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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 2:32PM (Unverified) said

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Is it just me or did WoW completely fuck up the MMO genre?

Posted: Jan 20th 2009 2:37PM (Unverified) said

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Its just you
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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 2:39PM (Unverified) said

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sadface
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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 2:40PM Dirty said

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Im pretty sure they are the MMO genre.
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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 2:42PM Haggard said

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WoW is basically just the definition of an MMO, but with every aspect of it done to near-perfection.
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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 2:48PM (Unverified) said

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Except not really, since it doesn't have any legitimate MMORPG threats to push it further.
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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 3:39PM blash said

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To the OP: Yes.

EVE 4 LIFE bitches!!!
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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 4:39PM (Unverified) said

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WoW IS the MMO genre, that is, the monthly fee genre. It's a social thing more than anything, not sure why people can't understand that, it's more then a game to many people, it's like Facebook or Myspace in a gaming format. Blizzard deserves all the credit in the world, fcking genius.
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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 5:16PM Negatron said

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??? Dumbest comment in quite some time, obviously you don't even play an MMO, RuneScape on Yahoo doesn't count.
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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 6:45PM TwistedBishop said

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I'd say it completely fucked up the PERCEPTION of the MMO industry.

WoW did a remarkable thing in bringing in so many people to the genre by being extremely accessible and well polished. But it also distorted the level of success people in general, and the media in particular, expect from an MMO. It's the MMO equivalent of expecting every RTS game to become a national sport or be considered a complete failure.
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Posted: Jan 20th 2009 4:40PM Contradictions said

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"Im pretty sure they are the MMO genre."

I actually laughed at that. It is amazing a game like that can keep a subscriber base this size so many years after its initial launch. They must be doing something right.

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