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TY CCP DOLAN, Best blog written so far.

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Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#21 - 2014-01-30 01:15:55 UTC
Aramatheia wrote:
Feyd Rautha Harkonnen wrote:
So, a fight that should have taken 2.1 hours from start to finish actually took 21 hours out of peoples lives?

It actually takes me back to my old dial-up modem and BBS days, when I played a game called 'Trade Wars' that required me to make a move, log off and await other people in the system to make a move when they logged in, and so on. CCP has saved us from logging off and back on again in between moves though with TiDi, a tremendous achievement since dial up BBS gameplay to be sure!


yeah! because back in the day, or in any other current modern mmo, if you want to face off against another 2000 unique people, that could take days, or up to a week, with most pvp encounters in competing mmo's capping at, 40 a side...


1 second ticks kinda help with that tho.
ZynnLee Akkori
Perkone
Caldari State
#22 - 2014-01-30 02:04:08 UTC  |  Edited by: ZynnLee Akkori
Sorry, I could have drawn the battle faster than it happened. It's only about as cool as if all 4 thousand players (which is probably only about 2k considering all the alts that were probably in there) got on a massive video conference, and held paper drawings of their ships up to the camera. They could then draw all the missiles, drones, and ammo flying back and forth while making cool sound effect noises. Would have been faster and more exciting.

Sorry, I don't consider tidi to be any sort of achievement. Yay! We can stare at .001 FPS for nearly a full day! What fun! Better to have left in the old tech and just crashed the node every time too many people got in there. Obviously combat isn't going to really work, so let us rely instead on intrigue and espionage. Or, you know, find a way to break up the stupid blue doughnut.
Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
#23 - 2014-01-30 02:11:53 UTC
Assuming 50 FPS Tidi is still 5 FPS.
I wasn't there, but really, lets stop on the hating. It was an epic achievement by everyone involved and deserves this recognition.
fishblades
Perkone
Caldari State
#24 - 2014-01-30 03:27:07 UTC
ZynnLee Akkori wrote:
Sorry, I don't consider tidi to be any sort of achievement. Yay! We can stare at .001 FPS for nearly a full day! What fun! Better to have left in the old tech and just crashed the node every time too many people got in there. Obviously combat isn't going to really work, so let us rely instead on intrigue and espionage. Or, you know, find a way to break up the stupid blue doughnut.


You really have no concept of what EvE used to be like.
SmilingVagrant
Doomheim
#25 - 2014-01-30 05:49:56 UTC  |  Edited by: SmilingVagrant
ZynnLee Akkori wrote:
Sorry, I could have drawn the battle faster than it happened. It's only about as cool as if all 4 thousand players (which is probably only about 2k considering all the alts that were probably in there) got on a massive video conference, and held paper drawings of their ships up to the camera. They could then draw all the missiles, drones, and ammo flying back and forth while making cool sound effect noises. Would have been faster and more exciting.

Sorry, I don't consider tidi to be any sort of achievement. Yay! We can stare at .001 FPS for nearly a full day! What fun! Better to have left in the old tech and just crashed the node every time too many people got in there. Obviously combat isn't going to really work, so let us rely instead on intrigue and espionage. Or, you know, find a way to break up the stupid blue doughnut.


People that weren't there having no clue how the server was performing is shocking.

Here's a hint even if it was playing at full speed it wouldn't have looked exciting because Titans and Supers move at a whopping 90-100m/s.

The dictors and small stuff were still zipping around quickly enough to get bubbles off (That's what I was doing).

And yeah I can totally see how the old way Eve handled this kind of fight would have been better. A black screen a crash, not being able to log back in and finding myself in a pod the next day was totally better than moving at 1/10th speed.
Medalyn Isis
Doomheim
#26 - 2014-01-30 12:10:23 UTC
Yes was an excellent blog, and I love the not so subtle links posted in everywhere emphasising how great Eve is and then the final link is to the 14 day trial. :) Excellent use of the news coverage of the battle of B-R5RB. Now they just need this blog linked on the main eve page so that prospective players can easily find it when they search for Eve and I am sure Eve will gain a few new targets,, I mean players.
Medalyn Isis
Doomheim
#27 - 2014-01-30 12:14:16 UTC
Nevyn Auscent wrote:
Assuming 50 FPS Tidi is still 5 FPS.
I wasn't there, but really, lets stop on the hating. It was an epic achievement by everyone involved and deserves this recognition.

