Comments on: “Pilots” in MMORPGs http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/ Girls, Games, Gadgets. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:47:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: sylv3rblade http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7430 sylv3rblade Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:20:35 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7430 GM T "piloting" actually goes much deeper than that. *Identity theft - the player you're trying to flirt with suddenly turns to a man (WTF!) *Exploitation - continuation of ID theft, some people actually ask for in-game items for some in-game attention. Now I know that's hard to believe but there really are some gullible people out there. Also, if you've seen the services "selling" in game cash then you've got to wonder where they get all that money. The answer is Zeny (or whatever currency they're using) Farms that are operated by crafty individuals. Basically they setup a whole cafe (usually in China), let people farm zennies for minimum wage and sell off the digital cash for real one. It's a really lucrative system but breaks the gaming experience all the same. GM T “piloting” actually goes much deeper than that.
*Identity theft - the player you’re trying to flirt with suddenly turns to a man (WTF!)
*Exploitation - continuation of ID theft, some people actually ask for in-game items for some in-game attention. Now I know that’s hard to believe but there really are some gullible people out there.

Also, if you’ve seen the services “selling” in game cash then you’ve got to wonder where they get all that money. The answer is Zeny (or whatever currency they’re using) Farms that are operated by crafty individuals. Basically they setup a whole cafe (usually in China), let people farm zennies for minimum wage and sell off the digital cash for real one. It’s a really lucrative system but breaks the gaming experience all the same.

]]> By: fatman http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7432 fatman Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:43:10 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7432 MMORPGs aren't supposed to be cutthroat competitions. In the old style D&D or its siblings, a Dungeon/Game Master will whittle your character's <em>riches</em> to fit his campaign rather than allow you to imbalance it. The problem here isn't the lack <em>level</em> or <em>wealth</em> of the player's character. It's very often the player projecting his insecurities or megalomania into the game rather than allowing himself freedom from those insecurities or insanity. When Waukeen asked the RB-ers to vote for RO to be included in the World Cyber Olympics, I <strong>abstained</strong>. If there was a choice of <em>none of the above</em>, I would have chosen that! True competitive games depend on the player's skill not his character's level. MMORPGs, or any MMOG that requires character level to even be in the running, have no place in the World Cyber Olympics. MMORPGs aren’t supposed to be cutthroat competitions. In the old style D&D or its siblings, a Dungeon/Game Master will whittle your character’s riches to fit his campaign rather than allow you to imbalance it.

The problem here isn’t the lack level or wealth of the player’s character. It’s very often the player projecting his insecurities or megalomania into the game rather than allowing himself freedom from those insecurities or insanity.

When Waukeen asked the RB-ers to vote for RO to be included in the World Cyber Olympics, I abstained. If there was a choice of none of the above, I would have chosen that! True competitive games depend on the player’s skill not his character’s level. MMORPGs, or any MMOG that requires character level to even be in the running, have no place in the World Cyber Olympics.

]]> By: Blackwolf http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7504 Blackwolf Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:32:03 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7504 I have a simple philosophy. If you didn't level the character yourself with your own skillz, brains, blood, sweat and tears, then it's not your character. You didn't earn that character's power or prestige yourself. That pretty much sums up my views on piloting and botting. I have a simple philosophy. If you didn’t level the character yourself with your own skillz, brains, blood, sweat and tears, then it’s not your character. You didn’t earn that character’s power or prestige yourself.

That pretty much sums up my views on piloting and botting.

]]> By: Henie http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7515 Henie Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:31:48 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7515 ^-True. Most players have gotten carried away with the sense of competition (and sometimes greed) that they have forgotten the true essence of playing a MMO game. ^-True. Most players have gotten carried away with the sense of competition (and sometimes greed) that they have forgotten the true essence of playing a MMO game.

]]> By: sylv3rblade http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7517 sylv3rblade Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:53:01 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7517 @Blackwolf You've just bitchslapped the hypocrites of botters ^^. By hypocrites, I mean those who try to justify botting due to lack of time and money to play. kudos to you! @Blackwolf
You’ve just bitchslapped the hypocrites of botters ^^. By hypocrites, I mean those who try to justify botting due to lack of time and money to play. kudos to you!

