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Ok, seriously who really plays these games? What is so fun about a game in real-time, where you character ages, and over time you can gain skills, and become stonger/smarter/hairier (note: if there is an MMORPG, where one of the skills you can get is "grow back hair" I take everything back, and want to sign up) The other day I went over to a friends house, to drop off some movies I had borrowed, and he was playing FF 999999 (sry lost count a long time ago) but no matter the online one. He was trying to show me how cool it was, so he started a fight with some monster in the woods, and he doesn't even really control his character during the fight!!!!!!!!! WTF kind of game is this? He then told me most MMORPGs are like this........ Lets take a side step for the moment and compare this to either Jedi Outcast or Academy (either way doesn matter) It appears to me, you entire skill in FF is based on the amount of time you are willing to put into the game, thats retarded. Yes, I guess if you have tons of time on your hands and the gaming abilities of a blind/deaf/dumb pawless poodle, this is great since you can sit there and get better. In JA, it might take me sometime to build up skills, but thats expected with every game, but can't just sit in front of the computer all day, eating pizza, and drinking mountain dew, and watch my experience points grow. Also what is great about the time in a game being real-time? He tells me, oh I spent all my money on this sweet crystal for my sword, or I would take a ship to some other town and show you this? Me: can't you just walk? Him: Uh no that would take like hours ro days? At that point it took everything I had to stop myself from taking his cable modem and bashing it over his head. What ever happened to a great video game, where you can sit down, blow shit up for 15 minutes while you wait for you friends to come over, and then turn it off and go outside and do something. Oh Im just going to through this in there as a side note; if you play sports games, please feel free to punch yourself in the face, instead of replying to this post; if I ever come house and see my child playing a sports based video game, I am going to tie him to the basket ball hoop, by his underwear, and leave him there until he understands why I did that. Or until those social services people pull up and start tell me, that is cruel and unsual punishment. Fascists. Or so I totally went off on a tanget and didn't even get my point across, but it's fairly simple: MMORPGs are retarded. Please, feel free to show any redeeming qualities held by MMORPGs? (assuming there are any) _______________ Silent Bob (Kevin Smith): You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you. -Steve (Obi) |
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Tallepyon - Student 
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Quote: Listen to me. If something makes you have fun,it can only help in life. There are enough bad things in life. If it doesnt make you happy, then it cant help so dont play it. So why put people down who do have fun with it because they dont make you happy? Why does almost everyone, always have to put down others if it doesnt make them happy, Only reason I can think of is your jealous people are having fun with something you cant, even though youll deny it. Couldnt have said it any better man  |
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Listen to me. If something makes you have fun,it can only help in life. There are enough bad things in life. If it doesnt make you happy, then it cant help so dont play it. So why put people down who do have fun with it because they dont make you happy? Why does almost everyone, always have to put down others if it doesnt make them happy, Only reason I can think of is your jealous people are having fun with something you cant, even though youll deny it. _______________ Free Tibet! Click this link,and learn Here too |
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Tallepyon - Student
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Quote: Hmm...personally I think ANYONE who would spend another $15.00-30 a month to simply play a game is either a loner or someone in critical need of a life. Oh thanks insult a whole bunch of people. Including ranked members. |
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Hmm...personally I think ANYONE who would spend another $15.00-30 a month to simply play a game is either a loner or someone in critical need of a life. Thats just my opinion on it. Some people just like that sort of game I guess. Early part of 2004 I was really into Diablo2LOD. Spent a fair amount of time and energy playing that game but I've grown out of it and im almost grown out of Jedi to be honest. I guess people just move on. _______________ 4/20/2005----Left the academy because I did'nt feel welcomed. This comment was edited by . on Apr 18 2005 10:35am. |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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Quote: One more thing: DOWN WITH FEES! I think it is so friggen stupid that you have to pay 10$ plus a month to play a game you already went out to the store and blew 50$+ on to own. Don't these game companies make enough off this already? Who cares if they have to pay the guys to run the servers? You need one guy