tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post1801747593859649470..comments2024-01-02T23:18:18.412-08:00Comments on Yeebo Fernbottom's MMO Blog: Do modern MMO communities suck?Yeebohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-67664273758748195712011-10-08T06:33:27.574-07:002011-10-08T06:33:27.574-07:00Yea, im still looking for a MMO were i can block o...Yea, im still looking for a MMO were i can block out everyone else. Not only their chat also their character so i will end up with a decent singleplayer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-21335574915314028922011-09-10T14:45:17.199-07:002011-09-10T14:45:17.199-07:00@Anjin: isolated bad experiences can certainly bu...@Anjin: isolated bad experiences can certainly build up after a time and really warp your view. It's happened to me in different settings, I'm sorry to say. Tragedy of the social commons?Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-32714309693675914872011-09-09T23:11:16.546-07:002011-09-09T23:11:16.546-07:00There is the age old problem that a single bad exp...There is the age old problem that a single bad experience can outweigh several good experiences in our minds. It takes very few bad actors in a community to overshadow all of the positive that does occur.<br /><br />I have read in the past that it can be worthwhile for companies to ban the worst offenders (essentially refusing to take money from them) so that everyone else continues to use the service.Marty Runyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456700794989273981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-82008098789148249352011-09-09T12:19:36.515-07:002011-09-09T12:19:36.515-07:00@Stabs: when I first played Allod's Online, I ...@Stabs: when I first played Allod's Online, I rapidly hit my ignore cap due to gold spammers. It pretty much ruined the game for me for a while, since general chat, where you would normally go hunting for PuGs, become a constant flood of spam. They fixed it eventually. I think during development of a new MMO it often simply doesn't occur to some devs that anyone would want more than say, 30 or 40 ignore slots. <br /><br />That said, that was a pretty piss poor blue response you got in WoW.<br /><br />@Rowan: when I transition from WoW back other MMOs, I'm often taken aback a bit by how much more helpful random strangers are.<br /><br />@Sente: I must play on one of the "good" servers, because I always have a really good experience in CoX, particularly on the hero side. It's one of the few MMOs where I'll join PuGs without any hesitation. Spontatenous player runn activities such as costume contests also seem to happen pretty frequently there.<br /><br />@Mmmogamerchick: I totally agree. And those are great tips if you're playing one of the more popular MMOs. Turn off zone chat, don't respond to blind PuG requests that aren't extremely polite and well written.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-30693996783527799242011-09-09T11:48:01.171-07:002011-09-09T11:48:01.171-07:00This topic of community crops up again and again, ...This topic of community crops up again and again, and I still maintain that the bulk of those you meet will be good people...you just need to know where to look. I know the asshats are out there, but I fortunately have had more good experiences with the community than bad ones, even in WoW. Well, for one, I don't PvP, so that cuts down on a lot of bad encounters. I also ignore general chat. And third, if a person looking for group can't even muster up a coherent sentence, I don't PuG with them because chances are if they couldn't care enough to write properly, they're not going to care enough to act like a civil human being. <br /><br />These actions alone have kept my MMO life pleasantly relatively asshole free for the last few years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-51209919190754788532011-09-09T11:02:08.344-07:002011-09-09T11:02:08.344-07:00I PUG and team more often in CoH than in any other...I PUG and team more often in CoH than in any other MMO I play and it is quite seldom a bad experience - if it is bad it is also mostly 1-2 people and the others are quite ok. <br /><br />It seems it may be a bit different depending on which server you play on though; some servers have a bit higher asshat density than others.Sentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07570997712400769232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-36564255679680246212011-09-09T09:05:17.335-07:002011-09-09T09:05:17.335-07:00@Stabs I think they've had to up the limit. I&...@Stabs I think they've had to up the limit. I'm pretty sure I have at least 25 jerks on my ignore just from since the Dungeon Finder started.<br /><br />@Yeebo Thanks for the shout-out. It's nice to hear about good experiences with random strangers. I've actually met a lot of helpful people in all the MMOs I've played, not just jerks.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711156850879162685.post-88970916108735969022011-09-09T07:03:04.813-07:002011-09-09T07:03:04.813-07:00It is partly design. Some years ago I queried the ...It is partly design. Some years ago I queried the cap of 25 on ignore lists in WoW. I had met my 26th arsehole.<br /><br />I got a blue response which basically said we don't want it to be too easy to exclude jerks because we're worried about the jerks having a poor gaming experience.<br /><br />They didn't mind screwing up my game experience. (Neither Blizzard or the jerks).Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.com