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Apple’s Pebble Prejudice | Tech Talk Today 162

chris — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 12:38:24 +0000

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Google’s has launched ‘Project Fi’, a new MVNO. We debate whether the merits of the service. Plus Iran exaggerations, a new cybersecurity bill, apple rejecting pebble, dropbox notes & more!

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Official Google Blog: Say hi to Fi: A new way to say hello

Google’s MVNO is called Project Fi, costs $20/month + $10/GB for data in US and abroad, available for Nexus 6, runs on Sprint and T-Mobile networks

How Google’s Project Fi pricing stacks up to the competition | Ars Technica

Security Companies Accused of Exaggerating Iran’s Cyberthreats Against the US

A widely-read report accusing Iran of hundreds of thousands of cyberattacks against the U.S. is being criticized as hugely inaccurate as well as motivated by marketing and politics, according to a new whitepaper and critics around the security industry. The original report, solicited by a conservative think tank and published by Norse in the lead up to the RSA Security Conference, hit the front page of the New York Times by calling handshakes and network scans “sophisticated cyberattacks.”

House passes cybersecurity bill | TheHill

The House on Wednesday passed the first major cybersecurity bill since the calamitous hacks on Sony Entertainment, Home Depot and JPMorgan Chase.

Passed 307-116, the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (PCNA), backed by House Intelligence Committee leaders, would give companies liability protections when sharing cyber threat data with government civilian agencies, such as the Treasury or Commerce Departments.

“This bill will strengthen our digital defenses so that American consumers and businesses will not be put at the mercy of cyber criminals,” said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).

“Apple now rejecting applications with Pebble support”

We have just had the latest version of our SeaNav US iOS app rejected by Apple because we support the Pebble Smartwatch and say so in the app description and meta-data (we also state in the review notes that “This application was approved for use with the Pebble MFI Accessory in the Product Plan xxxxxx-yyyy (Pebble Smartwatch)”. See copy of rejection reason below.

SeaNav US has previously been approved by Apple with no problem, we have had Pebble support in SeaNav for nearly 2 years and there are no changes to our support for the Pebble in this version. What are Apple doing? Have they gone Apple Watch crazy? What can we do?

Amazon to deliver parcels to Audi boots in Germany

It is not clear when the service might become more widely available but Amazon said the pilot was a “first step” towards allowing all Prime customers to order goods to their vehicles, regardless of the vehicle brand.

Dropbox’s Collaborative Note-Taking Service, Dropbox Notes, Heads Into Beta Testing

Earlier this month, Dropbox was spotted testing an early version of an online note-taking service dubbed “Project Composer,” which appeared to have roots in the company’s 2014 acquisition of collaborative docs startup HackPad. Now Dropbox is rolling out this new service into private beta as “Dropbox Notes” and is inviting teams to sign up.

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Ubuntu with Rodent | LINUX Unplugged 53

chris — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:02:45 +0000

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The new Beta of ElementaryOS has shipped and we discuss where they are heading, the problems with their community interaction, and the genius move they are taking with some tricky hardware support.

Plus the long term cost of Ubuntu Touch becoming successful, using ZFS on Linux successfully, and much more!

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Freya Beta 1 Available for Developers & Testers | elementary OS

It’s been exactly one year since the release of the second version of elementary OS. On this, the day of our Lunaversary, we’re proud to make the first beta of elementary OS Freya publicly available for developers and testers.

Chromebooks get more useful with Elementary OS Beta

The Acer C720 has been tested and given a thumbs-up. The HP Chromebook 14 is untested physically but has been given a thumbs-up by the team because of its similarities with the Acer C720 profile. An ASUS Panther Chromebox has also been tested and verified.

elementary OS Freya on a Mac using rEFInd & EFI stub loading

This is why Linux is a winner: This is the computer lab I built last week in Malawi, Africa. Edubuntu on Chromebooks, DD-WRT Routers, and Raspberry Pi for Local Intranet

In the video you see Niall, the school’s head teacher (Principal/Headmaster) opening the door and showing off what we built together.

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Devious Methods | BSD Now 42

chris — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:56:15 +0000

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Coming up this week, we’ll be showing you how to chain SSH connections, as well as some cool tricks you can do with it. Going along with that theme, we also have an interview with Bryce Chidester about running a BSD-based shell provider. News, emails and cowsay turkeys, on BSD Now – the place to B.. SD.

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PIE and ASLR in FreeBSD update

A status update for Shawn Webb’s ASLR and PIE work for FreeBSD
One major part of the code, position-independent executable support, has finally been merged into the -CURRENT tree
“FreeBSD has supported loading PIEs for a while now, but the applications in base weren’t compiled as PIEs. Given that ASLR is useless without PIE, getting base compiled with PIE support is a mandatory first step in proper ASLR support”
If you’re running -CURRENT, just add “WITH_PIE=1” to your /etc/src.conf and /etc/make.conf
The next step is working on the ASLR coding style and getting more developers to look through it
Shawn will also be at EuroBSDCon (in September) giving an updated version of his BSDCan talk about ASLR

Misc. pfSense news

Couple of pfSense news items this week, including some hardware news
Someone’s gotta test the pfSense hardware devices before they’re sold, which involves powering them all on at least once
To make that process faster, they’re building a controllable power board (and include some cool pics)
There will be more info on that device a bit later on
On Friday, June 27th, there will be another video session (for paying customers only…) about virtualized firewalls
pfSense University, a new paid training course, was also announced
A single two-day class costs $2000, ouch

ZFS stripe width

A new blog post from Matt Ahrens about ZFS stripe width
“The popularity of OpenZFS has spawned a great community of users, sysadmins, architects and developers, contributing a wealth of advice, tips and tricks, and rules of thumb on how to configure ZFS. In general, this is a great aspect of the ZFS community, but I’d like to take the opportunity to address one piece of misinformed advice”
Matt goes through different situations where you would set up your zpool differently, each with their own advantages and disadvantages
He covers best performance on random IOPS, best reliability, and best space efficiency use cases
It includes a lot of detail on each one, including graphs, and addresses some misconceptions about different RAID-Z levels’ overhead factor

FreeBSD 9.3-BETA3 released

The third BETA in the 9.3 release cycle is out, we’re slowly getting closer to the release
This is expected to be the final BETA, next will come the RCs
There have mostly just been small bug fixes since BETA2, but OpenSSL was also updated and the arc4random code was updated to match what’s in -CURRENT (but still isn’t using ChaCha20)
The FreeBSD foundation has a blog post about it too
There’s a list of changes between 9.2 and 9.3 as well, but we’ll be sure to cover it when the -RELEASE hits

Interview – Bryce Chidester – brycec@devio.us / @brycied00d

Running a BSD shell provider

Tutorial

Chaining SSH connections

News Roundup

My FreeBSD adventure

A Slackware user from the “linux questions” forum decides to try out BSD, and documents his initial impressions and findings
After ruling out PCBSD due to the demanding hardware requirements and NetBSD due to “politics” (whatever that means, his words) he decides to start off with FreeBSD 10, but also mentions trying OpenBSD later on
In his forum post, he covers the documentation (and how easy it makes it for a switcher), dual booting, packages vs ports, network configuration and some other little things
So far, he seems to really enjoy BSD and thinks that it makes a lot of sense compared to Linux
Might be an interesting, ongoing series we can follow up on later

