| [19:51] | <Krozy> | Good evening everyone. - Thank you for coming to this evenings discussion of Fallen Age. We're currently in preperations, so please be patient as we'll be getting underway shortly.
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| [19:56] | <Savant> | Ok guys, here we go.
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| [19:57] | <Savant> | Some of you might know this already, since some news sites posted the press release already.
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| [19:58] | <Savant> | As of today, Fallen Age is on hold, indefinitely. As most of you know, updates and patches were delayed many times over from their end... coupled with creative design differences, we've placed the project on hold, to hopefully work these issues out. If we're able to work them out, Fallen Age will make a triumphant return. If not...
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| [19:59] | <Savant> | I'm deeply sorry for this, we're all quite sad here in the office... We think you guys have been some of the coolest testers/fans/People we've met.
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| [20:00] | <Savant> | To show our appreciation for your dedication, and also in the tradition of us being here for you -- We're making arrangements with Mythic Entertainment to move you guys over to the DAoC Beta (if you choose to go).
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| [20:00] | <Savant> | In addition, we're making a very special t-shirt with a dead slug on the front, and a small memorial message on the back -- which we'll be sending out in a few weeks once they're done being printed.
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| [20:01] | <Savant> | Ok -- now that I've said all that, Krozy will be taking questions, if you have any -- So please PM him with your question, and he'll paste it in here and we'll try to get to as many as possible.
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| [20:02] | <Krozy> | <Mazrim|Afk> how long will the servers be up
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| [20:02] | <Miller> | I will be taking questions as well
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| [20:02] | <Savant> | We'll be shutting down the servers after we're done here...
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| [20:03] | <Krozy> | <Falaanla> Question: What if we are already in the DAoC beta? *grin*
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| [20:03] | <Drysart> | Then you'll *definately* be in the DAoC beta now. Plus you'll still be getting the slug t-shirt, so at least you're getting something out of it. :(
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| [20:04] | <Miller> | <rese> Savant in your press release your said "We have run into creative differences with our partners in Korea" Can you pls explain this in detail? and when do we find out if we are in DAoC Beta as I am looking realy forward to that?
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| [20:05] | <Savant> | While I can't go into many details, we've differed on areas such as patching for our playerbase as opposed to theirs first, then ours a month later... Among many design issues, such as quest mechanics, combat mechanics, etc.
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| [20:05] | <Savant> | You will find out just as soon as we and Mythic finalize the details... I'd say no later than a week, two at tops.
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| [20:05] | <Krozy> | <Jixxa> When FA is back (I still have faith) will we still be in the beta?
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| [20:06] | <Drysart> | Yes, if and when we get the issues worked out, we'll come back up with our existing set of beta testers.
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| [20:07] | <Drysart> | You guys stuck with us through all the problems we ran into in the past, we won't abandon you over this.
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| [20:08] | <Krozy> | <Mazrim|Afk> can we have tonight!?
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| [20:08] | <Savant> | Ooops, I thought I knew what that meant.
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| [20:08] | <Savant> | Have Fallen Age for one more night, or get into Mythic's Beta tonight?
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| [20:09] | <Savant> | Ah, ok, we think you mean servers.
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| [20:09] | <Savant> | Yes, if you guys like, we can keep the servers up one more night for a sendoff party.
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| [20:10] | <Krozy> | <Fiona> Q: What will you be working on instead?
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| [20:11] | <Savant> | Well, I guess I can let one cat out of the bag.
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| [20:11] | <Savant> | We're currently working on two unannounced titles, one is in its early development stage, and I can say nothing about it -- the other is about half done, with an announcement coming soon, which is a Massive Multiplayer Sports title.
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| [20:13] | <Miller> | <rese> Some of the folks overseas haven't received the t-shirt for signing up for the beta, Will we recevied this t-shirt?
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| [20:13] | <Drysart> | Not everyone who just got into beta got a t-shirt, if you were promised a t-shirt, then you'll get one.
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| [20:14] | <Krozy> | <Ratatoo> will they be shutting down the website server and forums too?
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| [20:15] | <Savant> | We'll have a doomy-gloomy message up on the front page, but we'll leave one of the forums up (dev chat or general discussion or something) - until traffic to it slows down heavily.
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| [20:16] | <Krozy> | <Ratatoo> is fallen age gunna try to break away from killride and go its own direction?
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| [20:17] | <Savant> | Fallen Age, as it exists as you know it, can't break away from Killride... They own the Intellectual Property and the source code. Fallen Age the name, belongs to us -- So technically, you may yet to see "Fallen Age" (if we can't patch things up) but it will not be like what you were testing until now.
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| [20:18] | <Savant> | ----For those of you sending DAoC Beta/Account questions --- We haven't finalized the details to the arrangement just yet, so we can't answer them. Trust that we will send you the information and directions just as soon as things are finalized.
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| [20:20] | <Krozy> | <@!Phat Lewt> Savy, ya got any left over FA necklaces fer the LOYAL beta testers?
