Nov 14, 2014 at 11:56 AM - Gyoin: feels kinda... scape-goat-ish
Nov 14, 2014 at 11:57 AM - Baldoraxx: ^
Nov 14, 2014 at 11:57 AM - Baldoraxx: on that note i am out
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:13 PM - Joh: 15%
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:21 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: Oh yeah. Sure, they got ddos'd... by themselves. That's basically what you're doing when you launch an MMO.
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:25 PM - Wafflezzbutt: The rumor is Hi-rez has been switching to more humanoid models over beast ones because of Tencent and their chinese market
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:25 PM - Wafflezzbutt: apparently the chinese are super weird about non-humanoids
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:26 PM - Wafflezzbutt: And there was a giant push for a while to remake all gods to be more humanoid
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:26 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Which is especially why ao kuang was a big deal, since he is chinese
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:27 PM - Wafflezzbutt: but also bastet, baka, hades (had skeleton elements removed) etc
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:28 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Were all apparently design decisions based on chinese popularity etc
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:28 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: That's kinda retarded, but it wouldn't surprise me. The chinese are weird about a lot of crap. I wonder how much the actual gaming population gives a shit. I mean, is kog maw from LoL a humanoid in china?
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:28 PM - Gyoin: it's not that retarded
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:28 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Well I know with hades its actually like illegal to do certain depictions of the dead in china
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: it's just simply making your game more available to the most people possible
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: the gameplay hasn't changed at all
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Wafflezzbutt: The classic hades skin is still playable in american smite, but its not in the chinese client at all
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: it's still a 3rd person moba
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: ^
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: xbalanque's moon/skull changes, kali's shrunken head remodel
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Eh the rumor is they were going to change arachne to be more humanoid, but there was so much backlash they didnt do it
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:30 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: Eh, just make a castrated chinese client imo. Don't make the whole world suffer for china's weirdness
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM - Gyoin: is it really a "suffer" though?
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM - Gyoin: I may prefer the more humanoid models versus the beast mode
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: is it really called for int he first place?
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM - Wafflezzbutt: A lot of people dont
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:32 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Like I think its cool when they come up with more creative gods
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:32 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: in the long run it really hinders the creativity and art direction you can go in if you want to appeal to china's ass-ton of people
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:32 PM - Gyoin: again, it's mostly the "follow the dollar" method that, IMO, they should pursue as a company
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:32 PM - Gyoin: because without the money, the game won't exist at all
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:33 PM - Gyoin: and the models don't impact gameplay afaik
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:33 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: i think what we need to do, is intentionally blind about 1/3 the population of the earth, put them all in the same country, and force the gaming companies to cater to them by making games without graphics so as not to offend them
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:34 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: but really, it's probably less the population that play games, and more just governmental idiocy
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:34 PM - Gyoin: ^
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:35 PM - Gyoin: can't argue that point
Nov 14, 2014 at 11:57 AM - Baldoraxx: ^
Nov 14, 2014 at 11:57 AM - Baldoraxx: on that note i am out
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:13 PM - Joh: 15%
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:21 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: Oh yeah. Sure, they got ddos'd... by themselves. That's basically what you're doing when you launch an MMO.
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:25 PM - Wafflezzbutt: The rumor is Hi-rez has been switching to more humanoid models over beast ones because of Tencent and their chinese market
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:25 PM - Wafflezzbutt: apparently the chinese are super weird about non-humanoids
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:26 PM - Wafflezzbutt: And there was a giant push for a while to remake all gods to be more humanoid
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:26 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Which is especially why ao kuang was a big deal, since he is chinese
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:27 PM - Wafflezzbutt: but also bastet, baka, hades (had skeleton elements removed) etc
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:28 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Were all apparently design decisions based on chinese popularity etc
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:28 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: That's kinda retarded, but it wouldn't surprise me. The chinese are weird about a lot of crap. I wonder how much the actual gaming population gives a shit. I mean, is kog maw from LoL a humanoid in china?
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:28 PM - Gyoin: it's not that retarded
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:28 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Well I know with hades its actually like illegal to do certain depictions of the dead in china
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: it's just simply making your game more available to the most people possible
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: the gameplay hasn't changed at all
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Wafflezzbutt: The classic hades skin is still playable in american smite, but its not in the chinese client at all
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: it's still a 3rd person moba
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: ^
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Gyoin: xbalanque's moon/skull changes, kali's shrunken head remodel
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:29 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Eh the rumor is they were going to change arachne to be more humanoid, but there was so much backlash they didnt do it
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:30 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: Eh, just make a castrated chinese client imo. Don't make the whole world suffer for china's weirdness
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM - Gyoin: is it really a "suffer" though?
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM - Gyoin: I may prefer the more humanoid models versus the beast mode
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: is it really called for int he first place?
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:31 PM - Wafflezzbutt: A lot of people dont
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:32 PM - Wafflezzbutt: Like I think its cool when they come up with more creative gods
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:32 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: in the long run it really hinders the creativity and art direction you can go in if you want to appeal to china's ass-ton of people
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:32 PM - Gyoin: again, it's mostly the "follow the dollar" method that, IMO, they should pursue as a company
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:32 PM - Gyoin: because without the money, the game won't exist at all
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:33 PM - Gyoin: and the models don't impact gameplay afaik
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:33 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: i think what we need to do, is intentionally blind about 1/3 the population of the earth, put them all in the same country, and force the gaming companies to cater to them by making games without graphics so as not to offend them
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:34 PM - Doctor Dave Malpractice: but really, it's probably less the population that play games, and more just governmental idiocy
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:34 PM - Gyoin: ^
Nov 14, 2014 at 12:35 PM - Gyoin: can't argue that point