to sit in a room with 20 computer s or so and make sure none of them crash or explode, it shouldn't take 15$ a month from 13098175120521897140 people to pay said guy. I disagree for a few reasons. Firstly, it takes a lot more than one guy in a room with 20 computers. WoW, for example...well, I don't think any other MMO has ever had so many people, but look at the Realms list. That's quite a lot of Realms. Plus, I'm not an expert, but I believe that a "Realm" is not simply a server, but a cluster of server computers--I think there's a server for Ironforge, a server for Stormwind, and so on, a server for each area of the map, hence the horrible lag in some areas but no lag in others in the same Realm. And GMs do a lot more than just keep the servers running. Secondly, the monthly fee funds the continual creation of new content. I know people criticized SWG because it was really completely unfinished when it was released, so people were paying to play a beta and were really funding the developers to finish a game that should have been finished before release. But others, like WoW, really are release-worthy, and the patch downloads actually add new content, like new dungeons and stuff. The fee I'd like to see them get rid of is the fee to buy the game at the store. Vendetta Online has the right model: The program itself is a free download, and you pay a monthly fee to play it. VO actually gives you an 8-hour free trial, but even if they didn't, it's only nine bucks a month. If you try it for a month and don't like it, you're out nine bucks. If you love it, you'll play for a year or two. Instead of demanding a big investment before you even know if the game is any good, it stands or falls on its own merits. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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BlackPlague - Student 
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There are a few good MMO games. One i particularly liked was Earth and Beyond because it felt more action-ey and skill based than any other rpg i had played. This was espcecially so considering you actually got to control your ship so you could dodge, direct your shields, and fire with the different weapons you had fixed on. Sadly, the earth and beyond servers were shut down recently for good to allow EA to work on some new stuff. I agree that the battle system in most rpgs, whether they be MMO or not is a bit boring. It takes patience to sit there and level up forever just to be able to kill the next boss. Some people enjoy it, but it gets monotonous very quickly in my opinion. I'd like to see more MMOAGs where you have basically the fighting system of JA or any other cool action game, but you get to fight against other people in a huge online environment. Mabey rpg makers will take some hints soon and get a less monotonous system going to make their mmorpgs a bit more entertaining for us action people, but i'm not getting my hopes up .  Edit: One more thing: DOWN WITH FEES! I think it is so friggen stupid that you have to pay 10$ plus a month to play a game you already went out to the store and blew 50$+ on to own. Don't these game companies make enough off this already? Who cares if they have to pay the guys to run the servers? You need one guy to sit in a room with 20 computer s or so and make sure none of them crash or explode, it shouldn't take 15$ a month from 13098175120521897140 people to pay said guy. The only people that charge fees that i'll give credit to are xbox live because you pay a once a year fee of 50$ (the equivalent of one new game) and you get to play all games you want, as much as you want and never have to worry about charges again until next year. The rest of the guys charging roughly 180$ a year to play one game are some kinda friggen greedy if you ask me. These guys should be shot IMO... that's about all i have to say now <.< >.> _______________ Signed by me :/ This comment was edited by BlackPlague on Apr 17 2005 10:28pm. |
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Jello` - Student 
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I went to a friends house last night and played WoW, seeing as it was all he has been talking about for the past week. It was lame. Especially the beginning, you're fighting all these little guys and you have to kill so many of them. I watched my friend play, and he had to kill a certain amount of guys. This seems to me like your quests are usually: Kill ## amount of these guys, scout place X, give x to character y. I played it for about 3 hours (I was tired, so I couldnt think to ask myself what the hell I was doing playing this). I died about 20 times. There is no penalty for death, that is so lame. You just run back to your corpse (which sometimes, you dont even have to be near to resurrect, ex. i was in a mine, and I went to the ground above the mine where I was dead, and resurrected above the mine, away from all the creatures who would have killed me from me resurrecting in the mine). And it never ends. There is no point to the game. It seems immensely repetitive. Do this quest, level up, do the quest that you were too low of a level to do before. Lather, rinse, repeat. Occasionaly, a guy from the other side of the immensely cliche story of two warring factions will come onto your territory and get owned, seeing as hes on YOUR territory and theres more allies than there are him. Not to mention the worst thing, you're paying $15 dollars a month to play this crap. _______________ Brady Brothers: Orion-Greg, Furi0us-Peter, Me-Bobby. Long lost cousin to Flash. Midbie Council #007. Ex-JAK. |
