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You need to stop posting blank posts and be patient. Xeph is only human after all. If you looked around you'd notice that the application process takes at least a month 90% of the time. If you're so desperate for a quick webspace fix then find a temporary home like atspace or freewebs or something, but if you can be patient then xepher.net is worth the wait. (in fact, getting a temporary site up is a preferred method of applying)

Also, a few things about your application.....number one your name can't have spaces or capital letters, as it'll be your URL here. (projectiontheory.xepher.net for instance) Don't worry though, lots of people get that confused.
Second, the screencap thing is....well, it's a lot better than most people apply with, but having an actual webpage that people can go to (even if it's just geocities or the like) is preferred, just so everyone can see that the page(s) actually work. As for the content....well, three songs isn't a lot to go on, (and I only got to listen to two before myspace crapped out on me) but so far it's not bad. Sometimes you seemed to add elements that didn't go with the rest of the piece, but it happens.

So, hope that tides you over until Xeph has time to review the new batch of applications.

They fixed it a while ago actually. Along with a lot of the engrish in the game (even though it made it so much more fun in my opinion huzzah engrish!)

Yeah, same here. There was also this thing where whenever I didn't pay the free trial would just kick in afterwards CoH is not RO though, and sadly those guys are pretty quick on the uptake :

Infinity. At least I used to until my free trial ran out I'm still considering whether or not to pay for it, and if so will my parents be kind enough to pay for me as I'm flat broke and they owe me money

I second the Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii squeal.

Personally I've never played WoW, but I have seen my friends play it. It looks cool and all at first, but after watching them for about an hour I started asking things like, "so . . . what's the big deal?" and "why is it that only the idiots are saying anything in the chat window?"

So anyway, here's my non-WoW take on the whole "what makes an MMO good" debate.

The number one things for me is the setting itself, the game's decided genre and the way it pulls it off. Graphics, character design, sound, all that. If it really gets me sucked into the game, it's worth playing. But the community plays a big part in it too, after all it's a big part of what makes an MMO and MMO.

So, graphics. Eeeeeeveryone talks about these things, gives them ratings, nitpicks on all sort of levels, and I admit that any game with good graphics gets extra points in my book. But "good" doesn't always mean most realistic or number of pixels. For me good graphics are graphics that are pleasing to the eye and fit the overall feel of the game. For instance, Ragnarok Online has really colorful character sprites and backgrounds, coupled with the best music I've heard in any MMO I have ever played, which makes for a near perfect setting blend that I really enjoyed. Same goes for City of Heroes/Villians. Awesome graphics, detailed character design that pretty much guarentees that no one will look like you in the game.
Oh, one more thing about graphics: COLOR. I love color. Sure the bland greys and tans and greens and stuff make for a more realistic game, but being a wannabe artist for so long has really affected my view on things, and I prefer that view in vibrant technicolor. I'm not saying hot pink armor and neon colored buildings, but a little color never hurt anyone. (another reason why I like CoH- loooooots of colorful characters. I even named most of my characters based on the colors I gave them, and vice versa XD)

So next up on my nitpick list is the sounds. So you've got really cool graphics that wow the eye and have the cool wind and water and weather effects and everything, but your music sucks. I'd get bored after about a month, a week even in some cases. Some people take the music and the sound effects for granted, but I don't. The soundtrack really influences the way people look at the game. I haven't heard the WoW music at all since my friends played with headphones on (darn them! ) but I've played plenty of other games with varying levels of musical prowess.
Again I'll turn to RO for an example. GOD I love the music of RO. If I could I would buy/download every single song from that game. (but I'm too lazy and/or broke) If you haven't heard it before it's hard to explain exactly what makes it so good, but for every setting in the game there is a song that fits it (almost) perfectly.
For a soundtrack that made me go "blah" let's look at FFXI. Nobuo Uematsu, all you other FF composers out there, I love you. Really. But you blew it with FFXI. Half the time I barely noticed there was music playing, and the other half of the time I just muted it and put something else on.

On a side note, let's take a good look at originality in the MMO world. Fantasy, fantasy, fantasy, and more fantasy. Where's the rest of the genres? Where's the mixing of genres? There's a ton of medieval fantasy out there, most of which is just a carbon copy of the next game with slightly different graphics, and about a handful of everything else. I would just like to see a nice blend of genres that didn't suck, please.

Then there's characters. The players, the NPCs, the monsters. I'm a sucker for character customization that really is customizable, which is prolly why CoH rocks so much, and the one place where RO failed me. It doesn't take much, really. good hairstyles, a few nice faces, maybe some body type customization, and a variety of armor that doesn't all look the same. That's all! Why can't so many MMOs add some simple variety in their game so that all us PCs don't look like clones?