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| [20:20] | <Savant> | Heh, sure. =P
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| [20:20] | <Savant> | Don't you be sellin' them on Ebay though. =P
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| [20:21] | <Krozy> | <Laediin> what prompted you to make a deal with mythic? Was it a randome decision or was there reasoning behind that. If there was reasoning, Could you elaborate on that?
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| [20:22] | <Drysart> | The main motivation behind our deal with Mythic is that you guys put a lot of time into testing Fallen Age for us, and many of you sent us boxes, and CDs. We didn't just want to shut down and leave you in the cold with nothing to show for it.
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| [20:23] | <Drysart> | We approached Mythic about the concept and they liked the idea, we thought it'd be a nice "consolation prize" for everyone, so we went with it. I figure it's the least we can do, at least if you're not beta testing FA, you can beta test DAoC
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| [20:23] | <Savant> | Plus they're a great bunch of guys, and we like the game and the company.
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| [20:23] | <Krozy> | and then there's Lum
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| [20:23] | <Drysart> | Yeah they were almost more upset than we were about us having to put FA on hold
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| [20:23] | <Savant> | Lum had nothing to do with it, honest. :)
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| [20:23] | <Drysart> | I can see the headline now: "LUM BAILS SAVANT OUT" =P
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| [20:23] | <Savant> | lol
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| [20:24] | <Miller> | hehehe
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| [20:27] | <rese> | Thx to the whole team for an exelent game and giving us the chance to beta test is and I hope FallenAge comes back stronger than ever and thx for aranging for us to beta test DAoC! In the words of one friend of mine I have tryed all the new online worlds and FallenAge looks like the first that has a chance of being the UO killer!
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| [20:28] | <Savant> | Thank you... Kind words, we really appreciate that.
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| [20:28] | <Drysart> | Thanks to you, rese. Hopefully we can get things patched up and finish making it the UO killer. ;)
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| [20:28] | <Krozy> | <Lagesek> Can we expect any slug bashing titles from netamin in the future
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| [20:28] | * Savant clears his throat.
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| [20:29] | <Savant> | If I have any say whatsoever, there will never be any slugs in our games ever again. =P
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| [20:30] | <Drysart> | Or so he thinks. ;)
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| [20:30] | * Savant whines.
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| [20:30] | <netaminE> | lol
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| [20:30] | <Krozy> | keep your pants on
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| [20:30] | <Krozy> | <Xandar> What ever happened to all those old games we sent in?
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| [20:30] | <Drysart> | Right now, they're filling up a corner of our office. We're not sure WHAT we're going to do with them all yet.
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| [20:31] | <Krozy> | <Jixxa> If Netamin decides to do an online game, other than FA, in the future would it be possible for us to be automaticly considered for that beta?
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| [20:31] | <Savant> | Absolutely! In fact, if you guys are ever in LA and just need a place to stay? You can crash at mine or Drysart's place!
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| [20:32] | <Savant> | (Everything after the Absolutely was a lie)
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| [20:32] | <netaminE> | I was gonna say...
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| [20:32] | <Savant> | Oh, and we only do Online games, so we'll definitely be doing more. :)
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| [20:32] | <Drysart> | Look me up in the phone book. I'm under Daniel "Savant" Manachi, oddly enough.
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| [20:33] | <Savant> | ----We've been getting a lot of questions about this, so here is the official answer....
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| [20:34] | <Savant> | We'll put up a poll on the website after tonight about what you guys want us to do with those CD's and boxes you sent in -- Our plan was to do something huge with them right before launch... but, well... anyway, so we'll let you guys decide on the poll. Expect that up with the website changes in a couple hours.
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| [20:34] | <Miller> | <Jalazadri> Wow, online Sports game, do you guys anticiapte drawing a larger crowd with the more diverse Genre?
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| [20:35] | <Savant> | Well, it's an untested market, but we think they'll be quite popular, yes.
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| [20:36] | <Drysart> | If nothing else, it'll introduce a whole new set of people to Online gaming that haven't given it a second look before.
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| [20:36] | <Savant> | And if it doesn't work, we'll just change it to an FPS where you beat each other senseless with a bat.
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| [20:36] | <Savant> | Oops, I said bat...
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| [20:37] | <Drysart> | And at that point, we'll add slugs.
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| [20:37] | <Savant> | Lots of slugs.
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| [20:37] | <Miller> | <Caliban> how do you see the mmporpg market going? do you think there is enough for 4-5 big rpg's to survive?
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| [20:38] | <Savant> | This is just the beginning of persistent world gaming... We're at the tip of the iceberg. I think the market can handle as many quality games as it can produce.
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| [20:38] | <Savant> | On that note, I'd like to make one final comment before opening up the floor for a little talk before we get to work on the site....
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| [20:39] | <Savant> | I really want to send a big Thank You to our Fan Sites -- You guys have been great, loyal, and stuck through it with us even when patches were taking forever to arrive. Thank you guys a bunch -- and if there's anything a little extra we can do for you, for your support, please don't hesitate to drop me a line.
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| [20:39] | <Savant> | And again, a HUGE thank you to all our loyal fans and testers -- you guys rule.
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| [20:40] | <Savant> | <<--done =(
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