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Wolfwood - Student 
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The cool thing about MMORPG (I play World of Warcraft myself) is that it never ends. You can keep playing it endlessly and still be interested in the game. Let's say one play's videogames quite often. Meaning, he or she, will have to buy a game every month or so. Thats 50 euro each month. Then I would rather buy a MMORPG, for 50 euro once, and then pay 10 euro a month to be able to play it. Saves me 40 euro's each month. About the 'not controlling your character in a fight'. I only have 1 answer to that, try to see if someone you know play's World of Warcraft. If so, go pay him a visit when he's questing or raiding. Its non-stop action and you controll your character yourself. The sec you go raiding/fighting in World of Warcraft, it looks more like a 1st person shooter then an RPG _______________ ~ Honor is a fool's prize. Glory is of no use to the dead ~ |
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Quote: This was an April's Fool? *watches the tumbleweed pass by, with sporadic coughs by JA members in the background* pwnt i wont even respond to the last set of posts you made, since they clearly show to any reader that i am right and that you are ignorant. _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge  Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Jacen Aratan - Student |
This was an April's Fool? *watches the tumbleweed pass by, with sporadic coughs by JA members in the background* |
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Monteeeeeee - Nugget 
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On another note, it really just depends on what you want to do, MMORPG are brilliant for ROLE PLAYING the character, take Bounty Hunter in SWG, u can role play that like crazy, u can throw yourself in to another world away from all the crap that happened during the day. Sure u can play JK3 and im sure alot of people do, but just because some people like to play MMORPG's such as WoW, City Of Heroes, Eve online, SWG, MXO, or even ultima online it doesnt make them any less skilful on a game than say Virtue is with a saber on JK3. Its all about the time you put in to a game. As for the fighting i tend to think it has to be click your move and wait, its a stratagy but if u had a hack and slash with 8000 people on a server its a bit different to JK3 with a max of 16 people on a server. Like Thomas said SWG takes alot of time and skill to become a great PVP player, im master swords, tera kasi master and master medic but i still get my ass kicked in PVP simply because i havent learnt myself how to become a PVPer yet, i will eventually when im Jedi Knight learn to become a PVPer. So really games are measured by the "Things" that set them apart from other games, JK3 was no improvement on JK2 so i dont like it, MMORPG's offer something more indepth than 12 single player missions and a deathmatch multiplayer. Another thing, the subscriptions. I dont see why people moan about them its like $14 a month for most games, hell thats less than a can of soda a DAY, but people say I DONT SEE WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY A GAME. ok heres the reality. MMORPG require Customer Support 24/7 and a team working on updates and new things to add in future months ( EXPANSIONS ) so you pay to EXTEND your gaming experience. I know this will all be in a quote soon with Whatever..... underneath it but the truth is, if u wanna play a MMORPG dont let this Thread put you off, try it for yourself, i never let myself be talked out of trying things without at least seeing them for myself. _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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Quote: oh yeah so the reason I posted this: check the post date If you was implying it was a aprils fools, the time says 7.21pm. April fools only runs till midday, so i guess your the fool....... _______________ If you add me to MSN, tell me who you are
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JavaGuy - Student
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I'm not sure I understand this thread any more. _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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(Jedi)Obi-JK - Student 
