Comments on: Good Grief, Get a Grip!

By: Leafshine: Lust for Flower

Leafshine: Lust for Flower — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:16:41 +0000

How to be OP in Real Life…

Talking of Real Life, here’s some great advice on how to play it well:

…Start changing the lives of people around you. … Unify the theory of relativity and the quantic space. … Help end conflicts, whether it is in your neighborhood or abro…

By: slux

slux — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:00:28 +0000

Well I guess the same could be said about achievements in sports, personal wealth etc. Some people really do check the gear and are impressed. The raiders know this because they have done it themselves.

Not that I see it as a proper argument here. In my opinion the two should still have separate graphics because they are completely different things from completely different places and I dislike reusing models pretty much everywhere.

By: Gwaendar

Gwaendar — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:25:47 +0000

That the game means a lot to the players, myself included, is clear. Should you feel proud when you reach goals you set yourself in the game? Absolutely. But believing in-game accomplishments are due respect and admiration from others is where some people start losing touch.
It may be a game which captures our attention for dozens of hours a week, but in the end, killing Illidan changes nothing at all for the world.

As for gear looks, as far as I’m concerned, I play the game so far zoomed out I barely identify races

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:00:48 +0000

That’s a good point, TJ…but to support what Altitis is saying, the Inspect function has been improved considerably, and twice in the last year, from what it once was.

Frankly, 90% of the players in the game (give or take a few–i.e., those who don’t raid or do arenas/BG’s most of the time) have no clue what Raid gear looks like compared to Arena gear. Mostly it’s ostentatious and some of it is colored differently from others.

By: TJ

TJ — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:26:55 +0000

Oooh the just a game vs. what counts in real life thing. Always a tough issue, especially for MMO players.

The game means a lot to some people, for all kinds of reasons. Accomplishments, or things that make individual people -feel- accomplished are pretty personal. While the things you listed are obviously very worthwhile goals, I can understand someone wanting a little more recognition for an accomplishment that was important to them, personally.