I presume that the game is still actually running at 50fps though, as the fps is handled by the client and not the server. It just means the server is processing the battle in slow motion, although the clients still run at full speed.
Jaxiar
#28 - 2014-01-30 15:11:41 UTC
Medalyn Isis wrote:
Nevyn Auscent wrote:
Assuming 50 FPS Tidi is still 5 FPS.
I wasn't there, but really, lets stop on the hating. It was an epic achievement by everyone involved and deserves this recognition.

I presume that the game is still actually running at 50fps though, as the fps is handled by the client and not the server. It just means the server is processing the battle in slow motion, although the clients still run at full speed.

TiDi doesnt affect FPS, the several thousand ships, 5 billion drones, hundreds of bubbles, and whatever else you can think of on screen, that obviously does.

People complaining about tidi, as little "fun" as tidi might be, if you dont want it, avoid these big events, like I did.
CCP Dolan
C C P
C C P Alliance
#29 - 2014-01-30 15:47:34 UTC
Big smile

CCP Dolan | Community Representative

Twitter: @CCPDolan

Gooby pls
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#30 - 2014-01-30 15:48:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
Agreed, that was a great story. The story was presented in a way that an outsider, a new EVE player, or a casual EVE player could understand. That's pretty rare. (Bloggers, take note, eh?)

Edit: You guys saying that the story was biased toward CFC.... Roll
Yonis Zanjoahir
Doomheim
#31 - 2014-01-30 16:18:05 UTC
Leave the fanfiction and the alliance recruiting drives to the players CCP, they are perfectly capable of sounding their own trumpets without you gifting space monuments to your besties.
Callic Veratar
#32 - 2014-01-30 16:26:51 UTC
Nevyn Auscent wrote:
Assuming 50 FPS Tidi is still 5 FPS.
I wasn't there, but really, lets stop on the hating. It was an epic achievement by everyone involved and deserves this recognition.

No, Tidi has no effect on your graphics card. If you have an old one, it may have been at 5fps. A good card will render everything smoothly really really slowly.
Ginger Barbarella
#33 - 2014-01-30 16:59:52 UTC
Tau Cabalander wrote:
It was indeed an excellent blog, but it lacked:
* Usage of pink
* Watermark
* Hand-drawn art
* Animated GIF
So the title still remains with CCP Masterplan for Warp Drive Active - Warp Acceleration Changes With EVE Online: Rubicon


And kittens. Needs a picture of a kitten.

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#34 - 2014-01-30 17:41:06 UTC
Ginger Barbarella wrote:
Tau Cabalander wrote:
It was indeed an excellent blog, but it lacked:
* Usage of pink
* Watermark
* Hand-drawn art
* Animated GIF
So the title still remains with CCP Masterplan for Warp Drive Active - Warp Acceleration Changes With EVE Online: Rubicon


And kittens. Needs a picture of a kitten.

Or hedgehogs.

Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.

Didn't vote? Then you voted for NulBloc
Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#35 - 2014-01-30 17:52:35 UTC
silens vesica wrote:
Ginger Barbarella wrote:
Tau Cabalander wrote:
It was indeed an excellent blog, but it lacked:
* Usage of pink
* Watermark
* Hand-drawn art
* Animated GIF
So the title still remains with CCP Masterplan for Warp Drive Active - Warp Acceleration Changes With EVE Online: Rubicon


And kittens. Needs a picture of a kitten.

Or hedgehogs.


Otters <---- N3PL when they saw how effective attacking Sort Dragon titan was.
Viragarus kislany
Space Goo
#36 - 2014-01-30 18:55:42 UTC
SmilingVagrant wrote:
I can totally see how the old way Eve handled this kind of fight would have been better. A black screen a crash, not being able to log back in and finding myself in a pod the next day was totally better than moving at 1/10th speed.

Actually to me it would have made no difference. Even if I am in a Titan I couldn't stay for 20 hours not even 10, I don't know how anyone can do that without RL consequences.
I would have been a casualty that did ctrl-q to go to sleep some before work starts. If anything it's even more frustrating, if server crashes it's over, if it doesn't you just have half hour module lag it 'forces' you to stay to protect your investment.
No mechanic should force you to take emergency days off for a video game, not to mention not everyone earns a living by guarding some warehouse where tyey won't be missed for a day.
These are very captivating stories to read, but there's a pretty pathetic mechanic behind.
Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
#37 - 2014-01-30 22:34:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Jandice Ymladris
Loved reading that blog, nice & clear, with lots of neat data inserted! Added a link to the CCP blog in the latest article I published (Informative links to the Titanic nullsec battle), so readers can find it easy.

All in all, it was a great event to hear about by people not involved in the fights, reminding us of things that make EvE unique, massive playergatherings & battles that can rival small armies!

Providing a new home for refugees in the Aurora Arcology
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