Rarebit

Othinn1 wrote: Rarebit, what was your ideas about Operation Dark Storm? During chapter 10, it seemed that neither the humans nor the Machines knew how it worked. And if I remember correctly, CAR80N said that the pre-Matrix human civilizati...

Warm-ups:

Updated.

Dudes, that one isn't any tougher than the others.

GoDGiVeR wrote: Well, abs aren't your bag (but animations and fx are?) but is there even remotely a chance that Zen-Master can be adopted to cr2 and released on update 66?

Blackjack-18 wrote: ^^ we can dream though right? Yah but you can't blame me for it afterwards. ;)

I know it's easy to overlook little details, so I'll just point one out in the specific text I posted that this thread is reacting to, since a few people here seem to be getting a wee bit carried away by the various amusing comments being...

I've seen you insert that into my threads--repeatedly--but you're spamming the wrong dev, because player abilities aren't my bag.

Well, I suppose my own take on that Oracle comment would be a little more metaphysical--a lot more so than ways in which we've already had other developers bring him back, such as N30 Agents, various "frags," and the memorial in the Gracy...

CPT_Starschwar wrote: Rarebit wrote: Novalis II and Sarah Edmontons were side stories by other people that I did not take up myself, because I didn't feel like I had a sufficient understanding, from how they were initially presented by oth...

Outlaw wrote: Rarebit wrote: I don't have any significant Morpheus loose ends as far as I know. Paul had the Assassin kill him: bang dead. The Morpheus I used was a simulacrum built by the General, based on compiled footage and memories of...

I don't have any significant Morpheus loose ends as far as I know. Paul had the Assassin kill him: bang dead. The Morpheus I used was a simulacrum built by the General, based on compiled footage and memories of the original; he had enough...

Cervacius wrote: 2. Wasn't Mauser a freeborn with no jacks? How did Wright get in there in the first place? Plot hole? Mauser having jacks was the largest continuity error I made that I'm aware of to date. I assumed he had jacks when I wro...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [new] beyond: 12.1 - 12/18/08 12.2 - 2/12/09 (two week push-back due to winter break) 12.3 - 3/26/09 13.1 - 5/7/09 13.2 - 6/18/09 13.3 - 7/30/09 14.1 - 9/10/09 14.2 - 10/22/09 14.3 - 12/3/09 12.1 - 12/18/08...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [old] beyond: - most of the belligerent oligarchs ko'd when Sati unlocks Trin kill-code and it's sent out into the Oligarch network - some left who hadn't used it yet--power grab for territory between them? -...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12.3 Cinematic: Missions/Events/Gameplay: Cypherites are relieved that the Oligarchs are gone. Machines are glad about that, and that they've taken Trinity away, too, but the Ouroboros connection is showing a...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12.2 Cinematic: Missions/Events/Gameplay: Helian completes negotiations with the Machines. Helian now pursues the Trinity program, with help from the Machines, and opposition from Zion, EPN, and the Cypherite...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12.1 Cinematic: Missions/Events/Gameplay: 03 = Helian (compound Chinese surname) 04 = Tesarova (Czech surname) Two more glowing human forms appear in the city: Helian and Tesarova. Helian is a confident man,...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11.3 Cinematic: Missions/Events/Gameplay: The Machines and particularly Zion receive tips sent through computer terminals, supposedly from the biological interface program, that aid them in countering Wright'...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11.2 Cinematic: Missions/Events/Gameplay: The biological interface program has been dumped into the wide network of the Matrix simulation. All parties are trying to isolate and recapture it: Wright in order t...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11.1 Cinematic: Missions/Events/Gameplay: The Merovingian, with Silver's help, begins to investigate the biological interface program. With help from Silver, he finds that its code interfaces perfectly with h...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10.3 Cinematic: Missions/Events/Gameplay: Cypherites discover that the Merovingian is hacking into Ouroboros systems. Cryptos captures some of the Oligarch data feeding into Ouroboros; he thinks it will be us...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10.2 Cinematic: Missions/Events/Gameplay: With Halborn removed from the Matrix, Carlyne has departed as well. Mauser, secretly overwritten by Wright, appears in the Matrix, which is strange, since he was free...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 10: Oligarchy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10.1 Cinematic: Missions/Events/Gameplay: Machines ask Halborn to leave. He says not without the program. He's got an idea. Halborn makes his...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9.3 Summary: Carlyne appears in the Matrix and attacks Halborn. Machines attempt to maintain control of the simulation in the face of Oligarch overrides of their programs. Zion tries to choose between...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9.2 Summary: Machines and Zion assess Halborn. Cypherites and EPN continue to battle. Zion demands explanation from the Oracle. The Merovingian woos the Oligarch, and the Oligarch mentions Trinity to t...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 9: Intrusion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9.1 Summary: Halborn appears in the Matrix, disables or takes over some Machine forces, meets Zion. Machine forces in the Real retreat to Mach...

8.3 Summary: Machine buildup forces Zion to abandon old Zion entirely. Zion at bay. Merovingian discovers hands behind the Machines. Cinematic: In the Matrix, two Agents watch a computer terminal. One says "The virus is running." Switch to...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8.2 Summary: Machine/Zion war in the Matrix and in the Real. The humbled General seeks protection under the Merovingian; he will serve as the Merovingian's commander in the Real. Merovingian finds that...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 8: War ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8.1 Summary: Machine and Cypherite spies discover the existence of New Zion. Machines declare that Zion has broken the Truce, and initiate hostiliti...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7.3 Summary: Cinematic foreshadowing of the Oligarchs. The General's forces are defeated in the Real by overwhelming Machine reinforcements, although they inflict heavy losses. General into hiding in t...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7.2 Summary: Seraph is restored to his right mind, pursues the General's forces. The Merovingian regroups after Seraph's return, assists the General's forces in the Matrix, and acquires a kill code for...

Matrix Online story outline, chapters 7+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 7: The Real ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7.1 Summary: Seraph returns, able to detect overwritten humans, and zaps Cryptos. Machines take the fi...

What follows is the planning document I used as an overall outline for the story of the Matrix Online from chapter 7, carrying over from Paul Chadwick's original outline, though chapter 14, which would have closed out our year 2009. Since...

Things don't always go according to plan. This new year brought me a series of surprises--surprises that have led me to conclude that after ten years in the game industry--seven of those on The Matrix Online--it is time for me to go. This...

I'm told that one of the Syntax servers was having problems, but that it should be fixed now.

It looks like we had a server restart to install some OS updates on those machines. It sounds like we might have another restart overnight tonight, although I think this time we might actually get some sort of notice posted if it's going t...

Ooh, my SF skills seem to have improved immensely. :)

The panel that starts out "The one in the shiny suit who stole my underwear..." is possibly the best thing ever.

Photo editors everywhere anxiously await the "Delete Stray Hands" filter.