Star Trek Online Looks Stupid

I have been visiting some other blogs today, and reading all the hype for Star Trek Online from some other bloggers.

I have never been a Star Trek fan. I maybe have watched two or three episodes in my whole life, and have never seen any of the movies.

I can give one Star Trek quote "Beam me up Scotty" even though I have the slightest idea what it even references.

I know one of the guys does Priceline commercials now, but that is about all I know about Star Trek.

I can't imagine going into a game not knowing anything about the races, factions, and the whole lore. I am sure 99% of the players who are buying this game are Star Trek fanatics, and will have a competitive advantage by everything they already know about Star Trek.

On top of that I have seen some screenshots today. The game graphics remind me of Champions Online which I thought were very corny looking.

I could never even imagine playing, or buying this game. I wouldn't even buy it off of Steam the day after Xmas for $5. That is how stupid Star Trek Online looks to me.

My prediction is Star Trek Online fails before 2010 ends.

Could You Remove all Money from MMORPG's?

What would a MMORPG be like without any money in-game?  Would it better, or worse?  Would it put gold farmers out of business?

I think it could work.  Mobs would drop nothing.  No gear, weapons, money, or loot of any kind.

Everything would be earned through quests.  You do quests to get backpacks by completing quests that give supply rewards, and than giving them to a npc tailor to make.  You could do the same thing for mounts, weapons, gear, and etc.  Everything would be quest based.

You would still do raiding to complete quest requirements, and gather pieces needed to make things.

It would be great in controlling the economy because nothing would ever change for the quest requirements.

Do you think it would work removing money from MMORPG's?

Why I love playing poker online

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I started playing online poker a few years ago, and just after a few hands I dreamed of being a professional poker player, and some day winning the WSOP tournament.  How can you not like playing cards all day for a living?

You get to meet tons of new people, socialize, drink, win lots of money, and have fun the whole time.  The adrenaline rush makes it so much fun.  Every time I get to the final table it is nerve racking, but exciting at the same time.

Full Tilt Poker always has great promotions for tournaments, deposit bonuses, and more.  Are you dying to play yet?  What other games can you play, and make money like online poker?

2 things that made Aion better today

They are listening believe it or not.  The leveling grind in Aion is getting easier.  They will now be offering double xp on weekends.  The second great thing they are greatly reducing the cost of soul healing.  Both get two thumbs up from me.