Thoughts on SMAX

[Green1]

...If we're gonna kidnap them, we ought to hold a fundraiser so we can pay them well when they're done.  I'm just sayin'...

Meh. I was going to pay them in cheap whores and drugs If they are addicted to crack, we can control them better.

I would at least get the cheap [prostitute] to dress like a gamer nerd girl and shower.

[Buster's Uncle]

Not that AC2 or its staff condone kidnapping or related felonies -

I would at least get the cheap [prostitute] to dress like a gamer nerd girl and shower.

-but Slave Leia, or Marta, the crazy green girl from ST Whom Gods Destroy.

[Green1]

In fact: being mine and BU's AC2 code team has it's advantages:

But, more seriously. Maybe there does need to be incentive for coders. Only problem is, with at least monetary things is that I do not think anyone is going to gripe about hacking and modding an old game. I do think eyebrows would perk up if a person was making money off of it.

[Buster's Uncle]

Motivation is motivation...

[Yitzi]

In fact: being mine and BU's AC2 code team has it's advantages:

But, more seriously. Maybe there does need to be incentive for coders. Only problem is, with at least monetary things is that I do not think anyone is going to gripe about hacking and modding an old game. I do think eyebrows would perk up if a person was making money off of it.

The incentive I'm aiming for is the ability to produce a SMAX that is more balanced and does not reward certain sorts of ugly or cheesy gameplay.

I believe we also discussed a special badge, and of course bonus ECs are a nice bonus as well.  But I'd agree that paying real-life money is probably a bad idea until we can get a lawyer to figure out how to do so without causing problems.

[Kilkakon]

That's easy! You don't pay them for working, you just get them to join an "exe modders club", which requires a complete exe mod to join, and then enjoy the benefits, such as the new member's raffle, with only one ticket.

[Buster's Uncle]

I was thinking more paying them off so Green doesn't go to jail for kidnapping, but that works, too...

[Yitzi]

That's easy! You don't pay them for working, you just get them to join an "exe modders club", which requires a complete exe mod to join, and then enjoy the benefits, such as the new member's raffle, with only one ticket.

I'd still advise that the first expenditure be for a lawyer to make sure that whatever you're doing isn't going to run into legal problems.

[gwillybj]

... too addictive. Too many times I've finished a game and realised it's light outside.

You're not playing it right. You are when you realize it's light outside again.

[JarlWolf]

... too addictive. Too many times I've finished a game and realised it's light outside.

You're not playing it right. You are when you realize it's light outside again.

You're both wrong. You are when you collapse of exhaustion due to sleep deprivation.

[gwillybj]

...drugs If they are addicted to crack, we can control them better.

There is an extract from the nectar of the fungus that is at least as effective and non-lethal. That's why sometimes the razorbeaks fly upside-down.

[Green1]

I am not sure, but I think the better MMOs and 4x's are almost like crack.

There have been times in the past that I have literally showed up to work places with 2 hours sleep. All because I wanted to show Miriam a thing or two or got too involved with healing teamates in my party on the battleground. It is always something.

Right now, it is being a space miner preparing to go to war for a space empire in Eve.

But for AC - What is amazing is a decade old game can do that. Wow.