IRC Chat with Travismo, Executive Producer of The Matrix Online
^1Man_Army: =/
^1Man_Army: what idea?
Cheshire: nothing earth shatteringly unique
Cheshire: Matrix RPG
Cheshire: pen and paper
^1Man_Army: make one yourself... just dont market it
Cheshire: That would defeat the point
Drakdragon: you can make a neat one with rpg maker
Cheshire: there's tons of unofficial ones out tere
codespace: what would make it unique?
Cheshire: no no tabletop, pencil and paper
Cheshire: mine?
codespace: the matrix is primarily a visual medium
Cheshire: I just have some very cool ideas put into it
Cheshire: I know
Drakdragon: I can make a neat matrix rpg with rpg maker
codespace: as a pen and paper variety, you could quite simply modify existing worlds, and be done
Drakdragon: great fighting and all
codespace: Drak: not a videogame, numbskull.
Drakdragon: lol
Cheshire: yes code, but that'd be dull
Drakdragon: ooooooooooh
codespace: and what features do you intend to bring to the table?
codespace: i've designed 12 RPG's, and played well over 40
codespace: including the early playtests on rifts
Cheshire: cool
Travisimo: Actually if you are looking for an RPG like the Matrix you should try MAGE: The Ascention
Cheshire: rifts is a bit too in depth, which leads easily to confusion
Cheshire: played it
codespace: it depends on your players and your GM(s)
Travisimo: Limit the players to playing Akashic Brothers and have adventures fighting Iteration X
Cheshire: I preferred Vampire and Werewolf
Travisimo: It's Matrix enough. :)
codespace: whitewolf games are boring
Cheshire: not at all
Cheshire: there system is very slickl though
Cheshire: slick
Travisimo: Wow codespace that's very harsh.
codespace: that's what i find boring
Travisimo: LOL
Cheshire: they lack background
codespace: you don't have to put hardly any effort into character creation
Cheshire: very true
Travisimo: Lac background? All White Wolf games are is background.
codespace: i can bang out a whitewolf sheet in like 20 minutes
codespace: including a 2 page typewritten background
Cheshire: no they're not, they're politics, nothing more
codespace: they don't make you work for your character like rifts
Cheshire: they are fun at times, don't get me wrong
codespace: or even worse, like Heroes
Travisimo: Work for your character?
Cheshire: rifts makes you work a bit too much though
codespace: heroes will pwn you when you make your first char
Cheshire: really get into your character
Sorwon: ie. clean, bathe, laundry.
codespace: 2-3 game sessions spent on that alone
Cheshire: make you care about their plight
codespace: in palladium systems, you spend a lot of time tweaking your character
Travisimo: Isn't that a good thing?
codespace: you're presented with a LOT of options
Travisimo: The caring about the plight and all?
codespace: it's very detailed
codespace: yes
Cheshire: that's the tough part, finding that line between realism and fun
codespace: which is why i'm not a huge fan of whitewolf
codespace: you don't work that hard at making a char
Cheshire: if its too realistic, it can be too complicated and too... "real" aka boring
Travisimo: White Wolf games never really care so much about the rules and more about the story.
Travisimo: Rules were means to tell a story.
codespace: yeah
Rambler: My friend pulled out the After the Bomb series of RPGs from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
codespace: that's what the whitewolf games all say at the beginning
Travisimo: Not to arbitrate how fast your gun can shoot in 2 seconds.
Rambler: It was actually fun to play
codespace: "the rules don't arbitrate your storytelling experience"
codespace: yadda yadda yadda
Cheshire: yes, but it can't be too simple, otherwise its just playing make-believe
Travisimo: I used to work there codespace :)
codespace: a book shouldn't HAVE to tell you that.
Rambler: And I'm looking to get the Discworld RPG soon. I don't think it will be that good but I love the novels
Travisimo: It's all playing make believe.
codespace: i know that
Cheshire: then why spend money on the book
codespace: and it's all well and good that you worked there
Rambler: just play Battleships I say
codespace: but the system is boring
Rambler: best pen and pencil game next to Tic-Tac-Toe
Travisimo: Chesire, you spend money on the books for ideas.
codespace: the setting itself is just "look at me be dark and gothic, it's so tragic"
codespace: that annoys me
Travisimo: Well it's not for everyone.
codespace: by no means
Cheshire: I won't drop 25 - 35 dollars on an idea
Cheshire: ideas I have
codespace: i've run vampire campaigns
Rambler: you know what annoys me? The fact that I'm still awake. I want to sleep
codespace: *shrug*
Cheshire: I want a game
Travisimo: Well you drop 25/30 bucks on rules tho?
Cheshire: yes
Travisimo: I think the ideas are the things worth paying for.
codespace: it's usable, and it's good for highly political campaigns
codespace: but my players like action
Travisimo: Rules are throw away.