Even more BSDCan trip reports

BSDCan may be over until next year, but trip reports are still pouring in
This time we have a summary from Li-Wen Hsu, who was paid for by the FreeBSD foundation
He’s part of the “Jenkins CI for FreeBSD” group and went to BSDCan mostly for that
Nice long post about all of his experiences at the event, definitely worth a read
He even talks about… the food

FreeBSD disk partitioning

For his latest book series on FreeBSD’s GEOM system, MWL asked the hackers mailing list for some clarification
This erupted into a very long discussion about fdisk vs gnop vs gpart
So you don’t have to read the tons of mailing list posts, he’s summarized the findings in a blog post
It covers MBR vs GPT, disk sector sizes and how to handle all of them with which tools

BSD Router Project version 1.51

A new version of the BSD Router Project has been released, 1.51
It’s now based on FreeBSD 10-STABLE instead of 10.0-RELEASE
Includes lots of bugfixes and small updates, as well as some patches from pfSense and elsewhere
Check the sourceforge page for the complete list of changes
The minimum disk size requirement has increased to 512MB

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OpenShot 2.0 Interview | LAS 314

chris — Sun, 25 May 2014 14:11:25 +0000

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Jonathan Thomas, founder of the OpenShot join us to update us on the latest with his open source cross platform video editor. Plus we discuss the challenges and benefits of crowd funded open source, the task of building a video editor for Linux, and more.

Then our take on the big Linux gaming controversy of the week, a little Chrome hat eating…

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OpenShot Video Editor | Simple, powerful, and free video editor for Linux!

OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source video editor for Linux licensed under the GPL version 3.0.

OpenShot can take your videos, photos, and music files and help you create the film you have always dreamed of. Easily add sub-titles, transitions, and effects, and then export your film to DVD, YouTube, Vimeo, Xbox 360, and many other common formats.

OpenShot Video Editor | Blog
Simple view of OpenShot 2.0:
OpenShot 2.0 Advanced View:
Che Dean:

\”I use OpenShot as my main editor, the only parts that really get to me are when I need to add \” Titles\” and \”Credits\”. It just feels a bit overly complex. Are there plans to overhaul this in the UI while at the same time keeping the editing tracks as they are?\”

Linda Dean:

Will the updates include the ability to easily insert a photo into a title? I love the advanced editor, but it can be very complicated to the uninitiated.

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Pinta: Painting Made Simple – Pinta

Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

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Mosh: the mobile shell

Remote terminal application that
allows roaming, supports intermittent connectivity, and provides intelligent local echo and line editing of user keystrokes.

Mosh is a replacement for SSH. It\’s more robust and responsive, especially over Wi-Fi, cellular, and long-distance links.

Mosh is free software, available for GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, and Android.

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The Quality Of The Witcher 2 Linux Port Is Upsetting Many Gamers

Yesterday marked the release of The Witcher 2 Officially Released For Linux for Linux gamers. This is the first time The Witcher is coming to Linux, but sadly the quality of the port leaves a lot to be desired.

Steam Community threads are hundreds and hundreds of replies deep

TechView: Linus Torvalds Interview

Google Chrome Aura Lands on Linux In Latest Stable Update

If you like using Google Chrome and Pipelight read this!

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Deploying the Haterade | CR 75

chris — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:58:50 +0000

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A recent snafu has left Mike in a bit of a bind with a client, and technical glitches nearly threatened to toss Chris out on the side of the road.

After digging through a batch of really great emails, the guys air some dirty laundry. This week we crack open a cold one, and chug some haterade.

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Ubuntu on Nexus 7 | LAS | s24e06

chris — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:26:52 +0000

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We load Ubuntu 12.10 onto a Nexus 7 and tell what works, what doesn’t, and where this is all heading. Is this a laptop killer? Or just a toy for us nerds? Tune in to find out!

Plus we’ve got Netflix running on Ubuntu, and we’ll show it to you, the big news of the week, your feedback…

AND SO MUCH MORE!

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*Impressions: *

How sharp and crisp Everything looks. Very vibrant.
The uniform icon size in the Unity launch bar is very nice.
Good battery life, despite the estimate being wrong.
Wifi and 3D worked no problem. 3D is being generous, but basics work.
Ubuntu Core Desktop on the Nexus 7: Getting Involved
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Steam First Hands On | LAS | s24e05

chris — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:43:10 +0000

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We go hands on with the Steam for Linux beta, look at the big picture, cover the beta lockout workaround, and a timeline from rumors to launch! Plus our observations and thoughts from our tests.

Then: The good news for Nvidia users, a new Linux tablet, a big batch of your emails…

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Steam for Linux Preview:

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Lightworks Preview | LAS | s24e04

chris — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:15:57 +0000

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We’ve got an exclusive look at Lightworks, one of the most anticipated software launches in desktop Linux history. We’ll share our first thoughts on how this award winning video editor is shaping up.

Plus some good news for those of you not running Ubuntu but still want some Steam, and some highlight clips from the Ubuntu Developer Summit that just wrapped up.

You’ll hear straight from the horse’s mouth why Valve is supporting Linux, how closely Canonical is working with Valve, and why Ubuntu is dropping Alpha’s and a beta!

Then we top that off with some gaming news, Fedora’s challenges, and the climax of the EXT4 corruption drama.

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Lightworks for Linux Preview:

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Editshare Admit ‘Communication Issues’ Over Lightworks Linux Alpha

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AndroVid Video Trimmer
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Valve Talk ‘Steam for Linux’, Give Beta Access to Attendees
Steam Linux Beta will have Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Serious Sam 3: BFE
Valve: Linux More Viable Than Windows 8 for Gaming
Valve’s Drew Bliss at UDS-R: “Ubuntu was the very obvious choice”
Drew Bliss from Valve:
- Status of Steam: https://youtu.be/vNrrpnPlBrk?t=17m2s – 17:18
- Why Linux & Why Ubuntu: https://youtu.be/vNrrpnPlBrk?t=17m46s – 19:16
- Valve will not block other distros: https://youtu.be/vNrrpnPlBrk?t=28m35s – 29:18
Jason Warner Ubuntu Desktop Manager:
- How is the Ubuntu Desktop team working with Valve? https://youtu.be/Sp4E5iuGJl4?t=2m55s – 4:22
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Ubuntu To Drop Alpha Releases, Promises More Stable Development
The Reason Ubuntu is Droping Betas: https://youtu.be/iQl6qR9yJzk?t=12m9s
Ubuntu Contributor Channel – YouTube
Ext4 bug patched
Re: Apparent serious progressive ext4 data corruption bug in 3.6.3 and other stable branches?
Theodore Ts’o – Google+ – UPDATE: See update below; it now looks like this was caused…
Theodore Ts’o – “Phoronix, alas, has perpetrated another example of irresponsible journalism.”

