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The Pub at MMORPG.COM  » If EQ had preceded UO

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Ozmodan

Hard Core Member

Joined: 2/27/07
Posts: 2790

 
7/04/09 7:36:23 AM#1

Would we now be arguing that UO is not a MMO because it does not have classes and levels?

I think it is a distinct possibility.

Waterlily

Apprentice Member

Joined: 5/26/08
Posts: 2141

$oE , destroying MMO since 1999.

7/04/09 8:29:04 AM#2

I don't see why anyone would.

MMO isn't some ambiguous term which can be misunderstood, it just means massive world of concurrent online players. I never understood the need to argue semantics, although I don't consider Guild Wars, Diablo, The Agency, APB to be MMO, they're clearly not.

 

fartking7

Novice Member

Joined: 5/20/04
Posts: 95

Poop -- there it is!

7/04/09 10:25:07 AM#3

If EQ preceeded UO, there would be alot more gnome fighters out there!

poopee

LynxJSA

Elite Member

Joined: 10/08/05
Posts: 2177

7/04/09 10:28:54 AM#4
Originally posted by Ozmodan

Would we now be arguing that UO is not a MMO because it does not have classes and levels?

I think it is a distinct possibility.

 

It's a frightening possibility.

 

 

Josher

Elite Member

Joined: 7/25/03
Posts: 1412

7/04/09 11:11:55 AM#5

People wouldn't even know what UO is;)

Rash

Novice Member

Joined: 2/16/04
Posts: 1

7/04/09 11:15:00 AM#6
Originally posted by Ozmodan

Would we now be arguing that UO is not a MMO because it does not have classes and levels?

I think it is a distinct possibility.

 

I think you're just an idiot.

Sirrush

Novice Member

Joined: 4/29/07
Posts: 6

7/04/09 11:17:03 AM#7
Originally posted by Waterlily

Guild Wars

 

 

FYI, Arenanet always considered GW to be a CORPG, not a MMORPG.

 

Thanks.

Mattyb710

Advanced Member

Joined: 3/27/08
Posts: 95

7/04/09 11:17:55 AM#8
Originally posted by Ozmodan

Would we now be arguing that UO is not a MMO because it does not have classes and levels?

I think it is a distinct possibility.

 

Massively Multiplayer Online.....What does that have to do with classes and/or levels?

 

 

User Deleted
7/04/09 11:22:36 AM#9

If EverQuest had come first, I know I would have tried the genre and immediately quit thinking this is how it would always be.  Thankfully UO was frist and I knew that there was hope for something that was actually entertaining and not a job.  I'm still waiting, but still hoping.

Ilvaldyr

Hard Core Member

Joined: 8/31/08
Posts: 1361

I'm in ur MMO.
Soloin' ur mobs.

7/04/09 11:43:10 AM#10

People will argue with other people over anything.

Doesn't mean either group of people actually has a clue what they're talking about.

fartking7

Novice Member

Joined: 5/20/04
Posts: 95

Poop -- there it is!

7/04/09 11:44:48 AM#11

Never wash, never wipe--a way of life.

poopee

Waterlily

Apprentice Member

Joined: 5/26/08
Posts: 2141

$oE , destroying MMO since 1999.

7/04/09 12:48:43 PM#12

nm

Vanpry

Advanced Member

Joined: 9/14/08
Posts: 112

7/05/09 12:11:19 AM#13
Originally posted by Ozmodan

Would we now be arguing that UO is not a MMO because it does not have classes and levels?

I think it is a distinct possibility.

 

I get your meaning and yes it is quite possible.

Amaranthar

Hard Core Member

Joined: 1/18/06
Posts: 288

7/05/09 11:10:24 AM#14
Originally posted by LynxJSA
Originally posted by Ozmodan

Would we now be arguing that UO is not a MMO because it does not have classes and levels?

I think it is a distinct possibility.

 

It's a frightening possibility.

 

 

 

Highlight on "frightening".

And on the other hand, had EQ not been made so early in the technological development of 3D gaming, would things be different as far as "worldly"? 

Amaranthar