http://blog.xoduz.org Press left mouse button to continue Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:28:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.xoduz.org/2010/01/05/woho-i-be-unhacketh/ http://blog.xoduz.org/2010/01/05/woho-i-be-unhacketh/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:42:38 +0000 Xoduz http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=1093 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } It’s now been a week and a day since I logged in to find my World of Warcraft account hacked, with the gear of my characters sold off to vendors and the gold sent off to some unknown third-party. Today I logged back in to see if I’d gotten any new responses from Blizzard (last [...]]]> http://blog.xoduz.org/2010/01/05/woho-i-be-unhacketh/feed/ 3 http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/28/woe-is-me-for-i-have-been-hacketh/ http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/28/woe-is-me-for-i-have-been-hacketh/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:07:07 +0000 Xoduz http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=1077 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Well, it has finally happened to me too; My World of Warcraft-account has been compromised! Woke up this morning to several messages on my cellphone from friends asking if I was currently playing on my WoW-account. Seems I had been seen botting in Storm Peaks for several hours without responding – not only weird because [...]]]> http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/28/woe-is-me-for-i-have-been-hacketh/feed/ 3 http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/16/teleportation-in-mmorpgs-or-how-instant-gratification-killed-the-dream-of-virtual-worlds/ http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/16/teleportation-in-mmorpgs-or-how-instant-gratification-killed-the-dream-of-virtual-worlds/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:01:58 +0000 Xoduz http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=1028 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Instant matter-disintegration-and-reintegration Teleportation: The ability to instantly transfer matter from one location to another without actually ever moving in the space between those two locations. Scientists have been chasing this dream for decades, and Science-Fiction writers and/or movie directors have been using it as a plot-device and/or a generic method of transportation for even longer. [...]]]> http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/16/teleportation-in-mmorpgs-or-how-instant-gratification-killed-the-dream-of-virtual-worlds/feed/ 8 http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/14/free-everlasting-age-of-conan-trial/ http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/14/free-everlasting-age-of-conan-trial/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:44:48 +0000 Xoduz http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=1013 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Out of pure self-interest, I’m going to blatantly promote Age of Conan by mentioning the press release just released (duh, obviously) that announces the offer of a free, everlasting Age of Conan trial (aka “Unlimited Free Trial”). Basically, if you sign up for a trial account, download and install the game and then log in [...]]]> http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/14/free-everlasting-age-of-conan-trial/feed/ 0 http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/07/start-to-crate-times-in-mmorpgs/ http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/07/start-to-crate-times-in-mmorpgs/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:26:32 +0000 Xoduz http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=791 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Note #0: It’s been a while since I posted anything at all on this blog. Just to let you know, I haven’t completely given up on it just yet, I have just been busy(TM) with other stuff. In April 2000 a revolutionary methodology for reviewing video-games saw the light of day at the Old Man [...]]]> http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/12/07/start-to-crate-times-in-mmorpgs/feed/ 0 http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/07/18/about-the-laws-of-online-world-design-part-iii/ http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/07/18/about-the-laws-of-online-world-design-part-iii/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:46:16 +0000 Xoduz http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=653 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } This is the third installment in a series of posts I’ll be making about The Laws of Online World Design, as explained in this introductory post. I will start at the top of the list, and work my way down until I’ve poked and prodded every law in the list, not skipping any unless I [...]]]> http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/07/18/about-the-laws-of-online-world-design-part-iii/feed/ 0 http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/07/15/about-roleplay-servers-in-mmos/ http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/07/15/about-roleplay-servers-in-mmos/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:15:59 +0000 Xoduz http://blog.xoduz.org/?p=678 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Two articles that popped up on MMORPG.com in recent days both touched on the same subject – roleplay servers in MMOs. The first one, by Dana Massey, denounce roleplay servers as unenforceable, virtually identical to regular servers and generally a major pain in the ass for those who have to moderate them. Sanya Weathers wrote [...]]]> http://blog.xoduz.org/2009/07/15/about-roleplay-servers-in-mmos/feed/ 1