Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: HOLY SMOKES!!! FYI- Another reason to do away with PNGs

chud opened this issue on Aug 29, 2006 ยท 38 posts


Blackhearted posted Fri, 01 September 2006 at 7:40 AM

sure, same here. i had an atari 2600, then a c64, then the more modern consoles.
however, pick the most addictive non-MMORPG game you can think of and it doesnt come close to the addictive draw of an MMORPG. civ, sid meier's pirates!, the sims, etc.

the reason MMORPGs are so addicitive is because of the persistant world that is moving in real time parallel to the real one.
with a tactical shooter like BF2, you play in matches, and its easy enough to just call it a night at the end of a match. with civ, pirates!, the sims, etc you can just click save or pause and do whatever you like.

in an MMORPG there is no save, there is no pause. everything just keeps on moving. add to this that they were designed from the ground up to be as addictive, as time-consuming as possible in order to maximize profits for the developer.

if you can just play for 1-2 hours a night i commend you. however, many of the players cant. its a fact that MMORPGs ruin relationships, lives, jobs, etc.
i work from home. i need to be especially careful not to get involved in particularly addicting games or hobbies because its hard enough for me to stay focused as it is. so ill be staying well away from any more MMORPGs.

as for poser content, yeah i love creating it. modeling, texturing, hell i even like uvmapping. my problem is that once you get to the 'poserizing' part i could pull my hair out. 5 years of working around poser's bugs and severe limitations is getting to me.