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Originally Posted by Kekephee
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I have to say, I love your writing style. I was cracking up and agreeing at the same time.
I think I'll suggest the idea that it's precisely
because the server population is older on average and they (we) are all more cynical with less patience. Instead of having all day to play, they have maybe an hour because they work for a living. So trying to get a camp is like "camp check"...5 seconds go by..."ok, I'm taking xxxxx", which leads to the scenario you described. And also, I think most of us get more assertive and less tolerant as we get older, too. We're more willing/able to take heat for something if we get our way.
I'm making a ton of generalizations here. I try to be as respectful as I can because I think karma hurts, but I also recognize that I fight with myself about what the limit of respect is more now than I used to in 2001. But then, I was significantly more submissive back then too.
Let's face it, these are exactly the reasons why EQ generally didn't do nearly as well as WoW and others. Its game mechanics didn't have ways of dealing with these scenarios because the genre was new. But at the same time, the mechanics are also why I consider EQ the most socially vibrant MMO in existence. Reputation matters.