MMORPG Blog Regurgitation
As I was sitting here thinking about interesting things to write about in the MMORPG world, I decided to take a look at a few other sites to see what people are talking about. Most of the bloggers out there are talking about things that we have discussed years ago…
Antisocial behavior
Carebear BS - raiding, loot, etc.
Why X MMO is better than X MMO
Random new generic mmo that is going to be the best thing since oxygen, but never gets released..
*YAWN*
No one seems to spend any time talking about the interesting stuff like the sub culture of hackers targeting MMORPG accounts to make real life money, or the lives of people who could care less about the ethics of selling online currency and make $10,000.00+ usd per month. Many people blame account “hacking” on the user.
“He/she probably gave out his account info or downloaded cheat programs!”
When the reality is, there are groups of people who enjoy obtaining real life loot like 65 inch plasmas, cars, etc. than epic items. Do we blame these “problems” on the game developers, the people buying the loot, or the hackers/farmers? People who buy these items usually obtain an advantage (which is why MMORPGs should focus on skill based combat and not loot based). But, as long as there is a means to make “real-life” money in any media, people will make it.
“But Tay, this topic has been beaten to death as well…”
This is true, but most bloggers waste too much time and energy worrying about “the great evil” instead of focusing on the interesting sub-culture and techniques behind the madness.
Is the mmo world a boring topic now?