Last but not least is the community. MMOs where people only talk when they want something like money or items or someone to give them money for items are, well, crap. The thing is that most players are generally anti-social. This is where FFXI comes in. After a few levels you're pretty much forced to interract with other people or quit. While some people consider it a bad thing, I think of it as a godsend. I'm not saying every MMO should make their monsters insanely hard, but at least doing SOMETHING to knit the community together a little more is better than hearing nothing but "buying bigass sword 20k PM me w/ offer plz"

So, I'm sure there was other stuff I wanted to mention but I have a dentist's appointment, so I have to cut this short.

Also, if I had even some vague idea on how to code video games, I would totally make an MMO that would blow everyone off their feet

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

That.

ME! And this year I'll win for sure

You can catch me on the site as my usual ticky-headed self, in case anyone wants to be my writing buddy....

Hmm, so far it seems pretty basic, but then again it's still in development. I'd really like to see what kind of classes you'll have, will it just be the run-of-the-mill RPG kind? And will you have sprites other than just blobs and some (sniper?) person? Also, will it just be running around looking for chests, or will there be monster fights and other RPG elements?

All in all you're off to a good start, (kind of reminds me of this one thing on neopets....) but I'd really like to see more of what you mentioned is in the works.

Other than that, I'm not quite sure if I'm thumbs up or down on this one.....We'll have to wait and see what Xeph thinks I guess.

well at least someone is

Thank you guys ( er, if you are both indeed guys o.o )

Teeechnically I'm of the female persuasion, but I consider the term "you guys" to be androgenous.

btw I would probably scream a lot in my songs if these damn ppl weren't around <.<; I like bands like Black Label, really heavy-ass metal shit, but I dunno. I write music like this. Sometimes I think my own songs are kinda gay, and I don't make them public. Isn't that weird?

Heh, I had the same problem back when I reeeeeally wanted to be in a rock band XD I couldn't play any instruments except for those few piano lessons I had, so I figured I could be the lead singer or something. Problem is my voice isn't the right type for most of the songs I like. Then again in my opinion my voice sounds like it hasn't changed since I was 12, but whatever. I used to try and write songs and I'd look at them and go "dammit, this sounds like some stupid show tune...."

Long story short, my interest in musical theatre started around the same time. The point is, play to your strengths. If you can pull off a heavy metal sound, do it. Personally I have nothing writh with metal....until they start "singing"

Also, your songs aren't gay. Really.

P.S. what are your guys' xepher sites if you have one? =]

http://www.mystikskies.net/
(I really need to update it more often : )

P.P.S. that wasn't a synthesizer. that was all guitar harmonics.

shweet.

I'm liking what I'm hearing so far You should really extend those first two songs more, they're really short. I love your take on Fur Elise by the way :3

The "fool" harmonies are good in the update, but I liked the static sound in the first version to be honest. I guess I'm just a fan of little effects like that...not during the whole song mind you, but those little bits where it's mainly the (synthesizer?) playing, I think it would add a nice effect all around.
Also the vocals in all the songs are very soft, it's sometimes hard to hear them over the music. Note that I'm no music theorist or anything...This is at most the culmination of lots of musical theatre XD

I agree with fes though, the songs feel like they should get bigger, but they never do. Maybe that's your style and all (haven't really listened to your music to be honest so I'm not sure if this is a recurring theme) But it leaves me wanting a little more.....energy in it. The style needs that extra oomph...Give it a big crescendo for a finale that really kicks, you know? I'm not saying start speeding up the tempo or scream out the lyrics or anything (personally I don't see how people can think of screaming as an alternative to actual notes or, I dunno, talent?) But....the energy, the pizazz isn't there, and it makes the song just sort of linger.

So anyway, if you're going to extend the songs more, (and you shoud!) think about adding some extra oomph to it

Oh yeah, as for classification I agree with fes once more, alternative rock is a nice broad section of music that you'd fit right in to.

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

Today be the day, me 'earties! Don yer tricorn hats and buckle yer swash, and don't be forgettin' the rum!

English 1A and having to park so far away from campus that my legs now feel like jelly from walking (curse you cabrillo and your steep, uphill campus!)

Also I'm going to auditions for Much Ado About Nothing tonight. That's about it for Hump Day happenings here.

.......Wow. Just.........wow.

Griever's comments might not have been made with insult intended, but mine were. And I'm certainly not sorry for them. Sure, I could say I'm sorry, but it'd be a lie. If I don't like someone, I don't like them. Plain and simple.

I will however say sorry to Xeph and everyone for probably taking it overboard.