This is cool, NetRacer brings modern-style network gaming to the C=64.

Now if only someone could revive Habitat, maybe we could see a C=64 MMO. ;)

That's where I first go excited about this massive merry-go-round, when Habitat was highlighted in C=64 magazines ~1985. The idea of connecting with people online for a virtual community thrilled me. While I was trying to figure out how my teenage-self could afford long-distance calls to Quantum Link + the hourly rates to play, they capped memberships. So I never did get to actually try it.

If people think it takes patience to wait for a bit of content, think about the decades just waiting for this stuff to be a reality. =P

I've just realized my error on my previous post about player patience.

What's changed lately is that I've jumped into a game at launch, that's skewed my perception of the playerbase, I apologize for roasting them. There are likely many patient players that are under the radar right now.

Ever since Ultima Online, I've recommended players wait for stability before playing a new MMORPG.

It's a wait for three important ingredients:

• Stability.
• Fixes for bugs.
• Patching content holes or balancing issues.

It became obvious very early on that these 'massive' online games involve a score of complexities not found in other games. Every ounce of content (and the content tends to be vast) has to deal with latency, security and all of the issues involved when multiple members of the human race approach that content all at once on the same playing field.

I don't think most players realize what it takes to make bullet-proof content. It's astounding to me that these games achieve stability at all over time, but they do.

I know the hardcore among us won't follow this advice and I don't expect them to. I try to myself, but I usually fail and jump into these games sooner than I plan, but rarely on launch day. I've always been witness to the carnage, it's been my job at times to do so, but I've withheld my own deep involvement until further down the road, after the patches of sanity come in.

I don't think these industry problems are going to be solved anytime soon. The next game that has a full range of content (notably Endgame) and is also stable with few bugs-- That will be the first game in this genre to claim that milestone. When it happens, I'll shower accolades, because I will be beyond impressed.

Meanwhile, if you are going to play, then the previous post does apply, it requires patience.

Myself and my guildmates, we'll be exercising this patience.