]]> By: Bitch Slapping Game | gmtristan.com http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7579 Bitch Slapping Game | gmtristan.com Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:53:05 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7579 [...] that some of my readers are busy with “bitch-slapping” in the comments section of my Pilots in MMORPGs post, [...] […] that some of my readers are busy with “bitch-slapping” in the comments section of my Pilots in MMORPGs post, […]

]]> By: Blackwolf http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7596 Blackwolf Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:45:07 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7596 Thank you Henie and Sylv3rblade. :) We all know how much real money is involved in an MMORPG. We all know that online currency and rare items can be turned into cash. That in itself is a powerful motivation to pilot or bot. Or maybe it's for a place in a competition like the World Cyber-Olympics. I have to agree with Fatman - competitions like that must be based on skill, not level achieved for your character. I don't approve of it but I understand why some people would do it. However, I play because it's something I enjoy immensely. So if I play for fun, why the rat race? I ain't gonna sell my characters or their stuff for real money anyway. Why the rush? :D Thank you Henie and Sylv3rblade. :)

We all know how much real money is involved in an MMORPG. We all know that online currency and rare items can be turned into cash. That in itself is a powerful motivation to pilot or bot. Or maybe it’s for a place in a competition like the World Cyber-Olympics. I have to agree with Fatman - competitions like that must be based on skill, not level achieved for your character.

I don’t approve of it but I understand why some people would do it.

However, I play because it’s something I enjoy immensely. So if I play for fun, why the rat race? I ain’t gonna sell my characters or their stuff for real money anyway. Why the rush? :D

]]> By: Noel http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7617 Noel Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:25:11 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7617 I started my char by myself, and leveled and armored it to a point that it can do some pretty decent stuff. Then came along my brother in-law who got hitched on the game himself. He likes his char, and he enjoys playing it when the two of us are online. But as a new char (compared to mine), he knows he can't get that far without me. Plus the fact that I now need more "maintenance" than his char for a variety of reasons. What he does is pilot my char when I am out at work, and then we play together when I get home. We basically don't have our separate purses anymore. Everything we have, we share, ironically under the Marxist doctrine: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Just something I wanted to share on how piloting sometimes comes about. I was never uber-competitive (it's expensive hehe). And somehow, I enjoy the idea of surprise, when I log in my char at night and see all the loots that "we" got for the day. I started my char by myself, and leveled and armored it to a point that it can do some pretty decent stuff. Then came along my brother in-law who got hitched on the game himself. He likes his char, and he enjoys playing it when the two of us are online. But as a new char (compared to mine), he knows he can’t get that far without me. Plus the fact that I now need more “maintenance” than his char for a variety of reasons. What he does is pilot my char when I am out at work, and then we play together when I get home. We basically don’t have our separate purses anymore. Everything we have, we share, ironically under the Marxist doctrine: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”

Just something I wanted to share on how piloting sometimes comes about. I was never uber-competitive (it’s expensive hehe). And somehow, I enjoy the idea of surprise, when I log in my char at night and see all the loots that “we” got for the day.

]]> By: Blackwolf http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7671 Blackwolf Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:39:43 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-7671 That's a novel and fun reason to pilot. I guess it's really a base-to-base cases, to quote Melanie Marquez. ;D That’s a novel and fun reason to pilot. I guess it’s really a base-to-base cases, to quote Melanie Marquez. ;D

]]> By: SELaplana http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-8099 SELaplana Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:04:52 +0000 http://gmtristan.com/pilots-in-mmorpgs/#comment-8099 i do have my own pilot here. I pay him per hour basis and he only follows my instruction. besides, i am with him here in my office... he plays my character and I do my blogging works. Usually my pilot play my character up to 3 to 5 hours only in the morning to afternoon because it's the time that I write articles for my blogs. i do have my own pilot here. I pay him per hour basis and he only follows my instruction. besides, i am with him here in my office… he plays my character and I do my blogging works. Usually my pilot play my character up to 3 to 5 hours only in the morning to afternoon because it’s the time that I write articles for my blogs.

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