Neveron >> General Discussion Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 NeverSayNever Major Reged: 11/18/02 Posts: 1465 [off topic(?), community, general] "Dana Massey Asks Why Not?: Build Better Social Bonds in MMOs"       #155416 - 06/20/09 01:45 PM (78.53.26.121) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   just stumbled upon the following interesting article/column at mmorpg.com: "Dana Massey Asks Why Not?: Build Better Social Bonds in MMOs" http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/3177/Build-Better-Social-Bonds-in-MMOs.html note: Please don't miss the comments / discussions related pages (link at bottom of Dana Massey's article). Have a nice day / night. Post Extras:       NeverSayNever Major Reged: 11/18/02 Posts: 1465 Re: [off topic(?), community, general] "Dana Massey Asks Why Not?: Build Better Social Bonds in MMOs [Re: NeverSayNever]       #155417 - 06/20/09 02:47 PM (78.53.26.121) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   By the way, any Nev-related, oddly familiar déjà-vu feelings after having read the article at mmorpg? Some oldtimers / veterans who have been playing Neveron and or watching the sarna forums for many years might remember the following old thread: "some thoughts [long, sorry] on the "forced faction war"-admin log from mattbuck's Platonian website" http://www.sarna.net/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/118773/page/115/fpart/all/vc/1 Well, retrospectively it really looks like some of the players who dared to voice their concerns about the introduction of forced faction war(s) early on - and who dared to emphasize the importance of an intact community / playerbase (intact faction / alliance structures) - got the right idea what would have been necessary for a good, healthy and self-sustaining / self-replenishing / self-regenerating community / playerbase at Neveron in the long run: a good and healthy mix of old and new players ... Looks like artificially disrupting and or tearing apart the naturally grown social fabric, which tends to keep a gaming community / playerbase together and or alive, for example via introducing some kind of 'visionary', new "forced faction war" 'feature', in order to get rid of most if not all disgruntled veterans (including a lot of old and or loyal long term donators) wasn't a good admin decision ... Just some food for thought ... Have a nice day / night. Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 13 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  Wayward_Son, Nic Jansma, mattbuck, ShadowMasterCM, Cray  Print Topic Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is enabled       UBBCode is enabled Rating: Topic views: 325 Rate this topic Choose rating 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star 5 star Jump to *BattleTech* -----   General   Board Game   BattleSpace / AT2   PC Games   Designs   MechWarrior RPG   CCG   Minis   Marketplace*Other* -----   Off Topic*Sarna.net* -----   Announcements   Comments/Questions*Neveron* -----   Neveron News   Newbies   General Discussion   Role Playing/Politics   Suggested Changes/Additions   Marketplace   Bug Reports   Technical Questions   Archive

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