The conflict between hardcore and casual gamers has never really stopped, as I have argued before the divide between hardcore and casual player in WoW got blurred with WOTLK. Now more and more of the playerbase is raiding, epic quality gear is easy to obtain and the average player knows more about the game then [...]
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Everyone agrees that cooperation in PvP is key to winning. But, getting a team of Gulch-hippies to cooperate will often seem like herding cats. Everyone is pulling in their own direction and everyone tries to be a general, so how do you turn this around? How do you get a PuG PvP group to cooperate? After my longwinded comments on Psychochilds post “Punishing Grouping” I realized I should (wo)man up and say what I meant here, possibly in a more coherent way. Reading a bit around on blogs discussing this such as Wolfshead talking about the glorydays of EQ2, Stylish Corpse on why soloing is not to be frowned upon- [...] In the wake of “The Curious Case of the Poorly Behaved Professor” a discussion about social rules vs game rules have emerged. While Myers, the professor in question, still holds up that he was not griefing other players he is perhaps in a minority at this stage. However, as often before, disagreeing with someone helps [...] Long story short: Mass communication professor David Myers conducts a experiment in City of Heroes (CoH) concerning social rules. He does this by PvP- griefing players in CoH over a period of a few months, checking and logging responses to him and then writing a paper about it. Twinks are often charged with ruining other peoples gameplay, yet twinks are the only ones that are only in it for the play itself. Harry Potter meets Collectible Cardgames (CCG) meets World of Warcraft. I think. |
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