I detest downtown Dallas. When I was a kid, it was the place to go. They would drive several hours to see a punk rock show, stare at the icy people they didn’t have in Oklahoma, & then drive back. Back then, Dallas was a paradise. Now that I am older & have played in bands for very 24 years, I recognize Dallas is a pit. I detested playing the clubs there. One of the major issues that the city has run in to is what to do about all of the homeless people.

Free for All: Are MMO transients bad for the industry?

MMO game enthusiasts who enjoy multiple games are often talked about as though they are the pitiful homeless. While I can see some parallels, I think that such a judgment is not only insensitive but the opposite of the truth. Let’s look at the variables past the cut.

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I detest to sound like a jerk, but right now you cannot go in to downtown Dallas without being asked for alter a dozen times or asked to “look at this spider bite.” (This did happen to me five times, & it it was nasty-looking.) Despite my attitude of understanding for people in all sorts of situations, I still wonder what a city is meant to do with a constant inflow of people, individuals who do not reside permanently in the city yet continue to pass through? You cannot tax them.

These games included EverQuest II, Mabinogi, The Chronicles of Spellborn, Lord of the Rings Online, Vanguard, Ryzom & Free Realms. I could name plenty of others, but those are some of the ones I logged in to loyally every week to at least gain a level or do some quests.

I’d like to make use of myself as an example of a member of the healthy, functioning MMO-homeless. Actually, it would be more correct to make use of the pre-Massively Beau as an example — I was someone who celebrated his transient lifestyle & made it work. Before I worked at Massively, I hosted a “successful” (success meaning net dollars) podcast & weblog. This stuff actually helped get me hired at Massively, so I am still proud to make use of them as an example of how to do it right. I skipped around from game to game to game, seldom reaching the high levels that all of my friends & fellow bloggers were bragging about. I would like to point out, however, that I did maintain a group of what I am liking to call “home games” — games that held a special place in my heart & on my desktop.

As I listed those, I do know that there will be some readers who laugh & say that there is no way for me to “get anything done” or to “achieve anything” even with on a regular basis in the world. The fact is that most “normal” players I do know literally play perhaps one or five games per year. They have all the gold they could need, several max-level characters, as well as a great guild that raids on the same night every week. In some ways, I am jealous of this constant lifestyle. The reliability of such a playstyle is tempting, but in the finish, I do know my wanderlust would get the better of me.

so, for me, the query is not “are transient players bad for the industry?” but “are dedicated players lovely for someone other than the developers they support?”

Look at this recent news post they had on Massively, the one that talked about World of Warcraft bloggers pasting virtual stickers on their weblog warning others it would be a “RIFT-free zone.” I understand that they were trying to say that their blogs would stay dedicated to the original topic, but why could not they also discuss RIFT in the event that they found the game fascinating? After all, in the event that they did not like the game, then why worry about a subject that they would not even discuss in the first place? By that logic, should not they put a banner across the top of the weblog that said “Dead-Kitten-Free Zone” as well?

 

 

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