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Quote: Quote: What is so fun about a game in real-time, where you character ages, and over time you can gain skills, and become stonger/smarter/hairier whats so fun about managing a virtual family/theme park/aquarium? whats so fun about pretending to be a soldier, killing people and mutilating the bodies? ITS A ROLE PLAYING GAME. The GAME part should be an indication. How is it different to say, diablo 2, which a LOT of people enjoyed? thats multiplayer as well. this is just a persistant world with more options to play with friends. Yeah, whatever Quote: Quote: and he was playing FF 999999 (sry lost count a long time ago) you cant keep count as far as 11, which is what the MMORPG one is? Yeah after 10 I run out fingers, what do you expect? Quote: Quote: It appears to me, you entire skill in FF is based on the amount of time you are willing to put into the game, thats retarded. Yes, I guess if you have tons of time on your hands and the gaming abilities of a blind/deaf/dumb pawless poodle, this is great since you can sit there and get better. another classic display of ignorance and bigotry. the strength of your character in the game depends on YOUR SKILL in designing it and how you play it. how is it different to say, civilisation, starcraft or final fantasy? you dont do the fighting in any of them? turn based, like on a d20 system actually requires MORE forward planning and mistakes show up a lot more late game, no going back. ALL of RTS and TBS games are a collection of mathematical formula with regard to unit combat, its up to you AS A SKILLFUL PLAYER to use them in such as way that is effective against opponants. Yeah, ill put this here, see how many people miss it. Im a Level 5 Dark Elf in WoW, Im actually a really big RPG fan, I don't have as much time to play as I would like, but this is really fun game. Yeah, so if your wondering why I posted this then, I was going to say sooner, but I thought I would be fun to see how long this thread went, besides, I was getting a kick out of being called an "ignorant biggot" oh yeah so the reason I posted this: check the post date So yeah, to summerize, I like RPGs and MMORPGS and just about everything I stated on this thread about not liking stuff was a joke, except for sports games, god I find those so boring Quote: Quote: In JA, it might take me sometime to build up skills, but thats expected with every game, but can't just sit in front of the computer all day, eating pizza, and drinking mountain dew, and watch my experience points grow. correct, skill is needed in EVERY GAME. you dont just sit and watch a screen with XP growing. this may surprise you, but you actually INTERACT with your on screen avatar to make it do actions. and i believe it is possible to eat food and drink beverages during ALL games. NO absolutely ZERO skill is required, to play MMORPGs, I bet as a level 5 character, I could beat anyone up to level 20. Quote: Quote: Also what is great about the time in a game being real-time? do you actually understand what role playing is? Isn't is just like playing dress-up or tea party? Quote: Quote: At that point it took everything I had to stop myself from taking his cable modem and bashing it over his head. and you were planning on accomplishing this over the internet? or tracking down where the guy lived and assaulting him? No actually he was in the same room as me, and I was over his house the other day, I did do this cable modems are surpirsingly strong, it took like a sole 12 hits on his head to break. Quote: Quote: What ever happened to a great video game, where you can sit down, blow shit up for 15 minutes while you wait for you friends to come over, and then turn it off and go outside and do something. 1) watch the language, children read these forums. and 2) why cant you do that in an MMORPG? it IS possible if you want to. i could explain simply. turn pc on. start game while waiting for friends. friends arrive. stop game. how is it different to any other game? Cause MMORPGs suck, we have already went over that everyone agrees with me but you..... Quote: Quote: Oh Im just going to through this in there as a side note; if you play sports games, please feel free to punch yourself in the face, instead of replying to this post; if I ever come house and see my child playing a sports based video game, I am going to tie him to the basket ball hoop, by his underwear, and leave him there until he understands why I did that. you do realise not everyone is good at sports? some people ENJOY playing virtual sports, thats the entire purpose of a game. thats enough reason to have them. If your not good at something the 1st time you try it, just stop, you'll probably never get any better just face it, me I rule at everything. Quote: and if by some miracle you do procreate in sincerely hope you arnt premediating child abuse. What do mean if by some miracle? I have 12 kids I make all of them work at McDonalds and pay for my video game habit, pfft stupid McDonalds manager trying to tell me he can't hire 5 year olds. Quote: Quote: Or until those social services people pull up and start tell me, that is cruel and unsual punishment. Fascists. so....being against child abuse is now political AND wrong. define facist. without looking it up. dont use ignorance irrelevent comparisons to 'justify' your opinions. Yes, if you don't beat your children daily how will know what is right and what is wrong? Quote: Quote: Or so I totally went off on a tanget and didn't even get my point across, but it's fairly simple: you had a logical point? or was this a collection of ignorant complaints about a genre of game youve likely never explored? Not that it matters I'm still always right Quote: Quote: MMORPGs are retarded. thank you so much for enlightening everyone here. your wisdom is amazing. Your welcome, glad to see your finally showing me the respect I deserve. Quote: Quote: Please, feel free to show any redeeming qualities eld by MMORPGs? (assuming there are any) theyre fun. rant over Yeah, I definetely am the one who gets to say when its over, you can try to think otherwise. _______________ Silent Bob (Kevin Smith): You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you. -Steve (Obi) |
