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BHSPitMonkey

Ah, but the Latin translation is purely coincidence. Any true LEGO afficionado can tell you that the name comes from the Danish "leg godt" which means (say it with me, class) "play well". Funny, I seem to remember that being their company slogan of late...

And there is no plural of "LEGO" because it is not a noun. It is a trademarked name that should only be used as an adjective.

Purple Dave

LEGO is latin for "i build", therefore plural of LEGO is LEGO.

is LEGO the Kotaku Pointing Fishes' most recent posts' subject (they charge heaps, make kewl stuffs and they may even fly their staff to meetings)?

actual comment alert;

if its to make proper use of building with LEGO then it should be like at home: limited brick sets.
(ie. you only have whats in your set, not an infinite supply)

There IS an infinite supply of LEGO in LEGO Digital Designer

rfa

also, regarding this statement:

There will be building components.

korisu

*sigh* Okay, here's the straight rundown on how to properly use the name in question. It's not legos. It's not Legos. It's not LEGOs. And it's certainly not supposed to be pluralized (LEGO's or any variant thereof). It's not even supposed to be used as a noun. It's LEGO blocks/bricks/toys/etc., with the full name being in all-caps. And when being used in print (particularly by any member of the press), the first use of any trademark owned by The LEGO Group should always include the appropriate trademark tag. In the case of a trademark that has been around long enough to make it all the way through the process and become a registered trademark, it's the little (R) symbol (e.g. LEGO®). If it's a fairly new line that's currently undergoing the registration process, it's the (TM) symbol (e.g. EXO-FORCE™). And since every proper rule should have at least one exception, you don't ever use the trademark symbol on the word "LEGO" when it's being used as part of a company name, like The LEGO Group, The LEGO Company, LEGO Direct, or LEGO Shop at Home.

"Please let there be pirates
Please let there be fucking pirates"

Dude, make up your mind. Do you want Johnny and Orlando, or do you want Nigel and Bluebeard? On a guess, you probably can't have both.

"In fact, forget the kids. Ima go buy me some lego :D"

Why not start with style? Buy this:
http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=10179&cn=416&d...

Purple Dave

icelight

AndrewDB

That alone make me very encouraged about the potential of this game, after all that fearful speculation about "Second Life with Legos"

Jawajoey

Marlor

I don't care how good it is, and I don't care if half of it disappears into the carpet for me to step on when I'm in bare feet- when I get kids, I'm buying them the real thing. I'm even going to hang out and use it with them.

In fact, forget the kids. Ima go buy me some lego :D

DuctTape

SnowflakePillow

LEGO's?

Ok - now you're just doing this to annoy me.

:)

Yes to Pirates - mmm lovely Piratey goodness -

http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/6285-1.jpg

MacHarper

Take the basics of Lego Star Wars already.

Destructable environments, currency in Lego studs, and the ability to customize your avatar.

Now lets take MMO concepts. Classes and races would be of course based on how you made your avatar, like Space themed avatars would inherit space attributes, Town themed avatars would inherit town attributes, and so on and so forth.

Character development would be through leveling up by killing lego creatures / enemies. You gain studs for money and pieces to build stuff.

You can buy pieces, trade for pieces, get them via drops (or destroying parts of the environment) and use those pieces to build stuff.

Stuff like....Mounts/Vehicles for your avatar to ride around in. I can imagine wheels, engines, etc would fetch a high price. You can build anything from walkers, to rolling vehicles, to flying vehicles, to boats and submarines and space vehicles. You can also have access to lego animals like horses, dinosaurs, dragons or trolls (if you throw in the Lego Harry Potter animals).

You could also build weapons, i personally made a lot of lego 6 miniguns.

You could of buy plots of land and build Lego homes and castles, mix themes up and have satellite dishes with Wild West and Knights and things of that nature.

There would of course be quests for rarer and more powerful pieces, faster wheels, bigger rocket engines, etc.

A MMORPG with LEGO is not too difficult to imagine. Implementing is another question entirely.

syp

I don't know, I'm a little skeptical. LEGO's are cool, but in an MMO environment? If it's kid oriented how will they keep people from ruining the game (and children) with obscene LEGO constructions? Will there actually be a storyline? Will it be an RPG? An action game? Not a game? Is it going to be second life for kids?

I'm going to stick with "it's to early to tell", and just hope that everything works out for the best.

Verum

j/k ;-)

wezelboy

So, like, some of your creations in the game could have programmable, independent counterparts in real life. That would be really cool.

m1lkb0ne

I loved lego as a kid, and even though my parents often didn't spring for the fancy themed sets, i DID happen to get a pirate set for christmas that rocked my socks off. Some of the most fun I've had in my childhood, filling the gap between Commander Keen and Nintendo 64.

OH! And get this, i had this simple lego airplane from some time earlier, so... I MIXED THEM TOGETHER! Pirates on a plane!

That's the potential that a LEGO MMO game has, and I am greatly looking forward to it. However, I think it is in everyone's best interest if they have little or no monthly fees; this is the kind of thing that will attract children to online gaming (foresight: LEGO pedo stalkers), but kids dont have $40 monthly allowances or easy access to credit card info.

Graedus

http://factory.lego.com/default.aspx

(You have to have an account.)

MrCitizen

legos legos legos legos legos legos LEGOS

der-Karl

hemlock_martini

...assuming that the bumrape isn't in effect, like the typical MMO.

N-Bomb

stutte

Narsil

Of course it would be 'Classic' Lego Space.

MacHarper

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notquiteallhere

Man, someone should hire me.

Fuzz

I assume 'game' should be 'company'?

Haggis

phinehas

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rgrenville

kidko

withaneight

Joel Johnson

The LEGO company and (brand) hate it when it is bastardised in this way.

I'm all for a LEGO mmo.

MacHarper