Cheshire: a game is worth paying for
Rambler: I think food is worth paying for. I'm a poor college student, I can't afford ideas.
Rambler: But I still like RPGs
Travisimo: I mean there are plenty of game systems. Hero / White Wolf// Gurps etc....
Travisimo: But it's the settings that you pay for.
Rambler: good night
Cheshire: I sent the Wachowski's a letter, but assume it was thrown out as it was unsolicited
Rambler: I'm just getting satiracle now
Rambler: I'll be off
Cheshire: nite rambler
Travisimo: LOL Rambler. I hear you.
Cheshire: so how do I get them to hear my idea?
Cheshire: Any ideas?
Rambler[notaround]: you beg them... for your soul
codespace: Cheshire: copyright it and send them a copy
Cheshire: I would... how do I do that
Rambler[notaround]: or you simply try yourself and get them to file a lawsuit for copyright infingement.
Rambler[notaround]: make an RPG "similar" to the Matrix
codespace: if they reject it, you simply scratch off all the direct referrences to the matrix, or bullet time, etc
Cheshire: I can't copyright it, its their idea
codespace: yes
Rambler[notaround]: called it. Virtualix
codespace: you can
Travisimo: Chesire most of the times creative places don't take unsolicited ideas. It's kinda dangerous.
Cheshire: I know
Cheshire: hence my problem
Rambler[notaround]: wait 3 months
codespace: just because your ideas are inspired by the matrix doesn't mean you don't own that idea.
Rambler[notaround]: if it still feels like a good idea
Cheshire: for what?
Travisimo: If it's a good idea why don't you write it yourself?
Rambler[notaround]: go for it
Travisimo: You make the money.
Cheshire: I've been working on it since this summer already
Cheshire: I can't market their idea
Rambler[notaround]: so tweak it enough to make it original
codespace: dude
codespace: stop focusing on it being their original idea
Cheshire: and its just plain cheap to file off the serial numbers and say its mine
Rambler[notaround]: like what they did with Bullet Proof Monk *shudders*
codespace: it's not plagiarism
codespace: it's inspiration.
Rambler[notaround]: It was Matrix... but not Matrix
Cheshire: *cough crap!*
codespace: Rambler[notaround]: you are the one.... who will carry this crappy scroll!
Cheshire: lol
Rambler[notaround]: yup
Travisimo: Codespace are you the same one who posts on the MxO boards?
Rambler[notaround]: *sleeping*
codespace: yes.
Travisimo: Sweet.
codespace: i'm the only codespace out there, cept for some software company
Cheshire: I'm Khanstruct on the boards
codespace: nice to meet you
Travisimo: <~ IFTHENPAX
Rambler[notaround]: oh, I'll change my name to the one I use on the boards... even though I don't post there
codespace: cool.
codespace: nice to meet you, as well.
Cheshire: on the Matrix Community board, I'm Cheshire
codespace: should i kneel? lol
Syphro[notaround]: And I'm Syphro
Travisimo: For what?
Syphro[notaround]: I'm also Irish
Travisimo: I'm just hanging out.
Syphro[notaround]: and very very much asleep
Cheshire: from Ireland Irish?
Syphro[notaround]: born and raised. I live in Canada.
codespace: Travisimo: a number of members of the community have practically deified you, to the point of closely examining your username for hidden meaning
Syphro[notaround]: And I lost my accent since I moved here at a young age
Travisimo: Yeah, I saw that.
Cheshire: you have a french accent?
Syphro[notaround]: no, I have a Canadian accent
codespace: i was amused as hell
Syphro[notaround]: cause I live in Canada
Cheshire: or just a northern "ya der" accent
Syphro[notaround]: Ontario
Syphro[notaround]: Toronto
Travisimo: We're reading all the posts. Trust me we are listening.
Syphro[notaround]: very clear english
codespace: oh, i figured as much
codespace: nonetheless, it's amusing to see people get that far into conspiracy theories
Syphro[notaround]: with a faint faint faint hint of Irish
Cheshire: why do the Wachowskis have to be so damn shy!!!
Syphro[notaround]: cause they're gamers like the rest of us
Cheshire: some guy on another forum thinks the Matrix is real and that I'm an Oracle
Travisimo: I am not going to speak for them. Not my place.
Syphro[notaround]: and unlike Tarantino who has no one the brothers have each other
Cheshire: damn them
codespace: Cheshire: they're bloody rich, they don't need to have their photos all over the place
Travisimo: LOL
Cheshire: I wanna talk to 'em!!!
Sorwon: I'd probably be a little shy too, after creating one of the most popular and interesting stories of this generation.
Cheshire: Anne Rice talked to me, why not them!
