Comments on: Shawn Fanning’s New Social Network Will Comply With WoW http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:49:07 -0800 hourly 1 By: Tech Moz - Tech News » Blog Archive » Who Bought Rupture? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-2135278 Tech Moz - Tech News » Blog Archive » Who Bought Rupture? Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:34:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-2135278 [...] knew something was up when Shawn Fanning’s startup Rupture, an unlaunched social network around gaming, delayed and delayed their launch. Well, it turns out, say multiple sources, that Rupture was able [...] [...] knew something was up when Shawn Fanning’s startup Rupture, an unlaunched social network around gaming, delayed and delayed their launch. Well, it turns out, say multiple sources, that Rupture was able [...]

]]> By: Who Bought Rupture? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-2000006 Who Bought Rupture? Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:19:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-2000006 [...] knew something was up when Shawn Fanning’s startup Rupture, an unlaunched social network around gaming, delayed and delayed their launch. Well, it turns out, say multiple sources, that Rupture was able [...] [...] knew something was up when Shawn Fanning’s startup Rupture, an unlaunched social network around gaming, delayed and delayed their launch. Well, it turns out, say multiple sources, that Rupture was able [...]

]]> By: DEPRESSIONE http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-1197037 DEPRESSIONE Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:46:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-1197037 yes i agree with you yes i agree with you

]]> By: Vince http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-760519 Vince Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:20:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-760519 And another one that could rupture (lol) Rupture with MMO Social. <a href="http://www.mmosocial.com" rel="nofollow">MMOSocial </a> And another one that could rupture (lol) Rupture with MMO Social.

MMOSocial

]]> By: Andrew Garrett’s Scroll of Emptiness » 2007 - the year of mobile social networking? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-688302 Andrew Garrett’s Scroll of Emptiness » 2007 - the year of mobile social networking? Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:09:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-688302 [...] Devices like the iPhone mean that any social network is potentially a mobile social network.  Where those that are more dedicated to the mobile market will (I hope) have the edge, is in being able to leverage mobile-specific information - with defined ‘zones’ known to the device (based on which cell tower you’re talking to), with the ability to detect friend-proximity in meat-space.  Moving that out further into virtual spaces (WoW, or Second Life) adds another dimension, and I think that’s something we’ll start to see soon, with the open sourcing of the Second Life client, and Shawn Fanning’s new (pending?) Social Network, which will have hooks into Warcraft. [...] [...] Devices like the iPhone mean that any social network is potentially a mobile social network.  Where those that are more dedicated to the mobile market will (I hope) have the edge, is in being able to leverage mobile-specific information – with defined ‘zones’ known to the device (based on which cell tower you’re talking to), with the ability to detect friend-proximity in meat-space.  Moving that out further into virtual spaces (WoW, or Second Life) adds another dimension, and I think that’s something we’ll start to see soon, with the open sourcing of the Second Life client, and Shawn Fanning’s new (pending?) Social Network, which will have hooks into Warcraft. [...]

]]> By: Allen Sligar http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-491921 Allen Sligar Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:42:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-491921 Update on this: As of yesterdays patch it looks like WOW pre-empted this effort by including a social utility tool: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/lookingforgroup.html Not quite the same, but one wonders: Why use this when people have VOIP (Ventrillo) and Skype as well? PS: Im not sure why my prior post is now MIA :) Update on this:

As of yesterdays patch it looks like WOW pre-empted this effort by including a social utility tool:

http://www.worl...ngforgroup.html

Not quite the same, but one wonders:

Why use this when people have VOIP (Ventrillo) and Skype as well?

