Curse

Cottage Pie · Sep 07, 2006, 03:45 AM // 03:45

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Originally Posted by Lampshade

Sometimes I cry when I type /age

quoted for truth.

Ole Man Bourbon · Sep 07, 2006, 06:15 AM // 06:15

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Originally Posted by Cottage Pie

quoted for truth.

Drinking dulls the guilt.

Numa Pompilius · Sep 07, 2006, 07:36 AM // 07:36

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Originally Posted by EagleEye33

lol how many people have to buy it so that its called an "MMO"

Nope, that's not it. Get with the program. GW isn't a MMORPG, even though it is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, because the assertion is that the sole defining character of MMORPGs is that it must have a persistent world. That a game is Massive, Multiplayer, contains Role Playing or is even Online is completely optional - cf that A Tale In The Desert (with a total population of about five people) and Neverwinter Nights (which was a single-player offline game which supported user-made online mods) are considered MMORPGs.

Heck, in the case of ATITD, even the "G" bit of MMORPG is debatable.

So let's not pretend as if there is in fact a lot of instanced content in bona-fide MMORPGs like WoW and EQ2 and CoH, and that there is in fact persistent content in GW, namely outposts and towns: GW is not a MMORPG, it's a CORPG!

ANet says so, so it must be true!

Yichi · Sep 07, 2006, 07:39 AM // 07:39

when i realize how many hours of my life ive used on guildwars... i sometimes wish i could go back in time and never have bought this game. but then i think of al lthe hours of enjoyment and money it has saved me because im at home playing, im fine again.

bigwig · Sep 07, 2006, 07:44 AM // 07:44

this is sort of a "duh" moment. you mean talking to people and interacting with others means i'm more sociable?

Ole Man Bourbon · Sep 07, 2006, 07:56 AM // 07:56

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Originally Posted by MistressYichi

when i realize how many hours of my life ive used on guildwars... i sometimes wish i could go back in time and never have bought this game. but then i think of al lthe hours of enjoyment and money it has saved me because im at home playing, im fine again.

Just think what all the crackheads locked up in prison for 10 years are thinking.

Feel better? :P

EPO Bot · Sep 07, 2006, 08:13 AM // 08:13

If typing /age makes you sad, better forget there is a /deaths command.

Yichi · Sep 07, 2006, 08:20 AM // 08:20

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Originally Posted by Ole Man Bourbon

Just think what all the crackheads locked up in prison for 10 years are thinking.

Feel better? :P

sadly no

Goats17 · Sep 08, 2006, 12:03 AM // 00:03

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Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

Who the hell are they to judge our way of lifestyle

Quoted for truth.

thedeadwalk! · Sep 08, 2006, 04:48 AM // 04:48

We talked about this today in my sociology class. Sadly, the only defense for those who spend a lot of time on MMOs or message boards was that it was okay for people who aren't "normal."

I get a kick out of that class.

Minus Sign · Sep 08, 2006, 05:15 AM // 05:15

uber leet pwnsauce! I <3 2 kno that me helpingz the n00bs wit der social skillzorz!

...right...

Seriously; interesting article.

goober1973 · Sep 08, 2006, 08:09 AM // 08:09

"a wide range of viewpoints and a more diverse social environment"

These people have obviously been watching the all channel

torquemada · Sep 08, 2006, 12:33 PM // 12:33

Yes you are.

awesome sauce · Sep 08, 2006, 07:46 PM // 19:46

A major city can get 1000+ people in it. Say something in public chat, and that's hard core public speaking experience right there.

Ultimate_Gaara · Sep 08, 2006, 09:13 PM // 21:13

I guess this is only true for some people, I have been playing online games for many... many years and I hate people more today than when I started.

EagleEye33 · Sep 08, 2006, 09:34 PM // 21:34

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Originally Posted by Minus Sign

uber leet pwnsauce! I <3 2 kno that me helpingz the n00bs wit der social skillzorz!

...right...

Seriously; interesting article.

I hate the fact that I can read that a lot easier nowadays