Virulent Mind
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Signs Virulent Mind Joined: Aug 16, 2005 Messages: 144 Offline
Even so... there must be some system in place to make sure that time does not go beyond a certain point within a particular context, even if it is more complex than the one Rarebit presents in his own interpretation. The key is that some m...
I'd like to add my own spin on the "is it always 1999 in the Matrix?" debate. Personally, I think the "always 1999" idea is an interesting interpretation, but it does not present a complete picture. My interpretation? In terms of the films...
Plus, if you enjoyed Matrix Online's format (or at least the format it was intended to have), with one master storyteller directing the flow of major story arcs and massive in-game events that allow players to participate in that story, DC...
It seems like there was a lot Chadwick wanted to do that just wasn't possible, in large part because it took much longer to tell the story than had been anticipated, with everything going on with the transfer to SOE.
MetaLogic wrote: GodTier wrote: Sarah Edmontons. Rarebit said something along the lines of he didn't know what the old LET wanted to do exactly with that story so he just left it alone. So, it's probably an unknown. Well that just sucks......
I second this request. This was among the most intriguing narrative threads in the game.
Still, I'm partial to DC Universe Online and The Agency, as I'll be able to play them on the PS3, they seem to have the richest story content, and they are very action-oriented. Plus, DC Universe Online has characters I already care about,...
Oh, never mind. Different game. I misunderstood. That one does look pretty cool.
In what way is it MxO-like? I don't see it.
I've seen people talk about Fallen Earth a lot on these forums, and I can't figure out why, really... it looks like pretty generic post-apocalyptic fare. Did players here just look around for the first upcoming sci-fi MMO that popped up an...
I can't say I'm all that impressed with this game. There seem to be some good ideas there, but nothing really stands out, and all the write-ups about the story content are pretty poorly written (a lot of sentence fragments and "someone sai...
Unfortunately, you may be right.
This is a good idea. Maybe more people will learn that this game actually existed.
You may be The One, but... I'M SPARTACUS!
Well, as silly nonsense goes, this is pretty epic.
I'm pretty sure there are several people trying to create mission archives. Maybe we can eventually put all of this together into one big mega-summary of Matrix Online as a whole, and then have a big council discussion to determine what pa...
The true Singularity occurs at the Source. Singulatarians for the win! Deus Ex Machina be praised! Deus Ex Machina... save our game!
This is great stuff; the most complete and accessable history of Matrix Online I've come across.
There is no jelly doughnut.
Am I wrong for thinking a joke list of features for a joke sequel to this game sounds amazing?
Fantastic. Taking it in a more comedic direction was an interesting choice, and your love for the series really comes out in the kind of comedy you employ. I look forward to future episodes. How much further are you planning to take this,...
You know what the title of this thread made me think of...? "Is this really the end of Superjail?!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Concur
And Niobe and Ghost have been dead for the whole game. Oh, and one more thing... You and the Effectuator are the same person.
And Sati is actually Deus Ex Machina.
Also, both Agent Pace and Veil turn out to be Trinity.
Actually, the new Megacity Smith's whole body turns into a giant, glowing pew pew laser. P.S. PEW PEW PEW!!!
And we will discover the Oligarchs were a manifestation of the Smith Virus building a secret weapon that turns the entire Megacity into a giant Smith.
Also, Morpheus will come back to the Matrix and reveal that he was the Assassin the whole time.
I concur!
Also, in 2012, after the new Matrix Online has been out for one full year, Neo will come back from the dead and destroy the Fourth Wall.
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The bulk of this discussion should probably occur elsewhere, as it's the kind of thing that will likely have to go on for some time after these forums close, but I'm up for preliminary discussion here. I certainly have my own ideas about w...
By the way, this would ideally take place in a separate, dedicated forum and accompanying website, but I probably would not be the best person for that task, as anything I could create probably would not look so great, and I'm sure we have...
In these final days of Matrix Online and beyond, I'd like to organize an initiative to not only extensively archive the plot of of Matrix Online, which others have worked toward admirably, but to figure out where Matrix Online fits within...
Weren't there more of these (evidently false) reports during The Race for Neo, as well, or am I making that up?
Any chance of reanimating Neo's mind-corpse for the final event? I remember hearing some people saw Neo flying around in the old days.
