Paulos' Ranting about MMORPGs

Date placed up: 6/23/05

We all know MMORPGs have faults, we also know I'm one to judge harshly in the face of injustice... while some dwell on what they can just squeeze out of things with their abilities. SO, here is my ranting on what I think of most F2P MMORPGs today such as Dragon Raja *pah*, Diablo II, Neopets, Darkthrone and more. RATED *PG-13* FOR HATE TALK AND MASSIVE CURSING LIKE A PIRATE DURING RUM BREAK. FIRST, here's MMORPG ranks today.

Dragon Raja:
Gameplay: Great, Music: Good, Server: Dismal, Upkeep: Poor, Players: Dismal
Guild Wars:
Gameplay: Poor, Music: Fair, Server: Good, Upkeep: Great, Players: Good
Diablo II:
Gameplay: Fair, Music: Fair, Server: Excellent, Upkeep: Fair, Players: Fair
Darkthrone:
Gameplay: Poor, Music: Dismal, Server: Excellent, Upkeep: Great, Players: Good
Neopets:
Gameplay: Fair Music: Fair, Server: Great, Upkeep: Excellent, Players: Great
Ranks: Excellent, Great, Good, Fair, Poor, Dismal

GameAmazon : SO
GameAmazon : In case yoo didn't notice what that meant
GameAmazon : Is each mmorpg, some worse than others
GameAmazon : has a specific strength over the other
GameAmazon : But powerful weaknesses compared to the other
GameAmazon : I don't rank WoW because I think it's too complex and I don't play it.
patbophat : lol
patbophat : same, same
GameAmazon : But damn...
GameAmazon : DR Gameplay: GREAT
GameAmazon : That is just so freakin great to have
GameAmazon : and of course
GameAmazon : it gets Server: Dismal,
GameAmazon : the worst server rank
GameAmazon : Upkeep: Poor
GameAmazon : terrible upkeep
GameAmazon : and the players who are on it
GameAmazon : Players: Dismal
GameAmazon : un freakin real
GameAmazon : SADLY
GameAmazon : The best one currently
GameAmazon : Is
GameAmazon : Diablo II
patbophat : lol!
GameAmazon : For pure stability.
GameAmazon : It is.
patbophat : and u can take yourgod off of your DR pk list
patbophat : he didnt pk me
GameAmazon : nah
patbophat : lol
patbophat : aight
GameAmazon : he said he'd pk me earlier
patbophat : oh
patbophat : well den kill em >:o
GameAmazon : I mean... 3 years now, I still have my chars that I made back in April of 2002
patbophat : geez
GameAmazon : The Paulosthemight9 thing is unknown
GameAmazon : maybe i was out of it and change the pass but unlikely
GameAmazon : but thats the ONLY problem I EVER HAD
GameAmazon : ...3 whole years, no actual problems.
patbophat : on d2?
GameAmazon : correct
GameAmazon : 3 whole years... not a single problem.
patbophat : i had a few problems
GameAmazon : well, not me.
patbophat : cd key steeling hax
GameAmazon : I had no hack problems.
patbophat : i had 4 cd keys stole
GameAmazon : Then there's Guild Wars...
GameAmazon : It's gameplay makes me barf
patbophat : my acocunt stole, but i got it back
GameAmazon : so I'm not even going to bother talkin bout gq
GameAmazon : gw*
GameAmazon : Darkthrone...
GameAmazon : Is COMMENDABLE
GameAmazon : but...
GameAmazon : ehh... invading people over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER
GameAmazon : and doing it again tomorrow
GameAmazon : over and over and over and over
GameAmazon : for the next few years
patbophat : lol
GameAmazon : gets a bit poor
GameAmazon : SO
GameAmazon : Then we have... .... neopets...
GameAmazon : aw god >_<
patbophat : lol
GameAmazon : Great players, it's a user friendly place
patbophat : dont HAVE to talk about it do u?
patbophat : lol
GameAmazon : GAMEPLAY is fair, a lot of shit they attempt to do...
GameAmazon : Music is fair with their games and such
GameAmazon : Their server, for how many peopel access NP is great.
GameAmazon : BUT
GameAmazon : SOMETHING THAT DR WILL NEVER HAVE
GameAmazon : UPKEEP: EXCELLENT
GameAmazon : Their UPKEEP is the most commendable I've ever seen in any massive multiplayer game ever.
GameAmazon : INCREDIBLE.
GameAmazon : DAILY repairs, daily work, daily ideas, daily new generated things, daily... DAYS
GameAmazon : SO
GameAmazon : THAT is what DR lacks
GameAmazon : but don't you see...?
GameAmazon : Even with a great game
GameAmazon : like DR
GameAmazon : If it's run by F**K FACES
GameAmazon : tehn...
