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I was read something written in the 18th C recently (forget what) but I lol'd when when reading the key phrase used so often for mmorpgs, along the lines of: "X is dying... ."
Just because a term gets used a lot does not mean it is invalid, but many are overused to be sure. You will find them in reviews as easily as our posts. I got this one from the last review I looked at on here:
"unique features"
Every MMO released has to have one or more of those.
GW2 - It's appeared in almost every thread for the past month.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own. -- Herman Melville
Retracted, can't lead anywhere good. Doh too late.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Originally posted by dave6660 GW2 - It's appeared in almost every thread for the past month.
Hunter S Thompson - Him too. No offense, nothin' against HST, but haven't you ever read any other authors?
There are other authors? Non-sense.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own. -- Herman Melville
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Questing
Itemrun
Endgame (brrrrrrrr...)
Overpowered (same node: unbalanced, underpowered etc.)
+1
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014633/Classic-Game-Postmortem
Uninspired.
Don't know if anyone mentioned that one yet.
Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned.
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Just because a term gets used a lot does not mean it is invalid, but many are overused to be sure. You will find them in reviews as easily as our posts. I got this one from the last review I looked at on here:
"unique features"
Every MMO released has to have one or more of those.
If these havn't been mentioned ...
"Camping, camper"
"l2p"
"lfg, lfm, last spot"
"dungeon tool, raid finder"
"questdriven"
"point-and-click, mouse-clickers, button-smashers"
"macro"
"rotation"
"rep, dailies"
"wipe, aggro, threat"
"talents, talent tree"
Once upon a time ...
No signature, I don't have a pen
EQ2 fan sites
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
-- Herman Melville
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
There are other authors? Non-sense.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
-- Herman Melville