I’ve been having some email correspondence with other bloggers lately regarding either their lack of desire to write anything or their growing despair that many good bloggers are choosing to shut up shop. I personally think that we are at somewhat of a low-point for MMORPG’s, perhaps even the lowest point since their inception. A great many players who inhabit the blogging world are disillusioned. But I believe that in uninspiring times it is our responsibility to rise to the occasion and inspire others. It is all too easy to write when things are going well and we are enjoying the gaming experience. But when things are not going so well it requires more effort to try and identify what the problems are and to write about them without seeming like we are constantly belittling something which we are supposedly passionate about.
So to that end I want to point you to some wonderful posts which I have dug up this morning. Some of these are a long read, but I feel that they are well worth it.
MMORPG’s and old school RPG’s by the Big Bear Butt Blogger.
MMO’s were orginally designed to be shared social experiences by Wolfshead.
Where to find friends in WoW of today by Larissa at the Pink Pigtail Inn.
February 10, 2011 at 8:25 am
I agree. I was also thinking about writing something like this. However, the recent calm also created some good WoW-criticizm. As I have said some times before:
WoW was great for it’s time and taught us many lessons. Now it is time to step aside and allow the next generation of MMORPGs to find their audiences.
From what I hear from the industry, we stand at the beginning of a new wave of innovations.
February 11, 2011 at 11:06 am
Yes, that’s what I’m thinking too. This time we are in now will become known as “the awful time when things were awful but not as awful as listening to every Barry Manilow album while eating fried prunes.”
February 10, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Oh God. It’s my responsability to inspire others? I think I’d been excused after spamming the blogosphere with my thoughts for 3 years now… Isn’t it someone else’s turn to keep up the spirit? Sometimes I really feel like taking a backseat. Having a pint. Relaxing, listening to the banter of others. Let the old farts have a rest a bit. Let the new uprising bloggers shine!
February 11, 2011 at 10:20 am
I can understand perfectly that some of you may be incredibly tired by now, but as a reader of several of the wow blogs i have to ask you guys to keep at it. Larissa you are not responsible to inspire anyone, but reading your blog early in the morning before i start work, definitly lifts the spirit for the long day ahead…
February 11, 2011 at 11:06 am
You’re not excused, sorry Larisa.
February 11, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Is it not natural for people to move on? If people are doing this as a hobby, then it’s only natural that they’d eventually move on. Consider it as their passing. It’s sad if you enjoyed their content. Perhaps their passing will inspire others to take up the pen/quill.
Besides, if it’s too quiet, you could always start a flame war. Try talking about their boots!
February 11, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Or kick a couple of feminists in the nuts. Those were an entertaining bunch of posts.
February 11, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Am I excused from being inspiring? I can’t really do inspiring. I can do trolling, irritating, and confusing, but inspiring isn’t really my strong point.
February 16, 2011 at 10:53 am
good trolling inspiring!
February 11, 2011 at 11:41 pm
What are you talking about, I’m always positive
February 13, 2011 at 8:45 pm
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