scattered community. One thing I beleive MCO provides which many games don't is
a real sense of community. Being able to start and join clubs within the game is
a great way to make new friends and add some friendly competition among groups.
Having the chance to race with your buddies and make new ones, in my opinion
anyways, is almost worth the $10 price tag by itself.
> > I picked it up tonight. Looks like a decent diversion from all things Sim
> > for a change...
> > However, I'm concerned. I haven't seen any postings on MCO.
> > Is it being totally ignored by the public?
> > I hope not :)
> > -Larry
> Having read all the previous post, I will weigh in. I got MCO last week and
> signed up and to be honest am having a blast. Yes, it is not a sim like GPL
> or N4 (and I am a diehard N4 racer, own my league as a matter of fact), but
> after you spend a few days in it, build up a better car, get to level 5
> (took maybe 4 hours total, overl a couple days to get to Lvl5) you get more
> money every week (paycheck) and you get more tracks.
> $10 a month? Thats right, $10 a month. Scares a lot of folks off, good, more
> bandwidth for the rest of us. The way I look at this is what else could I
> spend $10 a month on that allows me to "play" (again, *** N4 fan, I
> need downtime from serious OL racing too) whenever I want for however long I
> want. $10 anywhere else might get you into a movie that will last 2 hours,
> won't even buy a music CD, might get lunch for 2 at Burger King. No, $10 a
> month for unlimited server time in a "game" is worth it to me so long as the
> game performs like it should. When I used get bored, I tended to go look at
> computer goodies at Best Buy. That always cost me more than $10 a month,
> with MCO I can go login and probably *lose* and hour or two and it not cost
> me more than $0.33 a day. Good economics in my house.
> Maybe I'm not so hung up on money because I already pay for an N4 server, a
> web hosting account for my N4 league, several ISPs, etc. Another $10 just
> isn't that big of a deal really.
> The game play is fine, there are bugs, sure. Someone show me the absolute
> bug free patch for N4. Papy said it was done with N4, MCO looks for patches
> everytime you login. If EA is sturggling and MCO folds, guess what, they
> can't charge you anymore for services they aren't providing, so EA's
> troubles are not a legitimate excuse for not trying it. Neither is the
> money, your first month is free. Sure you have to get the game, but how many
> games do you have onthe shelf that you paid $40 for that you played a little
> and haven't run since or at least in a long while? Several Im sure. Mine are
> N3, N3 CTS, and NHeat.
> Im not trying to defend MCO, or start any argument. MCO is not a sim and
> truly doesn't belong in r.a.s. just like NHeat and a few others, but hey, it
> has wheels and you can drive it. Just think of what you can really get for
> $10 a month somewhere else before you bash MCO. I'm sure if you could run on
> a GPL or N4 server 24/7/365 you'd pay $10 a month for it and you can't
> upgrade you car, lol.
> Just some thoughts, I like MCO. It is the best car *game* to come along in a
> while.