[Updated] PlanetSide Universe at Fan Faire 2011!

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-planetside-universe-at-fan-faire-2011-2486.htm

Update:

Live Coverage Page!
http://www.planetside-universe.com//p-fan-faire-2011-live-coverage-67.htm

[Vancha]

On the one hand, it'll be good to have some Planetside presence at a Fan Faire again.

On the other hand, it only took a tweet of an announcement to get some Planetside presence at a Fan Faire again.

[Tigersmith]

This is fantastic! I bet PSU will be the only planetside fans there. lol

[Jennyboo]

On the one hand, it'll be good to have some Planetside presence at a Fan Faire again.

On the other hand, it only took a tweet of an announcement to get some Planetside presence at a Fan Faire again.

negative man this is good news :lol:

[THrONeBeaST]

Your sending 321 there ?

[Raymac]

WOW, Hamma! That is really nice of you to be sending all of us to Vegas like that. I assume we'll be staying in a sky suite at the Aria Hotel. So very generous of you!

VEGAS BABY!

;)

[BlazingSun]

You better bring some chill pills with you, incase the announcements are not as big as he promises. Or some rotten tomatoes .. whatever you prefer. ;)

[Hamma]

I've updated the news post:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-planetside-universe-at-fan-faire-2011-2486.htm

PlanetSide 2 is now officially on the schedule :D

[duomaxwl]

Woot! I installed Twitter to my new phone just to follow this. Let's hope for no disappointment for once.

[Tigersmith]

Yes thanks hamma. I wish I could move up m flight cuz I'm going down there the week after :(

[Hamma]

You could, but it would prob cost like 1000$ bucks :lol:

[Manitou]

Nice...great news indeed!

[Vancha]

We're going to need a video, or a transcript, or something!

[Manitou]

We're going to need a video, or a transcript, or something!
PSU will be offering the very best in updates...stay tuned!

[Firefly]

I've got one goddamned question for the devs:

Do you plan to REALLY market the shit out of this game for its life cycle? And by "REALLY market the shit out of this game" I don't mean putting an ad in two gamer magazines and then letting some dipshits from PC LOADLETTER magazine interview 666th again because that was an all-time fucking low for this game, even worse than BFRs.

[BorisBlade]

I've got one goddamned question for the devs:

Do you plan to REALLY market the shit out of this game for its life cycle? And by "REALLY market the shit out of this game" I don't mean putting an ad in two gamer magazines and then letting some dipshits from PC LOADLETTER magazine interview 666th again because that was an all-time fucking low for this game, even worse than BFRs.


Eh? how's that a low? Heard quite a few peeps who saw that and checked out the game because of it. Coulda been better, but wasnt as terrible as you make it out to be.

But yeah, the marketing needs to be fixed. Woulda been one thing if people who tried it thought it sucked, but it was the total opposite. Everyone i know who tried it loved it. The prob is most people never heard of it. And of course SWG/WoW sucked the population like mad right at the point where they effed the gameplay all up. They really gotta make better use of beta testing/test servers. Stop rushin stuff out for a quick buck.

[Firefly]

Eh? how's that a low? Heard quite a few peeps who saw that and checked out the game because of it. Coulda been better, but wasnt as terrible as you make it out to be.
I was being wildly melodramatic for the sake of overdrawn humour. :doh:

[Grimster]

I've got one goddamned question for the devs:

Do you plan to REALLY market the shit out of this game for its life cycle? And by "REALLY market the shit out of this game" I don't mean putting an ad in two gamer magazines and then letting some dipshits from PC LOADLETTER magazine interview 666th again because that was an all-time fucking low for this game, even worse than BFRs.

I think the developers are the wrong ones to ask this. Marketing team is probably better .... if they have one that is. :)

[LordReaver]

I've got one goddamned question for the devs:

Do you plan to REALLY market the shit out of this game for its life cycle? And by "REALLY market the shit out of this game" I don't mean putting an ad in two gamer magazines and then letting some dipshits from PC LOADLETTER magazine interview 666th again because that was an all-time fucking low for this game, even worse than BFRs.

I second this. The marketing for PS was absolutely terrible. It's the only game in the entire genre of MMOFPS, and in a time of need for original games, PS is the only one to fit the bill. Yet SOE did nothing with it, and went for turning their other games into WoW clones.

[basti]

Will you guys STFU with this marketing crap already?

[BlazingSun]

Will you guys STFU with this marketing crap already?

Let me explain that to you: No marketing leads to less people that know about the game, which leads to less people who buy the game, which leads to less revenue for SOE, which I honestly couldn't care less about except that this would lead to less support for the game, which leads to less players playing the game, which leads to less revenue, which leads to less continued support for the game, which leads to less players ....... and so on. Got it now? It's a vicious cycle that starts, before the game is even launched.

