When you find a game like World of Warcraft, there's no time to sit on forums and talk pages upon pages about which game is best and write reviews.  That's for people who dislike the game and are trying to recruit others to join theirs instead.

Shoe Fly pie...

I still play, though not often.  What the game needs for me to be more of a mainstay is more quests and those that are less grindy in nature.  The cool thing about World of Warcraft is I can pop in, get a few things done and pop out while still feeling some sense of accomplishment.  Here, there's not a lot of reason for me to kill the same group of guys for two hours.  Overall I love the scenery, the comical writing in the quests and the concept behind using wushu in a game.  With more substance it'd have more potential.

The ranking of World of Warcraft on mmorpg.com versus the people who really like the game are clearly disproportionate.  Being on this website is like going over to your grandfather's house and having to listen to his opinion on everything because he will angrily insist he's right.  Sure grandpa, whatever you say...   Other things people love to hate:

1.) The President / government

2.) The media

3.) Our parents

4.) Our spouse

5.) Customer Service

6.) Banks

7.) The driver ahead of us

8.) Our boss / co-worker(s)

9.) Anyone who has something we want.

Wow, with all the pressing issues going on in the world, the polls have certainly taken a turn for the worst.  Ah well...if you can't beat 'em, join 'em:

Hello all!  Found a writing I did about a year ago.  Hope you enjoy and feel free to add to the list:

What MMORPG’s have taught me about Real Life:

Never engage in a battle you know you cannot win.

Check the rules before you play.

In your journey through life, buff people along the way. It costs you nothing and helps them move ahead too.

Money is useless if you have no one to spend it on.

Camp in a safe spot or you’ll wake up getting beaten down.

Finding a good group will get you a lot of great experience you can’t get on your own. Finding a bad group will get you killed.

The less ’downtime’ the better.

Be nice to noobs, everyone starts out as one. Never forget where you came from.

Relax, have fun.

The guy you’re working for may not have the best intentions. Listen closely before accepting the job.

The shortcut has more monsters.

There’s no point in complaining about the prices at the shop. Either buy it or leave it alone.

Give all your knowledge to your toons, they’ll have their own adventures.

A twinked toon will blow all cash on things it doesn’t need.

Ask not what your guild can do for you, but what you can do for your guild.

Talents and skills worth having take a lot of time to develop.

In order to find what you’re looking for, you have to put up with a lot of things you’re not looking for.

Clean your inventory regularly else it will stack up and clutter.

Fashion beats practicality everytime…but no one can logically explain why.

There’s no one you want to meet in the pub.

You’ve got to defeat a rat with a stick before taking a sword to a dragon.

If you get defeated, recover and try again with a different tactic until you win.

Adjusting your schedule is usually easier than competing.

Don’t feed the trolls.

Listen to the quest-giver, keep the details with you at all time.

Of course the game doesn’t make sense. The only decision you have to make about it is whether to play or not.

If you’re having a problem in the guild, consult guild leadership…especially if you’re the guild leader.

Mashing buttons randomly rarely amounts to success.

The world is big, but the more you travel it, the easier it becomes.

History explains a lot about why we do what we do.

The people are always more important than the prize.

Celebrate the victories of others.

Let the person who has been there before lead the way.

Nobody cares about your epics when you’re showing off.

Recognize overconfidence early. If you follow, do so at a distance.

Always know why someone is eager to trade.

Higer levels always want to duel you in public. Politely decline. Ignore what is said thereafter.

You may have a ride, but you can still get hit and cliffs approach sooner the faster you go.

Maintenance your equipment or it will soon be junk.

There are few who can give good directions, but many are those who think they can give good directions.

It’s always good to question "what’s that burning smell"?

The amount of your money is equal to the total cash divided by number of toons.

You can overclock, but have no regrets about burning out.

Never charge into battle without checking armor, weapons, and ammo first.

If it is rare, everyone will want it.

Let the healer heal or become a healer yourself.

The day the expansion comes out, everyone will want to have the highest level and the best gear as soon as possible.

Even the simple tasks are important for those who can’t do them.

No one knows your character better than you do. Don’t concede to being less than you are.

Some people will never satisfied. If they have everything, they’ll complain there isn’t more to get or do.

No one levels in a forum.
 

Inaug day question:

Incoming Song of Ice and Fire series, surely.

Originally posted by Ascension08

"ZOMG LAWL I HATE EA LAWL THEY RUIN GAMEZ LAWL" comes in.

Minus the laughing, these were my sentiments.  I appreciate the anticipatory response and believe such a prediction is justifiable given the quality (or lack thereof) of EA games historically.  Although they may not be involved in the development, I've been cancelled a number of games because the distributor's mismanagement of delivery, customer service and my account information. 