Personally, I think any game that has made as many unprecedented efforts in persistent, ongoing, interactive storytelling as has Matrix Online must have an event that at least attempts to conclude that story-line in order to truly have a f...
Wouldn't it be great if Matrix Online could end with a bang in terms of a massive, innovative, spectacular, story-related event like so many we have seen throughout these few years... such as what we saw in the frantic pace of The Race for...
Getting to level 50 is easy? That's news to me! I guess I'm just not doing it right, which probably comes from being new to MMOs when I started this one. In all seriousness though, I completely agree that filling the level-grind with more...
(Hah, that's funny. I recently sang Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind with the congregation of a Unitarian Universalist church.) As far as the previous structure of Live Events is concerned (the small daily events, that is), while I enjoyed...
The direction of the wind is only one facet of a larger climate, and one's interpretation of the climate's directionality has a lot to do with one's outlook. ...Over-extended metaphors for the win.
Villemar_MxO wrote: I see what you're saying and hate to burst your optimism bubble but it appears you have returned back into the Matrix a day late and a dollar short. Things are what they are, and believe me every idea under the sun, esp...
Rarebit wrote: In terms of how quickly we are advancing through the story outline, the plot is still going at the same speed as before. The number of missions or events per update doesn't necessarily (in this case, it doesn't) affect the p...
I think it's also important to keep things in perspective. When Matrix Online started, there was a good stretch of time without any events, or much story content. There were a few secret meetings with major characters like Niobe and Agent...
I think it's also important to keep things in perspective. When Matrix Online started, there was a good stretch of time without any events, or much story content. There were a few secret meetings with major characters like Niobe and Agent...
Hyperviolent wrote: As far as i see, we failed to live up to that that responsibility of influencing the history. Some were careless of the happenings, others craved too much. Now the decision is to drastically cut down on all and everyone...
The Matrix has you. If this were not the case you would not be here, scanning these forums for word on the latest goings on within this little alcove of exploration into the strangest and most profound depths of the human psyche. This game...
Blackleaf wrote: Signs wrote: Religions once started wars, but religion has evolved since then. The exoteric religions may bring war and zealotry, but the esoteric religions hold our only hope for Enlightenment. Exoteric religions simply r...
Croesus wrote: Signs wrote: Enlightenment is religious, but it is not zealotry. Freeing onself from the Matrix is a right of passage the represents a freedom from suffering and idenfitication with finite concepts. There is no such thing as...
Blackleaf wrote: Genocide –noun The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Since the the plan was not to exterminate the group then technically no. The whole idea was that Zion continue...
War on the Machines is genocide you say? What about six previous times the Machines slaughtered nearly every man, woman, and child in Zion? Was not that genocide? Now I'm not advocating more of the same. In fact, I would say we should show...
"We know what we have to do: Shut the Machines down." I won't claim to know The Kid's intention in making this statement, but I think many of you may be taking this too literally. "Shutting the Machines down" doesn't have to mean murder, i...
Lucen wrote: Neoteny wrote: If that makes us all demons in your eyes, then so be it, I'd rather be alive and demonized than a dead saint. So you'd rather be alive and evil than dead and good? Thanks for clearing that up for us. A live dog...
Here's the point people seem to be missing... The "defensive weapons" that New Zion armed with are just that, defensive. And they can only be used definsively. All the APUs and EMPS can ONLY be used if the Machines INVADE ZION. So the only...
Fatmop wrote: Signs wrote: Bayamo wrote: EPN ARE NOT ZION? Well, yes and no. We're Zion when it comes to the really big stuff, critical missions, fighting off large threats... but when it comes to disputes between operatives, which this se...
Bayamo wrote: EPN ARE NOT ZION? Well, yes and no. We're Zion when it comes to the really big stuff, critical missions, fighting off large threats... but when it comes to disputes between operatives, which this seems to be (although it does...
Well I, for one, am certainly not bored with her now. Interesting events, tonight.
Xintax wrote: Signs wrote: Agents helping Cypherites, what is this madness? No, it were just a few MKT's using a Agent Disguise, who were caught up in the screens Hah, ok, that's what I hoped it was. I just assumed the worst. After all, it...
So, anwyay, did the Cypherites steal the something from Zion? If so, I guess EPN will have to come in with full force and save the day. Because with great power, comes great responsibility... ...to kick some Cypherite *CENSORED*!