That's no chive man,
Updated Mon, Nov 10, 2008 by Coyote
Joss Whedon is a brilliant man.
I admire him for his vision, talent, and awe-inspiring imagination and creativity. His senses of timing and humor are second to none and he has the amazing ability to capture something fantastic and make it seem not only familiar and possible, but real.
I would KILL for Joss Whedon.
While this statement might alarm a few of you and make me seem like a rabid fanboy, let me explain:
* Joss would never *ever* ask this as his powers are only used for good.
* I am not what you would call a "stable" individual.
* I would also kill for some REALLY good nachos. The kind that have both real shredded cheese AND the fake cheese sauce? And those little black rings of sliced olive? Mmmm...nachos.
For those of you who do not know of Mister Whedon's greatness, or are not familiar with his work, you are a dirty commie, so let me catch you up with another bulleted listing that does not involve nachos.
* Joss Whedon is the creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and several up and coming titles that bring you hot chicks kicking ass while remaining extremely hot.
* Joss Whedon created the internet sensation that IS Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Weblog. He's a creator, a writer, a director, a composer, and he once got so mad that he threw a bus.
* He is our Lord and Master.
* Joss Whedon looks like a man who enjoys him some nachos. (Okay, I lied about not mentioning nachos. I had to. They're just too delicious to NOT mention.)
All this being said, explained, and topped with sour cream and chives, Joss Whedon arguably has one of the most powerful and profound influences that can be seen rippling across the geek community. He has made us laugh, he has made us cry, and he has made us develop fetishes where really hot chicks beat the hell out of us and then totally DO us afterwards. He is a great source of joy, and because of this...
...he is also being used as a tool to tease and torment the lives of geeks everywhere.
That's right, like being choked with your own severed hand, Joss Whedon is being used for EVIL.
If there are only two things that geeks love, it is Joss Whedon and nachos. If there are three things, it would be Joss Whedon, nachos and video games - and it is in that third vein that we are brought both pain and suffering.
A while back when the Firefly / Serenity craze was at its peak it was rumored and then confirmed that a Whedonverse Firefly inspired MMOG was being developed. And while there was no parades or partying in the streets as we have all been burned by similar rumors in the past, we allowed ourselves the luxury of hope.
We HOPED that it was true. We HOPED that it was being developed, and we HOPED that when and if it was ever released, it wouldn't just totally SUCK. Months and years have passed and occasionally a rumor or a mention of the Firefly MMOG will spring up and rekindle that hope. We sit back quietly and wait, but deep in our hearts we know that it will never be released because the world is full of retarded sheep who just want to stab at goblins and ride sparkly fairy unicorns.
Not that we're bitter.
So when they announced that Buffy the Vampire Slayer will be made into an MMOG, and feature the dark world of yet another Whedonverse, my heart burst with joy.
For about two frigging seconds.
With Firefly supposedly in the works, we've yet to see a screenshot. No concept art or dev interviews, no mention of publisher or production company, not even so much as a pixel from a cunning hat.
Nothing.
And now I'm supposed to get excited because another world that I love is supposedly being made into an MMOG, and is announced by the same people who broke the story on the Firefly MMOG? I'm promised all sorts of future Whedony-goodness but to date nothing has been shown or confirmed with any solid evidence and I'm supposed to keep the faith? Keep hope? I don't think so. In fact, I've come to a conclusion - that while painful to say or admit, seems only TOO likely:
They're dicking with us.
Hard.
Some anti-Whedon folk out there in the geek world (They exist believe it or not) know our love for all things Joss and just don't get it. They don't get the humor, the fun, or the lure of the Whedonverse and because of this they feel left out of our Who-songs and reindeer games. So they stomp high upon some scraggly mountain and grow bitter and in order to lash out at us they open up Pandora's Box and huck the only thing left in there at our heads.
Hope.
As cool or as amazing as a Buffyverse or Firefly universe would be, I no longer have hope. With one announced, I could pray, I could wish, and I could imagine it being true - but with two? I know this industry far too well and I've seen too many game crash and burn only moments away from release to think that TWO Joss Whedon inspired games are going to make it to launch.
So now I've lost all hope and faith that we'll be able to immerse ourselves into the worlds we've come to know and love, and depression has set in to the point where I don't even want nachos anymore.
I hope you are all happy.
If you need me, I'll be pouting and brooding, and looking wounded Joss Whedon Style...
