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Originally Posted by loramin
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A lot of people seem to misunderstand "immersion". The point of trying to preserve "immersion" isn't to try and make it so you log in to Project 1999 and never think of the real world. The point is that you log in to Project 1999 and you never think "this Project 1999 ... not classic EverQuest".
Did you play back in the day? Here's a random screenshot I dug up from that time:
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Compare the ratio of "real" names" to fake ones ... and notice that even the names which might violate the naming policy still mostly look like real ones (Dome Nytewulf, Tuttas Frutt).
I strongly suspect that (unless you cherry-pick) if you go through old group screenshots from the classic EverQuest period (or even several years after) you will see very few name violations.
So, just like everything else here, the point isn't to remake the best (or most immersive) MMOG ever: the point is just to recreate classic EverQuest. And classic EverQuest did not have a bunch of Papp Smears running around. |
The whole immersion point was in reference to the few of you that took joy in reporting every name you see. I do not log on a game and think my day, gameplay or life is ruined because someone named themselves Capncrunch or Cereal Killer.