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Exclusive Interview with MMORPG Gamers Handbook Creator

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Posted July 8th, 2008 by Cody Bye

Learning is half the battle!

MMORPG virgins are fairly uncommon in this day and age. With millions of people playing World of Warcraft alone, a vast percentage of the population has or continues to play MMOGs of some sort. However, new MMORPG players still exist and are often ridiculed by those elder statesmen of the MMOG industry. After seeing this dilemma occur for years, one particular gamer has gone out of his way to help out players that haven’t logged days into their favorite games. Musse Dolk, a Swedish student of game design, has put together The MMORPG Gamers Handbook which actively tries to alleviate some of the growing pains many new players experience.

However, to learn the background behind this book, Ten Ton Hammer sat Musse down for a series of questions concerning his background with MMORPGs and exactly how he came to the decision to create this piece of work. This exclusive interview sheds some light on Musse’s past and exactly how Musse hopes this guide helps new gamers. Enjoy!

Ten Ton Hammer: What sorts of subjects are covered within the handbook? Since every MMOG is different, what did you discover was the basic categories that are in every MMOG?

Musse: What I discovered was that even with all the guides and spoilers that are focused on one specific game, many players had a lot of the same kind of problems. Many totally new players feel lost, not knowing what’s “expected” from them. This guide should give them some guidelines to follow and at the same time teach them the basics of teamwork.

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