+Fedora 18 Is Challenged By Yet Another Delay
+ he Top Features Of Fedora 18 “Spherical Cow”

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Secure Your Linux Box | LAS | s24e03

chris — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:26:09 +0000

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Tips, trick, and software to secure your Linux desktop, laptop, or server. Most people think antivirus software when we say desktop security. This week, we’ll show you how there is a lot more to securing your Linux box then installing ClamAV!

Plus: Valve opens the floodgates, and we run down the community resources cropping up for future Steam beta testers, plus the cool new Linux hardware and games on the way!

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PC-BSD 9.1 Review | LAS | s23e09

chris — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:19:58 +0000

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It’s our review of PC-BSD 9.0 and 9.1. Allan joins us and we cover everything from the end-user experience, to setting up a Linux Jail running on top of PC-BSD. Plus we discuss a few bumps in the road bumps we hit, who we think is the target audience for our open source cousin, and much more!

Plus: We run through a batch of release announcements, the good and the bad for Ubuntu + Amazon, your feedback, and so much more!

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For full release versions, along with the full selection of CD, DVD and USB images, PC-BSD also offers ready to use VirtualBox and VMWare images
The Install:
- Your choice of Desktop Environments, Installer automatically adjusts the defaults depending on how much ram you have installed
- Your options: KDE, Gnome, LXDE or XFCE
- Another option is TrueOS, a console based server, FreeBSD with the CLI version of Warden, the PBI system, ZFS Boot Environments and other utilities
- The install also offers vanilla FreeBSD Server
Disk Partitioning
- PC-BSD allows you to do a full ‘root on ZFS’ install (only recommended if you have 4 or more GB of ram), including creating many different datasets with different settings such as compression for optimal use of space
- You have the option of the Basic Wizard, the Advanced Wizard, or the FreeBSD CLI partitioning system
- The advanced Wizard also allows you to setup more complex ZFS mirror or RAIDZ
- You can choose to optionally encrypt your hard disk using GELI
Warden
- Warden is a Graphical and Command Line based manager for FreeBSD’s Jails feature
- In FreeBSD a jail is a secondary installation of the OS files, which is then started in a chroot, and the processes, network and user/group IDs are separate
- Allows you to manage three types of jails:
- Traditional Jail – run internet applications in a container, if compromised, the attacker only gains access to the jail, not the host OS
- Ports Jail – less secure version if jails, allows you to install applications from the FreeBSD ports tree without interfering with the PBI package manager in the host OS
- Linux Jail – install Debian or Gentoo in a jail, and run your linux applications in a full linux environment
- Warden also allows you to stop a jail, pack it up, and move it to a different physical machine
- Warden also allows you to install meta-packages into the jails with a single click, allowing you to deploy apache+php+mysql in no time
- Warden can back your jails storage with ZFS, allowing you to take advantage of ZFS features such as snapshots, clones (writable snapshots), revert to a previous snapshot, etc
Warden Wiki

Chris’ notes:
Hardware:
HP Envy 17 – Wifi was not detected. Only the vesa video driver seemed to work.

VM: No major issue, video performance is not great.

If you consider yourself someone who likes to stay current on open source software releases, try out new betas, and upgrade right after release – PC-BSD is probably not for you.

I failed to find the KDE desktop compelling for me. A good enough implementation, but error pages in certain areas and a lack of anything particular interesting drove me to try the other desktops.

This is one, of two audiences I think PC-BSD could be great for. The first is Gnome 2 lovers. Gnome 2.32 ships with PC-BSD as an option, along with LXDE and XFCE. I tried them all, but Gnome 2 was the most fun. It really was a treat to set up the old workhorse the way I used to like it.

It also made me realize, the world has moved on and Gnome 2 is just not for me anymore.

However, if the work horse aspect is important to you – then you might be the second category of user I think PC-BSD is great for. The enterprise workstation.

FreeBSD is an awesomely cohesive and well built system, even as an outsider in a strange new land I can detect and appreciate the collective thought behind this operating system. On top of that, it’s stable, fast, and has one of the best file systems in the world for managing and protecting large sets of data.

The speed and utility of the Gnome 2 desktop is great, the XFCE setup would also work quite well in a workstation type setup.

Combine that with years of updates, iXsystem’s enterprise expertise and you could have a major contender in the workstation market.

All that said, if you want the latest version of HandBrake (PBI: 0.9.3 current: 0.9.8), PiTiVi ( PBI: 0.13.4 current: 0.15.2), or Chromium (PBI: 21.0 Current: 22.0) and so on, you’ll need to look else where.

Much of this can be alleviated by taking advantage of the FreeBSD ports tree, which PC-BSD makes it easy to setup with just a few clicked.

If wireless and 3D acceleration are important features for you, test the system first.

For users like myself, there are areas of the system that feel a bit unpolished. Perhaps the result of a small, but dedicated team. And despite the team’s amazing efforts, it still feels like the FreeBSD desktop market could be shrinking as the Linux game market heats up.

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Grab Bag! | MMOrgue 17

chris — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:56:58 +0000

In lieu of the AoC review originally scheduled for this week, Jeremy’s decided to throw together some of the hottest stories that’ve surfaced over the past week in the MMO industry. Included in this grab bag of editorial goodness is the DCUO-F2P announcement, GamersFirst’s new “offer” venture, WoW’s unique features coming in patch 4.3, and Trion World’s charitable efforts.

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Show Notes:

DCUO announces going F2P

I just said last week that this needed to happen, since CO and COH are both free now, and Marvel U will be F2P as well (if it ever launches).
This just sounds like an excuse to charge people for future expansions, like they intended to do with Fight for the Light.

GamersFirst invites spammers onboard

Previously cropped up in DDO, but Turbine decided to shut it down based on responses ( alternative link )
Will work slightly better in the APB and FE settings just due to the world lore.
Will still annoy players, and raise security concerns and spambot concerns.

WoW Patch 4.3 will bring easier PUG raids and cosmetic options

A new LFG queue that will automagically put you into lower-difficulty versions of the existing raids, with lesser loot. But 25-man versions ONLY.
These raids also don’t include lockout timers, which will be a HUGE boon to folks that regularly do PUG raids.
This will work GREAT in WoW due to the nature of the community, but I’m worried about this becoming a trend that other games may pick up on. Any developer interested in this trend needs to take a close look at their specific type of community before deciding whether to use this same methodology.
For example, WoW has a healthy PUG community, and a lot of smaller guilds that can only raid 10-man zones. So making a 25-man option more accessible actually allows MORE players to experience this side of the raiding game (which has a huge content focus in WoW).
Meanwhile, if a game thrives more on small groups and tight communities, implementing something that reinforces a PUG atmosphere would offer very little benefit while encouraging community fragmentation.

