No one in the industry will ever take SF_Gold seriously while he's trying to make an MMO.

Lets somehow assume he pulled a massive amount of effort out of his *** and did the work of 500 paid employees for x number of years that it takes to make a game like WoW.

The kind of server side work required to maintain and support even 100-200 people is insurmountable. Unless SF_Gold's poor father suddenly found a billion peso on the sidewalk, he's not going anywhere with even the best MMO you can get out of a pre-made game.

This is a point Jon`C makes often, and is definitely not given enough attention:
SF_Gold has not made pong, tetris, or space invaders. SF_Gold has not written a single design document (We've seen his attempts. They're lists of "omg, I'd love to have this in a game" ideas. Bad ones.), and he doesn't even understand the basic concepts of development. You have to start small, not big. You have to attempt mole hills, not mountains. SF_Gold is going to die half way up Everest because the idea of being the first Mexican with no mountain climbing experience to stand on the peak is romantic.

Those of you who defend him are being optimistic, which is admirable. It is, however, unhelpful. Patients should be told how much time they REALLY have to live. Children shouldn't be told that Santa, the Easter bunny, and a gigantic eye in the sky are watching for them to screw up. SF_Gold shouldn't be told he's "got to start somewhere" when his 'start' is a futile and circle-jerk of an attempt.

Stop encouraging him. He's got to learn to develop a strong base to support his future in game design, his own resources, his own ideas, and his own skills. Currently, you're telling him that a handful of premade resources and a crappy GUI skin is a good 2 year start on one of the most resource intensive game projects he could attempt.

You're setting him up to fail, not us.

1.- Its all about PVP. Players will be rushing into battle agaisn't other players on a daily basis, with conquerable areas and zones. The war can be won.

Just felt it should be pointed out that allowing one side to completely conquer another side's territory is a terrible idea, as it means that people aren't likely to join the losing side (similar to if the Alliance lost to the Horde, you'd have almost no one playing Alliance in WoW).

Conquerable areas is a neat idea, but allowing one side to "win the war" is a really bad idea.

Of course not, I still have alot of work to do. We haven't even started mapping. Were still working on the combat system, which will be followed by the vehicle system, between these two, mapping will start taking place.

When the war is won, the server is reset, as is the war.

There is actually people who like me here Jon, believe it or not.

EDIT: I am not alone on this project, I have a team, which is growning and we all understand its a longterm project.

We also already have choosen a host for the server. We plan to serve around 5000 players at first, and we can afford the server rent.

Don't be a smartass, Glyde.

This whole community is rediculous. You guys, to put it bluntly, suck. It's like a continous [group hug] against one person or another. It was Tiberium Empire a few days ago, now it's SF_Gold. Jesus Christ.

Oh, I never said I'd leave. I'm just very dissappointed. I used to look up to you people, but now I feel like I can only look down on quite a few of you because of how you act.

Personally, I won't give Gold any false hope like Kirby said, but I will say he's got more drive than I ever had and he's already done more than I could have. Good luck to you, Gold, maybe you'll actually wow Massassi one day. It sure is a tough crowd to please.

[EDIT: Kirby: Does SF_Gold need redemption? Just let him be, it's not like he personally insulted anyone with his attempts at making games. As for Tiberium Empire, that was discussed at great length in another thread and all that I think needs to be said, was said.]

Does SF_Gold need redemption?

Hahaha, okay, that was funny, even if it did get overused really fast.

I have a team, which is growning

You guys get satisfaction from all this..? I'm trying to figure this out.

Don't listen to these people Gold. I believe in you. I bet you could make a great game.

As for the rest of you, grow up. Forums are places to have civilized conversation.

Here's an example of what you should post if you don't like what he has to offer.

USER: I didn't really enjoy your game. HERE are some ways to make it better. Remember that this is just my opinion.

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