Syphro[notaround]: I'm in radio, I will meet them one day
codespace: Cheshire: i somehow think that there's a lot of people out there who share that opinion
codespace: anne rice isn't shy *shrug*
Travisimo: I met her before. She's cool.
codespace: i have her number
Syphro[notaround]: I will get to interview them
codespace: stephen king is cool as hell, too
Syphro[notaround]: on a radio show
codespace: met him in a grocery store
Cheshire: I know, she'll come out, have a cup of coffee with ya
Syphro[notaround]: I'll interview him as well.
codespace: right before dark tower IV came out
Syphro[notaround]: I once met Kramer
Syphro[notaround]: I dont know his real name
Cheshire: Kosmo! :)
Syphro[notaround]: yup
Syphro[notaround]: hes tall
codespace: Travisimo: so i think i'll get the obligatory begging outta the way
codespace: Travisimo: can i please please please be in the beta?
Syphro[notaround]: he had short hair though, I didn't recognize him
Travisimo: LOL Not gonna make those choices yet.
Cheshire: code, who're you begging
codespace: hahaha
codespace: i figured as much
codespace: hence the "obligatory"
Sorwon: I ran into Sam Bowie during a business dinner in Portland, Ore a couple years ago. I thought I'd break my neck looking up at him.
Travisimo: I hear you.
Syphro[notaround]: I won't beg, but I will be very happy if I can get involved. Not for the free game, just to play my part in helping the creation of it.
Cheshire: who are you begging?
codespace: Cheshire: i was begging Travisimo
Syphro[notaround]: my dad sold wine to Bono in his wine shop 10 years ago
Cheshire: "big brother"?
Cheshire: why
Syphro[notaround]: in Ireland
codespace: because it seemed the thing to do
Travisimo: LOL Codespace.
Cheshire: Travisimo... are you more important than you let on?
Syphro[notaround]: Bono wrote a check and my dad didn't cash it. He paid for the wine himself so he could keep Bono's autograph
Sorwon: send them cookies and beer, you'll get in Codespace :)
codespace: pff
Travisimo: I am not here on any official capacity Cheshire. Just hanging out.
codespace: pretzels and beer, or cookies and milk
Cheshire: that's not an answer
Travisimo: And being careful not to say anything binding or official.
Travisimo: :)
codespace: Travisimo: you're personable. less intimidating than i thought you'd be.
Syphro[notaround]: so hold up. Travis, you're involved in the game in some way? I didn't get that vibe. Very smooth
Travisimo: Why do I need to be intimidating?
Cheshire: ??
Syphro[notaround]: wait, I'm not supposed to be around
Travisimo: Yes Syphro I am the Executive Producer.
Syphro[notaround]: !?!
Cheshire: !!!!!!!!!!!
Syphro[notaround]: *cough*
Cheshire: You have contacts!
Syphro[notaround]: Well then
Cheshire: You're holding out on me
Cheshire: ;)
Travisimo: Just here to say what's up really.
Sorwon: cause he's not working right now....
Cheshire: I know
codespace: Travisimo: you're a VIP. by definition, most VIP's are intimidating and/or full of themselves
Cheshire: :(
Syphro[notaround]: I'm just a radio student in Toronto. But I will be interviewing you some day
Travisimo: That and listening to Metallica on the AMAs. LOL
Syphro[notaround]: well the man has taste
codespace: mmm
Syphro: I guess I am around
Cheshire: but seriously, Travis, could you...maybe...pull a string or two?
codespace: digitally imported: eurotrance
Travisimo: pull a string for what?
Syphro: His
Syphro: idea
Cheshire: he hasn't been listening :(
Travisimo: Oh no there is a big issue with idea submissions.
Sorwon: Metallica will do that to you.
Syphro: not for the game though
Syphro: somethign else
Travisimo: I know.
Cheshire: I just wanna pitch the idea to them
codespace: ah
codespace: even better
codespace: DI's goa sessions.
Travisimo: Warner Bros. does all kinds of entertainment.
Cheshire: right, but no one has done this
Syphro: just think man, how many "ideas" do you think are picthced to them though?
Cheshire: which I find amazing in and of itself
Travisimo: I would suggest you get some kind of representation.
codespace: Cheshire: that's why it will work.
codespace: Cheshire: TY code lol
Cheshire: how do I get representation
Syphro: yea, so you don't get ripped off. I still beleive I created the idea for Star Trek Enterprise
Travisimo: There are plenty of agents... literary and what not. Check out Yahoo.
codespace: Syphro: hm... did you do it on purpose?
Cheshire: I do own a company, we just have yet to put anything on the shelves
codespace: Cheshire: if you see an agent, do what i do: run.
Cheshire: lol
Travisimo: There is so much legalese in idea ownership that you want someone who knows what they are doing to help you out.