RIFT devs get awesomely charitable

Partnering with “Extra Life” to benefit Children’s Miracle Network
Devs will be creating a guild and inviting new characters to join them, and play for 24 hours straight.
They will also offer titles to anyone that participates (“the Charitable”) and for anyone that lasts the entire 24 hours (“the Insomniac”).
Also a whole mess of achievements/contests:
Highest Level Achieved
Most Favor Earned
Most Planarite Earned
Highest Crafting Skill (combined)
Most Achievements Earned
Most Dungeons Completed
Most Money Earned
Most Critters Killed
Most Artifacts Collected

Money from MMO subscriptions officially on the decline
– Money from F2P microtransactions is up!

SWG adds new feature, despite looming death knell

Rusty Hearts is now in Open Beta

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Eve Meltdown | MMOrgue 9

chris — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:53:31 +0000

The ENTIRE WORLD of online gaming erupted in a massive conflagration of hate, bile, controversy and intrigue, and naturally it was EVE Online that was to blame for it all. It seems like any time a major newsworthy meltdown occurs, this sandbox space simulator is the culprit behind the uprising.

On today’s MMOrgue, we’ve brought on a veteran EVE player as a correspondent to cover the highs and lows of the launch of the Incarna expansion, and editorialize on what CCP did so very, very wrong.

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Show Notes:

OPENER:

Today’s T-Shirt: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003LUZQRS/?tag=thelinactsho-20

RIFT discounts…
* $10 on Steam during their summer sale (now $40)
* Subscription discounts
* “Come back” weekend
* … feeling the pressure from other upcoming titles?

HELLGATE REVIEW: Delayed until NEXT WEEK

And now, on to EVE!

List of ignominious CCP quotes:
https://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1534552

Leaked pdf: “Greed is Good”
Confirmation of authenticity: https://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1536065&page=5#126

Dev Blog response:
https://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=932

Devs fly CSM players out to Iceland:
https://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=934
Statements from each side:
https://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=935

My thoughts:
It seems, to an outsider, that the purpose of the Aurum store was to allow players to circumvent the ISK:PLEX exchange, and shortcut the economy straight from RL money to in-game items.
This, on a certain level, makes sense.
The issues arose from rumors of new Aurum-only items, and the feeling that allowing cash-purchased items devalues the time-based skill investments of long-time players.
TIME is the ultimate currency. In a way, every MMO is just a complicated barter system for your time investment.
With the widespread shift to F2P+CashShop mechanics, will this have a lasting impact, or will it be looked back on as a “silly debate”?

An Aurum-incentivized viral marketing campaign:
https://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=937

Post-Thoughts

Tease of the Week:
According to Paul Darrow (well-known voice actor) his work on SWTOR will be published by Christmas
https://www.mmocrunch.com/2011/07/13/swtor-coming-out-by-christmas/
Add this to a rumor I’d heard that the SWTOR Razer gaming peripherals will be released in November… it’s looking like a pretty solid launch date for this much-hyped title.
But jeez… that’s still 6 months away! pout

Next week:
Hellgate and MORE!

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Champions / Marvel | MMOrgue 3

chris — Sat, 28 May 2011 03:00:49 +0000

In this week’s MMOrgue, we’re digging up the dirt on the world of superhero MMOs! Join us as we don our capes and tights to take a look at the latest troubling reports from inside Marvel Universe Online, as well as examine the effects that SOE’s network security issues and subsequent outage have had on DC Universe Online.

Last but not least, we examine the announcement that Atari is parting ways with Champions Online developer, Cryptic Studios. What has motivated this divestment, and what could this mean for the studio’s future and existing projects?

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Show Notes:

First, to respond to some feedback:

“The dark theme and name do not suit the show’s content.”

First the obvious reasoning behind the name: Everybody talkes about MMOs, and everybody considers themselves an expert worthy of a name and brand. Hence, MMO-everything is taken. I kid you not.
More importantly, the concept of looking at the inner workings of a living industry is very much in line with the idea of cataloguing and studying our dead.
- I chose this theme and name to illustrate a scientific and analytic approach to the stories that will be covered herein.
- The communities, technologies, and professionals of this industry are very much the heart, lungs and brains of any MMO. Without analysing what motivates and drives any of these, we potentially lose sight of the whole.
And lastly, the MMO industry is a dangerous place. Covering titles and technologies that are dead, and finding out what put them there, is something that WILL be covered on this show.

“You need a co-host.”

If this was a show about sharing the latest press releases and announcements, I would be inclined to agree. Finding commentary and conversation on such topics is easy, and flows best between separate minds.
- However, as this show is 100% editorial driven, the content is created from the mind of its host. Increasing the number of minds involved would only fragment the content and any opinions contained herein.
That said, there will occasionally be important industry events which either slip my radar, or about which I know too little to accurately form an editorial opinion.
- In these circumstances, I intend to invite “correspondents” to join me on air to discuss those particular situations. If you feel as though you would like to become a correspondent, please contact me by posting at jupitercolony.com, or by emailing jeremy@jupiterbroadcasting.com, to start a discussion on what content you would like to present to our audience.

DCUO and SOE outage

Infographic
On May 2nd, SOE went dark. Then hundreds of thousands of gamers cried out in frustration, and never went silent.
It took almost two weeks to get the network, and all of Sony’s games, back up and running and (apparently) secure from further invasion. That outage is estimated to have cost SOE a total of $171 million.
And this is AFTER a fiscal year that ended in March, which reported an annual loss of $3.2 billion for the company.

What does this rough patch mean for the future of DCUO?

Nobody at SOE is making any official statements yet, other than to say that DCUO’s population is currently “very good.”
In the past 3 months, there have been two replacements among the DCUO project’s upper management that were made from within … existing execs taking on extra responsibility instead of promotions, or new hires.
And this after the project suffered a round of layoffs in April.
It is likely that subscriptions will see a noteworthy drop due to the outage. Even with the incentives being offered by SOE by way of apology.
- This comes down to Consumer Confidence, which is fancy way of saying “people don’t like to be jerked around.”
- SOE has a large overhead, capable of supporting a few rocky patches. Even so, they’ve been known to shut down games (Matrix Online).
GOOD NEWS: Apparently this outage scared SOE into being more interactive with their customers, and their forums are now ablaze with Dev Posts at regular intervals sharing REAL info instead of SOE’s standard practice of silence and mystery.
- Let’s hope it lasts.

MegaServers

Just days before the SOE network outage, it was announced that ALL of the existing DCUO servers would soon be merged into a few instanced networks called “MegaServers.”
Through the use of “phasing” technology, players will still be participating in areas that will have reasonable populations.
The benefit of this is to allow all of the back-end queueing for Raids, Duos, Alerts, and PvP to work across ALL players (on a per-platform basis).
The idea of server mergers has always been seen as a bad thing by the MMO press. It indicates a population decline, and a lack of interest.
- This MAY be different, as this sounds more like a fundamental tech shift, and not just a run-of-the-mill merger.
- However, it is still addressing an issue that would not be present if the game had a large and active population of gamers (queue times for instanced content).
Community outcry of “name collision” issues, and lack of solid responses from SOE, are causing additional schisms and rage among players.

