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Guildwars Nightfall Wins MMORPG of 2006 from Gamespy

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  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087
    Originally posted by linuxgamer

    Massive Multiplayer - yes, millions of players questing together online, groups, raids, etc.



    Online - yes, online play is required



    Role Playing Game - yes, I have seen people role playing in this game



    They can call it a Giant Hot Dog for all I care. It is still an MMORPG and CORPG in my book. BTW, I think you can define any MMO as a CORPG if you look at the definition.



    Cooperative Play - WoW, EQ, GW

    Competative - Any MMO with PvP



    WoW and EQ have instancing also, just not as much as GW.
    LoL how true its all instancing exept of course in the chat rooms.

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  • GameloadingGameloading Member UncommonPosts: 14,182
    Originally posted by linuxgamer

    Massive Multiplayer - yes, millions of players questing together online, groups, raids, etc.



    Online - yes, online play is required



    Role Playing Game - yes, I have seen people role playing in this game



    They can call it a Giant Hot Dog for all I care. It is still an MMORPG and CORPG in my book. BTW, I think you can define any MMO as a CORPG if you look at the definition.



    Cooperative Play - WoW, EQ, GW

    Competative - Any MMO with PvP



    WoW and EQ have instancing also, just not as much as GW.
    Really? last time I checked, you could only play with a few people at the same time.
  • exanimoexanimo Member UncommonPosts: 1,301

    your defenition of playing is odd

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  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087
    Originally posted by neoteo


    your defenition of playing is odd
     
    So posting a Picture of some Gay Christmas NPC's is your reply then

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  • WARCRYtmWARCRYtm Member Posts: 875

    I start to doubt you ever played GW

    They are not NPCs.

    All thous Guys are PLAYERS

  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087
    Originally posted by WARCRYtm


    I start to doubt you ever played GW
    They are not NPCs.
    All thous Guys are PLAYERS



    And all dressed in Gay Elf outfits heh you fell into my trap.

    I guess this means a lot of gay stuff happens in Guildwars.

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  • exanimoexanimo Member UncommonPosts: 1,301


    Originally posted by LordSlater
    Originally posted by WARCRYtm I start to doubt you ever played GW
    They are not NPCs.
    All thous Guys are PLAYERS

    And all dressed in Gay Elf outfits heh you fell into my trap.
    I guess this means a lot of gay stuff happens in Guildwars.


    what does gayness have to do with anything

    good way to go offtopic ... call everyone gay noob

  • TyrranosaurTyrranosaur Member UncommonPosts: 284
    Originally posted by WARCRYtm


    MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) is a genre of online computer role-playing games (RPG) in which a large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world. As in all RPGs, players assume the role of a fictional character (most commonly in a fantasy setting) and take control over many of that character's actions. MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player RPGs by the number of players, and by the game's persistent world, usually hosted by the game's publisher, which continues to exist and evolve while the player is away from the game.
    A persistent world is a virtual world (often in a fantasy setting) that is used as a setting for a role-playing game, often online. The world is always available and world events happen continually.
    The persistency comes from maintaining and developing the state of the gaming world around the clock. Unlike with other games, a persistent world game's plots and events continue to develop even while some of the players are not playing their character. The comparison is to the real world where events occur that are not directly connected to a person, or continue to happen while a person sleeps, etc. Likewise, a player's character can also influence and change a persistent world. The degree to which a character can affect a world varies from game to game. (Since the game does not pause nor create player-accessible back-up files, a character's actions will have consequences that the player must deal with.)
    Persistent worlds do also exist in offline games, such as Animal Crossing (and its DS counterpart Wild World). Even though technically nothing happens while the game is off, the illusion of persistency is created by advancing events as soon as the game is turned on and using the GameCube's clock as a guide for what should have happened, making it seem like events occurred while the game was off.
    The term gained popularity with the growth in popularity of MMORPGs. It's also the term (frequently abbreviated as "PW") used by players of Neverwinter Nights to refer to MMORPG-like online environments created using the game's toolkit. The original AOL MMORPG of Neverwinter Nights was the first graphical persistent world RPG.
    Were GW doest feet here?
    ALL game websites, magazines,etc talk about GW as a MMORPG, just because this game tried a difrent way, we must be hold scholl and dont accept inovation?This is the future accept it.
    PS. I can play with 3M players insted of  3k

    Hmmmm! By definition, then, WoW is also not a persistent world setting, since the world does not actually evolve save through patches. All events in the game are scripted moments that reset over time....only participant characters can evolve, and technically someone else's character has no impact on your own, so that doesn't actually contribute to the persistent world idea as I am reading it here.

