Loot Table

Loot Table - 23 Are we singing the Hero's Song?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 01:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

On this week’s Loot Table, join Luci, Flattuss, and Tannlin as we break out our discussion on Pixel Mage’s first game, Hero’s Song. The game has been out for three weeks in a pre-Alpha state, so join us as we discuss what they’ve done well with, and what could be improved.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here:
http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/Free Download:
http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - 22 Post BlizzCon Report

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

Just back from BlizzCon, join hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, and a fatigued Flattuss as we talk our impressions from all the news coming out of BlizzCon. While this BlizzCon was generally light on news and reveals, it still had a bunch of excitement. (Note: during the show we discuss the Druid Class Hall mount, after the show, it appears that it’s actually a flight form and not a mount.)

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - 21 BlizzCon Halloween Hype

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

On this week’s Loot Table we go 90 minutes of all things related to Blizzard Entertainment and BlizzCon. Join the discussion on all our thoughts and predictions for what BlizzCon 2016 might bring for WarCraft, StarCraft, OverWatch, Diablo, and more.

Loot Table - 20 Please look forward to it

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

Join us this week with a jet-lagged Flattuss to talk about his experience at Final Fantasy FanFest 2016. Our discussion this week is all about the announcement of the latest Final Fantasy XIV expansion, “Stormblood” and the features you can expect with it. The last 20 minutes of the show we talk with Flattuss about his experience at the convention itself and how it compares with other MMORPG fan conventions.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - 19 eSports, Esports, or e-sports

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

After being bumped last week, the hosts decided to dedicate an hour of discussion on the rise of eSports. Join in to hear our conversation about how and why esports is growing in the US. It’s an exciting time to be a gamer!

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - 18 TwitchCon, Amazon Games, and eSports

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

It’s the end of TwitchCon and the Loot Table hosts spend an evening breaking down Amazon Game Studios 3 announced games: Break Away, Crucible, and New World, along with having a conversation about the grey area of sponsorship occurring when a company both owns a video game development company and a platform to market those games on.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep 17 "We are Legion"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week, join Flattuss, Caeleste, and Tannlin for an extra long show covering the latest WarCraft expansion, Legion. We try to stay on topic enough to give a rundown of the major features added for this expansion. Join us as we uncover artifact weapons, class campaign, order halls, and world quests. Even with two hours, there’s still more we could have talked about, let us know if you want us to cover more!

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep 16 "No Man's Sky"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week the show hosts discuss the much hyped No Man’s Sky game from Hello Games after a month of release. Half the hosts have played it, some of the hosts really disliked it, and one really did like it; join us in the conversation about what we liked and disliked about this Space Exploration game.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep 15 "Legion Systems"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week join Tannlin, Caeleste, and Flattuss (Luci is out this week and next) and we go deep into the new systems unveiled by World of WarCraft for their latest expansion, Legion. The show goes long this week as we really try to cover all the changes made in the game, and what it might mean in the long term.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep 14 "Revenge of the Horde"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week we bring on community guest Shyntyrr to join in the conversation involving Final Fantasy XIV and specifically patch 3.3. Listen in on the conversation as we cover the differences between Final Fantasy and other MMOs, and we specifically talk about the differences in raids and instances.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep 13 "Mobile Suit Gaming"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

Just like last episode, in today’s Loot Table, the hosts venture far off topic, but still manage to have a great discussion about mobile gaming and the future of hand-held console devices. Join us for the discussion and have a few laughs!

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep12 "Nomad Gamers and the FOMO"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week the hosts talk about choosing and staying with games; what makes players wander around, what makes us want to stay, and what happened to that makes us avoid or embrace a game in early access.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep11 "Wabadebadoo"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week the hosts struggle to keep the show on topic as we dive into the weird fictional world that can be created with the Sims 4. Join us as we discuss the options that are available to players of the game, and what sort of weird situations those options can lead to. Hold on tight, this episode gets a little juicy.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep10 "I will survive"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week’s Loot Table we talk about all genre of Survival and Building MMOs; from the one that kicked off the trend, “MineCraft” to the 2D pixel games like “Terraria”, and then exploring even how “Crowfall” fits into the genre. Join in on the conversation! Tell us, what do you think of survival MMOs?

