cultural anthropological study about P99

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Originally Posted by Kasilis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, yes you are right and wrong at the same time. But you cannot compare these games with everquest. You are right Everquest is a 12 year old game, but it is a game belonging to the genre called MMORPG. As far as i know there havent been much development in the football, chess or monopoly "genre" in the last years. In fact in the MMO genre there has been. A lot of new games have been developed. So I think it is a legitimate question to ask whats so special about Everquest. In my honest opinion: The comparison doesn't really work.

I take it the key premise of your study is that newer MMORPGs are enhanced versions of EQ, and whereas the outsider might expect newer games to make EQ obsolete, in fact EQ retains a loyal following? If so I would counsel you to make this premise crystal clear in your paper and somehow show (to a non-player reading it) the basis for that premise. In the world of games generally speaking the games most played are old games and the creation of hundreds if not thousands of board games over the past 50 years have not diminished the appeal of chess, Monopoly and other 'classics.'

I suspect at the end of the day you will have a study that concludes that some people like EQ better than WoW, EQ2, Vanguard etc. You might equally study board games and find lots of people think Monopoly is more fun than Game of Life, or horse-racing is more fun than dog-racing, and I just wonder out loud what your professor will think as he reads it....was this worth researching?

Anyway, not to pour cold water on your project and I wish you an A grade.