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I do! _______________ RIP MOM 06/29/58-07/31/08 Married to Koyi Donita 4/30/11 |
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Tallepyon - Student 
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Quote: This thread is great. Some people like sushi, some people like steak, some people like both. They are both food and both quite edible, yet I seldom see people arguing which is best. Sushi > Steak! :p lies! . steak, gravy, chips, beer > sushi Steak and Sushi > Gradius |
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solitude - Jedi Council
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Quote: This thread is great. Some people like sushi, some people like steak, some people like both. They are both food and both quite edible, yet I seldom see people arguing which is best. Sushi > Steak! :p lies! . steak, gravy, chips, beer > sushi _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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JavaGuy - Student 
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Quote: This thread is great. Some people like sushi, some people like steak, some people like both. They are both food and both quite edible, yet I seldom see people arguing which is best. Sush > Steak! :p _______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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Moriarti - Student 
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MMORPGs are good games and playing 2-3 hours a night alright but alot of people who play them seem to play them constantly. Its like they haven't got a life. I mean leweroo plays world of warcraft and every time I've gone to his he's been playing it and he will sit and play it all night. I've gettin a few games since he got WOW and every time I've invited him round to check them out he says he will after hes gotten a level or finished his quest and then after 4 hours of waiting he decides its to late to go to mine  Quote: whats so fun about pretending to be a soldier, killing people and mutilating the bodies? Becuase I'm sick and I need help  _______________ Vampire boxing nord This comment was edited by Moriarti on Apr 06 2005 01:06pm. |
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This thread is great. Some people like sushi, some people like steak, some people like both. They are both food and both quite edible, yet I seldom see people arguing which is best. _______________ make install -not war |
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Thomasooo - Student 
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You better pray Monty doesn't read the part about not controlling your character during a fight and that you don't need any skill to play them. The fact is that you DO have control over your character in real-time battle, just not the same kind of control as in e.g. JK3. Real-time battle requires much more tactics and quick decisive thinking than your regular JK3 saber duel. I know that from experience! I'm the master of an elite combat profession in SWG, Teras Kasi Artist. It's said to be the most powerful melee profession in SWG, but I still get my ass kicked in PvP, just because I'm not experienced enough with the tactics and all. _______________ In the navy and LOVING it!
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Quote: What is so fun about a game in real-time, where you character ages, and over time you can gain skills, and become stonger/smarter/hairier whats so fun about managing a virtual family/theme park/aquarium? whats so fun about pretending to be a soldier, killing people and mutilating the bodies? ITS A ROLE PLAYING GAME. The GAME part should be an indication. How is it different to say, diablo 2, which a LOT of people enjoyed? thats multiplayer as well. this is just a persistant world with more options to play with friends. Quote: and he was playing FF 999999 (sry lost count a long time ago) you cant keep count as far as 11, which is what the MMORPG one is? Quote: It appears to me, you entire skill in FF is based on the amount of time you are willing to put into the game, thats retarded. Yes, I guess if you have tons of time on your hands and the gaming abilities of a blind/deaf/dumb pawless poodle, this is great since you can sit there and get better. another classic display of ignorance and bigotry. the strength of your character in the game depends on YOUR SKILL in designing it and how you play it. how is it different to say, civilisation, starcraft or final fantasy? you dont do the fighting in any of them? turn based, like on a d20 system actually requires MORE forward planning and mistakes show up a lot more late game, no going back. ALL of RTS and TBS games are a collection of mathematical formula with regard to unit combat, its up to you AS A SKILLFUL PLAYER to use them in such as way that is effective against opponants. Quote: In JA, it might take me sometime to build up skills, but thats expected with every game, but can't just sit in front of the computer all day, eating pizza, and drinking mountain dew, and watch my experience points grow. correct, skill is needed in EVERY GAME. you dont just sit and watch a screen with XP growing. this may surprise you, but you actually INTERACT with your on screen avatar to make it do actions. and i believe it is possible to eat food and drink beverages during ALL games. Quote: Also what is great about the time in a game being real-time? do you actually understand what role playing is? Quote: At that point it took everything I had to stop myself from taking his cable modem and bashing it over his head. and you were planning on accomplishing this over the internet? or tracking down where the guy lived and assaulting him? Quote: What ever happened to a great video game, where you can sit down, blow shit up for 15 minutes while you wait for you friends to come over, and then turn it off and go outside and do something. 