Sorwon: thats lawyers
codespace: lol
Syphro: I sent in a letter... during the Voyager run... after voyager was completed they announced the next series. It was dead on to my idea... I was very young and naive then.
codespace: intellectual property
Syphro: It's my claim to faim
Cheshire: yes, I have a lawyer and a legit company and all that
Travisimo: That's the best advice I can give you. Get help in the legal dept.
Cheshire: but how do I get "Them" to hear it
Cheshire: how did your boss do it
Syphro: well I'm just a radio bum. But tell me Travis (can I call you Travis) whats it like, Moral wise, to be involved in the continuation of this whole darn thing
Cheshire: lol
Sorwon: probably should ask him about copyright's, etc. Then contact WB and see how you'd go about getting a meeting for a sales pitch to them.
Cheshire: wow, and the interview begins
Travisimo: Well my mom calls me Travis...
Travisimo: that and jackass.
DevilHimself: haha
Cheshire: I hate being idle!!! It feels stagnant!
codespace: lol
Syphro: I'm just messing, no intereview here. I'm too tired. I'll make a fool of myself. Besides, I'm still in school.
Cheshire: c'mon Travis, I'm "networking" here
Syphro: but one day, I will have that interview
Travisimo: I'll answer one question: It feels exciting and scary at the same time. Cause you guys are pretty demanding.
Cheshire: that's what the biz is all about right?
Cheshire: YES WE ARE
Sorwon: no its about cheesits and pepsi.
Syphro: I think there are only two things more demanding. Tolkein fans and Trekkers
Cheshire: WE WILL STAND FOR NO CRAP
Travisimo: Star Wars fans.
Travisimo: Which I am...
Cheshire: I think we got Star Wars fans beat
Sorwon: SW fans scare me as much as clowns do.
Travisimo: Hey Hey Hey...
Syphro: yea, but they've been betrayed twice... I've been betrayed twice (ep 1 and 2)
codespace: hm
Travisimo: I am a Star Wars fan.
codespace: SW fans from the original trilogy era
codespace: they were rabid.
Cheshire: me too, but I think Matrix fans are a bit more fanatical
Travisimo: You know I was in NY at the time and I got tickets to the 1AM showing of EP1
Sorwon: I was gearing that towards the types who go out dressed as Obi-wan to see the movies O.o
codespace: Travisimo: holy shit, i was at that showing.
Syphro: but how can they be demanding? They're just excentric. Hard to be demanding on something that was completed in the 70's
Travisimo: I was watching the screen and when it ended I was in awe. I was like....
Travisimo: I WAITED MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS
Cheshire: I didn't wear a trenchcoat and sunglasses to M3... honest!
Travisimo: GIMME MY MOVIE YOU BASTIDS!
Travisimo: It was RAINING!
Cheshire: "uphill, both ways!"
codespace: Cheshire: dude, i wore one to the 4th show i saw of m1
Syphro: Hype can be a dangerous thing... *looks towards Enter the Matrix*
codespace: EtM was and still is one of my top 20 fave games
Cheshire: see, the funny thing is, I always wear a trenchcoat and sunglasses
Syphro: but it was soooo buggy.
Cheshire: I'm alergic to the sun
Syphro: woa
Syphro: it's raining thick and hard outside right now
Syphro: and I just joined this channel today
codespace: hoodies are more efficient
Cheshire: so at the Matrix... I looked like a sad little wannabe
Syphro: an... omen perhaps?
Travisimo: Well I live in Orange County now so it doesn't rain often. EXCEPT FOR THE PAST WEEK!
Syphro: I live in Toronto. It's cold now
Sorwon: And it's going to keep raining through this next week too..
Syphro: and wet
Cheshire: Wisconsin! haha, we suck the most
Syphro: but not as wet as in Ireland
Syphro: thats really wet
Sorwon: Pacific forecasts show systems stretching from here to Japan.
Syphro: and damp
Cheshire: NY gets more snow, but we get ugly snow
Travisimo: I loved going to Wisconsin to GenCon.
codespace: Travisimo: think it doesn't rain THERE? pff. come over to phoenix sometime.
Travisimo: King and I mmmmm
Cheshire: me too!
Syphro: Toronto gets snow... but thats cause it's in Canada
Cheshire: now its in Indianapolis
Travisimo: I know... :)
Sorwon: Or come to the NW where we drive boats to work.
codespace: i can't wait till necrowombicon
Cheshire: yes, SEE!!! I'm in the heart of the RPG world
Cheshire: I was born to write the Matrix RPG
Travisimo: Midwest...
Cheshire: it is...my destiny
codespace: NWC is held in vancouver.
Cheshire: *takes a bow*
Syphro: I was born to one day interview Quentin Tarantino. Do you see me braggin?
Travisimo: Man when I was at White Wolf the midwest was awesome... there wasn't anything else to do there so people just gamed.
codespace: more'n likely, in the 4 days i'll be there, i'll see more rain in vancouver than i'll see all year in phx.
