July 24 is Gamer Christmas. Don’t ask. Don’t research it on wiki. Just take my geeky word for it

Who created it, you ask?

ME!

Why?

BECAUSE I CAN!

GC Claus has come to grace us with one question:

“Ho ho ho! What would you want to happen in HKO?”

 
Yep, simple as that.

What’s all this talk about PvP? I’ve been patrolling the forums and encounter this. As much as anyone would like to deny it or not, PvP is such a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE aspect of any aspiring MMO since it fosters competition and the basest instinct of the human psyche: COMBAT.

Sure, MMOs like World of Warcraft, Guild Wars or… Flyff have some sort of PvP be it bashing each other’s face in or… yeah… bashing face.

Anyway, HKO is an MMO albeit a wholly different one, it’s still an MMO nonetheless. Although we cannot have “hundreds of identical mouthless kitties in a pit fight to the death” we would still have some form of competition for high scores. People love high scores, right? Well, the minigames is platform enough for people to compete in. I must admit, during the CB, we only had a teaspoonful of minigames to play. For the OB, on the other hand, we have around 20 (give or take) minigames. That’s a lot.

We may not have an option to thwak each other with small brooms until kingdom come but this form of “PvP’ is suited for the kind of game HKO wants to be.

I come here hat in hand to ask you people what kind of PvP you want for this game? I must admit that the system (minigames) cannot be changed and it’s already etched in stone. You can help me with thinking of how to reward players who hold the top scores for the minigames. In-game buffs, perhaps? Exclusive and premium items? You tell me.

Oh, and another favor, spread the word.

I’m going to take a break off speculating for a bit. You know, skulking here and thinking about all the goodness that could come out of the Open Beta of HKO can put a epicly huge strain on my wee, little brain that could leave the uninitiated ALL.BURNED.OUT.

Aaaanywho, there ar two things in this oh so adorable planet that makes my boat float:

1. Magic: The Gathering

2. The Simpsons (although, I’m not a fan of the latest Simpsons episodes because theyre devastatingly DROLL)

So yeah, I was idling inside the forums of mtgsalvation (inside the rumor mill, of course) and found this yummy little picture:

That, my friends is the Belligerent Hatchling. Sure, great art and all but it’s not exactly “blowing my skirt”.

“But, but Mr. Neverender, whatever do you mean!? How is this related to the Simpsons?”

If you look closely at the picture, you will notice a swarm of bees coming out of the weird, six-legged octopus-dog thingie that reminded me of a delightful little scene in the Simpsons where Bart was adopted by Mr. Burns to be his heir. Homer, determined to get his son back, charges Mr. Burns’ home. He gets stopped at the door by Smithers and Burns and the truant boy. Bart shrugs off his father’s pleas and says that he’d rather stay with the withering, old man.

Mr Burns: I suggest you leave immediately.
Homer: Or what? You’ll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you? Well, go ahead—do your worst!

Do I sense Simpsons fans amongst the great minds behind Magic: The Gathering? I hope so.

So… what happens when you put a diverse set of monsters in a secluded forest with nothing but rage and animosity towards each other?

PET BATTLE ROYALE

That’s right. Tooth and nail, horn and claw, wing and talon. In the end, there can only be two:

With the last two standing, the ground unfolds and molten rock shoot out. It’s epic, I tell ya. This setting will make Dante’s Inferno look like a ski resort.

Gasp! Will there be pet battles in HKO? Oh no! That would be so sweet! Wouldn’t you want your pets to duke it out with the monsters of other players? Of course, no one dies.

But I think the ultimate noodle-scratcher is WILL THERE BE PET BATTLES?! Only time… will tell.