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MMO war in MMO terms
Goronian
Member Posts: 724
Imagine, for a moment there, that the entire MMO gaming is a MMO in itself. The guild size is unlimited, the guildleaders are the developers and regular guildmembers are us.
Firstly, the game was not very popular. Populated mostly by obscure geeks. They did their thing, a little differently, but they still did. Some ganked left and right, some raided all night, and that was.. Well, okay.
Then came that one. It is unclear why, but they had the dedication and the patience. But, most of all, unlike the nerdy and snobby old-timers, they let everyone in.
Suddenly, before you knew it, they dominated all the top spots, raided everything and geared everyone and your /trade was dominated by the guild recruiters, preaching it. And people liked it. They wanted to be with "top dogs" and only added to their member count.
And what do we have now? Well, you have them, of course. You have these cooky RPers, some old-timers, a bunch of wanabees, playing catch-up and some rebels, not wanting to be mainstream, but falling apart, due to low numbers.
Oh, and remember? They still spam your /trade and protect their hot spots with a dedication, not seen in any of the old-timers.
But everyone heard of them, sometimes even people, who never heard of the game itself. And so they want to check it out. Suddenly the game became mainstream and freakishly popular. But there is one dominative force, never intending to let it go.
Sounds familiar? Guess the name of the games and write them down by Thursday, you will be graded.
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
Comments
My brain very nearly exploded.
"Gamers will no longer buy the argument that every MMO requires a subscription fee to offset server and bandwidth costs. It's not true you know it, and they know it." Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet, 2007
WTF? No subscription fee?
And... Why? I thought it was simple and sarcastic, if a bit tasteless.
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
Ah, that too was an existential joke. In truth, I really liked your post.
"Gamers will no longer buy the argument that every MMO requires a subscription fee to offset server and bandwidth costs. It's not true you know it, and they know it." Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet, 2007
WTF? No subscription fee?
Eh, it was mostly me rambling about WoW's lasting effects on the industry. Should probably shut up and play it. Maybe I'll go watch MTV and HSM then, hardy-hardy-har.
Oh wait, I was fed up with it, when my account got hacked the second time. Whoops.
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
Welcome to eve online
Sadly, I don't like PvP.
Or space sims.
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
