Comments on: A Case for Sanity: Killing the WoW Killer Meme

By: r1ft Gaming - Putting the “Oh?” back in MMO » Otherland MMO - Cyberpunk? Not So Much.

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:20:59 +0000

[...] Otherland MMO could be the WOW Killer! Now, while most of my regular readers are familiar with my thoughts on this subject, the fact that this came up 2nd in a Google search for “Otherland MMO” makes me weep for [...]

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Hyping the Hype: From Conan to Warhammer | FlashMMORPG.com — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:16:09 +0000

[...] up, and I assure you that the WoW-killing Mime is not yet with us. We’ll [...]

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Hyping the Hype: From Conan to Warhammer | Game Pet — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:21:03 +0000

[...] with a Mime and you can’t go wrong. Of course I just made that up, and I assure you that the WoW-killing Mime is not yet with us. We’ll leave mimes and memes to rest for a moment, and venture over into [...]

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Hyping the Hype: From Conan to Warhammer : Linefoot — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:04:40 +0000

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By: craylon

craylon — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:21:52 +0000

well a wow killer is as likely as a ebay killer or a google killer

what i see what can happen is a diversification of the market since a lot of companies want their marketshare of the wow cake
so if they are not wow killers they are wow nibblers

but diversification is good and i believe that in 5years there will be 6-10 AAA class mmos to choose from. i also see that singel player games market share will loose market share because mmo subscription will bring in more money for a company then pirated single player dvds.

By: Daedren

Daedren — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:50:49 +0000

@UnSub:

My French spellchecker thought it would be funny to replace “meme” with “mime” because I was missing the accent on “meme”.

I agree that the results were unexpectedly humorous.

I think I’m going to roll with this Mime thing..

By: Daedren

Daedren — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:50:28 +0000

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone.

@BlackWatch: While I question the lucrativity of blogging for a living, I wouldn’t be opposed to it. The main obstacle here is that every major site I’ve inquired to about being a writer or correspondant has either ignored or rejected me. The excuse? I’m too “hostile” against the MMO industry.

So much for objective journalism, eh?

By: cosimusta

cosimusta — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:50:04 +0000

I want to rant too!(no offense)

/on

I hate the idea that the fantasy-MMORPG has reached its peak. That WoW is king and that there isn’t much room for growth, so all you can do is try to be WoW or go a different route like FPS or sci-fi.

I liked WoW, played it about a year and got bored so I stopped. I played lots of other MMOs too, some for much longer. It isn’t the best at everything.

I quit AoC about a month ago and am not playing an MMO right now, and I haven’t found anything that’s available or even in the works that looks interesting to me so far.

My first MMO was EQ and I’ve played many since then. When will there be another fantasy MMO that goes for more of a hardcore gamer approach and primarily focuses on giving the player an immersive challenging world?

And AoC didn’t do that, they didn’t try. They thought about trying, they almost tried, but then they just tried to remake WoW with an R-rating and a goofy combat system.

/not on