Champions Online – Atari divests itself from Cryptic

https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34704/Atari_Drops_Champions_Online_Developer_Cryptic_Studios.php

First, rumor killing:
– Nothing is happening YET. Atari has only announced their INTENT to divest. They have not announced that they are seeking a buyer, nor that any change of staff will occur as a result of this decision.

Atari is making a Bad Choice

Investing in casual markets
- Casual / Facebook games do not create brand recognition, fan loyalty or press.
- As this market continues to mature, games will become more and more complex and impressive until their development budgets rival current standalone titles.
- Long-term investment in this area will continue to require more and more finances to remain competitive. It is not a quick and cheap money-maker market.
Profits continue to rise
- 17.3 million prior year, 7 million this year, next year = ??
- While actively developing at least one unreleased title – Neverwinter
- Early indications that Champions Online move to F2P has resulted in huge increase in profits, which only occurred in Q3 of 2010.
Foundry Tech
- No other MMO has created such a successful and robust UGC tool, and it is now available to be ported to all titles using the Cryptic Engine: STO, CO and NWO.
- Giving the power of content creation to users opens up new doors to new types of gamers, and creates a powerful sense of community.
- Other MMO devs would probably love to get their hands on this technology…

Independence for Cryptic?

In today’s MMO landscape, no Dev survives alone.
They all need a publisher, and most publishers end up owning the Dev studio
- Blizzard was acquired by Activision in 2007
- Bioware became a part of EA in 2007
- Turbine, the biggest example of a successful “indie” developer, was purchased by Warner Bros in 2010.
To date, no major developer has managed to leave its parent publishing company, and survive. In fact, it’s such a risky prospect that studios typically just dissolve rather than even attempt it.

So then, who buys Cryptic?

I think it’d be a bit presumptuous for me, as a gamer and not a financial analyst, to try and make an educated guess on this one.
MMORPG.com has a couple good editorials that cover most of the major candidates in this area. Check the show notes for details, as I don’t have much else to add to the discussion at this point.
- “Who Should Buy Cryptic?” — Western buyers
- “Cryptic’s Future Unclear” — Eastern buyers
Fans of Star Trek Online are hoping that the company is acquired by CBS, the IP holder of the Star Trek franchise.
- Would CBS be interested in entering the online gaming arena? They haven’t yet.

Future of Neverwinter IP?
Possibly the biggest question mark in all of this…

Atari holds publishing rights on all Dungeons & Dragons products until 2017.
A lot of money and time already invested in the project, including a co-publishing deal with a line of novels written by R.A. Salvatore, and a deal with Wizards of the Coast for additional tie-ins.
Unlikely that Atari will let this one go completely.
- It will either get pulled from Cryptic and given to another studio with Atari maintaining their publishing oversight, or a new deal will be worked out to keep Atari on board in spite of their divestment from the studio.
- Either option discounts the title from being a bargaining tool in obtaining a new investment partner.

Marvel Universe

F2P

Attempting to live under the title of “First ever AAA F2P MMO in the West, at time of launch”
- Color me completely unimpressed.
- First of all, you can’t CLAIM a title like “Triple-A” without having a product. At this time, with the total lack of game footage, screenshots, timelines for beta/release, or even branding… what is here to lay claim to?
- This just sounds like empty hype, from a company that has already started disappointing us with overblown hype for their other unlaunched MMO, Jumpgate:Evolution.

No Character Customization
Rank this as my “most worrying” concern for this title.

On the one hand, it will allow players to jump into game as iconic well-known superheroes from the Marvel franchise.
- A lot of people will find this appealing, as evidenced by the outstanding sales records for single-player superhero titles like “Ultimate Alliance.”
- Developers at Secret Identify Studios claim this will make everyone feel more heroic, and “we won’t be merely ‘sidekicks.’”
  - EMPTY CLAIM — CO allows heroes to feel like heroes, and even have their own Nemesis with minions and a base. What sidekick has that?!
On the other, how many Wolverines and Hulks will be roaming around? Or will each server have only one instance of each? Where’s the “massive” in this MMO, if that’s the case?
- And how about progression? If you have to unlock the powers of your favorite superheroes, how do you explain them losing their abilities at the start of the story?
Possibly one of the biggest selling points of superhero MMOs to date, has been character customization. CoX and CO had it in droves, and DCUO’s comparative lack of options brought them a lot of criticism from MMO players and press.
- This is a technological step backwards, and will only work if this is NOT a true MMO as we’ve come to define it.
- If this is just another “X-Men Legends” or “Ultimate Alliance” with robust online matchmaking services, then it could work.
- But any form of persistence, progression and community, will be lost without personalization of your avatar.

Written by Bendis
This has the potential to make me excited.

Brian Michael Bendis is the godfather of Marvel’s “Ultimate” universe, and creator of some of the most critically acclaimed stories ever to spring from comic books. Including “Avengers Disassembled,” “House of M,” “Civil War,” and “Secret Invasion.”
He claims to be writing stories for MUO that will portray some of the most iconic moments from each characters’ lore, and re-imagine them into events that players will experience in-game.
Not much else to say about it, really. Bendis has never really done anything ‘wrong’ (except, arguably, killing off Hawkeye… ) so it’s great news for the story side of the game.
Between this, and the news that R.A. Salvatore is writing for Cryptic’s “Neverwinter,” it could set a precedence in the industry to bring in more established high-profile writers to flesh out the story of an MMO. Nothing wrong with that at ALL. There’s a reason they are high-profile after all… it’s because they’re AWESOME.

https://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/5187/page/1
https://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/02/the-daily-grind-do-you-think-marvel-universe-is-an-mmo/

—————

Man… this whole episode was a lot of bad news, wasn’t it? And here I was hoping that superheroes were a HAPPY topic of conversation…

Well, maybe next week will turn some of that around…

+ RIFT feedback and discussion
+ 2KGames enters the MMO arena, through a partnership with XLGames (Lineage)
+ Bioware talks Mass Effect MMO

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Open Mic Calls | LOTSO 28

chris — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:33:15 +0000

After covering the gaming news you care about, we give Bulletstorm a review. Then the guys open up the call-in line and take topics from the live stream. Tonight’s callers don’t disappoint, and point the guys in the direction of some hot new games!

Plus We cover the Kinect’s insane adoption rate, and so much more!

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Downloads, & Show Notes:

Newsish
Record Breaking Call o Dookie
Record Breaking Kinect (guinness)
Nextbox?

Review
Bulletstorm
-Trailer
-Gameplay

Grabsack
CALL IN Games:
XCom
Dark Prophecy
Dark Spore

Download

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Spooky Updates, Charts & Links | STOked 57

chris — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:07:31 +0000

In honor of the SCARIEST day of the year, we give you our review of the SCARIEST Weekly Episode to date – “What Lies Beneath.” Then we’ll cover a new batch of Stahl Quotables, including Season 3 details, Foundry updates, and an impending update to both ESD -and- Qo’nos!