Cheshire: I interviewed a couple guys from white wolf
Sorwon: Heh, I live in Vancouver, just not the one in Canada.
Cheshire: they were with Holistic when I interviewed them though
Travisimo: So it must have been Bill and Andrew.
Cheshire: YES
Syphro: Go to Galway, Ireland. More rain, fog, damp, cold weather than you will ever see.... except for the places that are more wet
codespace: ireland requires a passport though
Cheshire: small world
codespace: canada? not so much
Syphro: Canadian passports work. and I was born there. So I can work in Europe. Spain is warmer than Ireland. I think I'll work there.
Travisimo: Chesire I was the 5th employee of white wolf. I helped write Ars Magica, Vampire, Werewolf and Mage.
Cheshire: I have Ars Magica
Cheshire: I really like the concept behind the system
Travisimo: :: sniff :: I have a soft spot in my heart for that game.
Travisimo: Got me into game making.
codespace: ars magica i dig.
Cheshire: good god man, we have to talk
Cheshire: Travis, you are my new best friend
codespace: lol
Syphro: Cheshire, it's late. go to sleep
codespace: Travisimo: you probably get that alot.
Syphro: what can you accomplish at 2 in the morning?
Travisimo: Get what?
Cheshire: you have no idea how many of my paychecks you got
Syphro: or whatever time you'r ein
codespace: Cheshire: Travis, you are my new best friend
codespace: ^ that
Cheshire: 12:57
Travisimo: It's cool.
codespace: i'm just wryly amused
Travisimo: More people in gaming need to be approachable.
Cheshire: did you miss the fact that I live in Wisconsin
codespace: you can practically see my text smirking
Syphro: more people need to apporachable
Travisimo: When I was 17 Lord British showed me a game design doc for Ultima.
Travisimo: I said to myself: I CAN DO THAT.
Cheshire: the air here is poisonous to IQ's over 50
Cheshire: okay... I'm sorry to be "one of those people" but can we talk, like via e-mail
Cheshire: there's tons of stuff I'd like to talk to you about
Session Time: Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 2003
Cheshire: I'm a third shift hash slinger at a ma n pa greasy spoon in central wisconsin
Cheshire: I have to get out of here!!!
Travisimo: Well Cheshire I am not going anywhere. Except to bed in a little while to keep my wife from slapping me.
Cheshire: you see a chat room... I see providence
Cheshire: :)
Cheshire: sorry
Cheshire: could I maybe throw some thoughts at you... though I'd prefer e-mail
Cheshire: and don't worry about that solicitation thing
Cheshire: I could care less
Travisimo: Cheshire just post the questions on the board. We will answer them.
Cheshire: I'd be ecstatic if some big name stole my idea
Sorwon: O.o
Sorwon: interesting
Divid3byZer0: anyone know what the biggest clan out there is?
codespace: heh
Divid3byZer0: is it The Dark Reborn?
Travisimo: We are more than likely gonna do some re-orging of the message boards soon enough.
codespace: does it matter?
Divid3byZer0: or is it TCTS
Cheshire: here's how I see it, if someone doesn't use my ideas, they'll die with me, and I don't want that
codespace: i'd hope so, Travisimo
Divid3byZer0: doesnt reall matter
codespace: i don't like having the forums merged with the Myst forums, lol
Travisimo: Feelin the taint? LOL
Sorwon: Well then, unless you only have 72 hrs to live or something, I wouldn't be worrying too much.
Cheshire: again, I'm sorry, but my god man!
codespace: lol
codespace: i was wondering what the hell D'ni referrences were doing in my MxO
Cheshire: you helped design games that inspired me and now you're working on a project that I want to ... kinda... be a part of
codespace: if i see a single linking book in MxO, i'm gonna getcha Travisimo
Travisimo: LOL
Syphro: I came up with a new name
Travisimo: I really dislike Myst. I am almost violent about it.
Syphro: for MxO
codespace: FINALLY
codespace: SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME
codespace: death to myst.
Travisimo: Well I respect the need for other types of gaming.
Travisimo: It's just really not mine.
codespace: lo
codespace: lol
codespace: i knew you'd toss in a disclaimer.
Atrius: I didn't like the games so much as I liked the books that they wrot
codespace: i enjoyed the books... kind of.
codespace: i'm still iffy about it
Travisimo: No I mean it... I mean I think there are movies that we make at WB that are not my kind of movie.
Travisimo: But I see why people dig on them.
codespace: lol, i know
Cheshire: like what?
codespace: i'm just having fun poking at a corporate executive.
Cheshire: out of curiosity
Travisimo: Any movie with Sandra Bullock pretty much...
Cheshire: lol
codespace: HEH
Travisimo: Only because I think she's hella cute.. just not HOT.
