Firefly MMO being made

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From <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72263-0.html?tw=rss.index" target="_blank">here</a>.

"Multiverse, maker of a free MMO-creation platform, plans to announce Friday morning that it's struck a deal with Fox Licensing to turn the show into an MMORPG in the fashion of Star Wars Galaxies or Eve Online."
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    I...Can't....Wait....Hands...Shaking...Need...Vodka...

    FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    Sounds great, but unless they do away with the horrible "levels & xp" mechanic that I hate so much, then I doubt I'd ever play it. Who am I kidding? I probably wouldn't play it anyway because I am loathe to pay a subscription fee.
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  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    *Drool*

    *gets towel to clean up the puddle*
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  • tigersmithtigersmith Join Date: 2004-11-11 Member: 32749Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Supporter
    This is going to be insane!
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    Can someone give me a short rundown of what makes Firefly so awesome? Never caught it when it was on.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Insane is probably the right expression.

    So, an MMO based on a character- and plot-driven television series. It's not going to work. And can you imagine Jayne standing around in some location as an NPC giving out quests such as "bring me the emblems from three Blue Sun Corporation employees?" I shudder at the thought.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    WTHomghax. I think I'll buy 18 copies, if only to convince Fox that the show is popular enough to bring back. Firefly is bar none the best thing that ever has been or ever will be on the television screen. It's so much better than every show ever made combined that it's hard for me to go on living knowing that it's not currently on the air. I have the boxed set and I buy it for a gift every time I get someone a gift, just because I have never actually met someone who didn't like it. I've heard they exist but I've never met someone in person.

    pardzh, basically, here's how I explain Firefly to people who haven't seen it. Imagine Han Solo showed up at the Death Star 5 minutes too late, and Luke Skywalker and the rest of the rebels were dead and the Empire now ruled the entire galaxy forever. What would Han Solo do? Well, go back to smuggling of course. Now basically Firefly is about Han Solo and his crew, which instead of Chewbacca is 8 other people. Plus there are no aliens.

    It's a sci-fi show, but my parents, my brother, and plenty of other people who don't like sci-fi absolutely adore it. It's funny, it's pretty, the actors are AMAZING, it has awesome music and special effects, the writing is great, and you really care about every single one of the characters. Of course, a show like this is so awesome, that of course it has to be cancelled by Fox (see: Arrested Development, Futurama, Family Guy, etc). It's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Complete-Ron-Glass/dp/B0000AQS0F/sr=8-1/qid=1165533868/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7709666-2293701?ie=UTF8&s=dvd" target="_blank">on sale on Amazon.com</a> and you should totally buy it without even thinking about it or seeing an episode because it's that awesome and you won't regret it.
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    God I wish it wasn't an MMO. Still, good to hear that they're doing this. They obviously know which crowd to cater to.
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    No Chewbacca? Well no wonder it was cancelled.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1585461:date=Dec 7 2006, 03:30 PM:name=pardzh)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pardzh @ Dec 7 2006, 03:30 PM) [snapback]1585461[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    No Chewbacca? Well no wonder it was cancelled.
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    Well, by no Chewbacca I mean no aliens.
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    edited December 2006
    Why are they making an MMO of a cancelled series... I mean, I loved firefly like nothing else, but they should first continue the series, or at least make a sequel to Serenity, before trying to cash in on its popularity. And I hope to god the MMO levelling system is like Eve, not SWG or WoW. (Assuming it doesn't get cancelled within 4 months, which it will.)
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  • PetcoPetco Join Date: 2003-07-27 Member: 18478Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1585438:date=Dec 7 2006, 02:49 PM:name=SkulkBait)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SkulkBait @ Dec 7 2006, 02:49 PM) [snapback]1585438[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Sounds great, but unless they do away with the horrible "levels & xp" mechanic that I hate so much, then I doubt I'd ever play it. Who am I kidding? I probably wouldn't play it anyway because I am loathe to pay a subscription fee.
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    The monthly fees for MMORPGs aren't a big deal... It's the nonsense with level grinding, farming, level grinding, farming some more, and level grinding some more.