Stay tuned for our viewer-submitted STO links, and a new Community Feedback question.

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NEWS:

Live every Saturday from now on!

REVIEW OF “What Lies Beneath” (Series 2, Episode 3)
(NOTE: I’ve been informed to play with AUDIO ON for best results.)

Stahl: A comprehensive list of Season 3 (or prior) updates
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3119139&postcount=17
* Enterprise Series Bundle Pack
— NX-01 Ship Skin (speculated: Light Cruiser replacement)
— Enterprise Costumes (Classic and Mirror)

* 300 Day Vet Rewards

Dauntless Accolade and Title.
FREE Character Slot.
FREE Ship “Firework” emote.
A 4% Captain and Officer Skill Point Boost up to Lieutenant Commander 6

Stahl: Qo’nos upgrade coming around the same time as ESD revamp
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3123920&postcount=71

Stahl: Official response to the CO=F2P announcement
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=185819

Stahl: Foundry officially enters Closed Beta
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3118932&postcount=6
– Foundry Forum has launched!

Player Created Content Sector? D. Stahl thinks it could happen!

D’kyr Vulcan Ship
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3115172&postcount=3
– You can see it in-game now, if you do “Task Force Hippocrates”

MATH:

INTRODUCING: THE CHART !! https://bit.ly/mathchart

What’s it for? The point of this particular resource, is to offer you a way to balance your boff-related expenditures, to ensure that you’re seeking out abilities that aren’t too costly, and therefore leave you room in your skill point pool to beef up these abilities to the max, man.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by email, jeremy@jupiterbroadcasting.com

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK:

The one good link: https://stofan.comxa.com (sent in by about a dozen of you)
Good resource for guides, tutorials, maps and much much more.

Oh, and a ship chart: https://www.spidermitch.com/STO/SpidermitchFEDShipChart.jpg
Inspired by Suricata’s ship chart, but now with complete graphical views from every angle.

The rest have been Fleet-specific websites. At this time, we’ve chosen not to focus on Fleets, to avoid playing favorites of any kind. But, I will say that some of your sites looked great.

NEXT WEEK’S QUESTION:
In light of Stahl’s announcement that ESD and Qo’nos will be getting facelifts, send us your ideas for features that the new versions of these core social areas need to obtain.

Live every Saturday from now on!

REVIEW OF “What Lies Beneath” (Series 2, Episode 3)
(NOTE: I’ve been informed to play with AUDIO ON for best results.)

Stahl: A comprehensive list of Season 3 (or prior) updates
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3119139&postcount=17
* Enterprise Series Bundle Pack

— NX-01 Ship Skin (speculated: Light Cruiser replacement)

— Enterprise Costumes (Classic and Mirror)

* 300 Day Vet Rewards

Dauntless Accolade and Title.
FREE Character Slot.
FREE Ship “Firework” emote.
A 4% Captain and Officer Skill Point Boost up to Lieutenant Commander 6

Stahl: Qo’nos upgrade coming around the same time as ESD revamp
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3123920&postcount=71

Stahl: Official response to the CO=F2P announcement
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=185819

Stahl: Foundry officially enters Closed Beta
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3118932&postcount=6
– Foundry Forum has launched!

Player Created Content Sector? D. Stahl thinks it could happen!

D’kyr Vulcan Ship
https://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=3115172&postcount=3
– You can see it in-game now, if you do “Task Force Hippocrates”

MATH:

INTRODUCING: THE CHART !! https://bit.ly/mathchart

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by email, jeremy@jupiterbroadcasting.com

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK:

The one good link: https://stofan.comxa.com (sent in by about a dozen of you)
Good resource for guides, tutorials, maps and much much more.

Oh, and a ship chart: https://www.spidermitch.com/STO/SpidermitchFEDShipChart.jpg
Inspired by Suricata’s ship chart, but now with complete graphical views from every angle.

The rest have been Fleet-specific websites. At this time, we’ve chosen not to focus on Fleets, to avoid playing favorites of any kind. But, I will say that some of your sites looked great.

NEXT WEEK’S QUESTION:
In light of Stahl’s announcement that ESD and Qo’nos will be getting facelifts, send us your ideas for features that the new versions of these core social areas need to obtain.

Download:

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STO Open Beta Report & Game Video Capture Tip | STOked S01E19

chris — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:03:26 +0000

STOked Season 1 Episode 19: We cover the latest Star Trek Online developments from Open Beta, go over the different subscription plans and if they are a good deal.

Plus we reflect on our trip to Cryptic, the makers of Star Trek Online.

Then we give you a quick tip on capturing video of your gameplay with WeGame!

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NEWS:

Lifetime / Yearly / Monthly Prices Announced

1-Month Recurring USD: 14.99 CAD: 16.49 GDP: 8.99 EUR: 12.99 DKK: 82.45

3-Month Recurring 47.97 46.17 25.17 35.97 230.84

6-Month Recurring 77.94 85.73 46.14 65.94 428.67

For those who pre-ordered:

$239.99 - USD
Lifetime Access to Star Trek Online
Playable Borg (fully customizable in character creator)
2 Additional Character Slots

$119.99/yr - USDHi
Annual recurring subscription locked in at the discount price
2 Additional Character Slots

Playable Borg Details:

Q: What are the playable Borg’s in-game traits?

A: The Liberated Borg begins with the following two traits. You can select another two traits from a general list.

Borg Nanites: +10% Health Regeneration

Description: Ground Trait. Constantly regenerates shields and health.

Efficient: +5 Starship Shield Efficiency, +5 Starship Engine Efficiency, +5 Starship Energy Weapon Efficiency, +5 Starship Auxiliary Systems Efficiency

Description: Space Trait. Provides a bonus to efficiency stats, improving the effectiveness of many of your power management abilities.

The Liberated Borg also has a unique optional trait.

Neural Blast: 30 second debuff. Drastically reduces run speed. Every 4 seconds

Neural Blast has a 40% chance to hold the target for 3 seconds. Description: Activatable Ground Trait. Inject the target with neural toxins, which continually attempt to hold the target for the duration. Also reduces the target's movement speed.

OUR TRIP TO CRYPTIC:

Jeremy and Chris visit Cryptic Studios, we report!

jupiterforce.org is active!

https://jupiterforce.org/forum.php

There is a "Home Page" containing content we haven't had time to modify yet.

www.jupitercolony.com to discuss the show's content

OPEN BETA REPORT:

Our reactions to beta (no NDA now!)

Etc

Server capacity reached!

Most of Saturday, and on/off this morning, the STO servers were popping up a "Server is Busy, please try again later" box.

It was announced that this was due to the hard-coded server capacity limits they've put in place, based on hardware performance.

https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=1473371#post1473371

No hard numbers on what that cap is, but I'd imagine it's quite high (like Bryan's ego).

You can keep clicking and sneak in when someone else logs off/disconnects.

Relatively stable performance under such a load! (No worse than the rest of the week was)

We warned them... Silly Cryptic!

