You typo\'d Halberd.

I like it.  It\'s a very interesting halberd design with the large hammer like head.  Would really drive that blade through armor.  

A couple of notes.  Both textures look good even the 256 texture by MMO standards.  However the rivets on the shaft under the blade look too big.

As the metal around them would be very thin where the rivets were and make it easily break.  Of course I understand that too small and they will become almost unoticable in game but perhaps just scale them down maybe 4 pixels or so.  A small change I think would make a big difference.

The rest is spot on and the grip texture not lining up isn\'t very noticable on the 512 texture and even less so on the 256 texture.

All in all a very nice low poly model and texture.

Or perhaps something a little more practical...

The point is if that person is ignoring you then just ignore them.  So what if someone else is talking to them.  Do you really care what the guy is saying?

As well I\'ve never seen it get so bad on any MMO where I hd to ignore 50 people just to be able to read my chat window.

Typically it\'s just 1 here and 1 there because most like to have friends online.

No what people are talking about is why is there a hlaf cocked approach to originality.  As well as a half-cocked approach to the reasons for originality.

I find the subject is on topic.

Actually the real reason people act like retards online is because if they acted like that in the real world they would have no friends, and somebody would beat the snot out of them.

Because in real life I\'ve never met anyone I couldn\'t get along with and have a conversation with.

Well do with it what they will.  It\'s their game not mine.

However saying \"We\'re not gonna have dragons because they\'re overdone in mythical fantasy games.\"  is really silly when you have Dwarves, and such in game.

Even if the Dwarves aren\'t native to the world.  Well there\'s your excuse to suck content from any mythos or fantasy you want.

Dwarves can get there but not dragons?

Not that I care if Dragons are in game or not.  Just making a point.

As well I haven\'t seen many mobs in PS yet other than whats in the sewers under the starting city.

However creating a creature similar to a typical mythological fantasy creature and calling it by a weird name does not = original content.

If it did I could buy a copy of Realm Crafter rename it MMORPG Maker Deluxe and not get sue\'d for selling it.

Now the opposite is completely different.  You can call a elf an elf but have him look and act differently than typical fantasy elves do.  Because then you\'ve created an all new kind of elf.  Not just renamed a typical type of elf.

Exactly lets say WoW had \"Clackers\" in fact oops they do. lol.

Ok given they look completely different from each other.  Yet if I have no reason to assume having playing multiple MMORPG\'s that Clacker in PS is the same as a Clacker is WoW.

Actually they may be called \"Crackers\" in WoW but it\'s like \"Makura Clacker, or Makura Cracker\"  I think Clacker though.  Doesn\'t matter it\'s a crab vs a spider thingy.

Or if it was Giant spiders from different games, etc.  

So as I was saying no matter what you call something the first time someone comes across it in game there will be some suspense.  Untill they have killed one or two and are sure they can take them in that area.

Of course WoW is a bad example since not much suspense with anything after awhile and you figure out what level ranges and how many at each level you can take.  Of course there is still the oddball AI here and there with some special abilities that could throw off your well calculated assault.

On the down side of having everything with weird names.  Everyone enters the world as a full grown person with the knowlege of a new born baby.

Ooh look hey whats that!  Ooh and that! lol.

Frankly I couldn\'t even tell you what race my character is.  It was just the only model I could really stand looking at for long.

No offense I know over half the races are not completed, but I don\'t like the look of most of them.  Personnal preference/opinion I know.  So don\'t try to crucify me over it.

Except for the ROUS\'s I knew what they were right off the bat when I entered the sewers.  lol.  Rodents of Unusual Size for those who haven\'t seen the Princess Bride.  Funny movie.

Basically with all the weird names it\'s kind of like learning to speak a foreign language.  Because if I see something that looks like a dragon I\'m gonna call it a dragon.