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep9 "Landmark Launches"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

A momentous show for the Loot Hosts this week as we celebrate and discuss the launch of Landmark. The hosts originally started as a podcast discussing the EverQuest and Landmark, we’re finally seeing the full launch of one of the games we started covering. Join us this week as we look back at how the game developed and the newest features added to the game.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep8 "The WarCraft Movie"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week the hosts diverge from their normal conversation about video games to talk about a movie based on a video game. Join us this week as we discuss the WarCraft movie from Legendary and Blizzard Entertainment. Did the movie receive honest criticism in the reviews, or is the movie something better. Join in on the discussion!

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep7 "OverWatched"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

In this week’s Loot Table, the four hosts talk about the release of Blizzard’s newest IP and game, OverWatch. Join us as we talk for nearly 90 minutes about the different aspects of OverWatch, from the game place, to the pro tournament scene, and more than a little on the developing story of the characters. Join us as we debate the merits of OverWatch, and wonder where the future of this IP may be.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep6 "Hearthstone and CCGs"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 23 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

Sorry for the long delay, this is the episode recorded on May 22nd, in which the Loot Table hosts talk about Hearthstone and other CCGs. Join the conversation as we try and keep the show on track talking about the evolution of CCGs from their early days onto online play and the tournament scenes.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep5 "Tip your server"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 16 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week on Loot Table we talk about the future of video games, and how private servers might be the biggest innovation to come. The hosts cover their experience with private servers, what they like and what they’d like to see. We finish off the conversation talking about the phenomenon of illegal private servers.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep4 "Elyria you in?"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 02 May 2016 04:51:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

Joining us this week is community guest Ben, aka Electric Bears, to join the conversation about The Chronicles of Elyria. Chronicles of Eylria is an MMO currently in development with a Kickstarter that launches on May 3rd. The hosts go into overtime for nearly an extra hour because of the feature rich nature of Chronicles of Elyria.

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Chronicles of Elyria at PAX East 2016

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:14:00 +0000

Loot Table is going to be talking about Chronicles of Elyria on May 1st!
When Luci went to PAX East this year, she scored an interview with the owner and creative director of Chronicles of Elyria, Jeromy Walsh.

DISCLAIMER: This is a transcript from an interview Luci conducted at PAX East 2016 with Chronicles of Elyria owner/creative director Jeromy Walsh. The audio of the recording is absolutely dreadful because of the noise at PAX, and that’s why the video is not available, as it would be practically useless for people to try to understand. Any places where you see “(...)” are segments that were unintelligible.
I (Luci) spent hours going back over the video to try to get the words as close as humanly possible, but I cannot 100% guarantee that these are the EXACT words that were spoken. I tried very, very hard for them to be the exact words, but due to the horrible quality and human error, I just wanted to put that disclaimer out there. I did not, and would not, ever meaningfully misquote someone, and any misquoting that may happen is completely unintentional and I shall edit and make note of any updates I might receive from the people I quoted. I also edited out a lot of “Um”s, “You know?”s, ect to make the text more readable without taking anything away from the information, or the spirit of the conversation.
This is not meant to be used as direct quotes, but rather a tool to help people learn about the upcoming MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria, and give insight to where the developers are heading with their ideas.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy it :)

Luci: So, tell me about your game!

Jeromy Walsh: So… God, where do I start?

Luci: Right?!

JW: So, Chronicles of Elyria, it’s a new massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. It’s been in design for over a decade. (...) Initially it was just kind of a pet project but it’s become a lot more than that. Now, it’s gone from a pet project to a half-million dollar funded game with a development team of over a dozen people. And, uh, now we’re at PAX!

Luci: Yeah!

JW: So, it’s been a big shift. In terms of the game itself, you know, it’s kind of like, we kind of took a look at what happening in the last ten years - what’s going on in the world of MMORPGs and … I come from a gaming background. I’m a long time Dungeon Master for roleplaying games and as well as text-based MUDs, and I looked at what was happening in the MMO industry and was like, well there’s a lot of problems. How would I solve them if I had the opportunity to throw out conventional wisdom and just start from scratch? Trying to (...) make that game that everyone wants to play. That game where each and every time you log in you have an impact on the world and if you’re not there you’re missed because, you know, you’re a part of the story. And so you have the ability to cause those changes.

