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Prisons in MMO: why do they never work?!?
Bronte
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NOTE: Not sure where else to put this title, so I decided to put it in off-topic. I was just looking for some feedback on this concept for my blog.
Why is it that no prison in MMOs can successfully keep its prisoners under lock and key? Regardless of the type of prison or the safeguards put in place to ensure no untoward incident takes place, there is always a riot or an escape or a combination of the two. Do they always hire NPC guards that are complete imbeciles? Or are the walls made of cheap pixels? Perhaps the head jailor is a sado-masochist who gets off on getting beaten to a pulp by escaping prisoners every reset?
To illustrate the spread of this plot device, let’s observe some examples from a few popular MMOs.
Read the rest of the article here: http://arewenewatthis.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/prison-break-mmo-edition-or-michael-scoffield-is-a-douchebag/
