Question: Could we have a MMOG Topic formed?

[Katashi_itto]

I happen to do MMOGs and wondered if we might ask, or how do we ask for a new topic to be included.


I do mainly EvE online, myself.

But the MMOG Topic would be for all MMOGs.

Thanks!

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. There's a Gaming Group that might be appropriate. I would also email the three admins...

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1211
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[Katashi_itto]

2. Very cool thanks!

[Demo_Chris]

3. I played Eve for years, cancelled at the beginning of winter though

Here's my Battleclinic page

http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/combat_record.php?type=player&name=OT+Smithers

[Katashi_itto]

4. Nice, Well the MMOG is for all MMOG not just EvE...Nice Battleclinic page!

[Demo_Chris]

5. Thanks. I have played other MMOs as well. My wife more than me though

[uriel1972]

6. As a MMORPG player I am interested

I play Vanguard: Saga of Heroes myself, have played EvE, World of Insultcraft and so many others.

[Katashi_itto]

14. Please give a post on the MMOG thread I posted on the Gaming Group thread! :)

[cemaphonic]

7. Others have directed you to the Gaming group, but it tends to move pretty slowly

Have you taken a look at some other webforums that have large gamer populations, like quartertothree or Something Awful? You'd probably get a lot more discussion activity there (and I know that SA has been pretty involved in EVE politics, so I would imagine that there's a lot of interesting talk for EVE players there).

I always liked the concept of EVE, but it has a reputation as a huge timesink, and it always struck me as the kind of game where it is more interesting to read other people's distillation of the really memorable parts of hundreds of hours of gameplay, than to actually play out those hours myself.

[Demo_Chris]

8. Eve is, in my opinion, the greatest MMO ever created

But it's not for everyone. There's a joke in the game:

Internet Spaceships are SERIOUS BUSINESS!

It happens to be true. Everything in Eve is serious business. Nothing is casual or relaxed. Everyone is out to destroy you. It might as well be called sociopaths online. And when you consider that people PvP in imaginary spaceships that can cost hundreds of real dollars each, and major fleet battles might have many hundreds of people on each side, it's easy to see just how serious things can get.

But because it's so serious, people rarely just screw around. They plot and plan and look for weeknesses to exploit. Every battle is a trap, it might be yours, it could be theirs, or possibly it is both. There is no other game I have played in which, even after years of doing it, it still scares the hell out of you. The best pilots in the game say the same thing. That's why they play.

I was a Pirate, primarily hunting faction warfare space, dodging fleets, and generally messing about. I used small, agile, and fast ships. As a new player you could train to fly ships like this in a couple months time. That's a long time if you are used to other games, but for Eve that's pretty quick.

[Katashi_itto]

13. I totally agree. IMO no other MMOG comes close to EvE's complexities.

Hell there was a Player Run Bank that was embezzled with almost 50k of real money stolen.

What other game can have that happen?

I've seen tens of thousands of dollars won and lost. I agree, it's a very serious game.

[Katashi_itto]

9. I have posted on the gaming Group, about this, as directed.

EvE is just what I happen to play. The MMOG Topic would be for all types of MMOGs

[talkingmime]

10. Okay, I give. What's a "MMOG"? Apparently it has something to do with games, but what's the acronym?

[Katashi_itto]

11. MMOG = Massive Multiplayer Online Game...Games Like World Of Warcraft, Everquest, EvE Online,

The Seceret World, Lord Of the Rings Online...

Thousands of players sharing and interacting in a particular Universe/Genre.

[talkingmime]

12. Ah. That makes sense. I've never played any of those. Thanks.