So yeah, that’s kind of it. We started from scratch and we came up with a bunch of ideas and we just iterated on it until we were able to kind of distill it down into five core design principles and then a bunch of mechanics came out from those principles. And any time we recognized a new problem or someone in the community mentions to us there might be this thing we haven’t thought of, we would take it, we would brainstorm it and we would try to find what kind of mechanic would work and we make sure it fits in with the rest of the systems and it falls into one of our design principles. (...) And that’s kind of where we’re at now. We have our core scope for the game, something we’ve kind of locked in and now we’re just trying to deliver on (...) that core scope.

Luci: So you mentioned five core design principles. What are those?

JW: I’m glad you asked! So we have five like I said. (...) I could go into those in great depth, so we’ll cover them quickly. The first design principle we have is that the world has to be dynamic, it needs to feel immersive. So I think a lot of players are really tired, not just me, of getting into a world and seeing each time they log on the NPCs are the same, the buildings are the same; if an area has seasonal weather it’s because it’s always that season there. You know, you don’t have this feeling of immersion and that’s important because it makes you feel like you’re part of the story. It also lets you know that if there’s things happening in the world, you know, it’s changing but not only because things automatically change in time, but because you have the ability to make changes. So, everything from our… - we say, in Chronicles of Elyria if something could change, whether that’s because of player actions or because it’s dynamic over time, if something CAN change it probably does. So that’s everything from your character aging and eventually dying, to the seasons changing, to the ability to make villages rise and fall, even to the governments; the governments can rise and fall in this game. So each time you log on, there’s the potential that it’s going to be a completely different world.

Design principle number two was that heroes needed to be truly heroic. You look at a game like Final Fantasy Online or World of Warcraft and you go through a committed storyline that makes you feel like you’re the hero, the saviour of the world, but everybody’s that saviour. Everybody’s that hero. We wanted to get away from that. So we worked on creating a situation where we have a risk reward system in the game that makes it so that we don’t have to limit how many heroes there are. It kind of solves based on that risk reward system and one of the ways we did that is that we recognized that by tying that risk/reward system into our business model, it kind of solved the problem for itself. So what we do is, with our business model you get twelve months of play on one character. During that twelve months they’re going to grow old; they’re going to eventually die. Okay, that’s one thing. BUT, anytime you go out into the world, anytime you take a risk, whether or not it’s trying to delve a dungeon or wandering through a desert or getting lost in the woods, encountering a beast, or even falling off a cliff, or engaging in player versus player combat and dying, every time you die in the world, at least two days of your character’s life is cut off so that your lifetime is constantly getting shorter. It’s not so much that in most cases that people should feel overwhelmed by it, but it’s enough that each time you do something you need to think carefully about whether or not it’s worth the risk or reward or not. And by doing that, we’re really hoping that players will automatically cater towards those areas that are best for their risk and reward. People who want to be producers and crafters, they don’t associate themselves with that risk, so they can play for a full year on that $30, whereas the champions and the explorers, they’re more excited by that risk and so they are more willing to do that in effort to get those rewards.

Number three: Anything that requires a character skill that is a numerical value that determines your success or failure, we also want there to be player skill, which is what our combat demo is about. If you watch our combat demo, there are skills and attributes that determine how hard you hit, how fast you swing and things like that, but really your ability to evade attacks, your ability to know when to attack, which types of weapons to use, your ability to anticipate your opponent - that’s all you. That has nothing to do with what kind of skills you have. It’s like playing a game of chess. It’s your ability to outsmart your opponent.

Design principle number four is really designed to solve what we feel like is one of the biggest problems in MMOs right now. You know, we’ve gone a good job of starting to identify that there are multiple types: (...) we have our theme parks, we have our sandbox MMOs, but they both suffer from really the same core problem. In one case, they have this story, but the story is always there and always the same. Each character you play, you go through that same story. Sandboxes, you have the tools to do the things that you want, but there’s not necessarily a story at all. It’s up to the player to create their own story. And while that’s great, it really doesn’t incentivize you to come back into the world. So Chronicles of Elyria is really about having a living breathing world where there are events constantly being triggered, and a story that’s constantly evolving, and if we give players the ability to cause those transitions, then with that happening, you know, you never know what’s going on in the world, so you always want to log back in and kind of see what’s going on.

