Things you should know before posting in General Discussion (Part 1)

retrospectic · August 2007

1. If you hate World of Warcraft, you are not alone. In fact, if you choose to post a thread detailing the reasons you hate World of Warcraft you will more than likely create a long thread where no one listens to anyone else and someone eventually says a bunch of curse words and is banned. If at all possible, please only reply to anti-WoW threads rather than creating your own.

2. There is a list of FREE MMORPGs at the top of the forum. Each one is uniquely crappy and contains just about the same features. Posting a thread that asks for the best free MMO or for a suggestion will only result in someone from a free MMO company advertising, or someone trying to get you to play Runescape. Run while you can.

3. Yes, we already know about Cry Gaia, Dragonball Online, and Harry Potter online. There have been 5345354 threads for each. No, we don't know anything else. Asking for our opinion will result in wild speculations and almost zero helpful information.

4. Most of us know that SoE sucks. If you create a thread detailing the ways in which SoE sucks most people will skim your post and then write their own whine post in hopes that someone will finally read about their jedi who sucks now, or that they really wish EQ1 would release another progression server which they wouldn't sign up for anyway.

5. The following topics have been run into the ground more times that Scrooge McDuck's cane:

- Permadeath

-Free for all PvP

-Full loot PvP

-Skill vs. Level based progression

-Casual vs. Hardcore

-Twitch combat

-WE NEED A WESTERN/SCIFI/CYBERPUNK/MAD MAX etc etc etc MMORPG with lasers and pew pew

-I got banned for _____ but I didn't do it!!!!!!!!! Oh wait yes I did lol.

-I didn't win any of the contests =(

-I wish WoW had <insert impossible game mechanic like flying tanks that shoot turtles and candy>

Feel free to add more.

retrospectic · August 2007

- Please, do not take anything anyone says on this board as 100% truth. Many users enjoy creating dramatic situations and fabricating articles or factual information in order to prove their point. If anyone quotes an article or tries to make a claim about user numbers please check the facts. You would be surprised how many people make up their statistical data on the spot

retrospectic · August 2007

- Although insulting someone's mother/race/sexual preference/creed may tickle your funny bone, it is a bannable offense. Please try to keep that banter to a minimum. The best advice is to just walk away when you start to get to the point of internet cat fights.

retrospectic · August 2007

- You might think that creating multiple accounts on MMORPG.com is a great way to win a computer, but it is a fact ticket to being banned. Just play fair like the rest of us.

- We know that Ultima Online was a great PvP game. We also know that Ultima Online has drastically changed over the past 10 years. Any attempt to provoke nostalgia in users will only cause users pain.

-Any post regarding the game DARKFALL will more than likely cause many users to "lol" in real life. This game has the ultimate case of visions of grandeur. You may freely post without flame about Darkfall when the game actually becomes more than a flashy website.

Cabe2323 · August 2007

In WoW's upcoming Expansion the new epic mount with be flying tanks that shoot turtles out of their cannon. This will lead to the inclusion of mounted combat ala Mario Kart style. Blizzard will be implementing Arenas and tracks were we can race or battle on our flying tanks and have massive turtle battles. Please disregard anything that you might hear about northrend as the next expansion because that is false. Instead blizzard has used their massive profits to license the usage of Princess Peach and Bowser as the raiding objectives for the next expansion. I hope that your jumping skills have been sufficiently practices, if not I suggest some old Team Fortress and rocket jumping as practice.

retrospectic · August 2007

- When comparing Warhammer to World of Warcraft please keep in mind the release dates of Warhammer's first incarnation and Warhammer's first incarnation. Just because you hadn't heard of it doesn't mean it is new.

retrospectic · August 2007

Originally posted by Cabe2323

In WoW's upcoming Expansion the new epic mount with be flying tanks that shoot turtles out of their cannon. This will lead to the inclusion of mounted combat ala Mario Kart style. Blizzard will be implementing Arenas and tracks were we can race or battle on our flying tanks and have massive turtle battles. Please disregard anything that you might hear about northrend as the next expansion because that is false. Instead blizzard has used their massive profits to license the usage of Princess Peach and Bowser as the raiding objectives for the next expansion. I hope that your jumping skills have been sufficiently practices, if not I suggest some old Team Fortress and rocket jumping as practice.

-Many posters use sarcasm. Always be sure to reread posts before going of the deep end.

Craftkilla · August 2007

""-WE NEED A WESTERN/SCIFI/CYBERPUNK/MAD MAX etc etc etc MMORPG with lasers and pew pew

-I got banned for _____ but I didn't do it!!!!!!!!! Oh wait yes I did lol.""

rofl

retrospectic · August 2007

- Most of us know very little about the actual construction of MMORPGs. This leads to many of us having wild fantasies about the creation of our "perfect" game. If you do know about the construction of MMORPGs, please do not crush our dreams. We enjoy thinking that full loot, full free for all PVP game could actually have interesting quests, interesting lore, totally unique character creation, and have a great community...

Cabe2323 · August 2007

Dude! Your game totally sucks donkey balls. My Game rocks hardcore. Only N00bs play that game and all the Hardcore pwners play my game. You are such a noob and you fail at RL!!!11!!

retrospectic · August 2007

-If a game has gone from 15.00/month to 0.00/month it probably isn't worth playing. Period.

retrospectic · August 2007

- When a company has a press release it isn't a conspiracy to trick gamers into playing their game.

Please remove your:

retrospectic · August 2007

- Most of us will openly admit that amount of players is not equal to the quality of a game. Trying to use subscriber figures to prove your point will always result is this argument. Instead, try figuring out some new angle.

retrospectic · August 2007

- Please refrain from replying to the original post of a thread which has reached 100+ posts. More than likely the thread will have devolved by then into a cesspool of insults or some sort of comparison to WoW or Ultima Online. Your post will more than likely be flamed or ignored. I know you had a great idea, but none of them will care.

Aguy · August 2007

5/5 stars

retrospectic · August 2007

- Be aware that the World of Warcraft General Discussion board is a lot like the Mos Eisley cantina. Many users there attempt to flame every post, even the whole-heartedly genuine ones. A lot of these flames are so grammatically incorrect that the average human cannot withstand reading one without many of his or her braincells committing suicide.

- Also, the World of Warcraft General Discussion board is not your own personal Thotbott butler. If you are wondering where to hunt, LOOK IT UP. 9 million people play WoW. I think at least one of them has a blog about leveling you can find on google.

retrospectic · August 2007

- If you consider yourself a veteran of the MMORPG genre, please do not act like the King of Awesomeville. Playing a lot games does not make you the authority on what people like or what is cool. The next time you feel like getting up on your e-high horse just try and say "Well, I've played 10 MMORPGs" to any girl at the mall.

retrospectic · August 2007

- If you've only played a game to 30 of 70 levels you are not an authority. The main reasons you quit are probably your own fault, and no one feels sorry for you besides yourself. If you wish to attempt to warn others about the game you only half-assed, please run around Wal-Mart screaming " STRANGLETHORN VALE IS TO MUCH GRIND!!!! OH NOES!!!!" instead. It will reach more potential players than coming here and spouting ignorant and biased reviews.