PS: Im not sure why my prior post is now MIA :)

]]> By: lab:kloud9 - Gaming, the new blog hype http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-482810 lab:kloud9 - Gaming, the new blog hype Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:38:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-482810 [...] The fragmented nature of web 2.0 has been one that influenced the creation of web services for sometime. We, as users, often tend to apply several different technologies and products for managing the content and interests of our day-to-day life. This has created a universe of tabbed browsing, multiple IM windows and social bookmarking services. A number of diversions from one single action to a range of different brain activities occurring all at once. This is quite the opposite from the world of gaming where you succumb to one action, one window in one world for hours and hours. Which means a totally different focus and also use of the web, its the social web but on a much deeper and profound level. When you interact with people in a very personal way and also since there’s no distractions and often a level of anonymity, there is a purer interaction since it’s likely that both users are concentrating on just this interaction and nothing else. After I started writing this post there has been some excitement in the blogosphere for services that create new platforms to interact inside the already established community, if this will take focus from the gaming part or not I can’t really tell. [...] [...] The fragmented nature of web 2.0 has been one that influenced the creation of web services for sometime. We, as users, often tend to apply several different technologies and products for managing the content and interests of our day-to-day life. This has created a universe of tabbed browsing, multiple IM windows and social bookmarking services. A number of diversions from one single action to a range of different brain activities occurring all at once. This is quite the opposite from the world of gaming where you succumb to one action, one window in one world for hours and hours. Which means a totally different focus and also use of the web, its the social web but on a much deeper and profound level. When you interact with people in a very personal way and also since there’s no distractions and often a level of anonymity, there is a purer interaction since it’s likely that both users are concentrating on just this interaction and nothing else. After I started writing this post there has been some excitement in the blogosphere for services that create new platforms to interact inside the already established community, if this will take focus from the gaming part or not I can’t really tell. [...]

]]> By: daniel http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-478046 daniel Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:44:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-478046 "The site will have a WoW plugin so that players can network within Rupture directly from the game" As anyone who ever wrote a "plugin" for World of Warcraft will tell you, it is impossible to interact directly from any addon that runs within the game to anything external outside of the game's client (like file system or network). The game's client caches any data the addon uses and stores it into the file system when the client terminates (and reads it upon client start). The only way they can automatically transfer information to/from the WoW game client is by external utilities that users will have to run separately. It was done before by many addon developers and proved to be semi successful since most of the game's ~7 million subscribers don't care about addons and certainly don't like running some separate 3rd utility outside of the game's context. “The site will have a WoW plugin so that players can network within Rupture directly from the game”

As anyone who ever wrote a “plugin” for World of Warcraft will tell you, it is impossible to interact directly from any addon that runs within the game to anything external outside of the game’s client (like file system or network). The game’s client caches any data the addon uses and stores it into the file system when the client terminates (and reads it upon client start).

The only way they can automatically transfer information to/from the WoW game client is by external utilities that users will have to run separately. It was done before by many addon developers and proved to be semi successful since most of the game’s ~7 million subscribers don’t care about addons and certainly don’t like running some separate 3rd utility outside of the game’s context.

]]> By: Roy G. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-477797 Roy G. Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:15:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-477797 A good friend of yours? Joi is that you? haha A good friend of yours? Joi is that you? haha

]]> By: Heroic http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-476272 Heroic Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:37:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-476272 A good friend of mine is helping them test - I have not used it directly, from what I've seen warcraftsocial isn't even in the same league. I think the problem is that the phrase "social network" is misleading. It seems that they have combined a whole range of features that fit well together - for example, the stats and ladder ranking system they are developing is something I have wanted for two years. They may have social networking features but in calling it a social network they are probably underselling their product -- maybe they just don't have a term for it yet. A good friend of mine is helping them test – I have not used it directly, from what I’ve seen warcraftsocial isn’t even in the same league. I think the problem is that the phrase “social network” is misleading. It seems that they have combined a whole range of features that fit well together – for example, the stats and ladder ranking system they are developing is something I have wanted for two years. They may have social networking features but in calling it a social network they are probably underselling their product — maybe they just don’t have a term for it yet.

]]> By: Tristen http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-475007 Tristen Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:56:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-475007 Short of a partnering agreement (not going to happen) this won't clear legal...and by the looks of things by the time they have it up warcraftsocial.com will have a commanding marketshare on this kind of thing.....although if it does go thru I can see rupture buying out these other sites for their player bases. Short of a partnering agreement (not going to happen) this won’t clear legal…and by the looks of things by the time they have it up warcraftsocial.com will have a commanding marketshare on this kind of thing…..although if it does go thru I can see rupture buying out these other sites for their player bases.