    But yeah, now I understand why GW wouldn't be labeled a MMORPG or a persistent world, since it is also a static world, which does evolve, but only at the pace set by the player, and since it's not a pervasive environment for everyone playing (effectively being a long chain of instances). Thanks for the clarification!

    Current MMOs: Rift, GW2, Defiance
    Blog: http://realmsofchirak.blogspot.com (old school tabletop gaming and more)

  • WARCRYtmWARCRYtm Member Posts: 875
    Take your time and read my post again.And the othhers from wer i take that informaton that also say GW is a presistent world.
  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087
    Originally posted by WARCRYtm

    Take your time and read my post again.And the othhers from wer i take that informaton that also say GW is a presistent world.



    Err yea whatever you say bud [smerks].

    Its funny how in this persistant world how after killing something you go back to the city/chatrrom and when you return everything ahs reset instantly.....yea real persistant.

     

    Sorry Guys but this game is hardly persistant or massive have fun dancing in your cute elf outfits and making out

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  • exanimoexanimo Member UncommonPosts: 1,301


    Originally posted by LordSlater

    Originally posted by WARCRYtm
    Take your time and read my post again.And the othhers from wer i take that informaton that also say GW is a presistent world.

    Err yea whatever you say bud [smerks].
    Its funny how in this persistant world how after killing something you go back to the city/chatrrom and when you return everything ahs reset instantly.....yea real persistant.
     
    Sorry Guys but this game is hardly persistant or massive have fun dancing in your cute elf outfits and making out


    lol

    just dont tell me you play wow , that would be really funny

    spwm camper

    here is something for you hardcore

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  • WARCRYtmWARCRYtm Member Posts: 875

    In other MMO´s wen you kill a mob it respowns, is the same thing in GW.

    Presistent means that that world is there wen you log out and other players change wen you are not there, see my other posts.

    If you want to know if this is a MMO or not. See other posts were Gameloading and i got to a conclusion. (we had a a good discution not a trol conversation, try to do that for a change)

    Noeteo Amazing piks

  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087
    Originally posted by neoteo


     

    Originally posted by LordSlater


    Originally posted by WARCRYtm

    Take your time and read my post again.And the othhers from wer i take that informaton that also say GW is a presistent world.

     

    Err yea whatever you say bud [smerks].

    Its funny how in this persistant world how after killing something you go back to the city/chatrrom and when you return everything ahs reset instantly.....yea real persistant.

     

    Sorry Guys but this game is hardly persistant or massive have fun dancing in your cute elf outfits and making out


     

    lol

    just dont tell me you play wow , that would be really funny

    spwm camper

    here is something for you hardcore
















    ? And what does that have to do with what i said?

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  • illeriller Member UncommonPosts: 518
    Probably b/c WoW fanboy is tantmount to being an EQ-Fanboy, if EQ Fanboys were all 13-17 year olds who will either eventually take guns to school one day and end up in Jail, OR live in their parent's basement all their lives buying nothing but Blizzard products because if they were the types of people who "got out there and played the field", they'd probably already have:  A) girlfriend, B) fulltime job, C) Their own apartment, D) all of the Above.  



     ...see, it's all about the Generation Gap
  • GameloadingGameloading Member UncommonPosts: 14,182
    Originally posted by neoteo


    your defenition of playing is odd



    Not exacly. I just don't consider chatting playing.
  • exanimoexanimo Member UncommonPosts: 1,301


    Originally posted by Gameloading
    Originally posted by neoteo your defenition of playing is odd
    Not exacly. I just don't consider chatting playing.

    well , i can see that here ... you take this preaty serius ..

    i just hope you have fun in the games you play

  • illeriller Member UncommonPosts: 518
    Well obviously if he's coming here, it's to take a break from playing.... goes without saying. 

    ...But good lord that's an alarmingly high post count...  Where does he find time to play at all?
  • exanimoexanimo Member UncommonPosts: 1,301


    Originally posted by iller
    Well obviously if he's coming here, it's to take a break from playing.... goes without saying. 
    ...But good lord that's an alarmingly high post count...  Where does he find time to play at all?

    if he didnt say that chating was not playing , i would see no problem in 5000 posts.
    now if he is not having fun typing in this forums , that is a problem

    edit to add this video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74VuaoVyd9g

    lissen carefully to what they say about mmos , i agree 100%

    MMOs are about socializing ! chating , meeting people ...

    gameloading , you fail the basic purpuse of playing mmos when you said chating is not playing ...

    what the heck do you do in mmos ?

