Comments on: ModDB Mod of the Year 2007 Results http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:09:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: MetalCircus http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-63759 MetalCircus Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:43:48 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-63759 Insurgency is fucking terrible. How it got number one last year is beyond me. Insurgency is fucking terrible. How it got number one last year is beyond me.

]]> By: Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Still Hoping For That Post-Apocalyptic Robot Versus Monkey Immersive Sim » Blog Archive » Rise Up: Andrew Spearin on Insurgency http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-23068 Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Still Hoping For That Post-Apocalyptic Robot Versus Monkey Immersive Sim » Blog Archive » Rise Up: Andrew Spearin on Insurgency Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:34:59 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-23068 [...] Insurgency recently took the first place in the ModDB 2007 awards we thought it’d be an opportune time to talk to this total-conversion of Half-life 2’s [...] [...] Insurgency recently took the first place in the ModDB 2007 awards we thought it’d be an opportune time to talk to this total-conversion of Half-life 2’s [...]

]]> By: Cargo Cult http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-22100 Cargo Cult Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:49:04 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-22100 Somewhat more than 24 hours after the players' choice, but... <a href="http://www.moddb.com/events/2007-mod-of-the-year-awards/features/25958/editors-choice-winners-showcase" rel="nofollow">ModDB 2007 Editors' Choice!</a> Mind and E.Y.E. look a bit interesting... Somewhat more than 24 hours after the players’ choice, but…

ModDB 2007 Editors’ Choice!

Mind and E.Y.E. look a bit interesting…

]]> By: Cargo Cult http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-20187 Cargo Cult Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:01:34 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-20187 The latest MINERVA was on a PC Gamer sellotaped-ask-your-newsagent-if-missing disc thingy a month or two ago - but if you'd rather <a href="http://www.hylobatidae.org/minerva/filegoatmatic.php?filename=metastasis_patched.exe" rel="nofollow">download it</a>, it's only 160MB or something. <i>(HL2:Ep1 required. Conversion of download size to Imperial Peggles will be provided once I remember how big an Imperial Peggle is. Your statutory rights are most definitely affected. Wibble.)</i> The latest MINERVA was on a PC Gamer sellotaped-ask-your-newsagent-if-missing disc thingy a month or two ago – but if you’d rather download it, it’s only 160MB or something.

(HL2:Ep1 required. Conversion of download size to Imperial Peggles will be provided once I remember how big an Imperial Peggle is. Your statutory rights are most definitely affected. Wibble.)

]]> By: Alec Meer http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-20183 Alec Meer Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:49:36 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-20183 I'unno. <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/forums/index.php?site=pcg" rel="nofollow">Ask 'em.</a> I’unno. Ask ‘em.

]]> By: Paul Moloney http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-20182 Paul Moloney Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:34:30 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-20182 Any chance that a goodly amount of these mods will be on the next PC Gamer DVD? Just to save me bandwidth, like. P. Any chance that a goodly amount of these mods will be on the next PC Gamer DVD? Just to save me bandwidth, like.

P.

]]> By: Kieron Gillen http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-19950 Kieron Gillen Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:28:02 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-19950 You are l33t! KG You are l33t!

KG

]]> By: Ryan http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-19942 Ryan Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:24:29 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-19942 <a href="http://www.moddb.com/events/2007-mod-of-the-year-awards/features/25910/players-choice-winners-showcase/2#readarticle" rel="nofollow">Top 5 Unreleased</a> <a href="http://www.moddb.com/events/2007-mod-of-the-year-awards/features/25910/players-choice-winners-showcase/3#readarticle" rel="nofollow">Top 5 Indie</a> <a href="http://www.moddb.com/events/2007-mod-of-the-year-awards/features/25910/players-choice-winners-showcase/4#readarticle" rel="nofollow">Top 5 Released</a> :P Top 5 Unreleased

Top 5 Indie

Top 5 Released

:P

]]> By: malkav11 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-19875 malkav11 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:34:20 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-19875 Of the released categories, precisely two winners have any singleplayer. How depressing. (I pay no attention whatsoever to unreleased mods because they are, after all, unreleased. And thus prone to sudden failure of existence.) Of the released categories, precisely two winners have any singleplayer. How depressing.

(I pay no attention whatsoever to unreleased mods because they are, after all, unreleased. And thus prone to sudden failure of existence.)

]]> By: Pace http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-19851 Pace Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:38:59 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-19851 I checked the moddb pages linked above for all the released mods, and I notice that in the 'community rating' part Minerva has the highest rating as well as the most votes among the top 5. More than twice as many votes and much higher score than the overall winner Insurgency. Seems a tad odd. (I mean, that it only came in 5th then.) I checked the moddb pages linked above for all the released mods, and I notice that in the ‘community rating’ part Minerva has the highest rating as well as the most votes among the top 5. More than twice as many votes and much higher score than the overall winner Insurgency. Seems a tad odd. (I mean, that it only came in 5th then.)

]]> By: Johnny Law http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-19847 Johnny Law Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:31:03 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-19847 Cf. "imminent Foxing"... I believe that the MW Living Legends folks already have an anti-foxing agreement in place. Cf. “imminent Foxing”… I believe that the MW Living Legends folks already have an anti-foxing agreement in place.

]]> By: zergl http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/01/29/moddb-mod-of-the-year-2007-results/comment-page-1/#comment-19829 zergl Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:01:18 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1007#comment-19829 <blockquote cite="KindredPhantom">I am disappointed that Dystopia was not in the top 5 released mods, instead we have realism mods. Gameplay > Realism, if you want realism that much join the bloody army.</blockquote> Define realism. If by realism you mean "Is set in a not too scifi or fantasy world", you might be right. If you mean gameplay, have a look at the empires mod forum. A lot of suggestions get turned down with the argument "Screw realism if it doesn't add to gameplay". But yeah, it's a pity that dystopia didn't make it.

I am disappointed that Dystopia was not in the top 5 released mods, instead we have realism mods. Gameplay > Realism, if you want realism that much join the bloody army.

Define realism. If by realism you mean “Is set in a not too scifi or fantasy world”, you might be right.
If you mean gameplay, have a look at the empires mod forum. A lot of suggestions get turned down with the argument “Screw realism if it doesn’t add to gameplay”.

But yeah, it’s a pity that dystopia didn’t make it.

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