..as a hot chick who probably knows Kung Fu.
-Coyote
(P.S. - I lied again about the nachos. I totally want some.)
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Is that the one where we login directly to a [Revive?] screen?
OMG....I want to cry. Damn non believers.
Joss is god, I bow to his greatness.
Oh damn it Bithy comfort me again.
*sobs*
Nachos? Aw dang, I'm hungry now!
What a lot of fun
These MMO's could have been real swell
But there's not a one who can say
They would have, ended well
All these rumours
We've been believing
Say you're happy now,
Once more with feeling
Now I gotta run
See you all in hell
I'm still new to the community, but I feel the pain. I remember when they said that the Firefly MMO was on the horizon. I was interested, but my daggers were wildly plunging through goblins and undead at the time so if was a blink on my radar.
Calling JennSweet! Calling JennSweet!
Darn it..Jenn beat me to it. I had a client on the phone and I did not click submit till after
Kallarn, VERY nice....
Does this mean....that I have to be your Queen?
Oh these MMO's, the rumors make me mad,
Never wonder, while I sunder, that Orcs could be so bad,
Yet here I sit, for hours a day
Just making sure I am geared to play,
A new MMO in design!
Ok, ill bide my time
Killing and crafting, things will be fine
6 months have passed, not a word to my ears
12 months gone by, the news is real bad
The MMO busted in Beta, now Im real sad.
Forget it, Im done, back to my Rogue,
to spend time dressing him taking tips from Vogue.
It's tempting. But I think we'll waive that clause just this once.
Firefly was great, but ended too soon.
Buffy?
...
Buffy sucked. Badly. I never got this. Geller looks like a no breasted ugly chick with a huge nose. Shes like that ugly horse faced woman outa sex in the citys daughter. Seriously.
I'd rather stare at Potter pr0n than her.
*ahem*
It was just predictable insulting repetitive crap.
Ooooooo Willows a lesbian!
Meh who cares?
I love it when people say *you're only a nerd if you like this, its awesome! If you dont think its awesome you suck, and you aint a geek, and its cos you dont understand it!*
Well news flash, I did understand it, my dog understood it, it was made for morons. Get some self respect ffs!
Anyhow, in brighter news, I hear the firefly mmog is being developed by the developers of Duke Nukem! So we know its gonna be great!
The got...the madhog....oooouuuuuut...
Theeeey goooot theeee maaadhooooog ooooooooooout!
BUM BUM BUM BUM BUUUUMMMMM
*does a cartwheel*
There really is no hope for you Mad....Buffy was all about the humour. Anya's fear of rabbits, Xander doing the snoopy dance, Wesley being the completely stereotyped english fop, Spike being spike.
Yes it got bad around series 4 but there was still some gems after that, the musical was just genius.
Only episode of Buffy I liked was the silent one. That was sufficiently creepy and strange.
The rest of it? Meh.
I do love Firefly though.
Joss' main strength is his pithy dialogue, that relies heavily on timing. That won't exist in an MMO. His secondary strength is crafting stories that depict internal struggle. Might work in a single player game, but not an MMO.
Pray that neither of these MMO's see the light of day; Firefly would be nothing more than Pirates of the Burning 'Verse, and Buffy would be Hello Vampy Online.
"my heart burst with joy.
For about two frigging seconds."
Are you sure that was your heart Coyote?
And JenSweet anytime my dear
*comforts Jen with huggles and ice cream, with room left over for Morv when she get here*
Tell me all about it hun.
I have only watched 2-3 episodes of Buffy. Season 1 I think. Never watched Angel. I own Firefly but never watched it yet.
I personally LOVE Dr Horrible and looking forward to more.
this is the link i sent coyote
http://www.newsarama.com/games/090803-BuffyMMOa.html
Kallarn Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 9:08 am
What a lot of fun
These MMO’s could have been real swell
But there’s not a one who can say
They would have, ended well
All these rumours
We’ve been believing
Say you’re happy now,
Once more with feeling
Now I gotta run
See you all in hell
__________
Brilliant, sir.
/applaud
S
Yay! huggles and ice cream from Bithy!
*happy*
Yeah we need Morvy.
And everyone, be nice to Jesus Eating Wonder Squirrles, he is a friend of mine.
Poor Mad...
