Comments on: Top 5 trends you need to know in MMOs http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/top-5-trends-you-need-to-know-in-mmos/ Tips, tricks, and unconscionable wastes of time for game developers dealing with writers or writing Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Digital Hollywood: can content help online games? « Writers Cabal Blog http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/top-5-trends-you-need-to-know-in-mmos/#comment-5534 Digital Hollywood: can content help online games? « Writers Cabal Blog Fri, 09 May 2008 00:51:15 +0000 http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-5534 [...] online communities and content can have an impact on each other, as well as pointing out a few more trends in the online [...] [...] online communities and content can have an impact on each other, as well as pointing out a few more trends in the online [...]

]]> By: writerscabal http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/top-5-trends-you-need-to-know-in-mmos/#comment-5531 writerscabal Tue, 06 May 2008 19:17:03 +0000 http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-5531 The Matrix Online community would insert its own narrative drive behind quests. - Sande The Matrix Online community would insert its own narrative drive behind quests. - Sande

]]> By: Michael J. Welch http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/top-5-trends-you-need-to-know-in-mmos/#comment-5529 Michael J. Welch Tue, 06 May 2008 16:33:59 +0000 http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-5529 User created quests would really change things up, I'm sure. It would be great to have players hire other players to do things. User created quests would really change things up, I’m sure. It would be great to have players hire other players to do things.

]]> By: Courtney http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/top-5-trends-you-need-to-know-in-mmos/#comment-5527 Courtney Tue, 06 May 2008 14:31:35 +0000 http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-5527 UGC is -the- reason why Second Life is so popular, in my opinion. All Second Life really is is a set of custom content creation tools. The players have made the world what it is, and you've got everything from kid-safe playgrounds, college lecture sites, Star Wars sims, mature clubs... anything you can imagine, it's there. Personally I would love to see more games take advantage of the power of UGC. I think that's the future of MMOs and the only way WoW will be 'dethroned', so to speak. You mention user-created quests... what did you have in mind? UGC is -the- reason why Second Life is so popular, in my opinion. All Second Life really is is a set of custom content creation tools. The players have made the world what it is, and you’ve got everything from kid-safe playgrounds, college lecture sites, Star Wars sims, mature clubs… anything you can imagine, it’s there.

Personally I would love to see more games take advantage of the power of UGC. I think that’s the future of MMOs and the only way WoW will be ‘dethroned’, so to speak.

You mention user-created quests… what did you have in mind?

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