And then the fourth, oh sorry that was the fourth element. So the last element is dramatic storytelling. We have this idea that most MMOs automate a lot of the systems that we have. You know, the mail system, the character’s health and vitality automatically rising again. We actually took it, and made it a survival game. Not because we like the idea of a survival game. It’s started to become more trendy right now. But we wanted a survival game because it’s those elements that make it seem like a real living story. We want this game to feel like your favorite fantasy novel. So there’s things like, if I’m traveling from Point A to Point B because I’ve got a rare object that I want to deliver to somebody, someone has the opportunity to waylay me and take that away. And that creates its own story, because now I have to try and get it back, or hire people, or do whatever I’ve got to do. But that story only exists because you have incentive to deliver stuff. If you have a mailbox you just tuck it in and hit send, you lose that opportunity. Likewise, you know, you watch a fantasy novel - you read a fantasy novel or you watch a movie and you’ve got a party of people and they’re camped out on a hilltop (…) they don’t want to use their fire because they don’t want creatures and other things around them seeing what they’re doing, but at the same time they need to stop and rest. So they put themselves at a vulnerability. They’re vulnerable now because any creatures that are out in the darkness - and there ARE creatures in the darkness - or bandits that have been following them trying to get their objects that they need: the best time to do that is when they’re asleep. But in most MMOs there’s no need for sleep. There’s no need for downtime and so you lose that opportunity. In Chronicles of Elyria, the vitality system means that from the moment that you wake up over about three hours your character is constantly getting more and more fatigued; Becoming less and less effective at the things that need energy. And so you become - basically eventually you’re going to pass out. But the idea is that you have to stop and camp and if you sleep you recuperate faster, but you also become extremely vulnerable. So you have those opportunities to need people to watch, to play the guard and stuff like that, while you sleep.

So those five design principles really are the root of all the mechanics that we have and it handles a lot (...) that those don’t initially cover it.

Luci: So, I notice that you’re giving out these bands: “My soul is light” or you’ve also got the dark side. So not only… what I’m getting from this is that not only can you be a hero, you can also be a villain. Is that true?

JW: Yeah, that’s absolutely true. You wanted this to be a true sandbox world and a story driven world in a sense that conflict is a lot about player conflict. There is a bigger story that is happening, and that’s really what this band is about, but we want players to feel like they can drive a story either way. Without a conflict that’s happening, there’s not really a story. There’s those encounters and those player conflicts that drive it. So, what this is really about is that we have this ongoing story in the background. As players make choices, as they do things for good or ill, the story engine remembers what they did. And it’s going to encourage them to continue to move in that direction. So if they’re doing morally good things, if they’re helping people and stuff like that, the engine is going to start noticing that and when it gives them a plot hook, the plot hook’s going to read like: “Save this person” or “Rescue this person” or “Make sure this person gets there safely”. Whereas when you’re neutral and your soul is kind of grey, if you start doing things like robbing people or killing people then the quests are going to be more like - the plot hooks are going to be more like: “We need you to eliminate this person” and things like that. What you don’t realize is as you’re doing that, as your soul goes towards the light or the dark, you become a tool for the story engine. It knows it can rely on you to do certain things. Once you move into the light or the dark it’s very difficult to move back because the engine itself, the story engine, is always trying to encourage you to do more of what it knows you like to do.

Luci: So now you said, like, if someone is the middle of the road, can they stay in the middle of the road? Can they pick both sides? Just go… neutrally?... through the world as well?

JW: You know as a long time Dungeon Master, it’s really hard for players to stay truly neutral. But that being said the engine doesn’t prevent that. So you know, if you try… if the engine gives you a choice and you choose the light, and you solve it in a morally ethical way or whatever, and then for the next one you’re like, “What the heck?” and you just kill somebody it’s going to be going like, “Uh, I dunno…? He’s very opportunistic? I dunno.” So it’s not going to be able to make a decision one way or the other about whether you are light or dark.