    <!--quoteo(post=1585453:date=Dec 7 2006, 03:15 PM:name=lolfighter)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lolfighter @ Dec 7 2006, 03:15 PM) [snapback]1585453[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Insane is probably the right expression.

    So, an MMO based on a character- and plot-driven television series. It's not going to work. And can you imagine Jayne standing around in some location as an NPC giving out quests such as "bring me the emblems from three Blue Sun Corporation employees?" I shudder at the thought.
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    I agree.
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    While not as cool as bringing back the series (Serenity is dead to me for killing off characters!) I think it would be really shiny to explore the world of Firefly. In the interview they say they don't want to go the traditional MMORPG route. I'm hoping that what they mean by this is that they would focus more on roleplaying than on level grinding. Creating your own stories in the firefly 'verse makes me really drool!
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    as with any MMO... I don't care until someone shows me some gameplay :p
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  • Sub_zer0Sub_zer0 Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28569Members
    It wont be ready untill at least 2010 at least
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  • RevlicRevlic Join Date: 2006-11-04 Member: 58367Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1585505:date=Dec 8 2006, 12:43 AM:name=Geminosity)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Geminosity @ Dec 8 2006, 12:43 AM) [snapback]1585505[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    as with any MMO... I don't care until someone shows me some gameplay <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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    Same department, Show me the money before I show you mine. ;p
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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1585502:date=Dec 7 2006, 07:39 PM:name=ZeroByte)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ZeroByte @ Dec 7 2006, 07:39 PM) [snapback]1585502[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    (Serenity is dead to me for killing off characters!)
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    But that's Whedon all around: Make you love a character, then kill that character.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1585458:date=Dec 7 2006, 11:25 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Dec 7 2006, 11:25 PM) [snapback]1585458[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    WTHomghax. I think I'll buy 18 copies, if only to convince Fox that the show is popular enough to bring back. Firefly is bar none the best thing that ever has been or ever will be on the television screen. It's so much better than every show ever made combined that it's hard for me to go on living knowing that it's not currently on the air.
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    Someone shoot me, I actually agree with this man for once!
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--quoteo(post=1585502:date=Dec 7 2006, 07:39 PM:name=ZeroByte)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ZeroByte @ Dec 7 2006, 07:39 PM) [snapback]1585502[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    (Serenity is dead to me for killing off characters!)
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    Serenity >>>> You, dead characters and all. Blew me away.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1585538:date=Dec 7 2006, 05:26 PM:name=coil)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(coil @ Dec 7 2006, 05:26 PM) [snapback]1585538[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Serenity >>>> You, dead characters and all. Blew me away.
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    And just as a service to the forums, we should probably not mention any of the name(s) of anyone who died, because people like poor wittle pardzh haven't seen Firefly yet. Woe unto them, for their life is blighted, etc.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    This will either make me very happy or drive me to a killing rage that results in the death of everyone involved in its development.

    I'm hoping for the former. Something like Eve but actually fun and engaging.

    --Scythe--
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    edited December 2006
    I'm going to go against my nature and hold out a slim glimmer of hope for this thing. There are some big ifs though. IF they finally manage to do away with the dreaded leveling and farming, and IF they manage to create an environment similar to the one *detailed by Gem a while back, then I might consider it worth my time/money.

    Just had a thought: Wouldn't it be really cool if the game was in half chinese like the show requiring you to, at the very least, pick up a basic understanding of it in order to do certain things? Some people might find that to be a turn off, but I think it'd be great for immersion.

    *Can't find the link to the post because the damn search engine doesn't work right. Basically Gem talked about a game world where adventures aren't missions forced upon you to drive the story line, and actually came about on their own because of the way the game world was structured.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Please don't suck.
    Please don't suck.
    Please don't suck.