QUICK TIP:

WeGame - www.wegame.com

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Klingon Controversy | STOked S1 E16

chris — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:40:11 +0000

STOked Season 1 Episode 16: We discuss the community’s reaction to recent Klingon press, finalized pre-order information and the updated Ships of the Line pages. Plus we drop some Closed Beta information in your face and bring you current on all the latest STO news from around the web – from Klingons and PvP to voice-overs and videos.

THEN another heaping helping of beautiful screenshots to cap off the episode!

Our STOked App:

Grab the STOked iPhone/iPod App and download STOked plus bonus content on the go!

FEATURE:

Klingon explosion after our last episode STOked.

NEWS:
Zinc Confirms new “Transwarp” ability in STO that returns you to the main star base instantly:

Beta Note: Transwarp power that takes you right to Earth Space Dock probably _shouldn’t_ work for the Klingon faction…

— Craig Zinkievich (@CrypticZinc) December 16, 2009

Complete Pre-Order FAQ and Info @ Cryptic.com
https://www.startrekonline.com/preorder-faq
https://www.startrekonline.com/retail
and
https://www.startrekonline.com/exclusives

BETA INFO:

* Battle damage meshes are in-game!
* Leaked videos on YouTube!

Fed:

Klingons:

ARTICLES:

startrekonline.com — Klingon Info
https://startrekonline.com/node/777

New Ship Listing @ Cryptic
https://www.startrekonline.com/ships-index

Jack Emmert goes to bat for Klingons @ MMORPG.com
https://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/352/feature/3847/Star-Trek-Online-Jack-Emmert-Talks-Klingons.html

* They have a full set of skills, their own bridge officers, their own ships, their own territory, their own advancement and their own missions.
* There is PvE content, it only lacks the depth of the Fed’s content. (random encounters)

Character Creation – Rock Paper Shotgun
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/12/18/star-trek-online-characters-creatored/

* Good pictures
* Explanation of facial morphology on pre-set races

Character Creation – ZAM.com
https://www.zam.com/story.html?story=20862

* More great character creation pictures

Craig Zincievich interview – Thirteen1 magazine
https://www.thirteen1.com/Issues/13131209/mag.php

* You’ll experience references to well-known characters, but their likeness rights are “sticky and expensive” so you won’t meet them.

“What We Know So Far” – ZAM.com
https://www.zam.com/story.html?story=20942

* Rehash of details on the game so far. Good source to point new folks, but no new information.

A Three Hour Tour, Inside Beta – MMORPG.com
https://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/352/feature/3846/Star-Trek-Online-Inside-Beta-A-Three-Hour-Tour.html

VIDEOS:

Behind the Scenes: Zachary Quinto voiceover session (IGN.com)
https://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14270158/star-trek-online/videos/startrekonline_trl_btsquinto_121509.html;jsessionid=1i7ejag11k8w8

Veil of Space, Part 1: “Into the Lion’s Den”

* Lots of interior shots. Bridges & transporter rooms.
* Lots of Klingon ship shots at the end.
* Finally some high quality voice-over work!

SCREENSHOTS:

Lots of great shots at TrekMovie
https://trekmovie.com/2009/12/15/sto-update-new-trailers-screenshots-deluxe-digital-edition-details-more/

Klingon with Bat’leth:

Klingon Bird-of-Prey:

Outside the Klingon High Council:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/startrekonline/4193684826/sizes/o/ (note the scar on the face)

Klingon Bat’leth battle:

AMAZON LINKS:

Star Trek TOS Season 3 Blu-Ray or DVD Star Trek Online Pre-Order Standard Edition Star Trek Online Pre-Order Collectors Edition

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New Beta Info + Character Creation | STOked S1 E13

chris — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:08:24 +0000

STOked S1 E13: Our beta tip inbox is packed full of great info, and we give you the best of the best! Then we go over everything we’ve been able to learn about STO’s Character Creation process.
We also talk about just what sets Star Trek Online’s tutorial apart from other MMOs (HINT: It’s got a key role in the game’s primary plot line).

Plus we answer some of the audiences most frequently asked questions, reveal the details of the Collector’s Edition, and drop another healthy dose of news, reviews and screenshots in your lap.

This Week’s Links & Notes:

THANKS:

Thanks to Aaron over at consoleclassix.com for the account hook ups, great place to get some RETRO Star Trek games!

Thanks to imaximus for a very awesome fleet logo!

NEWS:

New Collector’s Edition bonuses added @ Gamestop.com

https://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=75981

Red Matter Capacitor (triggered effect = extra energy capacity)

Uniform options from DS9 and TNG-Movies

Over 40 pages of glossy concept art

Open Beta confirmation – Stormshade

https://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=1005927#post1005927

"People in Closed Beta should automatically roll into Open Beta" – StormShade

BETA LEAKS:

No penalty for being Human?

BOFFs can not change race, but can be customized from within that race.

ARTICLES:

Ten Ton Hammer – UI Review

https://www.tentonhammer.com/node/77082

No custom UI mods: "Our UI scripting language is proprietary and internal. It is really powerful and eventually we may release it to the players to allow them to play around with it but not at launch." (Zinc)

"You can define the Fleet Logo that ends up displayed on your ship." (Zinc)

Open Instancing: Auto-Group functions. Can be toggled on/off.

1024×768 recommended, minimum.

Massively.com: The Digital Continuum – Federation Stands For Fighting

https://www.massively.com/2009/11/23/the-digital-continuum-federation-stands-for-fighting/

A brief combat-oriented overview of the Trek universe, to help explain the combat-centric STO gameplay

"… combat is the elephant and all of these people claiming it’s something else are blind men holding onto different parts of the same creature."

IGN.com – Dev Diary: Visual Effects (by Michael Cavallaro)

https://pc.ign.com/articles/104/1047832p1.html

"Our job is to modernize the look but still keep the original feel so fans will immediately recognize the IP and be impressed by the updated look. "

They talk about receiving stats on an item/ability, and going over TV/Movie footage to find something similar, before implementing the final look & effect.

GameSpy’s Hands-On Preview

https://pc.gamespy.com/pc/star-trek-online/1049400p1.html

"I worry for this game."

