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• • Has racism always been a part of MMOs?

  • I don't so much think at the heart of it all racism is the common factor in most of these actions. In my eyes, it's bigotry. Some people want to take out their aggression on something that reacts instead of something inanimate or productive like normal people, so they do so without caring about the consequences. The anonymity of the internet makes it even easier. Race is just one of the easiest excuses people have ever had. If a game had all the same races, they'd turn to bashing armour choices I bet. It's already close to that in Mexico.

  • Posted: 4/03/08 3:16 PM
    General Discussion
• • What music do you listen to?

  • Originally posted by Sheista ...
    

    1. Muse

    2. Modest Mouse

    3. Tool

    4. Radiohead

    5. Queens of the Stone Age ...

    Just want to say I never would have even heard of Tool if I hadn't seen the charity concert for RAINN he sang a duet at. My inner fan girl squealed when Tori Amos made him blush.

    In terms of genre's though, I have a bit of a mash of everything. There was a time when I thought I hated rap, or hated jazz, or similar such thoughts, till I finally realized I justed hated certain artists whom gave the genre a bad name to me.

    Everything gets a chance. Anything thoughtful goes on the iPod. Whatever is made by an artist I respect gets a legit hard copy on the book shelf.

  • Posted: 4/02/08 9:10 PM
    General Discussion
• • April Fools in Guild Wars

  • Glad a friend prodded me to get on or I might have missed this:

    

     

    Gawd's I love a game company with a sense of humor, even if it does incite much rolling on the floor WTFery upon log in.

    Anyone else have some some amusing shots?

  • Posted: 4/01/08 1:53 PM
    Guild Wars
• • Is there future for grouping games?

  • You have some good concerns. All in all though, I think the class stereotypes aren't so much the issue.

    The reason they get used over and over so often is due to them being based lightly on common archetypes that people really resonate with. A lot of people dream of being the dashing hero of the old stories, the caretaker they always return to, the wise one winning on wits... I think it just get's rehashed cause it goes back so far in stories. No one seems to get tired of Shakespearean stories no matter how easy it is to name the play when a new movie rips it off. What it really boils down to is using those archetypes in such a way that people still find the way to relate to them. People are infatuated with fantasy games right now, but it might not be that way later. Who knows when sci fi, dystopian, or steam punk suddenly gets noticed. Just have to keep up with the shifting opinions of the greater masses to keep making money. There will always be a healer whether they are called a cleric, medic, or field surgeon I think.

     

  • Posted: 3/31/08 12:53 PM
    General Discussion
• • Got Questions? (A General "Catch All" of Resources)

  • Originally posted by Godliest
    

     

     

    I noticed that out of 8 links 6 of those are to mine posts, and in one I've made a response linking to Guild Wars Wiki, making it 6 ½! But if you're going to start add useful guides to gain money you could as well include this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one and this one.

    They were good posts, and linked to multiple websites I'd wanted to add to this list when I first drafted this thread. Just re-affirms my belief that they are good sources of information.

    Thanks for the links, always good to know what people find useful.

    Anyone else have any contributions? More then open to reading them.

  • Posted: 3/30/08 7:22 PM
    Guild Wars