fully realized the full impact that it really has. (That's one thing you gotta love about WoW, is the mechanical depth to it. Of course, that just also adds to the complexity of everything which is a positive and a...

Henry Bernis approves of Ellen's gift. /obscure, but funny as hell if you get it.

Cool! Glad you're keeping up. MP pulled out for the time being to work on getting to level 60. He's also done it a few times before to see what reaction would be. The screenshots we've posted clearly showed how much better he was doing than the others. Welcome and thanks for your comments...

Yes, I still think it's possible. It's going to happen eventually anyway since gold is constantly going into the system without it being removed from the game. ("Eventually" probably being several years... Anyone know of someone tracking inflation on WoW servers currently? I got to thinking...

Meatpuppet just popped by and we talked about the latest posts. We've only held back on discussing one tiny detail of the plan (strike that, I just checked and we actually did mention everything) but we've actually shown it and everything else to y'all several times over. I just wanted to make...

I always appreciate a well-reasoned and written response. I didn't find your structure confusing at all and followed it nicely. Currently, we have no immediately plans to abandon the thread as long as we keep experimenting. As you stated, this is still theory and we really want to see to what...

It's not often I'm linked with a deity. Thank you. Ah, you catch on quick. Only took you a few hundred posts, but you've got it. We're selling things in a logical manner using real-world principles. Yep. Nothing new. You've got me. Of course, I've repeated this over and over in earlier...

Meatpuppet sent me this email this morning that I wanted to share with y'all. I'll comment after the post. At the end of lunch, MeatPuppet popped by my office and we discussed the matter further and what he learned from his analysis. I want to also refer you to this arcane crystal market...

I'm a bit behind on getting everything posted. My apologies. Rather than long explainations, I'd rather spend that time explaining our latest screenshots from Labor Day Weekend. In this first shot, it's a composite of our resulting auctions in the Savory Deviate Delight Market when we first...

To be more specific, printed US money is officially known as a "Federal Reserve Note". They are not redeemable in gold, silver or any other form of lawful money since 1968 thanks to Nixon. As CodeX stated, the notes themselves have no value. They have no backing other than the "full faith and...

Good news! We've got more screenshots that will soon be posted with last weekend's work. Very interesting things are happening on the server. We've got more competition and the prices in the market have completely dropped. We're seeing what we think is Flaw #2 in our theory; what happens...

Well, Holmes it looks like we have another Sherlock in the forum. They took the obvious and figured it out. As Meatpuppet said (but in my words), go ahead and bring it beyotch. We'd like nothing better than to prove our point. Now if you'd be so kind to share your servers and characters so...

Gauging demand is fairly easy and takes about a week to determine. You pick a market and determine some of the following key points: Compare the AH listings day to day. What sold? How much? Who is currently selling? How often and how much? Put a few sample listings at several price...

Bam bam bam bam. That the sound of my head hitting my monitor in frustration. You don't need to stockpile thousands and thousands of an item to pull this off. All you need is to supply enough goods to meet demand for a single day. If demand for an item is only 10 a day, then all you need is...

Everything you've said is exactly true. If the prices do go up, they would re-enter the market. Which is why you don't raise prices back up. I know it's tempting and the allure of having a market all to yourself and making loads of money is tempting, but in this methodology, you can't have...

Quick follow-up comments on the above. First, we know that H. is a bot because she's been observed fishing and only fishing. Hours and hours on end. We know the location of the fish and every conversation that MeatPuppet has tried resulted in canned responses. We're actually quite pleased at...

Here are some more screenshots and journal entries from MeatPuppet. I'm posting them because was busy and I'm stuck up at work doing an upgrade. From here out, this is all MP talking: I was able to run Hauobet out of the Goblin (Neutral) AH. As it turns out Hauobet is botting her...

Here's the post about our flaws that we've found so far that I promised. I have an update with I think 13 screenshots of our latest auction efforts. No plan is perfect, and everything has a weak spot. There are two things that we've identified so far that could bring our monopoly efforts to...

Why? Because it can be done. It's been an issue for game testing for several decades now. Why do people cheat? Why do people do anything with games or software? As QA Lead, it was my job to anticipate ahead of time possible permutations of what could be done with our game. When you do...

Tap the breaks. If you are referring to Post WWI Germany or Post WWII Hungary where the government sustained hyperinflation by printing money, then I agree with you. Printing money during hyperinflation just starts a vicious cycle of sustained price increases. That's not how all...

Eh, we expected that. MeatPuppet just went on a shopping spree to outfit his character right after he hit 48th level. This market attack happened right at a time when he didn't have hardly any cash reserves. He wasn't expecting this guy to pop in with so much inventory and competitive...

Ah, a man of his word. Oh, as for the Deviate Delights, I would tell you what they do, but I'd then have to keelhaul you followed by my Exploding Palm of Death maneuver. Yarrr! My style beats your nitpick style. Coming later today: I'm writing up a post on the only flaw/problem that we...

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I wouldn't say "jumped" per se. I've been nibbling for over 150 posts before I had to go big time. You've all discovered my hot button. I didn't bust my ass all those years for nothing. I'd say I've got a little more insight than 99% of the forum users when it comes to developing, testing...

Argh... I really hate to pull the Big Time card, but I waited until post 166 to do it. I'm sure Rich is probably wondering why I didn't do it sooner. (It's because I really don't like making a big deal out of it.) Amateur. Me? I don't think so. Did your PC games sell 10 million copies...

Ah, lunchtime. Let's see what's on the menu today, shall we? This got a chuckle out of me. If you're going to offer an analogy (which is what you did) and then discuss it (which you did), then certainly it's worth debating if it's good or not. All I said is that your Olympic analogy doesn't...

Don't have much time to get this written so I'll get straight to it and fill in the gaps later. You'd be suprised how much logistics and inventory can play if you want to use our method for Auction House control. Even the richest player can only carry so much on his physical person and store...