Bi-winning

(Woah look at this; a non-MTG entry! There should be less now that it released and I tried Deus Ex, so maybe ill write about that later)


Reading Spinks' article on grinding and it made me think of my gf who simply, has played more mmos than you and me (its a really high number). In these mmos include both free to play and subscription-based mmos. I've never liked the FTP ones as i've found it incredibly repetitive and grindey.

What was triggered when I read Spinks' article is the allure of grinding: its constantly winning.

Think of it; if there are no 'greater' purposes to the game (say questing, or pvp)other than grinding your levels, then making sure you survive and get to high levels is basically winning.

I now understand grinding.

Ooooh Shiny Penny

This site is designed to have an objective (but super happy fun) outlook on Warhammer Online. I've seen many people writing great reviews, which I visit on a daily basis at work between dreaded merchant support calls and the sigh afterwards.

I find we demand ALOT. We compare ALOT. We QQ (cry) alot. We rage-log ALOT.
We will nitpick a game till its a shadow of itself.
Giving those that read a distorted view.
My only option, just like at work, try to see it in a different way, "what were they trying to accomplish?".

At one employee meeting, there was an anonymous comment that everyone was up in arms about (that they disagreed with). I couldn't stand it.

"Hey guys, first off, I'm not the person that wrote that."
/everyone laughs
"But why not try looking at it as ____________ ?"
/some agree and the tense situation is averted

I hope and will try my best not to sound like a Warhammer fanboy; I personally love MMO's in general, from as old as UO to Horizons or Shadowbane to the famously popular WoW, i've played quite a few. They all had good things about it; except maybe Shadowbane.. lol I kidd I kidd (flying bird men?? thats cool).

I just want a more light view on things; yes yes, there are some issues with the game, as any game. But it's not an epic fail. And if you leave, I will cry, b/c you're probably the person i'm able to defeat in pvp ;)

~Wanderlust