boooooring...nazwijcie mnie prostakiem, ale mnie wystarczy nowa linia GAUSS weapons zeby mialy eco jak p5a(L). potem jakis unl dostac w Å‚apy i nie interesujÄ… mnie planety.



bo tak naprawdÄ™...to co nam z planety NASA ?

Yes, it's the whole NASA story all over again;
http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/it_te...icle447085.ece

(Am I the only one reading nyteknik? )

Anyway, the interview also has some new information to share.

I'll do a, poor , translation for you;

"NASA and Swedish game universe Entropia - it could become a 'marrige made in heaven'. A new game is now being prepared to teach students from 13 years of age about natural science.

NASA has experience in going to new planets. Swedish game developer Mindark already has their own virtual universe inhabited by 782 000 registered users, and are ready to expand their cyber space in multiple directions. Education, healthcare, pure business planets - and now, then, an entirely new solar system for the american school system in cooperation with NASA.

But the negotiations are not over yet. On november 7:th Mindark will present their idea at Goddard Space Flight center. The same will two competitors who have been chosen from the original, over 160, proposals for the project.

The commission is to create an MMO, at least as entertaining as the large titles on the market today; World of Warcraft, Age of Conan among others.

- Yes, we will competing at that level but the commission is also to include strong elements of learning, says Christian Björkman, in charge of special projects at Mindark.

NASA does this on direct commission by the US government. NASA has always been able to recruit the best scientists, but in later years they have seen the foundation for recruitment lessen. [Note - ie less qualified people, if my translation didn't get that] The thought is that this game world will become an educational instrument for all students the age of 13 and up, in the USA.

For Mindark's part this would be an order the size of a full scale industry project. Mindark themselves make the comparison to a couple of Jas-aircrafts [Note - Jas Gripen, the Swedish fighter jet, sort of. Expensive shit.] Just the game planet Calypso in Entropia turned over 400 million USD last year in ingame transactions between players.

And even if they do have a functioning game world, a lot of steps are needed to be taken for the commission.

- Today Entropia functions a lot on the users themselves making this own events. We are no building an entirely new quest system. It's also important to note that NASA themselves contribute with their competense, says Christians Björkman.

What Mindark bring with the to NASA in two weeks time will be, among other things, game/teaching elements in a Mars environment, created in the new game engine cryengine - which will power the game Entropia in the future.

Roger Rosenlund"

What Mindark bring with the to NASA in two weeks time will be, among other things, game/teaching elements in a Mars environment, created in the new game engine cryengine - which will power the game Entropia in the future.

NASA has experience in going to new planets.

NASA MMO
26 Nov 2008

MindArk was one of about 170 interested parties in making a NASA educational MMO. MindArk's proposal was in part that a solar system like the one we live in, would be built within the Entropia Universe, a solar system open for you as Calypso inhabitants to travel to and visit. The Entropia Universe was one of the final three competitors for the contract with NASA.

We congratulate the winners of the project and wish NASA the best of luck in their endeavors for this very important mission.

Here under is a copy of the mail from NASA, received last night regarding their decision.
Best regards,
Jan Welter Timkrans

"The NASA Learning Technolgies project office would like to thank you for the time, effort and care that went into your proposal and demonstration in response to our request for proposals. The review panel was impressed with your presentation. After careful consideration, however, the panel has recommended moving ahead with the Project White Card-Virtual Heroes proposal.

The reviewers were impressed with the design and graphic quality of Mindark's existing resources. They felt that an expansion such as was proposed could be an asset for STEM education and hope to see Mindark move ahead with the project independently. I will be available after our Thankgiving holiday to answer any questions you might have about the review process or outcome.

Thank you again for your proposal and interest."

Przetarg wygral "Project White Card-Virtual Heroes". NASA byla pod wrazeniem grafiki, itd. itp., ale MA nie wygralo Za to NASA ma nadzieje, ze MA bedzie niezaleznie rozwijala swojego Marsa lol

aha. to dlatego taki niski loot ?
To dlatego z aukcji nie schodzi tyle ile schodziło ?
To dlatego przedmioty zaczęły tanieć ?

lol, jest źle.
Chyba nie doczekamy CryEngine