GameAmazon : you don't wanna play it
GameAmazon : example
GameAmazon : imagine if we leveled to level 30+ tonight, got load sof crit, were real popular...
GameAmazon : 5am, went to bed...
GameAmazon : woke up tomorrow, said hi hi and we get on dr
GameAmazon : CHARS ERASED!
GameAmazon : Jesus christ.
patbophat : that would piss me off!
GameAmazon : time to check the dr forums
GameAmazon : oh what lag
GameAmazon : god
GameAmazon : dr is so fucked up
GameAmazon : the PLAYERS are so annoying
GameAmazon : makes me wanna choke em to death
GameAmazon : AND I AINT BSING EITHER
GameAmazon : YOU'LL SEE PAT
GameAmazon : YOU WILL SEE
GameAmazon : WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
GameAmazon : WHEN YOU GET TO LEVEL OH,... 20-40
GameAmazon : YOU GOT TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE ARROGANT FOREIGNERS...
GameAmazon : LIKE WHEN YOU CALL TECH SUPPORT FOR COMPUTER COMPANIES... SAME PEOPLE... JUST MEANER...
GameAmazon : its real f*cked up
patbophat : i agree
patbophat : and understand truely
GameAmazon : and you will seeeee
GameAmazon : how fuked up it issss
GameAmazon : all you're seeing now
GameAmazon : is how the server and upkeep is terrible
GameAmazon : maybe their UPKEEP... isn't terrible
GameAmazon : but
GameAmazon : to the extent of this situation
GameAmazon : when you are referring to upkeep
GameAmazon : it means to do just that
GameAmazon : at least "fair" upkeep
GameAmazon : this isn't fair.
GameAmazon : this is HORRID.
GameAmazon : It'S not UPKEEP
GameAmazon : ITS DOWNKEEP.
patbophat : agreed
patbophat : ::nods::
GameAmazon : And the people on the dr boards
GameAmazon : Whenever I say something that makes perfect sense
GameAmazon : that they should fix
GameAmazon : they use their petty boasting
GameAmazon : "Ha ha you're just a little noob who can't deal with bein pked, hahaha"
GameAmazon : Me: IDIOT, I'M NOT BEING PKED.
GameAmazon : "THEN WE'LL PK U HAR HAR HAR"
GameAmazon : Arrogant scum.
patbophat : ya
GameAmazon : So...
GameAmazon : And I'm talking about free mmorpgs.
GameAmazon : Whenever someone brings up F2P mmorpgs in a convo
GameAmazon : they're like "THAT AINT AN MMORPG!!!"
GameAmazon : Yes it is. lol
GameAmazon : In fact
GameAmazon : to me, p2p isn't mmorpg, it's comical.
GameAmazon : Paying to play a game, I mean god.
GameAmazon : If I wanna pay to play a game I'll go to an arcade.
GameAmazon : THAT'S MORE FUN
GameAmazon : AND MORE FUCKING STABLE
GameAmazon : AT LEAST I KNOW THE ROOF ISN'T GONNA FALL ON ME WHEN I WALK IN
GameAmazon : Unlike DR
GameAmazon : "BALOOP, YOUR CHARS ARE DELETED"
patbophat : ya
GameAmazon : "BALOOP, AND NO ONE CARES EITHER EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST CHARS TOO :-D"
GameAmazon : SO...
GameAmazon : top free mmorpgs...
patbophat : ill help u argue over it
GameAmazon : <and I mean monthly bills>
GameAmazon : ty.
GameAmazon : We got GW <which is a one time payment of 49.99> *yea, it's sure worth it* Gameplay: Poor,
GameAmazon : We got the classy Diablo II
GameAmazon : Which sucks if you don't use Lord of Destruction
GameAmazon : A little less costy than GW *way more worth it*
GameAmazon : And by the way
GameAmazon : The only reason Diablo II's Gameplay is only "fair"
GameAmazon : Is BECAUSE
GameAmazon : it gets OLD
GameAmazon : too fast
patbophat : ya
GameAmazon : "HEY MAN WE KILLED BAAL FINALLY YAYYYYYYYYY"
GameAmazon : "uh.... LET'S KILL HIM AGAIN!"
GameAmazon : "........"
GameAmazon : ".........."
GameAmazon : "........."
GameAmazon : "AGAIN?"
patbophat : lol
GameAmazon : "YEAH!!! THEN WE CAN KILL HIMA ND ALL THE OTHER BOSSES IN NIGHTMARE! THEN IN HELL MODE!!!!!!!!!!!! EVEN HARDER TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH WEAPONS WE FIND THAT WE CAN'T EVEN USE UNTIL LEVEL 52"
patbophat : ::nod::
GameAmazon : Then we got Darkthrone...
GameAmazon : like I said, commendable.