This is ofcourse based on the assumption, that the game will be good and we will play it. If that's not the case, then yes .. there's no need to worry about marketing and the revenue for SOE.

[Miir]

Funny... I would have gone down to Vegas had this been scheduled in the beginning. Thanks for putting it in as an after thought SOE. :(

I'll have my eyes and ears tuned here for information during the fair.

[Hamma]

We are going to open up the Ask the Devs form we used to use back on AGN to solicit questions from the community. I have no idea how many of them I will even be able to ask but at least I'll have tons of questions to choose from. :)

We have just under 2 weeks until the day, we will probably leave the form open about a week or so so we can format all the questions when done.

[Raymac]

We are going to open up the Ask the Devs form we used to use back on AGN to solicit questions from the community. I have no idea how many of them I will even be able to ask but at least I'll have tons of questions to choose from. :)

We have just under 2 weeks until the day, we will probably leave the form open about a week or so so we can format all the questions when done.

You don't know how many questions you'll be able to ask? You better ask them all, even if you have to bribe the devs with hookers and coke.

Now, how many of those questions will they answer? Probably pretty few at this point. SOE has shown really good discipline in keeping their traps shut about Planetside 2 so far. However, with the right amount of prostitutes and Jose Cuervo...you should be able to find out everything.

[Hamma]

:lol:

Well it looks like an open forum of some kind. We will find out! :D

[Raymac]

Thats if you play by the rules. I'm thinking you'll be able to use your awesome jedi skills to pull the devs off to the side for some exclusive news. Maybe have the Mrs. lure them over with some Planetside cosplay hottness, then slip them some roofies....and bingo, we have the beta release date.

[LimpBIT]

I really wanted to go this year, but going to be working.... Bummer

[Firefly]

:lol:

Well it looks like an open forum of some kind. We will find out! :D
If they do it like they did in 2006, you'll have a lot of personal time with them, and they'll do a presentation, and then you'll have an open-forum Q&A.

Maybe they'll take you out for lasertag.

[Tikuto]

fap

[Shogun]

my brother was still an active swg player and he now got a mail, that swg will finally be cancelled this year and the last server will be shut down.

i guess planetside will be the next game that gets the mercy shot.
so let´s just hope that planetside 2 can really keep up with our expectations.
i still think we just need planetside 1 in better graphics, a smoother engine, a consequent cheatbusting and continued developement. oh and like mentioned before, an advertising team with actual humans that work for their money.

[Lunarchild]

If they do it like they did in 2006, you'll have a lot of personal time with them, and they'll do a presentation, and then you'll have an open-forum Q&A.

Maybe they'll take you out for lasertag.

I'm personally thinking it might be more like the EQ:Next sessions last year: They show off a bunch and then ask what the audience would / would not like to see ;)

[Redshift]

my brother was still an active swg player and he now got a mail, that swg will finally be cancelled this year and the last server will be shut down.

i guess planetside will be the next game that gets the mercy shot.
so let´s just hope that planetside 2 can really keep up with our expectations.
i still think we just need planetside 1 in better graphics, a smoother engine, a consequent cheatbusting and continued developement. oh and like mentioned before, an advertising team with actual humans that work for their money.

They won't shut down PS1 until PS2 is released so long as it's profitable,
swg is getting shut down because of swtor

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-ask-the-devs-soe-fan-faire-edition-2487.htm

Question form is open!

[DviddLeff]

3 questions... hmm... difficult to think of any that a) have any real meaning and b) I actually think they will answer!

[Hamma]

Yea, I am hoping if there is a presentation they answer allot of questions right off the bat. But in our experience 3 is a good number because we can combine allot of questions and don't have an information overload.

[DviddLeff]

Yeah of course, I am really hoping that we'll see a decent release of information at the faire.

[Hamma]

There was an issue with new user activation e-mails, this should be resolved now.

[duck]

Please PSU staff do us all a favor
Milk the devs for all the info we can get.
Hunt them down, find them during lunch, stalk them in their hotel rooms until they give us every drop of succulent information for they have denied us too much and for too long

[Duddy]

Keep getting SQL errors when I try to submit questions. :/

[Hamma]

Do you have any ' in your questions? There are a few syntax that have been causing SQL errors.

[Jennyboo]

Please PSU staff do us all a favor
Milk the devs for all the info we can get.
Hunt them down, find them during lunch, stalk them in their hotel rooms until they give us every drop of succulent information for they have denied us too much and for too long

Done!! I will try my best ;)

[Vancha]

I've been thinking about what to ask, and I've come to the conclusion the best questions will be something along the lines of...

X was a problem, what's being done to avoid it/fix it?

That way we raise a problem and make sure it's being addressed, as opposed to wasting a question on something like "when's beta?" etc.

Things we already know:
Sanctuaries are gone.
BFRs are gone.
The flight system will be more elaborate.
They're utilizing tech that will better support large battles (vague).
Reavers/Mosquitos/Galaxies/Vanguards will exist.

