EXCLUSIVE! Reporting about NASA MMO ALL WRONG…

"this isn’t rocket science guys. Get your story straight. I was at the NASA MMORPG Workshop held on Monday of this week at the BWI Marriot, so I’m speaking from first hand experience. The first thing I’ll tell you, is that everything you have been reading (like Slashdot, Gamasutra, Second Life Herald and even Wired are all wrong. Absolutely. Like, what happened to doing accurate reporting. Or even checking sources. [Damn, even Wired goofed this. ] I’ll explain how and why these sources (and almost nearly everyone else there) has it wrong. First, most of the people that actually attended the workshop ignored the first rule of the world of technology. wow gold billig RTFM. Or, in this case, the website, documentation, materials, and everything else. Heck, I’m starting to think that the majority of the people that went didn’t even bother to pay attention during the panels or even read the powerpoint slides. To make my point: “but our thinking going into the RFI is that NASA and the partner would each fund their own participation in the development of the MMO, and that the partner would commercialize the end product.” Yeah, right from the MMO FAQ page. Mega FAIL for the game industry, and everyone “reporting” on it. wow power leveling You all suck. * There IS a $3M budget for the project. However, this will be used for what NASA is contributing to the MMORPG, not for the partner/developer. Everyone reporting that the budget is gone, zero, or whatever, is WRONG. * The “only reimbursement” for the developer for creating and maintaining the MMORPG is not limited to “NASA consider negotiating brand placement, limited exclusivity and other opportunities”. The developer gets to MAKE MONEY on the game…some of which (negotiable) goes to NASA. This isn’t any different than making a game based on a Hollywood license, except the developer will get better terms, more creative control, and probably some sweet technology out of the deal.wow gold * Some of the attendees were bitching about not understanding the business model or seeing how this could make money (I’m looking at you Electric Sheep), and a few were even outside the hotel complaining about wasting the trip if NASA wasn’t going to fund any of the direct development. Cheapest wow gold
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Duh, I knew about this BEFORE I went, mostly because I actually READ the stuff that NASA provided. I’m pretty sure that it wasn’t clear about the funding (if at all) even as far back as the RFI stage. po wow Read more here: "It's an exciting time to be playing WoW, what with the WoTLK alpha information leaking out (Thanks for risking your eternal soul to break the NDA, anonymous screenshotter!) and 2.4 being pretty much a roaring success.

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