Comments on: Metaphor From the Road http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/10/19/metaphor-from-the-road/ a group of adventurers on an epic quest Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:28:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Thallian http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/10/19/metaphor-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-34490 Thallian Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:02:18 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5041#comment-34490 lol Zube you crack me up... this reminds me strongly of Nevada.. every time I drive across it its like this. One lane with the rest under construction for miles. lol Zube you crack me up… this reminds me strongly of Nevada.. every time I drive across it its like this. One lane with the rest under construction for miles.

]]> By: Julian http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/10/19/metaphor-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-34487 Julian Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:21:50 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5041#comment-34487 You forgot the classic "If you don't fix this $&(*@& road situation by the end of the month I'll stop driving on your roads" You forgot the classic “If you don’t fix this $&(*@& road situation by the end of the month I’ll stop driving on your roads”

]]> By: Ethic http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/10/19/metaphor-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-34486 Ethic Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:05:04 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5041#comment-34486 "The maximum speed limit is too low, I want to go faster!" "The minimum speed limit is too high, I want to take my time and enjoy the trip!" "They need more rest stops!" "The road is too straight and boring, just the same stuff over and over!" "This hill is too steep! I won't make it to the top!" "The other cars are driving too fast!" "It's too foggy, I can't see where I am going. I'm taking a different road." “The maximum speed limit is too low, I want to go faster!”

“The minimum speed limit is too high, I want to take my time and enjoy the trip!”

“They need more rest stops!”

“The road is too straight and boring, just the same stuff over and over!”

“This hill is too steep! I won’t make it to the top!”

“The other cars are driving too fast!”

“It’s too foggy, I can’t see where I am going. I’m taking a different road.”

]]> By: Dblade http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/10/19/metaphor-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-34483 Dblade Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:07:28 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5041#comment-34483 It's a good metaphor. Problem is while you have created a great maintenance schedule, it doesn't take into consideration the actual use of the highway, and tends to inconvenience the users. It may be better to analyze the projected traffic on the road to realize that some sections in 25 years will not need maintenance, while other heavily used areas will need more resources thrown at it to minimize disruption while being repaired. For MMOs it's tougher, because they are more like the metaphor. What you described seems to me to be the rollout of planned content. The developers make a good timetable on the release of content they have already made and tested, and release it in orderly chunks. I think to minimize disruption due to use, you'd need to balance rolling out content with balancing it in greater measure. The road does get backed up, since each new planned content chunk will demand its own dev time maintaining it. That's why players bitch that the road is always busted, because unlike a road, once you do each 4%, you need to spend another 2% tweaking the "road" to handle unforeseen issues. It’s a good metaphor. Problem is while you have created a great maintenance schedule, it doesn’t take into consideration the actual use of the highway, and tends to inconvenience the users. It may be better to analyze the projected traffic on the road to realize that some sections in 25 years will not need maintenance, while other heavily used areas will need more resources thrown at it to minimize disruption while being repaired.

For MMOs it’s tougher, because they are more like the metaphor. What you described seems to me to be the rollout of planned content. The developers make a good timetable on the release of content they have already made and tested, and release it in orderly chunks.

I think to minimize disruption due to use, you’d need to balance rolling out content with balancing it in greater measure. The road does get backed up, since each new planned content chunk will demand its own dev time maintaining it. That’s why players bitch that the road is always busted, because unlike a road, once you do each 4%, you need to spend another 2% tweaking the “road” to handle unforeseen issues.

]]> By: Bonedead http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/10/19/metaphor-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-34482 Bonedead Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:06:55 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5041#comment-34482 Just drove to NC and back to Florida, Georgia needs to fix their shit already. Just drove to NC and back to Florida, Georgia needs to fix their shit already.

]]> By: Moondog548 http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/10/19/metaphor-from-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-34481 Moondog548 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:42:21 +0000 http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5041#comment-34481 srsly! >:O srsly! >:O

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