Idea about a game for everyone
I just had some insperation and i had to share it.
The reason MMORPGS suck is they cant appeal to everyone, there is not enough cash, time, personale, or equipment. Like any business AO only cares about the majority of its customers when a large decision is made. Every person that renews his/her account each month just add's a vote that AO is generally good and fun. Thats the only REAL poll that FunCom has to care about, as long as there are enough people subscribing then they only need to make cosmetic changes to the game. This saves money time and many other resources.
So you have a few options regarding this: you can quit, you can stay.
"But if we quit then the game will dissapear and we havent made anything better"
Thats a lie. If the game goes under, then so be it, Funcom knew these games were very addicting. Funcom is also a small business, what a perfect combonation. An addicting game that in essence is easy to mantain and keep working, that is constantly bringing in money. MMORPGS are like freaking "cyber dimaond mines." Sure some work is needed but its so minute that the revenues more than pay for the work you have to do. This is why I tend to liken games like AO to a drug, much like cocaine or heroion (sp?). Even better would be ciggeretts, and as a former smoker I think that fits the best.
Think about it like this, how many people love Limp Bizket, or BSB's or Brittany Spears? Millions upon millions. This in its self means these bands appeal to the lowest common denominator of people. In other words, the music these groups produce is easily understood, easilly accepted, and easily sold. People find a small outlet from reality in these people. Limp Bizket says its okay to be angry and hate everything, since most people ARE angry the band is well liked. Brittany Spears is a sexual goddess, but she's also the "good girl gone bad" the reason she sells her records to girls predominatly is simple. Young girls have horiable self esteem, can you blame them, this world is throughly based on the physical. So it dosent matter, in the end, if they are good or nice or friendly, because the good looking girls will always be with the guys, minus the few random exceptions.
To continue the music metaphore, BSB tells girls that "it dosent matter what your like, we will love you." Brittany tells them "I was like you, but men only want one thing and you know what? Its fun to give in and give them what they want!" While Limpy is proclaming "your all dumb mother fvckers and only us 'pimps' matter" Talk about a circle of opinions. If you want to get laied by a girl now a days, yes, its alot easier. The dorkiest man on these forums could snag a hot woman, if only superficially. Well all this is good for the average man or woman, i mean most people have no desire to think about why things happen or the concequences of actions, or why certian people tell them to do certian things. I cant really blame them, the worlds a sad depressing place all in all. What with 50 million wars in 300 million countrys involving 7 billion people. Its a hell of alot easier to just go with the flow and drink your beer, look at your porn, placate your girlfriend into fvcking you, then going to bed. Perhaps with a small dose of kicking the hell out of people you dont like added for flavor.
Whats the point of all this? Well, untill the community gets its collective head out of its collective ass and quits playing these pathetic excueses for videogames. Then you have no right to expect anything more than the absolute baseline. Some of you are trying to pull your heads out, but many more are just too happy where they are, i mean what if the air out side the "ass" smells worse than inside? Perhaps if enough of us got together and made our OWN company and made our OWN game and said "Fvck the conventions and the easy path," then we'd definatly see a game worth playing. Oh well its the eternal debate, Is it better to be happy and ignorant, or sad and knowledgable. I dont have much choice in the matter, i think too much about things wether i want to or not =P
Dont pick games because other people like them, pick games because you like them. And, if you dont like the game everyone else likes then it dosent make you less of a person, just a different person. Is that such a bad thing? Imagine if everyone was the same.... Like big companys wish we were, man they'd make so much more cash. Replace "game" with anything else in those last few sentences. This is gunna sound cheezy as hell, and i'm gunna loose half the people that read this far, but "Be yourself" lame i know, but its true, and if the truth is lame, then so be it. I, personally, would rather be lame than too afraid to accept truth when i see it.
So in closing, this wasnt a flame, if you like anything that you think i insulted then know my intentions werent to insult. But if my opinions, as a totaly random annomous person are insulting you, then maby deep down you know i'm right?
And a final bit of wisdom, "Anyone will do anything with the proper motivation"
Yes I will debate that =P (I spell like a fool, and my grammar is just as bad, so if you want to discredit me using those things your going to have to try harder and at least post an opinion that counters mine.)
