OpenEuphoria

Re: Next Big Thing in Video Games

• Posted by jordah at btopenworld.com Dec 02, 2002
• 547 views

C.K,
what a brilliant idea, i know of a couple of guys writing server software
and have the experience in the #euphoria chat room.

You never know!
Jordah
----- Original Message -----
From: "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Next Big Thing in Video Games


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> For the past few years I've had this idea for the next big thing in video
> games and was wondering if anybody else thought about it...  Basically, it
> is taking video games from participant-only to a spectator sport.
> Apparently, somebody else figured this a Good Idea(tm)...
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> http://gamespy.com/articles/june01/hlmod3b/
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> However, their version seems limited, as (apparently?) it is simply a mod
> for a current game. I think what I'd like to do is create a server type
> software and API for game developers so ANY game could be watched, whether
> it be Pong or Madden 2003. Game developers would only have to include
> certain code OR plug in our code module to serve out the game to a billion
> viewers.
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> Eventually, of course, you'll have the announcers and the pay-per-view
> events... Imagine watching the championship game of a Warcraft III
> tournament (not complete with orc cheerleaders). :)
>
> Can the CommEUnity run with this?
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> -ck
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