Luci: So it’s going to keep giving you both.

JW: So it’s going to give you both, yeah.

Luci: Nice! So, um, you keep saying you were a Dungeon Master and I was, too. And I sat down after a lot of the EQ:Next stuff blew up, and I wanted to figure out what I want out of a game. And when I sat down and figured that out, basically the answer was “I want it to be more like pen and paper roleplaying games”. How are you bringing that into your game? What would you say are the biggest pulls for that kind of player?

JW: We’re doing a couple things. Obviously pen and paper games really focus heavily on roleplaying. As opposed, video games tend to be about min-maxing and stuff like that. So we’ve done a lot to help the roleplay element. With the characters and aging you kind of have to get into it a little bit more and also the way we handle our chat system is while there are in-game chat channels when you chat in those chat channels it does it with your player alias, not your character name. There actually isn’t any character whispers or anything like that. So if you want to communicate with somebody you have to go find them. If you’re going to be talking to your guildmates, you have to be in the guild hall. We really want people to get into those roles, and at the same time our aging and dying mechanic really is the DM’s conundrum. What I mean by this is, you start out as a Dungeon Master or Game Master and you’ve got… they’re fighting dire animals like dire rats and stuff like that. And eventually you get into bandits, and then you’re getting into these mystical beasts, and eventually you’re fighting gods. What do you do at that point? In most games at that point you retire the characters. And that’s what our aging and dying system really is. Around the time that your character becomes the most powerful version of themselves they’ve reached the maximum wall of the story and have aged out. And now they’ve been reincarnated as a new soul, but that character’s role in the story is over. It’s time for a new character.

Luci: Right. That’s awesome! I really, really love that. You keep saying basically that it’s about your character’s story. So is there a way to, within the game, log your story? Does it keep track of your major things? What can you do to facilitate that storytelling?

JW: So there is the story that’s given to you, there are a couple layers of stories. Without diving into the story elements themselves in terms of actually recording, what we really want to do is we want to make sure that people know what’s going on in the world. So localized news outlets in the world, bulletin boards, and things like that as well as online forums and stuff like that. We want people to be taking what’s happening in the world, out of the world. We’re looking at making is so people can receive tweets about the things, about what’s going on in the world. So if your server is undergoing some kind of cataclysmic event you’re going to get that message that’s like, “You need to be ON! There’s something happening!”. We’ve got an integrated chat server so that you can communicate with your friends who are online even when you’re not online, and those types of things. I think the most important thing for us is to get people to write down and chronicle - chronicle! - in the game the events that are happening because there is a ten-year story and you might be making tabs and writing about events that are happening in the first and second year that, the items you create become - in the first year - become the antiques and the relics of the eighth year.

Luci: That’s awesome!

JW: The names of cities and stuff like that change, and the cartography. So you might be talking about this fantastic city that you created and eight years from now that city is gone; it’s underwater or whatever has happened, but there are still maps--

(Person Off-Camera): Real-time years?

JW: Uh… real-time years. One in-game year is about 90 character years. So over the course of one real year your character will age and die.

So, uh, eight years from now… in the ten-year story, eight years from now you’re going to look back at what’s happened in the second year and the places that are mentioned, that city, is gone, but now it’s a denizen of evil, or it’s subterranean; it collapsed into the ground. Who knows?

Luci: It sounds like your old maps are still viable as like ruins and like, remnants of past civilizations could still be there?

JW: Oh, absolutely. Even before the game launches we want the players to be on our forums. We’re going to have tools that allow people to contribute to the lore of the world. And basically what they’re doing is they’re building up the previous five-hundred years of history before the game even launches. In addition to that, we’ve got a couple thousand years of lore to play with. It might be that online people develop a city and they vote for it on the forums or, we’re actually going to have tools to allow them to do that, but they identify this city and then through our online games and stuff like that, that city gets sacked, you know, or whatever. And when you get into the game as a salute to the players that participate in the world building one of the names of the fallen towns or cities might actually be the name of the town that the player submitted.

Luci: Okay, I have two more questions! Um, the first one is, it sounds like you definitely, absolutely want players to group up. You CAN have a solo adventure, but again, like you said they need to rest at some point, so how are you helping characters find each other and group up? Are there rallying calls as well? Can you do public quests together?

