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Singularity 6 Formed By Former Riot Devs, Looks to Create MMO With a

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited August 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageSingularity 6 Formed By Former Riot Devs, Looks to Create MMO With a

In a report from Variety, it looks like Singularity 6, a start-up by former Riot Games developers, has secured $16.5 million in Series-A financing.

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  • vegetableoilvegetableoil Member RarePosts: 768
    tldr, they want to make mmo fantasy setting. the end.
  • TehaniTehani Member UncommonPosts: 18
    Good luck with the new project Singularity 6

    I like the ethos so I am looking forward to see what the future holds, keep up the good work :)
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  • AeanderAeander Member LegendaryPosts: 7,820
    Just leave out the yordles and don't make anything else like them.
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  • PhaserlightPhaserlight Member EpicPosts: 3,071
    A virtual community?  As opposed to an actual community?

    ...or is this a virtual reality thing?
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 22,824
    Interesting news, lets hope we get a good MMO out of it.
  • ScellowScellow Member RarePosts: 398
    "mmo with a virtual community" ??
    this statement itself means they don't understand what an MMO is
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  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
    Nice article. Good luck to this new game. I will continue to wish them well until they try to sell me a +5 Friendship Bracelet in some cash shop.

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  • MD24MD24 Member UncommonPosts: 24
    Not sure the 'Virtual community' is a good idea, many mmorpg games regardless old or new, people in games are getting more and more toxic, it reflects the tension between people in real world. The world has changed in the past two decades, the good old game community no longer exists.
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  • GreatnessGreatness Member UncommonPosts: 2,180


    tldr, they want to make mmo fantasy setting. the end.



    They will think about an MMO that will turn into a battle Royale.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,937
    MD24 said:
    Not sure the 'Virtual community' is a good idea, many mmorpg games regardless old or new, people in games are getting more and more toxic, it reflects the tension between people in real world. The world has changed in the past two decades, the good old game community no longer exists.
    I think people have been toxic for a long time. They just have a better platform they can use to express it.

    When something like "the internet" or "online games" becomes more mainstream you get the rest of the people who are the toxic, unhappy mass you refer to.

    Early games people who were the early adopters, the geeks, those who found it novel to interact with others in a way that they could only dream of sitting around their tables with their dice.

    Now you get the joe schmos who can boot up a game without much thought and just inflict themselves on everyone because they find it fun.
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  • HatefullHatefull Member EpicPosts: 2,502

    Sovrath said:


    MD24 said:

    Not sure the 'Virtual community' is a good idea, many mmorpg games regardless old or new, people in games are getting more and more toxic, it reflects the tension between people in real world. The world has changed in the past two decades, the good old game community no longer exists.


    I think people have been toxic for a long time. They just have a better platform they can use to express it.

    When something like "the internet" or "online games" becomes more mainstream you get the rest of the people who are the toxic, unhappy mass you refer to.

    Early games people who were the early adopters, the geeks, those who found it novel to interact with others in a way that they could only dream of sitting around their tables with their dice.

    Now you get the joe schmos who can boot up a game without much thought and just inflict themselves on everyone because they find it fun.



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  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,838

    Greatness said:





    tldr, they want to make mmo fantasy setting. the end.






    They will think about an MMO that will turn into a battle Royale.



    As long as there is PvP players will be able to handle it.
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  • WarEnsembleWarEnsemble Member UncommonPosts: 252
    Shrug - LoL is a good game for being free. If they focus on making quality content and not the SWJ/snowflake crap they mentioned above, it will be a good game.
  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    A nice initiative.
    They're right that we could do with a more social game where everything isn't about PvP or having better gear than the player next to you.

    I'm curious to see what'll come of it, since I like most of the games they've mentioned as strong influences.

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  • GroqstrongGroqstrong Member RarePosts: 815
    edited August 2019

    MD24 said:

    Not sure the 'Virtual community' is a good idea, many mmorpg games regardless old or new, people in games are getting more and more toxic, it reflects the tension between people in real world. The world has changed in the past two decades, the good old game community no longer exists.



    I have to disagree. Some games or even in different servers of a game you can have a great community. I have had a real positive community experience with GW2 compared with Bless omg it was terrible.

