"Advanced" use of virtual worlds? (Re: [MUD-Dev] MMORPGs & MUDs)

[Jeff Freeman]

From: Ola Fosheim Grøstad <olag at ifi.uio.no>
> "Koster, Raph" wrote:

>> The word "advanced" says again to me that you are applying
>> particular biases. They're just a KIND of gamer, not an advanced
>> level of it.

> I keep wondering why commercial designers keep saying stuff like
> that.  Follows the line of statements we get to see like "we are
> not going to have a RP server, because there is no common
> definition of RP", "regular players RP too in their own way",
> etc... RPers are quite obviously often more advanced in the way
> they use the game, because they use the game on multiple levels
> and in ways which has not been designed for and provide
> significant enjoyment (or the opposite) for other players as
> well. Now, the commercial designers treat them as "just a kind of
> gamer" because they dont constitute a significant population...

Actually, from my own perspective, I started out roleplaying in the
MMO environment and "advanced" beyond it.  In fact, I've never met
anyone that started out Not roleplaying and then eventually
"advanced into it".  It's always been the other way around.

>From my perspective, RPers in an MMO are newbies.  They'll grow out
of it (or they'll quit, and go play a tabletop game).

But that's just my personal experience there.

Roleplaying in an MMO means denying yourself a great wealth of
interaction with other people.


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