Cold Weather...

Fastfood

Originally posted by DeadlyByDez

 Is there something wrong with me?!

Nope.  I can say I 'slow played' the first edition and Burning Crusade intentionally.  Part of the fun for me was reading all the quests, exploring areas, searching for the items needed to complete them (not net-search "oh there it is" when I first get a quest), spending time in roleplay development, and having guild events.  To me, that's fun!  I'd 'capped out' several months before the expansion both times and found I didn't play the character much because raiding is boring to me, as well as battlegrinding for the next +1 gear.  Then again, I didn't spend time in newbie areas saying "Look at me!  Aren't I awesome?" /flex  /duel as I see so many others do.

I downloaded it but it seems a little buggy (and I don't mean spotted ladybugs either).  I have to literally ignore an error message to play and it forces me into a mind-numbing tutorial.  I don't have anything against mind-numbing tutorials, just experience rage when I cannot skip them.  For some reason I can't full screen it but that might be in some options somewhere.  Anyway, I'm going to put this on a shelf for a while until it runs a bit smoothly if it gets to that point.  

Good eyes, I haven't played enough to know all those details.  The graphics seemed unchanged though.  If they did do a major graphics overall, I would move it from the "very good" to "awesome!" catagory rather quickly not because I'm a graphics-monger, but because it's the only thing I can see the game lacking.

Yearly forecast:

Originally posted by darwa

You won't find many Brits with the same sentiments (apart from the houses)

I think I was forunate with the friends I stayed with, we had similar tastes...but, how can you NOT love Avebury? O_o  Such a wonderful place for a walk or picnic:

Originally posted by LondonMagus

In games I think we try to be polite but get easily pissed off when people are rude or take advantage. I think the British are more likely to prefer games where you can enjoy the RP atmosphere & tend to dislike things like 'Dude Speak' or people that pointlessly jump up & down spoiling our enjoyment.

To get back to the original question though, I think the main differences are in playing style rather than the actual games themselves. As far as 'Grinders' vs 'Subscriptions' go, we don't mind paying out money as long as we can see that we get good value for it.

Just my opinion though, no offence meant anyone inside or outside the UK.

I think this has more to do with maturity than nationality...else I need to apply for dual citizenship.  Works for me though, I love Twinings elderflower tea, Cadbury chocolate, Twenty20 Cricket, houses made of something stronger than wood, Red Dwarf, Avebury, Dr. Who, Picnics at Chatsworth, V&A Museum, etc.

Originally posted by markoraos

Hmm I'd say that differences between Euro and US tastes are pretty slight, given the common cultural heritage..

The most telling thing is the difference in American football and soccer. Football is all about a series of short bursts of action with clear winners "who's going to win?!"- soccer is watched more for the enjoyment of the game itself "wow did you see that move!", that's why its not boring even though you can get 0-0 scores after 90 minutes of play.

But these are very slight differences I'd say.. Whatever goes in US goes in EU too - and vice versa. I absolutely loathe the "localized" re-edited films, books, games and media in general... I find that attitude insultingly condescending and completely pointless.

Me 2 cents.

I liked this post, thanks for that.  In addition, even though there may have been a culture-split a few hundred years ago (or thousand if we're talking about Asia), by the very nature of the internet and especially online gaming, those divisions will soon disappear.  What's funny in Korea is likely to be funny in South Africa (judging by Youtube commercials) so even people half-way around the world will be telling the same jokes soon enough.  It won't be "I live in the United States" for much longer, rather, "I play for Blizzard"

Originally posted by hvc801

Originally posted by saint4God

I've always wondered:

the "..."

its called an ellipses

Wow, learn something new everyday. 

2: marks or a mark (as …) indicating an omission (as of words) or a pause 

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ellipsis

On Navy Field I apparently joined the Euro version (the link for mmorpg.com goes to there).  It wasn't until playing for a little while that I realized, "wow, there's a lot of bilingual people in this game!"  After realizing it was European, it made sense because we the people of the U.S. aren't even lingual   (just kidding, but I'm sure my friend in England would agree).  I'm picking up a lot of German, very cool sounding language.  My favorite German word is officially "Funker" because it reminds me of George Clinton:

Shot online and Voyage Century have a large international community.  I've met more people from South America from these than any other games.  I'd tried speaking what little Spanish I remember from college to someone in Venezuela, the rest I used www.freetranslation.com/ .  It worked pretty well at first, but must've gotten overambitious with a long sentence because after I said something there was a long pause, then he said, "Dude...I have no idea what you just said."  Hehe, good times, good times.

During my trip to England, I stood at this sign for hours:

Still didn't see any humped zebras.