JW: Yeah, so, when we designed this game, what we did is we talked about those five design principles which were designed to solve specific game mechanic problems, but we have another axis, which is the types of players that there are. And so we looked very carefully at identifying that there are solo players, there are the duo husband-wives or best friends that play together, there are the small friends squads of like six or seven people who always play together and they go from game to game to game, and then there’s the large guilds of hundreds or thousands of players that play together. And so what we did is that we took those and integrated that into our mechanics as well. One of the things we did is, is we introduced a family system. So when you create your character in the world you actually join as a player-run family. That’s your core support system. That’s the people you go to when you need some help on how to do something; how to learn the game and things like that. Then you also have the ability to build these villages and towns and that could be with your family, that could be with other players who acquire land nearby you and you establish that village. Then you’ve got your Counts and your Dukes and full Kingdom. And then completely SEPARATE from that, you have this idea of our organizations; guilds, schools, and associations. And those are all the things we’ve got; we’re talking about in a upcoming design journal. That lets you reach out to your guildmates or the people in your associations, so you can make a rallying call to them. But again, aside from associations there’s no way to reach out to them broadly. So, you could do it offline. You could certainly do it over third party software, but if you want to do something in game then you have to go to them and say “Hey, let’s meet here on this day, at this time, and then we’ll all go together to this”.

Luci: So there definitely are group quests that you can can complete together?

JW: Yeah, there are group quests as well; there are objectives; there’s the story; there are always tasks that people need to do. But it’s really up to the players, unless there’s something that’s going on; there’s story-driven events that drive the story forward. We encourage the players to work together as much as possible. While we do recognize that there is a solo player, there’s a lot of really good single-player games out there, and so our first priority is to make this a massively multiplayer game. So whether it’s building a house, or constructing an item - we don’t want single players learning how to do everything. We’ve added complexity to the game because we want people to become, maybe master swordsmiths, but not necessarily master armorsmiths. Maybe they become really good at making blades, or master ironsmiths, but they don’t know how to make really good handles, or something like that, or a scabbard.

Luci: So everybody needs everybody else.

JW: (nodding) They need everybody. So that’s the economy.

Luci: Great! So my last question is because player characters can influence and change the world, how do you guys go about mitigating griefing? Like, just changing for the sake of ruining other people’s fun?

JW: We try and differentiate griefing versus from doing things evil. Doing things evil are a part of the world. That’s the whole “the soul is light and dark”. So we recognize that there are going to be thieves, there are going to be assassins, there are going to be highwaymen and cat burglars and these are things that we want. Because if somebody’s a highwayman and they keep on stopping characters on the road and robbing them, the players are going to have to rally. They’re going to send the law-enforcement out and they’re going to do things, and that’s a story. That’s one of those things I was telling you about that each time you sign on there’s something to do. So we don’t want to eliminate that. We also recognize that there is an opportunity for griefing.

((video breaks and a new video starts))

We’re putting it in the player’s hands. We’ve giving players tools that they’ve never had before. We talked a little bit about our business model where every time you die you lose two days of in-game play. Well, we don’t want people to grief and be able to do that, you know, cost people a lot of lives, so what we’ve done is put a two-and-a-half hour cooldown on that. So if you die, and then you die again within two and a half hours, you don’t suffer that spirit loss twice.

Luci: Gotcha!

JW: However, if you commit a crime and you get captured for that there is spirit loss associated for that as well, or time spent in prison, and that accumulates regardless of that two and a half hour cooldown.

Luci: So evil deeds have consequences.

JW: That’s right. So if you’re a highwayman, and you go out and you kill somebody and you kill another person, and another person each of those people might have lost two days, but when you’re finally caught and the evidence mounts up against you that you killed those six people, you’re going to lose that full twelve days. And so it’s much more expensive. We do that because we want about 15% of the population to be criminals; to be evil because it keeps the game interesting. But we have dials that we can turn. If we find that too many people are evil we’ve provided too much incentive and we’ll dial those down. If we find that there’s not enough; everybody’s going towards the light, then we’ll add a little bit more incentive. Events will occur that encourages these things to happen so that we get those story elements. And we’ll just keep tweaking it until we get that right balance.