    :X
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  • RevlicRevlic Join Date: 2006-11-04 Member: 58367Members
    Can I do stuff...like click Kaylee?
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    edited December 2006
    <!--quoteo(post=1585463:date=Dec 7 2006, 06:31 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TychoCelchuuu @ Dec 7 2006, 06:31 PM) [snapback]1585463[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Well, by no Chewbacca I mean no aliens.
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    I guess Jayne could... <b>kinda</b> be Chewbacca...

    This is cool. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" /> Firefly and Serenity are some of my favourite shows/movies, and it's really sad that they were cancelled. The only bad thing I can find about Firefly is the music. That stuff sucked. But it's easy to see past one flaw when the rest of it is so awesome.

    <!--quoteo(post=1585502:date=Dec 7 2006, 07:39 PM:name=ZeroByte)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ZeroByte @ Dec 7 2006, 07:39 PM) [snapback]1585502[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Serenity is dead to me for killing off characters!
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    I'm gonna try to keep spoilers low here, so...

    Sadly, killing off the second character who dies in the film was a very good move for the overall plot. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

    Killing off the first character who dies was ridiculous, though, because they left almost NOTHING explained.
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1585756:date=Dec 8 2006, 11:46 PM:name=CForrester)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CForrester @ Dec 8 2006, 11:46 PM) [snapback]1585756[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    I guess Jayne could... <b>kinda</b> be Chewbacca...

    This is cool. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" /> Firefly and Serenity are some of my favourite shows/movies, and it's really sad that they were cancelled. The only bad thing I can find about Firefly is the music. That stuff sucked. But it's easy to see past one flaw when the rest of it is so awesome.
    I'm gonna try to keep spoilers low here, so...

    Sadly, killing off the second character who dies in the film was a very good move for the overall plot. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

    Killing off the first character who dies was ridiculous, though, because they left almost NOTHING explained.
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    I'm rather okay with killing off the first character since I didn't get too attached to him although the plot hints that were dropped in the movie were rather tantalizing. I hated the second kill though. For one his role really got the short shrift in the movie, I don't see his death affecting non-fans at all. Also, didn't it almost feel blasphemous that the "others" in the movie got buried alongside the two major roles that were killed?

    And I thought the music for Firefly was pretty good. Not the best thing evar but the music in "War Stories" did get to me.

    Also, check out this real shiny fan project, <a href="http://www.intotheblack.ca/node/41" target="_blank">Into The Black</a>
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  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    <!--quoteo(post=1585630:date=Dec 8 2006, 01:48 AM:name=DOOManiac)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DOOManiac @ Dec 8 2006, 01:48 AM) [snapback]1585630[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Please don't suck.
    Please don't suck.
    Please don't suck.

    :X
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    /me agrees with doom.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    edited December 2006
    <!--quoteo(post=1585756:date=Dec 8 2006, 04:46 PM:name=CForrester)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CForrester @ Dec 8 2006, 04:46 PM) [snapback]1585756[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    I'm gonna try to keep spoilers low here, so...

    Sadly, killing off the second character who dies in the film was a very good move for the overall plot. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

    Killing off the first character who dies was ridiculous, though, because they left almost NOTHING explained.
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    They should have rather tried to kill the annoyingly annoying characters rather than having a nearly-off-screen death and the second one just... dying.


    Also, they should continue the series (prior Serenity if possible, those dead characters are better alive) instead of making an MMO.
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    a pre-tams series would be great I think. Wash with a stache anyone?
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  • SupernornSupernorn Best. Picture. Ever. Made. Ever. Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7608Members, Constellation
    edited December 2006
    This was a good show. But if you are expecting this to be anything but a half-assed piece of crap then I think you are going to be disappointed. It sounds like they are just outsourcing the development to some third party of nobodies. If that doesn't raise alarm bells then what the hell does.
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