Paperghost

I don't normally bother doing these, but I have so many cool screenshots I'll make an exception this time. Link Some of my favourites so far: The look on Smiths face cracks me up every time.

The_Big_V wrote: Yeah please do. Contact Villemar on Vector sometime prior and we'll hook you up. awesome, thanks

soooo......i was expecting some big "finale" for this one tonight but seeing as they've pushed back the end of the anniversary event, do you think they'll likely do the same for whatever they've got planned as some sort of "ending"?

The_Big_V wrote: Raijinn wrote: I can only publish things on DN1 that everyone can attend so if it's something that is exclusive for only a select amount of the community I'm not going to be able to post it up. The thing about the Les Enfa...

FrozenFyre wrote: A nice event - I'd have liked to know more about the Virologist, where she came from, how the Oracle contacted them all etc. - but I'm just like that I guess. Still, it was quite a nice way to turn an OOC party into a "ke...

in some strange way, even though the virologist is there to simply "hand out cookies and tshirts" as a device in an event, actually having her say it is somehow oddly fourth wall breaking. other than that, it seems devs turning up to playe...

"Better Than Everquest".

zeroone506 wrote: I asked this question exactly for this reason, to get more insight into this topic. However, this answer doesn't prove your point at all. "There are evidently a few things established in the movies that they'd rather we d...

GypsyJuggler wrote: Dang, I was going to say "The Rabbit Hole" but got beat to it :/ As an alternative suggestion how about something like; "Inside the Hatter's Cap" or "Under the Brim". Hmm.. those kinda suck, go with the Rabbit Hole thin...

zeroone506 wrote: They key is that they had an expansion in mind when they wrote those "meaningless junks of script". There's a school of thought that they decided to do it in MxO instead. It has begun long ago. So this rebuttles this "mea...

http://thematrixonline.station.sony..._vector/030.jpg .....is possibly one of the best images from this game i have ever seen. i dunno what the chances are of getting two dudes flying through the air like that as if they'd been punched int...

anyone else experiencing nasty, nasty lag in syntax today? server seems to have been completely gimped for the last few hours or so.

FrozenFyre wrote: So what was the outcome of the event - I certainly wasn't expecting to see Smith beat the redpills, but that reminds us of the threat we face I guess. but did the virus decide to disapear after causing all that chaos or w...

me: we expected not to have to see an actor in the Rhama Khandra role that didn't ham up his accent to such a degree that you were immediately reminded of Apu from the simpsons. you: And I didn't expect a French gangster that reminded of t...

zeroone506 wrote: -These expectations "Revolutions" disappointed hadn't only originated from "Reloaded", but also from your own mind, and the hype the movie created. It makes sense to go back and wonder "did the movie justify these expecta...

"anyone else" meaning, servers other than Syntax. Some short snippets from last night / this morning. Crazy stuff.

zeroone506 wrote: EDIT: Actually, I can't understand how you can think this Oracle scene somehow failed to become what it should be, if you really look at the Oracle scene in Reloaded, or the Architect scene you brought up. The first one w...

i've tended to get this on quite a lot of the later merv crits and i tried everything from going to specific districts to running around with my pants on my head offering prayers to whatever gaming gods happened to be passing by at the tim...

zeroone506 wrote: First part: Maybe, but I find all these schemes you're talking about kind of far-fetched, and not necessary here. Why don't I go out and smoke? First, I'm to l33t for smoking. Second, because when I watch an action movie,...

fizzle wrote: somehow an anniversary event with the lack of trial keys to give out makes the whole occasion seem less prestigious. to be honest I don't think anyone considering using a trial key to play the game would have cared too much a...

zeroone506 wrote: Like with every explanation scene in every piece of fiction, it's both the writers addressing the audience and the explaining character addressing the noob character. It's two sides of the same coin, jeez. yeah, but there...

Desc1ple wrote: Great now Rarebit is photoshoping pics on the forums. Walrus, wait he left, Raijinn!!!! gah, i click into page two with my "Those pics are all photoshopped!" gags primed and ready to roll and someone already beat me to it....

GirlyGurl84 wrote: ok u guys still dont get it, u are all arguing whether or not neo is dead. ASSUME the following: 1. that is the real morpheus, not a fake anot a sim the real flesh and blood morpheus 2. Neo is in a "Coma" of sorts and th...

zeroone506 wrote: I don't know what hints from the writers you want. The Oracle has been talking cryptically, "in riddles", all the time. Even now when you ask her a definite question, you won't get a clear answer. It was the same in the m...

zeroone506 wrote: That "explanation" wasn't lame or sucked, it was vague and lacked detail or elaboration. Which means certain aspects or details aren't covered, and basically the understanding of the thing isn't complete. Maybe "ambiguous...

zeroone506 wrote: Okay, then why don't you approve of Neo destroying the Sentinels remaining ambiguous, if you prefer ambiguousity over clarity? huh? that didn't need to "remain ambiguous", it needed to be explained better in a way that di...

zeroone506 wrote: You know what, how about you stop thinking about fanbois and marketing ploys when talking about the *storyline*? i think neos fate remaining ambiguous is more beneficial to the storyline than revealing it, if that reveal...

The_Big_V wrote: I am in the "it would be a bad thing" camp myself I second that Emoticon

Lots of pictures here . / end matrix related spammage

suicidequeen wrote: Maybe it was a good event, im just not so sure about its relavance. Im pretty pissed off that all the events happen on vector when everyone knows that the server that pwn's all is recurssion!!!!!! give us more in game o...

awesome event, even if I did eventually get to bed at 3AM. anyone get any fraps footage? my copy gimped out and I didn't want to risk logging out and in again to get it working in case i missed anything cool.

