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  •  How many of the vets reading this remember their first MMO?  I remember it like it was yesterday (and trust me, it wasn't).  I went to the web sites, read the forums, read the manual - did everything I could to prepare myself for the game.   An…
    in General: Noob, Newb and Newbie Comment by shankin February 2010
  • Originally posted by Toothman Originally posted by shankin  Ah, yes - noobs.  Sometimes known as "the folks paying to play the same game you're playing, who might have stayed and built the subscriber base, making the game successful, but didn't…
    in General: Noob, Newb and Newbie Comment by shankin February 2010
  •  Ah, yes - noobs.  Sometimes known as "the folks paying to play the same game you're playing, who might have stayed and built the subscriber base, making the game successful, but didn't because everyone kicked them in the face and laughed."  Astonis…
    in General: Noob, Newb and Newbie Comment by shankin February 2010
  • Think about the budget, staff, and experience Blizzard has.  Think about all the time, money and effort that went into making WoW.  Think about the customer service, the website, the content - everything that makes WoW what it is.   Now think ab…
    in General: Legendary Failures of Legend, Part Two Comment by shankin February 2010
  • Originally posted by neKrow huh... you know that any visa or mastercard can be 3D-Secure right? I just upgraded mine on the masercard site. I am in a linkshell of.. I dunno maybe 50 people. not a huge cross-section of the game but I didnt hear a …
    in Is PlayOnline insane? SecureCode/3-D Secure required Comment by shankin November 2009
  •  I started playing in early July on the 10 day free trial.  I converted that to a full account, giving them my credit card info at the time I signed up.  No mention was made of this policy when I joined.  But I'd been playing on the free 30 days you…
    in Is PlayOnline insane? SecureCode/3-D Secure required Comment by shankin August 2009
  •  OK - just finished chatting with the SE chat rep.  Basically, they have no interest in me as a subscriber if I don't have a 3-D Secure credit card.  I was unable to get my account extended to allow me to play while I applied for a new card.  I was …
    in Is PlayOnline insane? SecureCode/3-D Secure required Comment by shankin August 2009
  •  Oh, man - it just keeps getting better and better. Now I log into my FFXI account, and am told that the account has been disabled.  So the amount of time I get to switch to their wonderful 3-D Secure credit card has gone from 3 days to 0. This …
    in Is PlayOnline insane? SecureCode/3-D Secure required Comment by shankin August 2009
  • Originally posted by Khrymson Originally posted by shankin   Want another character?  Pay up.   No reason to change that now since its always been done that way, and its not like $1 is gonna break you, when all other MMOs are $14.99 a month! …
    in What would you like to see changed/kept the same from FFXI? Comment by shankin June 2009
  •  As an ex-FFXI player (3 years) and an ex-WoW player (6 months) I have to say that one thing I feel WoW got right was how they treat their customers, and how they treat returning players.  FFXI charges for just about anything you can think of. Wan…
    in What would you like to see changed/kept the same from FFXI? Comment by shankin June 2009
  • That wouldn't surprise me.  I was getting about 30k/s when I started my install, but that was the whole game, so we're talking over a gig of data.  I let it run overnight, and it was done by morning.  No complaints here - it was way faster than they…
    in Updater Comment by shankin May 2008
  • Well, ZeroVirus, I can't speak for ChrisUck, but for me downloads from other sites are often in the 500k/sec range.  I suspect the free trial was popular, and being timed with the revisit offer, their servers were just being hit hard.  Sounds like t…
    in Updater Comment by shankin May 2008
  • 40 hours isn't bad - based on the updater's estimate, I'm wondering if I'll get a chance to play in the next two weeks!  
    in Updater Comment by shankin May 2008
  • Very nice - except the picture directly below the ad (1906_8.jpg) is not what it's supposed to be.  Too bad - she's pretty nice.  
    in General: NY Comic Con Images - Part Two Comment by shankin April 2008