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Originally Posted by eqgamer
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The truth of the matter is that I think we've all been around WoW-type games too much, which attracts the instant-gratification kiddies. And unfortunately it wears off on you if you are around them long enough.
And, unfortunately, back in '99 the graphical MMO scene was still pretty new and EverQuest was at the forefront of it - we all still had our "MMO virginity" back then so to speak. There's no mystery left in this game or on this server because about 95% or more of the people that play here already have experienced all of the content on this server. I think perhaps it's harder to get immersed in the world than it was back then because we know what spells we get, where to level, and what the best drops are, thus keeping us more in an "in it for ourselves" mindset. Rather than the teamwork oriented mindset we had back then which crafted such great friendships and made the game what it was.
Hell, I was only 13 when I started playing back then. My brother was 17. The original crowd he gamed with still keeps in contact regularly on their own IRC server and in fact meets IRL on occasion to go camping and such because they grew that close.
*shrug* Obviously just my opinion. Take it for what you will.
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I can see the reasoning behind that, but perhaps we can go beyond Wow. I think someone in an earlier post on this thread mentioned that people act like douchebags because there are little to no repercussions to their behavior.
This is common to every community online, and not just here. Before wow I saw plenty of griefing assholes in EQ, and DAOC. Wow became just another place for those people to go.
There were plenty of "gimme gimme" people in classic; Nothing new, just more prevalent here because of the increase in population.