]]> By: Rich Miller http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-474977 Rich Miller Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:46:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-474977 Natali's first post on this mentioned that Rupture would be ad-supported, which may raise issues with the World of Warcraft ToS. Many MMORPG fan sites and news sites use Google AdSense to monetize their sites. AdSense will typically deliver ads related to the sale of WoW gold and other game assets at online exchanges such as IGE. Real money trading (RMT) remains a sticky wicket in the MMO world. Such trading is commonplace, but technically violates the terms of service of many games. Since players are also split on RMT, (some are clearly buying and selling, while others object to it) some news sites have sworn off ad revenue from IGE and other market makers. Ten Ton Hammer and Warcry have done this ... not sure about others. Natali’s first post on this mentioned that Rupture would be ad-supported, which may raise issues with the World of Warcraft ToS. Many MMORPG fan sites and news sites use Google AdSense to monetize their sites. AdSense will typically deliver ads related to the sale of WoW gold and other game assets at online exchanges such as IGE.

Real money trading (RMT) remains a sticky wicket in the MMO world. Such trading is commonplace, but technically violates the terms of service of many games. Since players are also split on RMT, (some are clearly buying and selling, while others object to it) some news sites have sworn off ad revenue from IGE and other market makers. Ten Ton Hammer and Warcry have done this … not sure about others.

]]> By: cruel to be kind http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-474044 cruel to be kind Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:50:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-474044 <strong>Is your virtual life different from your real life?...</strong> [This is the english version of my german entry "Das virtuelle Leben als Spielart des ersten - oder als komplette Alternative?] I saw on Techcrunch an article about a new social software site called Rupture will have a plugin for Wow and that they... Is your virtual life different from your real life?…

[This is the english version of my german entry "Das virtuelle Leben als Spielart des ersten - oder als komplette Alternative?]

I saw on Techcrunch an article about a new social software site called Rupture will have a plugin for Wow and that they…

]]> By: beissholz.de - von bissig bis garstig. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-473990 beissholz.de - von bissig bis garstig. Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:22:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-473990 <strong>Das virtuelle Leben als Spielart des ersten - oder als komplette Alternative?...</strong> Ich lese gerade Berichte über ein neues Social-Networking-Tool (*schnarch*) welches wohl besondere Aufmerksamkeit erhält, weil der Gründer einen nicht unbekannter ist: ... Das virtuelle Leben als Spielart des ersten – oder als komplette Alternative?…

Ich lese gerade Berichte über ein neues Social-Networking-Tool (*schnarch*) welches wohl besondere Aufmerksamkeit erhält, weil der Gründer einen nicht unbekannter ist: …

]]> By: Steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-473330 Steve Sat, 02 Dec 2006 12:36:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-473330 I wonder why Blizzard can't just build this rupture-like feature into their exisiting game? I wonder why Blizzard can’t just build this rupture-like feature into their exisiting game?

]]> By: ciske http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-471641 ciske Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:56:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-471641 I guess I don't understand how this is much different then some of the current Guild hosting solutions like http://www.guilduniverse.com. They already have an estabilshed base of guilds (over 13000 guilds). Not to mention it's already monitized. I guess I don’t understand how this is much different then some of the current Guild hosting solutions like http://www.guilduniverse.com. They already have an estabilshed base of guilds (over 13000 guilds). Not to mention it’s already monitized.

]]> By: Say No to Crack http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-471521 Say No to Crack Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:33:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-471521 I'm totally not a WoW player, but isn't it reasonable to believe that by 1-2 years from now something else will be taking WoW's place of dominance? I remember a few years back EVERYONE was playing Everclear ... which doesn't even seem to be on the radar anymore. Seems like basing a social network around a single game is a little risky, although social networks probably have a pretty short half life now too, so I guess it's just a matter of timing. I’m totally not a WoW player, but isn’t it reasonable to believe that by 1-2 years from now something else will be taking WoW’s place of dominance? I remember a few years back EVERYONE was playing Everclear … which doesn’t even seem to be on the radar anymore.