    Look to this site as an example, we have many debates and opinions and even we are pretty passionate at times but we pretty much keep it cordial.
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,435
    edited August 2019
    So, formed in 2018, just secured solid funding, we should see something released in say....6 to 8 years?
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  • HashbrickHashbrick Member RarePosts: 1,851
    Perfect setup... all men, 1 woman. I don;t see anything wrong with that at all... Totally not going down the Riot history at all. Everything is all peaches and roses until all of a sudden there is some man splaining and ball slapping going around.

    That said, these guys (and 1 girl) don't know what an MMO was if it hit them in the ass. There will be nothing of value here and investor money wasted.
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  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,125
    So virtual NPC players in the guise of an MMO, like Animal crossing where you form friendships with NPC AI because real people suck?
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,435
    edited August 2019
    Hashbrick said:
    Perfect setup... all men, 1 woman. I don;t see anything wrong with that at all... Totally not going down the Riot history at all. Everything is all peaches and roses until all of a sudden there is some man splaining and ball slapping going around.

    That said, these guys (and 1 girl) don't know what an MMO was if it hit them in the ass. There will be nothing of value here and investor money wasted.
    In all fairness, only 18% of female college students are in a technology major,  so hiring more women is challenging.

    My employer has been trying very hard to increase the number of female technologists and is up to 30% or so worldwide.




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  • MyrdynnMyrdynn Member RarePosts: 2,479
    call me in 5 years
  • MyrdynnMyrdynn Member RarePosts: 2,479
    Kyleran said:
    Hashbrick said:
    Perfect setup... all men, 1 woman. I don;t see anything wrong with that at all... Totally not going down the Riot history at all. Everything is all peaches and roses until all of a sudden there is some man splaining and ball slapping going around.

    That said, these guys (and 1 girl) don't know what an MMO was if it hit them in the ass. There will be nothing of value here and investor money wasted.
    In all fairness, only 18% of female college students are in a technology major,  so hiring more women is challenging.

    My employer has been trying very hard to increase the number of female technologists and is up to 30% or so worldwide.




    they really shouldn't try to get women into these fields in just cause of numbers, I am so sick of this nonsense.  If the best person for the job is a male then he should get it.  Me personally in my field, have never found a women capable of doing what every single guy I have hired does.  They do other parts of the business better, and would say I haven't found a male capable of doing what they do

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  • zonechaoszonechaos Member UncommonPosts: 2

    DMKano said:

    You know how you build a virtual community?



    Build a solid game that is deep and has solid gameplay and virtual community will follow.



    Examples SWG, UO, AC... and other gen1 games where the depth of gameplay was the main feature.



    Those games have actual communities...
  • Terc182Terc182 Newbie CommonPosts: 3
    Build a fun game and leave the social engineering to politicians!
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  • RidelynnRidelynn Member EpicPosts: 7,383

    Kyleran said:


    Hashbrick said:

    Perfect setup... all men, 1 woman. I don;t see anything wrong with that at all... Totally not going down the Riot history at all. Everything is all peaches and roses until all of a sudden there is some man splaining and ball slapping going around.



    That said, these guys (and 1 girl) don't know what an MMO was if it hit them in the ass. There will be nothing of value here and investor money wasted.


    In all fairness, only 18% of female college students are in a technology major,  so hiring more women is challenging.

    My employer has been trying very hard to increase the number of female technologists and is up to 30% or so worldwide.







    This is true. Last hire I had posted an opening for, I had 150 resumes to sort through. None of the applicants were female. I couldn't even hire diversely if I had needed to.
  • MyrdynnMyrdynn Member RarePosts: 2,479
    Ridelynn said:

    Kyleran said:


    Hashbrick said:

    Perfect setup... all men, 1 woman. I don;t see anything wrong with that at all... Totally not going down the Riot history at all. Everything is all peaches and roses until all of a sudden there is some man splaining and ball slapping going around.



    That said, these guys (and 1 girl) don't know what an MMO was if it hit them in the ass. There will be nothing of value here and investor money wasted.


    In all fairness, only 18% of female college students are in a technology major,  so hiring more women is challenging.

    My employer has been trying very hard to increase the number of female technologists and is up to 30% or so worldwide.







    This is true. Last hire I had posted an opening for, I had 150 resumes to sort through. None of the applicants were female. I couldn't even hire diversely if I had needed to.
    lucky you, less chance of sexual harassment charges and discrimination nonsense
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