Skepticism tends to stem from Ground Combat, and a perceived lack of innovation in Space (Pirates of the Burning Sea "ripoff")

VIDEOS:

New Space Exploration "Trailer"

On YouTube in HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QldsDfkXNc0

SCREENSHOTS:

ZAM has 5 new High-Res Screen Shots: https://www.zam.com/Im/image/gallery/148969

Galaxy Class-ish ship blowing up: https://cds012.sj1.cdn.themis-media.com/m9z2g8u7/cds/media/global/images/galleries/full/60/60968.jpg?dopvhost=cdn.themis-media.com

Great ground shot: https://cds009.sj1.cdn.themis-media.com/m9z2g8u7/cds/media/global/images/galleries/full/60/60966.jpg?dopvhost=cdn.themis-media.com

Sov and Excels take on a gorn? https://cds001.sj1.cdn.themis-media.com/m9z2g8u7/cds/media/global/images/galleries/full/60/60967.jpg?dopvhost=cdn.themis-media.com

Excels and Sov lines merge to form Chris’ ultimate ship? https://cds020.sj1.cdn.themis-media.com/m9z2g8u7/cds/media/global/images/galleries/full/60/60969.jpg?dopvhost=cdn.themis-media.com

USS Discovery a Micro Voyage’esk ship: https://cds020.sj1.cdn.themis-media.com/m9z2g8u7/cds/media/global/images/galleries/full/60/60970.jpg?dopvhost=cdn.themis-media.com

Romulan Vs. Defiant’ish ship: https://cds012.sj1.cdn.themis-media.com/m9z2g8u7/cds/media/global/images/galleries/full/60/60971.jpg?dopvhost=cdn.themis-media.com

Product Highlight

Star Trek Online – Pre-Order

Star Trek Online – Pre-Order (Collectors Edition)

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Space & Ground Tactics | STOked S01 E12

chris — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:42:03 +0000

STOked Season 1 Episode 12: We cover the massive amount of new details for game tactics, we discuss a surprise glimpse at full on Galaxy Class saucer separation in game, and just how it might work in game. Then we go over the best details in our interview round up with Cryptic staff, plus we reveal a few more beta details sent to us from our anonymous tipsters.

Then – We cover some of the all time best screen shots, and pick out the details that we think are important.

Plus so much more!

This Week’s Links & Notes:

Episode 12

News:

-Cryptic launches brand new interactive web design
https://www.startrekonline.com

-Open Beta date announced, Starting January 12, 2010 thru January 26, 2010
https://www.massively.com/2009/11/19/star-trek-online-open-beta-dates-announced/

Beta Leaks:
-Multiple confirmations that STO works just fine under Bootcamp on Macs.
-Received some screenshots of a work-in-progress on a game manual.
-Latest patch improved graphics. New screenies just look like they added a glow or filter.
-Still no playable Klingons or Bridges

Panel Question: Micro-Transactions

-Are you ok with paying for in-game upgrades/mods
-NCsoft is selling Super Booster IV and Hero-Con Re-Cap in City of Heroes, $9.99
-All characters on the account get the upgrade/boost

-Would you be ok with these kinds of upgrades in STO?
-Does it make the game unfair because people with spare money can get an un-fair advantage?
-Do you think if STO takes off, Cryptic might consider this? — Note from Jeremy: These are already confirmed to be present in STO.
-Quote from Zinc: “Star Trek will have micro-transactions, but most of those will be cosmetic things. Some will augment gameplay, but won’t replace any gameplay.”

Articles:

-Ship Q&A @ Massively
https://www.massively.com/2009/11/16/ships-star-trek-online-community-qanda-answers/
-All ships of the same class/tier have the same stats. (T4 Escorts = identical, except cosmetics)
-Confirmed plans to add more ships
“Escorts are the quick-moving, precision-striking ships of the fleet. They’re not as hardy as other ships, but they’re tough to hit and can fit cannons, which are high-damage, almost sniper-style weapons. Cruisers are big ships with a big crew and huge engines that provide them lots of power, so they can fit a lot of guns, send big boarding parties and repair their hull and subsystems very quickly. And Science ships can detect cloaked vessels, use tractor beams to hold other ships in place and expose a weak side, take out shields with powerful tachyon beams, and lend aid to other ships in need. “

-Ground Combat Q&A @ TTH
https://www.tentonhammer.com/node/76794
-“Each episode is a 5 act instance. Within those five acts, 3-5 ground maps.”
-Flanking confirmed.
-Episodes (60/40) // Patrol Missions (almost 100% space) // Star Clusters (50/50, and contains many non-combat areas to explore)
-Most melee attacks ignore shields
-All weapons have 3 attacks: Primary (steady dmg), Secondary (special effects) and Melee (usually w/ knockback).
-“Replay Mechanism” — helping someone do a mission you’ve already completed, will give you a secondary reward.

-Maximum PC interviews Zinc
https://www.maximumpc.com/article/web_exclusive/star_trek_online_interview

-There are surrenders, in main storylines. (no ship explosion)
-Death in space = return to spawn point w/ “some damage to your systems”
-Crew level affects hull regeneration. You can USE crew as boarding parties against enemies, or repair (healing) parties to allies.
-Each boff can get up to 4 abilities (1 per rank) on top-rank stations.
-Maximum abilities is 6 boffs, 12 abilities available (station limits).
I-f <5 players, team leader assigns boff slots for ground combat. -There ARE large away missions with multiple teams - all captains (no boffs) -"Security Escort" ability (from a kit) beams in a team of "highly aggressive redshirts." mwahaha -"We don't have levels..." but there are 5 ranks w/ 10 subranks each... so really, they DO have levels. -There will be some randomly generated content (Genesis), but most seems to be handed off to designers to finish. -4 Sector Hubs: Fed, Klingon, Romulan, Borg (4 seasons coincide)
Videos:

-New video @ official site: “Starship Tactics (part one)” https://www.startrekonline.com/videos
Note: Look how much smoother the footage is!
-AoE torpedo explosion!
-Floating combat text confirmed

-New video on IGN: “Starship Tactics (part two)”
https://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/14270158/star-trek-online/videos/startrekonline_trl_starshiptacticspt2_111909.html
“Resourceful captains will also be able to utilize and recognize the different classes of starships: Cruisers for tanks, Science vessels for Support, and Escorts for lightning strikes.”
-TNG Enterprise bridge shot! (@0:50sec)
-Boarding parties: Launch shuttles, which then work internally on the enemy ship to disable systems and decrease efficiency of repairs/shield regen.
-But then the ship blows up? Those better have been worthless redshirts…
-Saucer separation? Glitched, but shown @ about 2:55… a Galaxy class without a saucer, and a nearby ship that might be the detached saucer.

Vertical Slice.tv — Eurogamer footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF_uhGz4PY8

Screenshots:

MMORPG.com — Part 4
https://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/352/feature/3734

IGN.com – 8 new shots
https://uk.media.pc.ign.com/media/142/14270158/imgs_1.html

Curse.com – 5 new shots
https://www.curse.com/articles/sto-en-news/611128.aspx

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The Computer Action Show! Season 1 Episode 8

chris — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:07:58 +0000

This week on, The Computer Action Show!

Google Announces the details of Chrome OS, is the whole thing a big old let down, or the start of the next computing revolution?! Fedora’s got a new release and we give you the quick and dirty! IBM kills development of the Cell processor, is your PS3 DOOOOMED?

Then we take a road trip to a local PC builder and find out how they’re supporting Linux!

PLUS SO MUCH MORE!

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All this week on, The Computer Action Show!

Part 1 of our Road Trip to Puget Systems:

This Week’s Links:

Today in Computer History:
November 22, 1985: Apple Shares Mac Interface with Microsoft

News:

Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS

YouTube pulls a Hulu — yanking API access from Popcorn Hour

Fedora 12 Released

IBM Halts Future Cell Development

VirtualBox 3.1.0 Beta 1 released

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