by Eric Kenvin on Oct 21, 2009
In the olden days of MMOs
grouping was an easy and laidback affair for massively online gamers.
It didnt matter who you invited to play with you, because the games
were pretty simple, the pace slow, and the only thing you had to worry
about was griefers. Sure they were a pain, but in general the
early playerbases of our online games were small select bunches of people.
The genre hadnt hit the mainstream and it was hard to run into the
proverbial asshats that populate the internet.
Then someone decided to go ahead and
make World of Warcraft a global phenomenon (curse you, Rob Pardo) and
suddenly there are millions upon millions of us, and Im sad to report
that not everyone is as courteous and polite as my great-uncle Nigel
Wortswallowington from Glastonburygloucestershire, England. Hes
a really nice chap. Always opening doors for me and patting me
on the bum as I run by. What? Your uncles dont do that?
And your uncles are actually related to you?
Lets move on, then.
Champions Online is a whole different
ballgame when compared to the action of its MMO-brethren. Simply
travelling without communication or a shared destination can get you
separated from your friends, and possibly killed. To that end,
Ive decided to compile a helpful list of Dos and Donts in
order to help keep you far away from being called an asshat and closer
to being a Nigel Wortswallowington.
ask players if they would like to join your team.
DONTI know a lot of these tips and tricks
might seem obvious to the experienced (READ: polite and courteous) players,
but Im sure I dont have to go on and on at length about the kind
of people one runs into in a virtual world. I guess thats the
realism we should expect when playing in a game populated by thousands
or millions. Next time youre out and about in Millennium City
and someone asks you to team up to go tackle the Fight Club mission,
keep these things in mind: were all trying to play the game and have
fun, and sometimes to do that we need a little help from our friends.
Dont be an asshat kids, be a Nigel Wortswallowington
minus the
bum-touching.