Tstrike wrote: We as players need to be blogging the game. true, dat . / end plug mind you, I doubt the crazy cost of putting ads on TV would be less than the profit made from whatever meager amount of subscribers the game managed to pick...

ShadowReapr wrote: Superb, Phantom. Simply superb. My biggest problem with the event is I'm not level 50. What does that mean? No PvP! Noes! And going to Mara C and asking for a beatdown is often taken too far. i've seen plenty of people P...

not screenshots, but i do have a short mashup of the first nights mayhem. http://www.vimeo.com/clip:161836

PBlade wrote: Papergh0st wrote: its a bit of a pain in the butt that you can't get rid of that stupid "door 354m" thing with the circle under it. oh, how i hate it. devs, please fix. and i'll give you a happy hug. Yeah. The 'Luggable Detec...

its a bit of a pain in the butt that you can't get rid of that stupid "door 354m" thing with the circle under it. oh, how i hate it. devs, please fix. and i'll give you a happy hug.

personlll wrote: Why won't luggables drop once I kill a player who has one? I thought that was the whole idea of a luggable, but instead that person can wait their entire reconstruct timer for one of their unflagged friends to rez them. Th...

oooh, servers are down and just had my update. which means a whole lotta Smith related fun is on the way. i predict lots of people digging out their prophet dusters - just gave mine a quick spring clean

....I tried to decipher what that was all about, but honestly, I have no clue. the almost pitch black screenshots combined with OMG ZERG MIKECOOL PWNT etc make for painful reading / viewing / whatever. nice short summary that makes sense,...

i keep seeing people saying it was more "fun" back when the old fight system was in place. along with super mega lag, random game crashes and bugged to death missions, the crippled shambles that was the old fight system was one more reason...

hmmm.....can't say this sounds likely, given the content of this post regarding PVP rewards systems.

i keep getting that connection freaking out message. i saw on here that you could get it working by being in tabor, but so far, nothing. any ideas?

Morphesu wrote: Hisagawa wrote: High fives are so 90s...wait...1999... its 1999 in the Matrix isnt it? ..wow, looks like the 1999 thing gets mentioned in threads galore, even when its not even relevant . Its vaguely wearisome that almost e...

unless anyone has any objections, i'd like to put those crazy pictures of fridges and subways having their fun days out in the city into a blog post

zeroone506 wrote: You're limiting the scope of what you can do, which includes limiting the scope of damage you can do - which is a positive thing. Why take the risk of destroying something? Why is responsible treatment of art wrong? ...be...

zeroone506 wrote: @Paperghost Such obsession is certainly funny, but I don't like how you use these extremes to mock a serious attitude to a fictional universe. "Just a game", "just disposable entertainment" - nice, really. I mean, that's...

FlaminMathew1 wrote: Personaly this was a player event, that suddenly got LE status.. totaly wrong in my opinion. But meh i quite liked the idea of a player generated event taking on a live event role. isn't that what people cry out for he...

cloudwolf wrote: You can kill that guy? =P yeah - takes a few goes but if you nail him with the broom he shuts up and you don't see him in the seat (i think there's a cutscene after the fight where the camera pans across the seats and usua...

DevilsArms wrote: cloudwolf wrote: Its just a game cloud, what about path of neo with the ant people? Don't forget the bit where Neo and Seraph are fighting in the cinema while the fight from the film plays onscreen and the heckler in the...

cloudwolf wrote: Oh and the Path of Neo ending was to 'razz' critics of the film sequels, not people who accept using the word Canon. its razzing anyone that takes it too seriously, from "oh god these films are the worst and i must complai...

Papergh0st wrote: cloudwolf wrote: Right, now i'm just confused. In the past Rare has himself said the game and it's development team have an obligation to continue and value the storyline the brothers have handed to them then the next it'...

cloudwolf wrote: Right, now i'm just confused. In the past Rare has himself said the game and it's development team have an obligation to continue and value the storyline the brothers have handed to them then the next it's "Stuff happens....

cloudwolf wrote: And to people saying "if i was looking in i'd say 'yeah thats cool'" Yes, yes it is cool and yes people will look in and think that. But those same people would think that even if it wasn't marked as story. Those same peop...

cloudwolf wrote: As awesome as the party was we've already gone through this. Non canon = No chapter tag. Imagine a potential player coming into this board, he's a big Matrix fan and is excited about the idea this game continues the story...

in case you haven't seen it, some movie footage of the event. still no sound, but meh. people dancing and subway cars and stuff.

awesome event. again, thanks to rarebit for providing some GMT love. also: "please make me taskmaster, its 12pm and im in college tomorrow" and "PLZ MAKE ME NEO PLZ THX PLZ" (or whatever it was, spammed over and over again) both made me lo...

..."trick-out your MXO fan site"? ouch . the 90s are calling and they want their phrase back

Roukan wrote: Papergh0st wrote: i'll pay you in tacos. /slap MY LINE! too late, i'm taco-ing him up for some FGTH awesomeness.

Rarebit wrote: Things we haven't revealed yet: more unique non-clothing items, specific design of eight of the ten T-shirts, exact nature of how the Smith Virus is spread....hmm and maybe one or two other things I'm forgetting. considering...

MattRobson wrote: I for one approve of being told when an event is going to occur as i hate to miss out when i PAY to play the game, even tho I'm UK based and have to wait up till gone 1am. i cant see that this is a spoiler it just an imag...