310 people. Not bad for the very last talk of the conference. Surprisingly few were friends of mine humoring me (and where were you guys anyway?) And shockingly few people got up and left halfway through it!

I proposed the talk in desperate hopes of finally getting a GDC speech. After four years of proposing MMO-specific talks, I wanted to do something else — but all I’ve ever designed is MMOs. What could I do a talk on that wasn’t that?

The talk went well, even though the guy handling my AV couldn’t seem to get the bottom half of my powerpoint presentation to show up. For those who wanted to see my slides in all their glory, I’ve put them up here.

Edit: I cleaned up some typos, and made the powerpoint presentation do a better job of speaking for itself (i.e. without me standing in front of it). Those who want to download it and use it may feel free to do so, so long as I remain attributed.

Original comments thread is here.