Still *I* laughed in EQII last night when I zoned in next to the Temple and one of the refugees...
ah,never mind, it's a Buffy reference, it'd just upsets you again ;)
Willow.. at band camp...
Oh I'm SO goingto hell.
So you do realize we will end up cutting the name Jesus Eating Wonder Squirrles down to JEWS. Wow, the trouble we could get into for that one should be interesting.
I can see it now... JEWS just made me swoon. or
Wow seeing JEWS comment made me spit my soda. or of course
Nice to see JEWS again.
(Must say I'm proud of myself for keeping it clean and G rated)
But is the name referring to :
1) Our lord and saviour (no not joss whedon the other one) who eats wonder squirrels.
or
2) Wonder squirrels who eat bits of a long deceased messiah.
Jesus Eating Wonder Squirrles Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Something.
__________
Your handle is semantically unsettling. Just so we all know, are you "Jesus-Eating Wonder Squirrels" (i.e. a pack of wonder squirrels who feed primarily on Jesus) or "Jesus, Eating Wonder Squirrels" (i.e. Jesus, who happens to currently be eating wonder squirrels)? The distinction seems important given such radically different interpretations.
Also, for the record, I agree with Dar. Though my love of all things Whedon barely stops short of outright worship, I believe that neither The 'Verse nor the Buffyverse would translate well into an MMO. One or both might make an interesting single-player RPG, but as MMOs they will be doomed to Matrix-scale failures.
These gaming companies need to learn that not EVERY interesting theme needs to be turned into an MMO, even if we have to beat the idea into their collective heads with a brick. You'd think that flop after flop after flop would have clued them in by now, but no. It's like there's some evil force at work that seeks out sleeping game developers and whispers stuff like "Hey, you know what might work? A Brady Bunch MMO!" in their ears. This might sound paranoid until you realize that there is now an MMO based on the civil unrest in Northern Ireland.
Seriously, these people need to be stopped.
S
Im glad i wasn't the only one pondering the name Sandor.
Ah, I can see the dilemma now. The tag is originally for a Fantasy Football League with friends, but if the name is offensive, It can be changed. It doesn't matter how it broke down.
Note: I will not write formerly...., after this post
It's not offensive at all we just love taking the piss here.
Well, Dreadwench picked it up right away. It doesn't matter what each letter goes with, the goal of the name was to be JEWS. No trouble, Badion is my handle in the gaming community any how.
HAHAHAHA! I told you, you were forwarned that we are relentless around here! Poor Badion, I don't think he believed me.
Kallarn you sir....rock.
I admit that I watched Angel for a while. Though I also admit that I orginally started watching it only because of Cordelia (nom nom), but then the show kinda grew on me.
I'm kinda going through that now w/ the Sarah Conner Chronicles. At this point, I still could care less about the series, but Summer Glau (also of Firefly) is just awesomely hawt.
Sadly, the part of the story that you've missed is that the Firefly MMO has been put "on hold" indefinately so that the company developing both of them can focus on the Buffy MMO. That just tells me they were getting nowhere with the Firefly MMO and decided to switch gears.
* goes and sits on the comfy couch with Jen as she is bidden *
Clicky my name and read my blog peoples!
YAY!!!!!!!!
*Snuggles up with Morvy on the comfy couch and shares her ice cream*
Congrats soon to be mrs Morvy
We need to go play the crappy MMO where COYOTE'S the hero!
No thats the one where we run around killing ourselves while giggling like a school girl.
Hey JEWS/Badion - whatever the hell your name is... I don't care it made me giggle the first time I saw it and was sitting in amazement that noone was doing any kind of nameplay with juu. :)
On a different note if somebody asks you if you like cream in your dounut you might want to answer yes cause it could be this guy.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,416362,00.html
Brother needs to relax and take a step down to the glazed dounut. Clearly the Frosted cream filled super sugar dounut can make one do crazy things.
"Firefly was great, but ended too soon.
Buffy?
…
Buffy sucked. Badly. I never got this. Geller looks like a no breasted ugly chick with a huge nose. Shes like that ugly horse faced woman outa sex in the citys daughter. Seriously."
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I can't believe I'm going to do this but...
I TOTALLY 100% agree with Madhog. Yeah, I know. I'm, looking for the Horsemen too.
Kristy Swanson is Buffy. End of story
The horsemen? You mean Gellers dad??
Welcome to Hoggys Gang!