GameAmazon : Great server, I've seen it down like 3 times in 1 whole year.
GameAmazon : "sorry we're currently updating our server"
GameAmazon : I refresh 2 minutes later
GameAmazon : Darkthrones back up lol
GameAmazon : Their upkeep is Great as I told you already
GameAmazon : Then we have Neopets...
GameAmazon : which is completely free and browser based like Darkthrone
GameAmazon : So the fact is
GameAmazon : Ifffff
GameAmazon : DR...
GameAmazon : Hadd....
GameAmazon : A great server, or a good server
GameAmazon : UKEEP of Fair perhaps
GameAmazon : And <players even though they SUCK, I'm used to it>
GameAmazon : then MAYBE... JUST MAYBE...
GameAmazon : It would be the best mmorpg ever.
GameAmazon : But for now, ... the best in that list is D2.
GameAmazon : <sob>
GameAmazon : HEH BUT THEY SURE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE DR SERVER UP A LOT WHEN IT WAS P2P EH?!??!
GameAmazon : NOW WHEN IT'S F2P IT'S ALL DOWN AND CRAP
GameAmazon : "WE'RE SO SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE THIS HAS CAUSED YOU"
GameAmazon : "OH SHUT UP AND BUY ME A CAR IF YOU WANT TO LIGHTEN THE INCONVENIENCE"
GameAmazon : God damn.
GameAmazon : You know.
GameAmazon : If DR gameplay, people, creators asked me to be the rank of EMPEROR or King of Yllse <one who governs shit>
GameAmazon : I'm not even sure if I'd say yes with this server
patbophat : i'd vote for ya
GameAmazon : Probably would, but shit.
GameAmazon : Oh lemme tell you soemthing
GameAmazon : and I have no shame in saying this
GameAmazon : if it's decided by votes of PLAYERS
GameAmazon : I won't even be voted to be a paperboy
patbophat : exactly
GameAmazon : Players: Dismal
patbophat : high levels get their ass wiped by lowbies
GameAmazon : A person
GameAmazon : on dr forums yesterday
GameAmazon : had the adacity to say
GameAmazon : "You're selfish, you're greedy... you're this, you're that you are sooo info yourself"
GameAmazon : What the FUCK... I'M A LEVEL 20 WHO ADMITS I'M TERRIBLE AT LEVELING, HOW IS THAT HAVING AN EGO?!?!
patbophat : id tell him to fuck off
GameAmazon : Most people
GameAmazon : "HEHEHEH SO I KILLED THE FOOL WHO WAS 30 LEVELS HIGHER THAN ME HAHAHAHAEHEHEHEH"
GameAmazon : "NOW IM GONNA GO LEVEL HEHEHEHE MY LEVEL 120 CHAR HEHEHEHEH"
GameAmazon : "AND GET 50+ MIL MORE CRIT, HEHEHEEHEH"
GameAmazon : oh shut up lol
GameAmazon : and if you say somethin back to these people
GameAmazon : even americans <sort of>
GameAmazon : mainly the foreigners
GameAmazon : if you actually have the balls to talk back to them with hostility like I do
GameAmazon : they put you on their hit list forever
GameAmazon : And I know this
GameAmazon : and I don't care
GameAmazon : that's why everyone on the DR Forums
patbophat : lol
GameAmazon : Cannot understand why I'm still around.
GameAmazon : I get so much abuse, bad fame and insults
GameAmazon : They think "HE'S GOT NO LIFE!!! THAT's WHY HE ST ANDS AROUND LIKE A LIL NOOB!"
GameAmazon : Wrong. I stand around to see how shitty the players are doing and how the server is sucking.
GameAmazon : Also I like playing DR, as you could tell from playing tonight, the gameplay can be quite astounding with A FRIEND, NOT SOLO playing.
GameAmazon : Solo playing sucks more than Diablo II.
GameAmazon : ...j/k
GameAmazon : but its close
GameAmazon : AND ALSOOOOOO
GameAmazon : The PEOPLE...
GameAmazon : who you party with adn crap...
GameAmazon : they aint friends...
GameAmazon : they're annoying...
patbophat : true, true
GameAmazon : especially if you can't even understand what they're saying in their chinese/japanese/korean/portugeuse /spanish language
GameAmazon : SPANISH CHINESE JAPANESE KOREAN
GameAmazon : JESUS CHRIST MAKE UP UR MIND I CANT TAKE NO MORE
GameAmazon : THERES NOT EVEN THIS MANY FOREIGNERS IN AMERICA SHIT!
GameAmazon : I can't take no more of these people with their icons that look like Egyptian times.
GameAmazon : It's funny too
GameAmazon : Sometimes when they're talking to me
GameAmazon : They ask me a question
GameAmazon : in their language
GameAmazon : with a ? at the end ofi t
GameAmazon : now of course that's the only way I know it's a question
GameAmazon : I'm like "uhh... naaah"
GameAmazon : then they something else with a !
