{"id":122,"date":"2007-09-19T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/random-average.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2007-09-19T09:00:45","modified_gmt":"2007-09-19T09:00:45","slug":"demonstrating-learning-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomaverage.com\/index.php\/2007\/09\/demonstrating-learning-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrating Learning Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three MMO mistakes I’ll never make again<\/a>
\n“I do not need to level tonight.”<\/i><\/b>
\nFor “level,” also insert “get the pretty new item,” “finish this mission,” or do ANYTHING when the whole point of staying on is just to accomplish some virtual goal. If I stay on too late some night because I’m having a great time (either just doing a good storyline, or playing with friends, or even soaking up some testosterone in a PvP battleground), that’s one thing — that’s fun — that’s adding a smile to the ledger of your life. If I’m blearily trying to pound out that last 150 hellboars I need to get the XP to level up? Log out — the boars will be there TOMORROW.
\n“I do not need to help people run things.”<\/i><\/b>
\nI don’t need to be a class leader. I don’t need to be a guild leader. I especially don’t need (or want) to spend any online PLAY time having meetings, discussing some kind of inter-player drama, or conducting interviews with new members. I can do it — and I’m for damn sure GOOD at it — but I will eventually resent it, and that will cause me to burn out, with fiery, painful consequences.
\n“I do not need to play a healer.”<\/i><\/b>
\nThis one is somewhat tongue in cheek — what I need to do in any game is make up (a) a ranged damage dealer and (b) a tank. Judging from both CoH and WoW, I’ll make them (and level them up) in that order. That is what I enjoy. Anything beyond that… will probably have to wait until I’m done with those two.
\nBonus: “People are only rarely as reliable when you are an online friend as they are when you are a face-to-face friend.”<\/i><\/b>
\nThat’s just the simple truth. Note that I did not say “virtual” versus “real life” friends: inasmuch as the time I spend online is REAL time, and I am talking to REAL people in other parts of the world, and spending time doing activities and having REAL fun — the people I know online are just as “real life” as anyone.
\nBut they aren’t a face to face friend to me, and I am not a face to face friend to them, and no matter how good a person you are, that makes a huge difference. Raise your hand if you have NOT been burned by assuming otherwise in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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