Why do you play MMORPG's?

[Rufio]

I wanted to know why you some of you guys play MMORPG's and get addicted.

What is so attractive about them that makes you want to play it like you're addicted to crack?

What features are you looking for in an MMORPG?

What do hate about them?

 

[Tylanner]

False sense of accomplishment.

 

[KLin]

ATOT is my crack. I NEED MORE CRACK.

 

[imported_Tick]

Why is it a 'false' sense of accomplishment?

 

[Baked]

Brain washed.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: KLin
ATOT is my crack. I NEED MORE CRACK.

Crack gooood!

 

[upsciLLion]

Can't beat off all day long.

 

[Rufio]

but why do you sit in front of your screen and click click click until the sun comes up?

what makes an MMORPG so attractive to you?

 

[amcdonald]

If someone doesn't update those databases.... WHO WILL??!?!

 

[UglyCasanova]

I don't play them.

 

[nageov3t]

persistant world

play with friends

saves money (sure, I'm paying $15/month, but I haven't bought a single PS2 or XBox game since I started WoW)

 

[Gurck]

Character development, social interaction & cooperative accomplishments. Social interaction is a big part of it - where else can you chill with intelligent, non-adolescent people, often of a technological bent and who aren't trying to argue politics or religion? MMORPGs are honestly the only place I've found for that.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I don't.

- M4H

 

[Rufio]

What makes WoW, EQ, and other games like that so popular?

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Gurck
Character development, social interaction & cooperative accomplishments. Social interaction is a big part of it - where else can you chill with intelligent, non-adolescent people? MMORPGs are honestly the only place I've found for that.

The real world?

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: Rufio
What makes WoW, EQ, and other games like that so popular?

Gurck sums it up.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck
Character development, social interaction & cooperative accomplishments. Social interaction is a big part of it - where else can you chill with intelligent, non-adolescent people? MMORPGs are honestly the only place I've found for that.

The real world?

What, and the real world is somehow not filled with people who wish to talk about only religion and politics, and are idiots? Cause if people where you live are like that, tell me, cuase I'm moving there!

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck
Character development, social interaction & cooperative accomplishments. Social interaction is a big part of it - where else can you chill with intelligent, non-adolescent people? MMORPGs are honestly the only place I've found for that.

The real world?

I said 'intelligent'

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck
Character development, social interaction & cooperative accomplishments. Social interaction is a big part of it - where else can you chill with intelligent, non-adolescent people? MMORPGs are honestly the only place I've found for that.

The real world?

What, and the real world is somehow not filled with people who wish to talk about only religion and politics, and are idiots? Cause if people where you live are like that, tell me, cuase I'm moving there!

Just covering my bases for the inevitable replies of real world (intelligent), atot (non-adolescent) and various message boards (religion & politics).

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck
Character development, social interaction & cooperative accomplishments. Social interaction is a big part of it - where else can you chill with intelligent, non-adolescent people? MMORPGs are honestly the only place I've found for that.

The real world?

I said 'intelligent'

And I said, 'The real world?'

 

[BillyBatson]

i don't solely play mmorpg's but i have played several of thema nd still currently do
they are just fun, almost real time, you have an end goal (like ot get to the top lvl, get a specific power, armor, or weapon) almost alwyas something to do and the best ones almost alwyas have something new to do even when at the top lvl
also the fact that it is real people you play with or against aswell along with NPC's it is just more complex yet fun like WoW or complex both game wise and play wise like DAOC

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck
Character development, social interaction & cooperative accomplishments. Social interaction is a big part of it - where else can you chill with intelligent, non-adolescent people? MMORPGs are honestly the only place I've found for that.

The real world?

I said 'intelligent'

And I said, 'The real world?'

We're talking about the same place here? The place where the pinnacle of entertainment is considered to be watching people eat insects on TV and every product, from electronics to clothing, needs labels warning about the hazards of eating it?

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck
Character development, social interaction & cooperative accomplishments. Social interaction is a big part of it - where else can you chill with intelligent, non-adolescent people? MMORPGs are honestly the only place I've found for that.

The real world?

I said 'intelligent'

And I said, 'The real world?'

We're talking about the same place here? The place where the pinnacle of entertainment is considered to be watching people eat insects on TV and every product, from electronics to clothing, needs labels warning about the hazards of eating it?

If that is what your world consists of, sure.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Gurck
Character development, social interaction & cooperative accomplishments. Social interaction is a big part of it - where else can you chill with intelligent, non-adolescent people? MMORPGs are honestly the only place I've found for that.

The real world?

I said 'intelligent'

And I said, 'The real world?'

We're talking about the same place here? The place where the pinnacle of entertainment is considered to be watching people eat insects on TV and every product, from electronics to clothing, needs labels warning about the hazards of eating it?

If that is what your world consists of, sure.

What world do you live in?

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: Rufio
I wanted to know why you some of you guys play MMORPG's and get addicted.

What is so attractive about them that makes you want to play it like you're addicted to crack?

Just like in that South Park episode with the Gamesphere, nothing interesting ever happens in real life.

Originally posted by: Rufio
What do hate about them?

I never play them myself, but not because I wouldn't think they're fun, rather I'm afraid I will actually love playing them & start devoting my life to them. Because really, if you're going to start a video game, you might as well go all out & play to its fullest, else what's the point to it all?