Seems like basing a social network around a single game is a little risky, although social networks probably have a pretty short half life now too, so I guess it’s just a matter of timing.

]]> By: The Geek http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-471405 The Geek Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:48:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-471405 I wasn't aware that WoW even supported plugins. Is it a hack, or do they have an open API ? I wasn’t aware that WoW even supported plugins. Is it a hack, or do they have an open API ?

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-471309 David Mackey Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:22:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-471309 WoW is a big market. He might be on to something. WoW is a big market. He might be on to something.

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Shawn Fanningが始める新SNSはWoW利用規約に触れない http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-471117 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Shawn Fanningが始める新SNSはWoW利用規約に触れない Sat, 02 Dec 2006 02:24:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-471117 [...] [原文へ] Napster Rupture Snocap World of Warcraft [...] [...] [原文へ] Napster Rupture Snocap World of Warcraft [...]

]]> By: Tastypoo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-471086 Tastypoo Sat, 02 Dec 2006 02:11:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-471086 Wow, this is going to be so awesome. Thanks for posting about this man, I probably wouldn't have found about it so soon. Wow, this is going to be so awesome. Thanks for posting about this man, I probably wouldn’t have found about it so soon.

]]> By: Simple http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-470968 Simple Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:31:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-470968 Facesofwow has been around a lot longer - warcraftsocial.com is basically the same thing. From what i've read, it sounds like Rupture is actually collecting the details about characters and my personal and guild raiding stats - as a long time gamer, I have no interest in just posting my photo up on some random site. However, if somebody is checking out my most recent stats and I have a pic and personal info behind it -- thats interesting. Facesofwow has been around a lot longer – warcraftsocial.com is basically the same thing. From what i’ve read, it sounds like Rupture is actually collecting the details about characters and my personal and guild raiding stats – as a long time gamer, I have no interest in just posting my photo up on some random site. However, if somebody is checking out my most recent stats and I have a pic and personal info behind it — thats interesting.

]]> By: Rulepark http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-470849 Rulepark Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:01:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-470849 Is the idea all about having an alternative BATTLE. net connection or rather what we called virtual L.A.N. network using peer to peer technogy. If that is really the case, we already have one that I am using it so often now. The software is called Hamachi. Feel free to check it out below. The site add :- http://www.hamachi.cc/ Can any1 tell me what is his concept of idea is all about? Is the idea all about having an alternative BATTLE. net connection or rather what we called virtual L.A.N. network using peer to peer technogy. If that is really the case, we already have one that I am using it so often now. The software is called Hamachi. Feel free to check it out below.

The site add :- http://www.hamachi.cc/

Can any1 tell me what is his concept of idea is all about?

]]> By: Jessup http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-470588 Jessup Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:43:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-470588 There's already too much software out there. Why launch another product? There are already too many model cars on the market. Why launch one more? Go Rupture! (I think it's much bigger than being a service for online games. There's so much left to explore; the meta SNS, for example) There’s already too much software out there. Why launch another product?

There are already too many model cars on the market. Why launch one more?

Go Rupture!

(I think it’s much bigger than being a service for online games. There’s so much left to explore; the meta SNS, for example)

]]> By: GigaOM » Shawn Fanning’s New Company http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-470562 GigaOM » Shawn Fanning’s New Company Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:36:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/01/shawn-fannings-new-social-network-will-comply-with-wow/#comment-470562 [...] Update 2: TechCrunch reports a Rupture spokesperson says the product will comply with WoW’s terms of use. We’ll let you know if we get any more specific information than that. [...] [...] Update 2: TechCrunch reports a Rupture spokesperson says the product will comply with WoW’s terms of use. We’ll let you know if we get any more specific information than that. [...]

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