Luci: Great! I could sit here and talk to you ALL DAY about this, but, tell me your name again.

JW: I’m Jeromy Walsh.

Luci: And you’re the creator?

JW: I am the owner and creative director of Chronicles of Elyria.

Luci: Thank you so much for your time, I really appreciate it!’

JW: Oh, it was nice talking to you!

Luci: Thank you so much!

Loot Table - Ep3 "Nobody expects the Dragon Age: Inquistion"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week on Loot Table, community guest Kira joins us to talk about the world of Dragon Age. Join the discussion as we talk about the deep world that separates Dragon Age from other solo player RPGs.

1:38 - Introductions

6:58 - Patch Notes
7:12 - World of WarCraft announces release date for Legion
7:44 - DC Universe Online announces XBox One release
9:40 - TwitchCon dates and tickets
13:25 - Guild Wars 2 spring update
14:55 - Rocket League on sale
15:35 - Final Fantasy XIV: Palace of the Dead
19:30 - We're on Discord!

21:40 - Dragon Age
22:10 - Dragon Age tattoo

53:30 - Closing thoughts

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep2 "The Elder Scrolls"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!

Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

This week on the Loot Table, the crew dives into the wide open world of The Elders Scrolls. We focus a great deal on the latest solo-RPG, Skyrim, before delving into the world of Elder Scrolls Online. Join us and hear the marvelous stories of Tamriel.

1:35 - Introductions

3:05 - Patch Notes
3:15 -Luci's stream schedule
4:06 - PAX East
4:33 - Titan Fall 2
5:45 - Heroes of the Dorm 2016
7:40 - Ghostbusters Game
9:25 - Nosgoth shuts down
10:28 - Stellaris launches May 9th, 2016
11:20 - Frozenbyte announces Shadwen
15:05 - Dark Souls 3 April Fools joke
16:15 - Atlas Reactor enters closed beta

17:45 - The Elder Scrolls
25:50 - Stellaris launches May 9th, 2016
28:15 - Epic Skyrim story about trying to find a home for my dog @PatrickLenton
43:20 - The Elder Scrolls Online
53:45 - The Future of Elder Scrolls
54:10 - Elder Scrolls: Legends
55:40 - Fan re-make of Morrowind, called Skywind (TESRenewal.com)

1:01:38 - Closing Thoughts
Background from - Mallony
1:05:35 - Do Better

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

Loot Table - Ep1 "In the beginning... "

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Connecting Gamers with the Games they play!
Talking about all things fun and interesting in the world of online video games; won't you come, pull up a chair, and join us at the Loot Table.

The first episode of Loot Table, the hosts talk about why they're here and where they came from. In the last 20 minutes of the show, the hosts talk briefly about the Blizzard closing down the vanilla WoW emulation server, Nostralrius.

0:12 - Introductions

2:50 - Patch Notes
3:08 - BlizzCon
4:50 - HTC Vive and IkeaVR
7:00 - Duncan Hunter
8:28 - Rock Band for the PC
13:51 - Atlas Reactor

14:25 - Who we are, why we are here.

43:00 - Final Thoughts
45:18 - Do Better
1:04:50 - Wrap Up

Loot Table features hosts Tannlin, Caeleste, Flattuss, and Lucitie with a hour long live-stream, live recorded podcast. Join us weekly as we discuss the fun and interesting things we find in the world of on-line gaming, 8pm Eastern/5 Pacific at twitch.tv/Loot_Table

You can find us:
twitter.com/loot_table
twitch.tv/loot_table
youtube.com/c/loottablenet_podcast

To Download, Right Click and Save As- "In the Beginning..."

Loot Table logo done by twitter.com/sidknishes

Music by: MDK
Song Titles: Jelly Castle & Rainbow Road
http://www.facebook.com/MDKOfficial
http://www.youtube.com/MDKOfficialYT
Buy the song here: http://www.mdkofficial.bandcamp.com/
Free Download: http://www.morgandavidking.com/free-downloads

The Best of 2015

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 00:05:00 +0000

From the previous version of Loot Table, this is the best of EverCast, 2015.