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11 year gamer, with more years to come. Future game designer if fate will have it.

The only Otaku in my household, and its resident cosplayer.
Favorites:
Gurren Lagann
Durarara!!
Bleach
Eureka Seven
Black Lagoon

Current Games:

360: Vanquish, SSFIV, El Shaddai Demo

PS2: Samurai Legend Musashi, The Matrix: The Path of Neo

3DS: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Pokemon White

PSP: Persona 3 Portable

iPhone: King of Fighters-i, SFIV: Volt, Deathsmiles, DoDonPachi Resurrection

Current Music:
The Roots
Kishida Kyoudan and the Akeboshi Rockets



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I Got Into the OnLive Beta!!!
LegendPenguin | 1:21 PM on 07.17.2010 3 comments


...Which is what this post would be about. The feeling of finally getting to experience the possible future of console killers (not my words) was abound when I got the E-mail saying I was a Founding Member.

Then this line came up:

Internet Connection: Wired (not wireless) 5Mbps connection located inside the contiguous United States

I then backtracked, and read through the intro paragraph:

Upon completing registration, you will receive 12 months of free access to the OnLive Game Service on your PC or Mac via a wired broadband connection

I get the feeling I missed something when I read posts here and across the internets about this thing. I don't recall OnLive requiring wired 'net in order to work. Of course I was under the impression that half, if not the majority of the goddamn U.S. of A had wireless, henceforth allowing OnLive to market the beta towards that standard. Seems like the logical thing to do, you know? Try the major market first, then handle the rest later. Of course I might just be jumping the gun here, and maybe they'll slap the taste out of my mouth later with a beta for wireless connections 2 f-king years down the road. Jesus. Catch up people. You've already got a wall of folks saying this either "won't work" or, "is a waste of time." Not a good way to increase your fanbase.

But again, I'm probably jumping the gun.



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Zyrshnikashnu's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2010 02:56
Zyrshnikashnu
Wireless introduces additional latency that the service apparently cannot yet deal with. They want to get the thing out the door as soon as possible so they can start selling subscriptions, and it apparently works fine over wired connections.

Unfortunately, I haven't even been able to try that yet. My current 3 Mbps connection is too wimpy for OnLive. :(
LegendPenguin's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2010 11:04
LegendPenguin
Ah, so I guess I did jump the gun a little. Sorry to hear about the low connection, Zyr
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