What else?

[Firefly]

1) Marketing
2) Marketing
3) Marketing

[Hamma]

:lol:

[Raymac]

Yeah, I think if we ask for certain details like dates or spec requirements, they won't be able to answer those yet because they just won't know until it is closer to release. I like Vancha's idea of asking specific questions, yet still general enough to where they can answer them.

I'm still thinking of what I want to ask other than "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?"

[Grimster]

I've been thinking about what to ask, and I've come to the conclusion the best questions will be something along the lines of...

X was a problem, what's being done to avoid it/fix it?

That way we raise a problem and make sure it's being addressed, as opposed to wasting a question on something like "when's beta?" etc.

Things we already know:
Sanctuaries are gone.
BFRs are gone.
The flight system will be more elaborate.
They're utilizing tech that will better support large battles (vague).
Reavers/Mosquitos/Galaxies/Vanguards will exist.

What else?

Could you please find me the quote where they say that sanctuaries will be gone? :)

Only thing I remember reading is that they were not satisfied with how sanctuary worked in Planetside. Thats not saying it will be removed completely in my opinion. :)

[Hamma]

I'm still thinking of what I want to ask other than "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?"

One made out of concrete obviously :lol:

[BorisBlade]

One made out of concrete obviously :lol:

lawl, say concrete trees and you know who the real PS fans are by listening for the "lols".

[Raymac]

lawl, say concrete trees and you know who the real PS fans are by listening for the "lols".

LOL so true guys. Nice call Hamma. I guess I'm one of the few people who didn't really notice the Unbreakable trees in PS. Perhaps it goes back to my old ski racing days and its 3 main rules:
#1 - Pain is temporary, but glory is forever
#2 - Chicks dig scars
#3 - Trees ALWAYS win in a head on collision.

[Hamma]

:lol:

By the way we have fixed the question form. :D

[Vancha]

Could you please find me the quote where they say that sanctuaries will be gone? :)

Only thing I remember reading is that they were not satisfied with how sanctuary worked in Planetside. Thats not saying it will be removed completely in my opinion. :)
http://john-smedley.livejournal.com/833.html

You're right, I might be jumping ahead a little. Once again it all comes down to semantics. If by "the whole Sanctuary concept" he really means whole, then I'd assume they'd gone the way of the dodo.

[Grimster]

http://john-smedley.livejournal.com/833.html

You're right, I might be jumping ahead a little. Once again it all comes down to semantics. If by "the whole Sanctuary concept" he really means whole, then I'd assume they'd gone the way of the dodo.

Well doesn't say that they will be entirely gone just that they will make it different. :)

Sanctuaries might still be around just working in a different way. :)

[Vancha]

Well doesn't say that they will be entirely gone just that they will make it different. :)
He didn't say that, either. :)

Sanctuaries might still be around just working in a different way. :)
Well then that wouldn't be the whole sanctuary concept, would it? :)

[beekergunship]

Dev question thread still not working for me. No worries, we have Nobel representing AT. Thanks again for covering this event

[Hamma]

Nobel representing AT?

What does that mean, also what error are you getting?

[beekergunship]

Ask The Devs Special Edition!
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Already logged in, but I click on 'Login' anyway and it returns me to user control panel. Cleared cookies and cache. Same problem.

[Hamma]

hmm strange, have you tried a different browser?

[beekergunship]

yes, both IE and firefox..same issue. Nobel, if you don't know, is one of AT's officers, and has a pretty good pulse on our fears and desires about this game. I've asked him to consider asking something along these lines:

1) If development and patching eventually ceases in Planetside 2 will you reduce the monthly payment to a minimum level?
2) What will be the strategy to counter cheaters?
3) This game has not followed the typical industry marketing pattern, making people label this game vaporware. Can you explain your strategy?

[Grimster]

He didn't say that, either. :)



No I said so because you said so well not entirely gone but you said gone. :D


I am stopping here now as it is starting to feel like we are dissecting words. :)

[Vancha]

I am stopping here now as it is starting to feel like we are dissecting words. :)
Once again it all comes down to semantics.:thumbsup:


yes, both IE and firefox..same issue. Nobel, if you don't know, is one of AT's officers, and has a pretty good pulse on our fears and desires about this game. I've asked him to consider asking something along these lines:

1) If development and patching eventually ceases in Planetside 2 will you reduce the monthly payment to a minimum level?
2) What will be the strategy to counter cheaters?
3) This game has not followed the typical industry marketing pattern, making people label this game vaporware. Can you explain your strategy?

I feel bad attacking your questions...