Travisimo: And if I am gonna watch a romantic comedy I need some HOTNESS.
codespace: lol
codespace: true true
Cheshire: yeah, save the cute for the dramas
Cheshire: it works there
Travisimo: So when I see games like Myst I go well I can see what people see in them.
codespace: hm
Travisimo: I just hate what they see.
Syphro: Ok, I REALLY need sleep. I have classes tomorow. Classes on NEWS. A guy named Robert Holiday is my teacher... doesn't take kindly to nappers.
Cheshire: it's a puzzle game
codespace: cute works on sitcoms, hot works for movies
Travisimo: Games really need diversity tho.
codespace: Syphro: i have an interview tomorrow
codespace: lol
Cheshire: I like hot on tv too
Travisimo: Peace out Syphro.
codespace: Syphro: sleep well
Cheshire: its the only reason I watch Charmed
codespace: heh
codespace: i can't watch charmed
Syphro: Oh I will. All 6 hours worth
Cheshire: Milano!
codespace: it makes me feel uncomfortable
Cheshire: are you mad!?
codespace: i grew up on who's the boss.
TheArchitech: I LOVE how this channel is always active
Cheshire: heh
codespace: that's frigging creepy
Cheshire: I guess
codespace: TheArchitech: howdy
TheArchitech: The diversity alway has people talking
TheArchitech: always*
codespace: TheArchitech: nerds are nightowls, by nature.
TheArchitech: Hello agian, Mr. Code :)
TheArchitech: I noticed
TheArchitech: I'm transforming myself
codespace: but i confess, i'm only awake right now cos i'm laundering
Travisimo: Except when they have to wake up early for some godforsaken reason.
TheArchitech: I haven o motive to stay up, and waste away my live. But I do, naturally.
codespace: gotta interview tomorrow at 1:30pm
Cheshire: I hardly sleep
*codespace is psyched about ti
codespace: *it
Cheshire: worried I'll miss something
TheArchitech: For what, code?
Travisimo: Hey code what did you think of the screenshots?
codespace: a position with fry's electronics
codespace: they called me on a saturday, if that's any indication of how much they want me.
Cheshire: doing what?
codespace: Travisimo: it's looking good so far, but I'd like to see more screenshots of the varying degrees of user interface
codespace: ChanServ: sales
codespace: damned nickcomplete
TheArchitech: I have school tommarow at 6:30.
codespace: Cheshire: sales
Cheshire: spiffy
TheArchitech: Yet I'll be up until 1 AM
TheArchitech: For no reason
Cheshire: I have class at 9 am... oh well
codespace: i'll be awake until 3am, probably
codespace: cos i have studying to do
Travisimo: Gotcha Code.
codespace: college is gonna be a pain.
TheArchitech: I should probably try to normalize myself
codespace: Travisimo: a healthy interface that's customizable is REALLY important to me
TheArchitech: Because getting 5 hours of sleep isn't very healthy
Cheshire: I'm going for business administration... painfully boring
Travisimo: Hey I got laughed at in school for saying I want to make games.
codespace: i grew up on tribes HUD's and EQ's hud setup
Cheshire: I hear that
TheArchitech: That's a intellegent thing to do, choose your vocation of off something that's painfully boring :P
Cheshire: I got laughed at today for saying that
Cheshire: no, but business is a solid degree
TheArchitech: Sleep is overrated.
Cheshire: I can walk in anywhere and get a job
Travisimo: I make more money than my professor so who's laughin now?
Cheshire: lol
TheArchitech: Computer Science is better :P
Cheshire: the guy that thought up FedEx got a D in his business class
TheArchitech: I wonder what IT job ranks in the most money.
Cheshire: not for long
TheArchitech: Cheshire: You know that because it's a fluke, it's not something average.
Cheshire: everyone will be doing that soon
Travisimo: IT as in Info Tech?
codespace: flukes != the norm
Sorwon: I should have gone to school for a comp. degree, but I jumped into the database field during the beginning of the dot.com surge so you really didn't need one then :(
Travisimo: Chief Technical Officer
codespace: Travisimo: that's more management than actual IT =P
TheArchitech: How much do they make?
Cheshire: now that sounds impressive
TheArchitech: Yea it does
codespace: Travisimo: the most money here in america is coding, whereas in japan it's networking.
TheArchitech: "So, what do you do for a living"
TheArchitech: "I'm a Chief Technical Officer"
Travisimo: Codespace... management is where you end up when you're good.
Cheshire: :( I'm a COOK!
TheArchitech: That's gold, right there.
Travisimo: It doesn't make sense but it's true.
codespace: Travisimo: yeah, but i think he's talking about ground-level
TheArchitech: Trav: yes, I am
Cheshire: I make omlettes and pray everyday for a quick death
codespace: CTO's not something you start out at unless it's the late 90's and you gave yourself a title to impress the venture capitalists
Travisimo: Hey you are a really good programmer... why don't you try MANAGEMENT.