GameAmazon : And I'm like "...uh... ... fuck you too? o_O"
patbophat : lol!
GameAmazon : ahh god
GameAmazon : people immediately can tell I'm american too
GameAmazon : "HEY AMERICAN BOY"
GameAmazon : "HEY AMERICAN BOY"
GameAmazon : "U FROM AMERICA RIGHT"
GameAmazon : "U GOT A BIG BAD MANNERED MOUTH"
GameAmazon : "WHEN U GET OUT OF TOWN IM GUNNA PUK U"
GameAmazon : <that means PK but they can't spell PK right>
GameAmazon : I'm like "Mhmmm"
patbophat : lol
GameAmazon : And that Town pking is hilarious
GameAmazon : All I'm saying
patbophat : damn chincks
GameAmazon : is why should you be able to summon monsters in town
GameAmazon : KILL people
GameAmazon : with NO NK GAINED
patbophat : gay
GameAmazon : <NK is when you murder a character and are followed by guards and killed>
patbophat : ya i know
GameAmazon : Example punching someone in town you get 1 nk, or hitting someone and they dont die, 1 nk
GameAmazon : Kill someone, you get 20 nk
GameAmazon : you walk SLOW AS HELL
GameAmazon : but can get up to like 200 nk I think
GameAmazon : and guards hit you for like 8k/12k damage
GameAmazon : all I'm sayin
patbophat : damn!
GameAmazon : is WHY WOULD THE NK SYSTEM EXIST if they let you summon monsters in town and kill people?
patbophat : ya
GameAmazon : And they say on the boards "LOOK STOP WHINING AT LVL 30 BRUES DONT MEAN NOTHING TO UUUUUUUU"
GameAmazon : I'm like "hey man getting hit for 1500 in one shot is enough for me pal"
GameAmazon : yeah, get this
GameAmazon : You can be in town
GameAmazon : in the non safe zone
GameAmazon : wizard summons a BRUE
GameAmazon : Wizard commands the Brue to attack you
GameAmazon : Brue walks up
GameAmazon : hits you for 1500 damage
GameAmazon : hits you again and again and again and again
patbophat : gay
GameAmazon : til you're dead
GameAmazon : AND NO NK!!!!!! NO PENALTY
GameAmazon : AIN'T THAT FU*KING CRAZY?
patbophat : ya
GameAmazon : HOLY SHIT.
GameAmazon : If there were DR conventions
GameAmazon : and I was there
patbophat : exactly why u make a wiz and pk the nking wizards in townm
GameAmazon : everyone would be like "omg"
GameAmazon : ...good point
patbophat : :D
GameAmazon : however
GameAmazon : you can be int eh safe area
patbophat : still wrong
GameAmazon : and summon monsters anyway
GameAmazon : so another brue cant kill u
GameAmazon : but you can command your brue to kill
GameAmazon : and you cant hit the enemy monsters anymore
GameAmazon : in town
patbophat : gay...
GameAmazon : if they can change thaT PK system and NK system
GameAmazon : they can change the god damn SUMMONING system
GameAmazon : NO ATTACKING ALLOWED!
patbophat : ya
GameAmazon : "IT HELPS US CLEAR THE NOOBS!!!!!" says some wizard
patbophat : lol...
GameAmazon : Hey man... you just admitted to being a pker.
patbophat : only newb is a newb that nk's
GameAmazon : All I'm saying
GameAmazon : is I cannot believe
GameAmazon : only ONE PERSON
GameAmazon : out of 100
GameAmazon : agreed that town pking is wrong
GameAmazon : 1 out of 100
patbophat : damn
patbophat : ....
GameAmazon : He said somethin like "Oh it's crazy it shouldn't really be done and all"
GameAmazon : some other guy said "Well monsters should be allowed to attack but the nk system should exist"
GameAmazon : hey man, that's fine with me, the nk system that's what THE NK SYSTEM IS FOR
GameAmazon : SO
GameAmazon : It just shows us all
GameAmazon : they're either black hearted bastard pkers
GameAmazon : or just hate me to DEATH
patbophat : OMG!!! I CANT GET ONMY EMAIL ACCOUNT
GameAmazon : or just hate anyone who tries to change the game
GameAmazon : .. I see.
patbophat : lol
GameAmazon : My multiplayer rant is over. Hope someone realizes how sucky and how good some of these things are.
GameAmazon : God bless the First Ammendment.

So that was my entire rant... extreme, insane? Someone's got to do it... and teach these idiots what's right and wrong. Next someone will be saying to my last quote "WHO ARE YOU TO SPEAK FOR GOD!!"... my goodness, insanity.