Classic MMOG Raised From the Dead by Past Players

Chromain writes "Back in 1996, the Seattle-based company Starwave created one of the first graphical MMOGs: Castle Infinity. Though it was well received by all who tried it, it quickly sank under bad marketing, extended downtime, and sloppy leadership. Now, nearly 8 years since disappearing off the map, the game has been (quite literally) rescued from a dumpster by a group of past players. It's available for free at their new website."

Dumpster

[Anonymous Coward]

If only someone would rescue their webserver from the dumpster, so I could see what this is all about.

Nuked already

[Migraineman]

Zero comments and the linked site is toast. Perhaps "Castle Not-Quite-Infinity ..."

..Wow

[Chromain]

As you can tell, that went ..not so well. Not only did our server just eat itself in less than 2 minutes, but I managed to forget all about line breaks. *Laugh*

Re:A note from one of the Architects.

[naesung]

A little cold water over here, Greg, please....

Re:..Wow

[KingEomer]

Well, at least you have another good stress test. :P Just fix the problem and post a dupe in a couple of days(don't worry; it'll get posted), to make sure everything's working fine under high load.

Looks like...

[futuresheep]

It's time for MORE extended downtime!

Someone call the fire department

[darkonc]

We're up, we're running, and we're ready to dump as much cold water on our server as it takes to keep it from melting.

I figure that a fire hose is the only thing that's gonna keep that server from melting down now that it's on Slashdot's front page.

Re:..Wow

[Chromain]

Thanks a ton for the light hearted message, managed to make me smile after about 10 minutes of not being able to think anything outside of "Crap. Crap. Crap."

Re:Classic games that you can never find again

[bowloframen]

Hey! Anybody remember that thing? You know, it came with that something, and then you'd press that button, and then it would do that thing? And it came in this package with the squiggly in the back? I don't quite remember the name... something with an S or a T or a C maybe... or maybe not. I remember I bought it at this store... you remember that store? It was off the freeway on the number 3, next to that furniture place? Yeah, so if anybody remembers, please enlighten me.

Re:Parent ... but a bit easier to read

[Chromain]

Many thanks IamLarryBoy. As i mentioned a bit further down, I managed to forget line breaks under the stress of "AHHHHH THE SERVER JUST LIT THE CAT ON FIRE."

Re:A note from one of the Architects.

[Falkentyne]

I think I found the link to the bio page for the makers of the game. http://www.weirdness-central.co.uk/gallery/2002/in dex.asp [weirdness-central.co.uk]

wow

[Anonymous Coward]

hacked together
slashed,

a true hack and slash rpg

typical...

[Anonymous Coward]

>>You have encountered a Slashdotting!
>evade
>>You cannot evade.
>evade!!!
>>You cannot evade.
>exit

geek@computer> nethack

Re:Classic games that you can never find again

[Anonymous Coward]

It was off the freeway on the number 3, next to that furniture place?

You mean Nybbles and Bytes by the Tacoma mall. The name is called Star Command.

Title should be changed to...

[ImaLamer]

Classic MMOG Server Razed From Slashdot by Future Players

Re:since the article is still unavailable...

[Roland Piguepaille]

. . .does throwing it in the trash forfeit those rights?

Yes.

Roland Piguepaill

Re:Recommended minimum hardware requirement.

[patio11]

Serve your website from a Windows machine. 80% of slashdot will refuse to read it out of spite. Presto, Slashdot effect averted. As an alternate to the Windows machine, post something supportive of the RIAA -- then you won't even need a server to handle all the people who won't be visiting the page you don't really have.

Re:0 Comments

[m50d]

It appears to be a game targeted to children ages 8 to 14, so... slashdot probably isn't the best audience

You're new here, aren't you?

Re:[OT] /. already?

[jcuervo]

And Goatse.

Surprise, fear, drugs, and Goatse.

Re:/. already?

[Anonymous Coward]

"it quickly sank under bad marketing, extended downtime, and sloppy leadership."

Slashdot has an excellent marketing plan:
1. Create a base of marauding users who can take down any site posted on the front page.
2. Sell subscriptions to users who would get 24 hours notice of front page stories.

My check is in the mail guys!

Re:How old is this guy?

[fbjon]

No, *very* young is slashdot id# > 800000.

Young is perhaps id > 400K. 200K-500K is getting warm (ranges overlap somewhat), 100K-250K is medium rare, 50K-120K is experienced, 20K-50K is on the brink of ultimate geekhood, and < 20K is ye olde bearded type.

But hey, look on the bright side: you have some impressive hair cultivation to look forward to!

-RMS by proxy.

(yes, of course I'm kidding)

Re:How old is this guy?

[NighthawkFoo]

I'm the old bearded type? I guess I'll have to go get a rocking chair and sit out on my front porch and complain about the weather.

Re:A note from one of the Architects.

[gstoddart]

Greg Kumparak Architect of Infinity

Oh, man. That's gotta be the coolest title ever. :-P

I want to be an Architect of Infinity!

[gweedoz]

My name is Greg "Devil Dog" Kumparak, and I'm an Architect of Infinity.

Wow! Architect of Infinity... that is what I want MY next job title to be. That would rock. Now... what exactly does an architect of infinity do?

Re:How old is this guy?

[mcoletti]

Punched cards? Feh. Try punched tape, sonny.