Travisimo: DOH
codespace: i've done management, lol
Cheshire: me too
Travisimo: But I wasn't good at management I was good at programming. LOL
TheArchitech: I suck at programing
codespace: i was U-Haul International's Customer Service manager for a couple years
Cheshire: at a fast freakin food restaraunt!
Cheshire: wow, my life is getting more depressing as the night moves on
TheArchitech: Poor Cheshire, no one even responds to me
TheArchitech: to him*
Cheshire: :(
codespace: Cheshire: you know i <3 you in a completely heterosexual manner
TheArchitech: That wasn't my innerself trying to come out. That was my sleep deprived self :P
Cheshire: lol
Cheshire: well thank you
Cheshire: I'll take sympathy at this point
TheArchitech: IRC OGs = spooky.
Cheshire: did I mention my fiance just left me
TheArchitech: :(
codespace: sucks
Travisimo: LOL My wife just gave me the go to bed look. I got another 10 min before I get smacked.
Cheshire: okay, I'll stop that now
codespace: hahaha
codespace: go to bed, trav
codespace: we'll all be here tomorrow
SacredSinister: im here!
TheArchitech: I don't know why, but that was really funny Trav
Travisimo: Nah... I am folding clothes and typing. I gotta wait till my gym clothes come out of the dryer.
codespace: haha
Cheshire: I have 2 year old son
codespace: ohshi.
Cheshire: who'll grow up without his daddy!!!
codespace: i have no idea how to tie a tie.
codespace: i forgot =/
Cheshire: okay, now I'm just being melodramatic
Travisimo: LOL
codespace: and i just bought a new tie today
TheArchitech: RTFM!!!!
Travisimo: Code my dad taught me when I was 5
codespace: my memory's not so good with some things
Cheshire: I have a tie... somewhere
codespace: like, i can remember the cheats for doom
Travisimo: My ties look like a machine did them they are soo tight.
Cheshire: I wore it once... my sister tied it
Sorwon: google search it, should have step by step instructions on how to tie a tie :)
codespace: but i can't remember how to tie a tie.
TheArchitech: Exactly
Cheshire: still ignored
TheArchitech: Google is a man's best friend.
Cheshire: ...
Cheshire: martians...selling cottage cheese, door-to-door
Cheshire: ...nothing?
Sorwon: you can cheat with ties to (for a while anyways) learn to tie them, then leave them tied but loose. That way you can wear them a couple times before they need to be washed and you don't have to retie them.
TheArchitech: You must be incredibly lazy.
TheArchitech: :)
Sorwon: nope
Cheshire: I got an A in creative writing in school
Cheshire: you'd think I'd be more popular in chat rooms
TheArchitech: Why is Catherine Bell so hot?
Cheshire: wow... that was random
Sorwon: exactly
Travisimo: LOL
Sorwon: thats how you get peoples attention Cheshire
Travisimo: Cause her mom ate peas?
Cheshire: this is just gettin goofy
Nassan: Heya All
Travisimo: Hey here's a question for you guys...
Sorwon: the answer is 10
Cheshire: 42!
Travisimo: What are you looking forward to most in the game?
Sorwon: hello Nassan
Nassan: The action an d the story
TheArchitech: http://www.skins.be/framepic.php?id=10002094
Cheshire: damn...can't think of anything witty
Cheshire: okay, honestly
TheArchitech: Gah... gahh... ga
*TheArchitech faints
Travisimo: Ms Bell aint in the game.
Cheshire: the size of the city
Sorwon: as much freedom as technically possible in combat I suppose would be my top pick.
Cheshire: I wanna see a huge, vast world
TheArchitech: That's a top one for me, Sor.
Nassan: i wanna see an agent
Travisimo: No, you don't.
Cheshire: low expectations much?
Nassan: yes i do
Travisimo: Hey is that an *SMACK*
codespace: looking forward to most?
codespace: hmm
Cheshire: they will woop yo arse
codespace: that's actually a difficult question
TheArchitech: Trav, but wouldn't that be a honor in itself?
Nassan: no i will run...like always
codespace: i'm looking forward to being in the matrix, but that's merely an abstraction
Nassan: i wanna see how fast they are
Cheshire: I'll stay and fight... and die a martyr's death
Travisimo: I got 0wn3d by an agent ask me how. LOL
Cheshire: you fought one?
codespace: i suppose if there were any one thing i look forward to most in the game, it's fighting agents.
Cheshire: that's how I'd do it
TheArchitech: "HEY, ISN'T THAT A A-- "System: You just got your OWNED.. " - "Where would you like to respawn?"
Nassan: lolz
codespace: i kicked the agents in EtM around like a soccerball.
