Loading... October 28, 2008 - Barnett's Taxonomy of Gamers

[Ethec]

Loading... today features a brand new Ten Ton Hammer Pulse! Also, we have Paul Barnett's unique way of looking at the players behind Warhammer Online's races as described in our latest exclusive interview with the WAR creative director. We also have our take on some interesting comments from John Smedley about Star Wars Galaxies vs. Star Wars: The Old Republic, 12 new and exclusive Ten Ton Hammer guides, a host of real world news links, and our most epic forum thread of the day.

Have a look at Loading... Barnett's Taxonomy of Gamers and be entertained!

[Lizante]

Many players (including myself) won't ever touch anything SOE ever again. So from that perspective, there is a sizable segment of the MMO player community that couldn't care less what John Smedley or anyone at SOE says, no matter how many apologies and references to the mistakes SOE has expressed and continues to make.

That said, SWG still has a dedicated following, so as long as SWG can keep the game profitable, it appears destined to coexist with TOR when the latter game releases which is a good thing.

I agree with comments made by SOE, LucasArts, in today's "Loading..." and elsewhere that support co-existence.

Profitability is the key, of course.

[Savanja]

SWG will always have their loyal followers just like any game, but SWTOR might just have enough draw to pick the game clean.

Totally agree with Jeff though that SOE needs to put out a reminder as to why SWG was so great. There are aspects to SWG that SWTOR will never touch and players need to remember that!