  • GameloadingGameloading Member UncommonPosts: 14,182
    Originally posted by neoteo


     

    Originally posted by iller

    Well obviously if he's coming here, it's to take a break from playing.... goes without saying. 

    ...But good lord that's an alarmingly high post count...  Where does he find time to play at all?

    if he didnt say that chating was not playing , i would see no problem in 5000 posts.

    now if he is not having fun typing in this forums , that is a problem

    edit to add this video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74VuaoVyd9g

    lissen carefully to what they say about mmos , i agree 100%

    MMOs are about socializing ! chating , meeting people ...

    gameloading , you fail the basic purpuse of playing mmos when you said chating is not playing ...

    what the heck do you do in mmos ?

    No good sir, Chatting is NOT playing. A chat room is NOT a game. IRC is NOT a game. Ever heard anybody say "Hey, I'm playing MSN!"?



    Chatting is a part of the game, but just chatting NOT playing.
  • exanimoexanimo Member UncommonPosts: 1,301

    have fun in your own world

    edit to say

    everything i do with my pc is playing

  • GameloadingGameloading Member UncommonPosts: 14,182
    Originally posted by neoteo


    have fun in your own world
    edit to say
    everything i do with my pc is playing
    Please either actually read my comments or don't comment on them.
  • exanimoexanimo Member UncommonPosts: 1,301


    Originally posted by Gameloading
    Originally posted by neoteo have fun in your own world
    edit to say
    everything i do with my pc is playing
    Please either actually read my comments or don't comment on them.

    lol , are you talking to a mirror ?

    when you say irc is not a game , did you never play games in irc ?

    and obviusly you dont play guildwars , becose some quests are done in towns.
    if doing quests is not playing , then what is it?

  • MLecl0001MLecl0001 Member Posts: 153
    Wow through all those pages most all of that was GW fanbois and GW haters and a very few sensible people, much like most forums though.  I am neither a GW fanboi or hater, quite actually I am indifferent to GW.  I bought GW Nightfall and it held my attention for about a day, then I got bored.  Its not a bad game, in fact I thought alot of the game was done really well, and it was beautiful too.  However it just isnt for me, simple as that.



    As for GW being an MMORPG, I do not really consider it an MMO.  I consider it more along the lines of a diablo style game, almost like they took the next step above diablo.  This is not a bad thing, and it has a market and it is doing well.  I congratulate GW on the award, although I think Gamespy is a joke and avoid it like the plague.  Also no offense, but being named best MMO of 2006 is like bragging your the smartest kid in the retard class, 2006 was the single worst year for MMOs.



    Anyways the best of luck to GWs and to every one quit arguing about whats the best game, just play whichever one is most fun.  Or do humanity a favor and follow all the other lemmings off the cliff.

    Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

  • GameloadingGameloading Member UncommonPosts: 14,182
    Originally posted by neoteo


     

    Originally posted by Gameloading


    Originally posted by neoteo
    have fun in your own world

    edit to say

    everything i do with my pc is playing



    Please either actually read my comments or don't comment on them.

    lol , are you talking to a mirror ?

    when you say irc is not a game , did you never play games in irc ?

    and obviusly you dont play guildwars , becose some quests are done in towns.

    if doing quests is not playing , then what is it?

    Just because SOME channels of IRC host games, does NOT make IRC a game.



    Just because SOME quests are done in towns does not make GW an MMORPG.



    Thats is why GW is an online game which has SOME MMO aspects, as has been clearly pointed out by IGN.



    Again, here is my xfire profile:



    http://www.xfire.com/profile/Gameloading/



    So stop yabling that I don't Play Guild Wars.
  • AkaraxleAkaraxle Member UncommonPosts: 471


    Originally posted by LordSlater
    Its funny how in this persistant world how after killing something you go back to the city/chatrrom and when you return everything ahs reset instantly.....yea real persistant.

    Sorry Guys but this game is hardly persistant or massive have fun dancing in your cute elf outfits and making out

    Excuse me, would you mind telling me what happens on WoW instead? After killing something, you wait 10 minutes and it respawns. After killing a player, he comes back to his corpse and respawns. I could go to Stormwind and wipe out every single guard (given that the server doesn't crash, which happened before they added those pointless BG's), only to find that everything respawned later. How's that persistent?

    Now, I can't go on a picnic with 20 other players, PK some guy I found along the road or whatever. But what if I play on Hakkar and my friend plays on Zenedar? I can't contact him, becase the game servers can't handle more than 10k (random number) players at the same time and so they've been split. On GW, I can meet up and play with just about everyone that has the game.

    Which is more "massive"? You be the judge.

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