Cheshire: liar
TheArchitech: you just got your owned.
codespace: uhm, nope
TheArchitech: I'm the making sense good!
Sorwon: I understand the need for some sort of controlled boundries in MMO combat, I think some sort of EtM/JKII type combat really wouldn't work, with a complex combat system. But, at the same time, some system that allows a person to feel in control of their characters actions in combat.
codespace: it's not that hard to slap the agents in EtM around
SacredSinister: omg jk2 owns
SacredSinister: and ja
Nassan: yes with cheats
codespace: certain combinations of moves that almost invariably work
Cheshire: I like the sound of the combat system
SacredSinister: taht would own
Sorwon: I think people tend to think twice these days about the whole auto-combat use, when we've seen what combat can be done like today.
SacredSinister: a mmofps but w/ rpg element
Cheshire: I'm also a classic rpg fan, where you can think about your attacks
SacredSinister: like ff
codespace: 's not cheating, just exploiting little bugs in the AI
Cheshire: hell yes
TheArchitech: I've always loved Twitch combat
Travisimo: Cool...
SacredSinister: i prefer fps
Cheshire: I don't like hack-n-slash
SacredSinister: ybut twitch is ok
Cheshire: button crunching
Cheshire: yes
TheArchitech: Ughm.
SacredSinister: button crunching is sweet
TheArchitech: A FPS is Twitch.
Sorwon: From my view though a true twitch style combat would end up looking very sloppy.
SacredSinister: but u can dl animated moves
Cheshire: and takes no skill
TheArchitech: Unless you're on Xbox or something, and it autoaims
SacredSinister: arch i was thiunknig turnbase
TheArchitech: Sorwon: That's true, which I why I love interlock
SacredSinister: got confused with wordage
TheArchitech: The elegence of the combat will be awesome to watch, but it will never be as elegent as something you have complete control over.
Cheshire: I hate the hack-n-slash system of the newer RPG's
TheArchitech: OH MY GOD
Cheshire: like Kingdom Hearts
Sorwon: What made the fights in the Matrix very cool was the flow, they moved very smoothly. And for those people that like twitch based combat, I personally don't see that as a smooth combat technique.
TheArchitech: I need to go to bed
TheArchitech: I'm making absolutly no sense
Travisimo: Did the Interlock article on the website make sense?
TheArchitech: It will never be as INTENSE as something.
Cheshire: I think so
Cheshire: it seemed to confuse some people though
TheArchitech: I think I should proof read after 11 -.-
Sorwon: I'll reread it again, I honestly should, since I was so excited that the forums were up that I just did a quick speed read through it :)
Cheshire: of course, it isn't a standard system yet, so some people won't get it just by reading about it
Travisimo: Well I thought the interlock system solves a lot of problems people have with MMOs. When you are watching a typical MMO the only way you can tell who's winning a fight is looking at meters or watching the floating numbers.
Nassan: hey i'm going 2 jack out...got 2 go 2 school....C ya All "I see The Darkness Spreading"
Travisimo: In interlock when you are getting owned it looks that way :)
Nassan: c ya
Cheshire: you can say, turn based and people know what you're talking about, but this is a buit new
Cheshire: bit*
Cheshire: by Nassan
codespace: so in interlock, when you're getting your ass kicked, you look bruised?
Cheshire: ??
Cheshire: really?
Travisimo: I am not saying anymore than just what I said.
codespace: Cheshire: i'm asking.
codespace: Travisimo: fair enough.
Cheshire: I know
Cheshire: damn!
codespace: Travisimo: what does it look like from outside the fight?
TheArchitech: Hrm. People don't instantly bruise.
Travisimo: Well I am gonna run now... no sense in getting into interlock combat with my wife.
codespace: like, spectators of a battle, what do they see?
TheArchitech: Code, have you not seen the trailer?
Sorwon: heh
Travisimo: She has mad skill levels.
Cheshire: Travisimo: could I maybe send you just one little e-mail
codespace: TheArchitech: yes.
Sorwon: Thanks for the visit :)
TheArchitech: You have not?
codespace: Travisimo: have a good night, and drop in tomorrow.
TheArchitech: Night Trav, and Nassan.
Sorwon: Avoid the uber wife agro, it's worse then 10 agents.
codespace: TheArchitech: i hate when people use the "have you not" crap.
Travisimo: I will try... but I am going to NY for a week of meetings next week. I might be packing.
Travisimo: If I drop in I will HOLLA
codespace: it's like "do you mind if"
TheArchitech: Thanks for sharing, Codespace
codespace: holla indeed.
Cheshire: one little pitch?
codespace: night trav.
TheArchitech: Have you seen the trailer?
Travisimo: Night everyone!
TheArchitech: Night :)
codespace: yes, i have
Cheshire: nite Trav
Cheshire: :(
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