1) watch the language, children read these forums. and 2) why cant you do that in an MMORPG? it IS possible if you want to. i could explain simply. turn pc on. start game while waiting for friends. friends arrive. stop game. how is it different to any other game? Quote: Oh Im just going to through this in there as a side note; if you play sports games, please feel free to punch yourself in the face, instead of replying to this post; if I ever come house and see my child playing a sports based video game, I am going to tie him to the basket ball hoop, by his underwear, and leave him there until he understands why I did that. you do realise not everyone is good at sports? some people ENJOY playing virtual sports, thats the entire purpose of a game. thats enough reason to have them. and if by some miracle you do procreate in sincerely hope you arnt premediating child abuse. Quote: Or until those social services people pull up and start tell me, that is cruel and unsual punishment. Fascists. so....being against child abuse is now political AND wrong. define facist. without looking it up. dont use ignorance irrelevent comparisons to 'justify' your opinions. Quote: Or so I totally went off on a tanget and didn't even get my point across, but it's fairly simple: you had a logical point? or was this a collection of ignorant complaints about a genre of game youve likely never explored? Quote: MMORPGs are retarded. thank you so much for enlightening everyone here. your wisdom is amazing. Quote: Please, feel free to show any redeeming qualities held by MMORPGs? (assuming there are any) theyre fun. rant over _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Fate - Student 
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I would but they almost always pick some dumb character name like "Lord Loki" or "Rave the Destroyer" to mirror their destructive 15 year old personality. _______________ I must not fear . Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear . I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Gom gom gom gom gom! |
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SaZ - Student 
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lord chaos should be renamed to "Another Lammer". _______________ playing jk3 since 30th of january (2005), member since 1st of february. [Unofficial Master to Vision and Z�diac ] If you can make a fool of yourself infront of 300 people you can do anything - Jaiko D'kana |
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Fate - Student
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MMORPG gamers can be divided into several categories. Perhaps by understanding the gamer you may understand their passion. "The Tired Gamer": These are your gamers who can honesty say "I was pwning noobs like you before you were born." They've played all the big name FPS, dabbled in some RTS, mabye even picked up a flight-sim or two. Now they find themselves either getting bored of these games, or they find that in their old age their reaction speeds / age-old-tactics are no longer god enough. They might have once scoffed at MMORPGs, or been intimidated by the monthly fees, but they finally try one that catches their interest and it hooks them. "Sir-Suck-A-Lot": These are the people who picked up a copy of Q3A, got pwn'ed and never looked back at FPS type games again. It can also be people who just for whatever psychological or biological reason could not develop the strategical skills, hand-eye coordination or quick reaction speeds necessary to be good at FPS. They give MMORPGs or mabye just RPGs a try and find that they actually are winning for once in their lives! This feeling of superiority (even over simple npcs) is often addicting. "Lord Chaos!!!": These are individuals who may or may not play FPS, RTS, or any other genre of games but whose sole purpose in MMORPGs is to make the lives of others just a little more difficult. They draw their satisfaction from pwning other players in PVP, selling items at outragous prices, kill stealing, or smack talking other players into a raging frenzy. Once they have accomplished their goal of throughly pissing off someone, they laugh their butt off, go join a CS server and TK their entire team. These individuals feel empowered by the power they have over others and the ease with which they can weild it. There certainly are other "classes" of MMORPG gamers that I could list, but perhaps you can see why these players are drawn to this type of game. _______________ I must not fear . Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear . I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Gom gom gom gom gom! |
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