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Mabinogi Patch Messup

velocity7 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:18:21 +0000

http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Notice/View.aspx?boardNo=100&contentNo=001Go&pageIndex=1

Hello Mabinogians,

Currently, we are experiencing some technical problems with our auto patch.

Our developers are working really hard right now to fix the problem and open the game as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, at this moment, we do not know exactly when the problem will be fixed.

We’ll be updating this notice to keep you posted on the progress.

We apologize for any inconvenience and we thank you for your patience.

- Mabinogi Staff -

Guess what, Nexon USA? I can tell you exactly what your problem is. Perhaps you should look at your patch FTP. Notice the 26_to_27 files are missing?

Here’s your directory listing. Please don’t tell me your definition of “working very hard” is my definition of “working for five minutes.”

This Must Be Illegal

velocity7 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:48:42 +0000

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/31/tech-bell.html

Bell Canada Inc. is moving to impose download limits on customers of independent internet providers… The limits would range from two gigabytes per month for customers with slower connections of 512 kilobits per second up to 60 GB for those with the faster speeds of five megabits per second…

Seriously. You do it to your own customers, then whatever. Now you want to do this to the reseller ISPs too? You already have another case that is to be ruled on by the CRTC; this isn’t making your case any better than it should be, especially since Google is against you.

All links are from CBC.ca.

Black Prophecy

velocity7 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:15:39 +0000

http://www.blackprophecy.com/

What the hell, is this year the year of space sim MMOs?

(gorgeous ones at that)

LB Universes

velocity7 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:17:21 +0000

Previously I had gone over what would happen with Kyoto Animation’s adaptation of CLANNAD in terms of alternate universes. Here’s another one. (more…)

Jumpgate Evolution

velocity7 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:31:27 +0000

http://www.jumpgateevolution.com/

Hmm.

Looks interesting.

Mabinogi USA: Petition for Text Lag

velocity7 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:46:34 +0000

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/Mabitextsystemchange

Let’s kill the chatter regarding how petitions don’t work, and get straight to the point:

By playing Mabinogi and not signing the petition above, you agree that you are fine with the lag/freezing associated with the text rendering in Mabinogi.

To Sony: How to Prevent a 2.40 Catastrophe

velocity7 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:40:49 +0000

So you’ve all found that releasing 2.40 caused some major problems. I bet you’ve also tested the firmware through internal teams, but realize now that the sample size isn’t big enough. Want a suggestion? Here’s one:

Form a beta testing team outside of SCE.

This team will be limited in size. Selection should be decided based on the percentage of PS3 models out there, as well as varying Internet configurations. Those that do qualify to be part of the beta team will have to make sure their PS3 has been registered, and then they should get access to new beta updates (and probably a mailing list for reports and such).

Testers that get these beta firmwares will still be covered under warranty should their PS3 brick due to updating; if someone should somehow leak the firmware to outsiders (which is highly unlikely), sure they can update if they want. However, they won’t be covered under warranty.

The larger sample size should reduce the amount of PS3s damaged due to bad firmware coding, and allow some time to make final adjustments before putting the firmware out for public consumption.

What will this do? Perhaps reduce the chance that everyone’s PS3 dies from a system update, costing a lot?

MGO Japan: Training Teachers!

velocity7 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:20:28 +0000

Looks like on the Japan side of MGO, they had classes that teach people to become instructors in specific areas. Here’s the rough translation I came up with:

Kept you waiting?

On the 21st (Saturday), the elite staff from Kojima Productions will be holding Teaching Coaching!

13:00~ KP_Ocky - CQC, Scanning (Intermediate)
17:00~ KP_OTANI - Basic Actions (Beginner)
21:00~ KP_KUNIBERT - Shooting, Weapon Characteristics (Beginner)

*Each class is scheduled to be held for about an hour.
*Attendance for lectures are first-come first-serve.
*We’d like for people to take only one class per person.

Just so people can benefit from the Teaching Coaching sessions, we’ve put up a manual!
Please be sure to listen to the teachers.

Teaching Coaching Manual: http://www.konami.jp/mgo/jp/instructor.html (Japanese)

Mabinogi USA = Crap

velocity7 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:07:06 +0000

Seriously, the support is god-awful. 12 hour maintenance today, and then there are glitches in Emain Macha’s map, spelling/grammar errors, Secret Shops not working, and Australian IPs still can’t log in despite the claim Oceania countries can now log in.

I’m very likely to withhold further payment from Nexon until they get their act together, this is absolutely stupid. I’ll bet next week they’ll have their content update, but unless they fix up all the bugs and stuff I’m not paying.

SEGA Fails to Support Armored Core

velocity7 — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:55:33 +0000

Shame that they don’t… the Japanese side of things currently have Regulations version 1.60 up and available for everyone, but on our side, only the Xbox 360 version gets this glory; the PS3 version still remains at 1.40, and I can confirm this as a fact (at this time of writing).

Furthermore, it appears SEGA has no plans on working on Armored Core: For Answer.

Finally, the site SEGA once had for Armored Core 4 is now offline (the US PlayStation site still links there).

Can we get someone more competent and prompt localizing the Armored Core games, please? It appears SEGA has just gone downhill.