Comments for Jeff Freeman

Comment on The Epic MMO by Jeffool

Jeffool — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:48:00 +0000

Looking back, I stumbled across your blog back in 2005 for the first time, but I distinctly remember the post that made me subscribe to the rss feed; one on Angus’ blog (that he’s since deleted many times over,) where he described you describing your perfect game. Reading it I couldn’t help but think, “At least one of these guys is a fucking genius.” I’m definitely curious to see if it was you. : D

Comment on The Epic MMO by James

James — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:59:04 +0000

Odysseus is a good example of the classic hero. Like you had mentioned before with the idea of the Weapons or Armor of a hero retaining the original classification as ‘heroic’. The previous owner of the item is long gone but the legend and mythos of the hero’s achievements live on in the item itself. Or something like that, maybe I missed the point.

But yeah man I’m very interested in this topic.

Comment on The Epic MMO by Jeff Freeman

Jeff Freeman — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:35:48 +0000

Trin: I don’t think the hero becomes immortal at all, but rather his achievements do.

Then I’m suggesting that in order for his achievements to be recognized as epic, he’s got to die.

But this isn’t really a perma-death thing… What I’m thinking is that everything has to die (or change significantly, or fade into Bolivia, etc.) in order for the MMO itself to be epic.

Like that “epic of the old west” example: it’s only due to the old west being gone now.

I could go either way on whether it’s Fermat or his theorum that is the hero. Not at the same time, I mean, just that yeah, yours is as valid a take on it as mine.

It just seems like he challenged the world to defeat his riddle, and defeated all comers for centuries after. Even after he was dead!

But I may be reading too much into that. I actually almost wrote it your way originally.

Comment on The Epic MMO by Trin

Trin — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:14:29 +0000

So in your pining for that Epic, do you pine to be the hero, the one that becomes immortal? Or would you settle for being one of the events of that Epic?

With regards to Fermat’s Final (Last) Theorem, you seem to consider Fermat to be the hero, could it not be that the Theorem is the hero and Fermat defines the event that started that epic?

Comment on The Epic MMO by Ole Bald Angus

Ole Bald Angus — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:34:40 +0000

Let me be the first to seem more interested in this than anything else you could possibly ramble on about even if we were both immortals and had all the time in the world.

I won’t hold you to it, though, ’cause sometimes I change my mind about how epic Daisy Dukes are between drinks.

Well, no wait, actually I never change my mind about how epic Daisy Dukes are, even if somebody busts out the Dictionary on me.