OP: In World of Warcraft you can be an ass in battlegrounds, parties and raids and not much changes in the world for a player. The thing that Everquest makes possible, that other MMORPGs might not, is make your reputation matter. It mattered more than any other game I've ever played. There are these social mechanics that evolve and one day that player might be LFG in your zone, might be looking to join the guild, might try to tag along on a raid, and a negative reputation sometimes follows a player and makes some of those things a little more difficult for them.
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