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Breakfast Topic: Manners
One of my guildmates ninja'd the Large Satchel of Spoils from the Obsidian Sanctum the other day. Technically, it was his run, he organized it, and he was Master Looter. Because it was his run, you could argue, he could do anything with the loot. But that's just ninja talk. The truth of the matter is, my guildmate had no manners. I mean, even fish have manners.This is an MMO, the central letter there standing for multi-player. This means we play with other people, real people. Real people we need to treat with a basic sense of courtesy. That's one of the tricky things about that little fiasco -- we know our guildie in real life. He's a real person, an affable big fella my wife has described as a teddy bear. The problem is that in the game, 'bear' isn't the four-letter word to describe him. The satchel was just his largest haul, but he's been known to nick the occasional Abyss Crystal from a heroic run.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment president deals "death blow" to Blu-ray...not
Somehow in the Australian alternate universe iTWire occupies , a quote from Universal Studios Home Entertainment president Craig Kornblau citing early review victories and positive consumer reaction in the press release for HD DVD's promotional event at CEDIA 2006 is a death blow to rival format Blu-ray. To them, the mere force of his words have done what Universal Studios' exclusive support of HD DVD has not, settled the format war and sent Blu-ray packing. For some reason, they are surprised that a Universal exec is coming out in support of HD DVD, although Kornblau has gone public with his support before. They also paint a misleading picture where all of the studios were behind Blu-ray before and go on to name only the studios supporting HD DVD now. This time last year, we were watching Paramount and Warner Bros. go from only supporting HD DVD to supporting both formats, not to mention Sony Pictures and Fox staying exclusively Blu-ray. While some of us at HDBeat have chosen sides, all would likely agree it's just a bit early to be proclaiming a "death blow" based on shoddy reporting and verbal support.[Thanks, Tyler & Joystiq]