1) Do you expect them to admit that they'll continue charging full price for it as long as it turns a profit? They'll dodge the question at best.
2) Cheaters were never much of an issue while CSRs were around, plus their ability to counter hacking on a coding level is probably more reactionary than preventive. It can be hard to know where holes are until they're being traversed.
3) This is the first time they've talked about PS2 as a company. I doubt their marketing window has started yet (Fan Faire's probably the beginning of it).

I can almost guarantee the answers to the first two will be dodged/vague/unsatisfactory. The third would be better served by just asking the question imo.

[beekergunship]

I feel bad attacking your questions...

No worries, you do have a very valid points. Maybe I'm more interested in how they answer than the truth. If I were to ask particular questions about gameplay I fear the answer will be 'you'll really like it'. So if the marketing is just beginning, and we were promised something in March...I confused.

[Hamma]

Funny thing happened..

PlanetSide 2 on the Fan Faire Schedule changed into PlanetSide Next :lol:

http://events.station.sony.com/fanfaire/schedule.vm

[Duffman]

Funny thing happened..

PlanetSide 2 on the Fan Faire Schedule changed into PlanetSide Next :lol:

http://events.station.sony.com/fanfaire/schedule.vm

Indeed it has... Interesting. Waiting sucks.

[Vancha]

we were promised something in March...
Nope.avi

[Hamma]

The live coverage page has opened:

http://www.planetside-universe.com//p-fan-faire-2011-live-coverage-67.htm

Be sure to bookmark it for the event and get the word out! :D

[Grimster]

The live coverage page has opened:

http://www.planetside-universe.com//p-fan-faire-2011-live-coverage-67.htm

Be sure to bookmark it for the event and get the word out! :D



Hmmm UTC is that the same thing as GMT? Gosh that would mean that the community address is like 4am in the morning for me. :)

[Hamma]

Yea the community address is pretty early GMT/UTC and yea it's pretty much the same thing. That's why I put the Time Zone converter on there I was confusing myself.. :lol:

[Punker]

Do you have a draft question sheet for the q&a ? I would love to know what others have been asking :) (also more interested in which questions the SOE staff dodge)

[Lunarchild]

Hmmm UTC is that the same thing as GMT? Gosh that would mean that the community address is like 4am in the morning for me. :)

Yep, 4 am for Central Europe (Amsterdam, Paris, etc. etc.) I'm going to watch it afterwards, and then live stream the panel or somesuch.

[Eolin]

Found this video on YouTube. Don't really know what to think :p

YouTube - ***x202a;Planetside 2 Leaked Music***x202c;‏

[Hamma]

The heck :lol:

[Vancha]

Now I want to know where that music's really from.

[Grimster]

lol yeah, I like how the user is named FanFareSOE. That really ignites trust into that clip. :) :)

[Lunarchild]

Hrmm... I'd earlier say that is some kind of waiting tune before the big presentation starts rather than being related to Planetside 2 :P

[Captain1nsaneo]

Got a feeling it's a troll, note the song name. Only large areas or events got their own music like travel_volcano, vs_sanctuary, and nc_orbital_platform. The reference of a café might be meant to imply a hub world for instanced rounds. Such a thing we would all loathe.

Unless one of the bases is a giant underground meat packing plant which would be AWESOME.

[morf]

I can confirm that the music is 100 percent real.

[Grimster]

I can confirm that the music is 100 percent real.


:rofl:


I don't know what seems more believable, that a account named FanFareSOE posted that clip on Youtube or that some random dude says that he confirms its real. :)

[duomaxwl]

I'd believe it if they didn't spell the channel name FanFare.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk

[morf]

:rofl:


I don't know what seems more believable, that a account named FanFareSOE posted that clip on Youtube or that some random dude says that he confirms its real. :)

Put your money where your mouth is. I got 100 bucks that says the music is real. Hell make it 1000. Not joking.

[Vancha]

I can confirm that the music is 100 percent real.

http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showpost.php?p=568717&postcount=82 (http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showpost.php?p=568717&postcount=82)

If there was anyone who wasn't sure it was a fake before, now they can be sure.

Thanks for the confirmation, morf. :lol:

[morf]

Yeah look before I was joking. But today I am telling the truth

I knew someone would drag up that old post lol

[Lunarchild]

Put your money where your mouth is. I got 100 bucks that says the music is real. Hell make it 1000. Not joking.

Of course the music is real... Otherwise we wouldn't be able to hear it, now would we? I somehow doubt it'll be in the final version of Planetside 2 though :P

[morf]

Of course the music is real... Otherwise we wouldn't be able to hear it, now would we? I somehow doubt it'll be in the final version of Planetside 2 though :P

Oh u guys thought I meant the music was in planetside 2? When did I say that?

[Vancha]

Oh u guys thought I meant the music was in planetside 2? When did I say that?
http://i.imgur.com/j3EE8.jpg

[Raymac]

I'm still thinking of what I want to ask other than "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?"

I lol'd so hard when this question actually got asked....and answered. :rofl: