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 Shiva.Kewitt
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By Shiva.Kewitt 2012-05-08 21:36:09
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Feel free to add your own.

1st law of MMO
Everyone Lies (House)
2nd Law of MMO
Until you meet in person someone you met online in a MMO, they are a sub class of friend.
3rd Law of MMO
If you play the game for more then a year, you will always want to come back.
4th Law of MMO
If you quit a MMO and come back you will quit again before the people that missed you well you where gone, quit. Regardless weather you say your never going to quit again.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Moonsshadow 2012-05-08 21:47:12
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Don't beg for currency.
There are noobs at every level.
Every activity can be accomplished in more ways than most people think.
Remember, it's only a game.
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By alyria 2012-05-08 21:51:12
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1st rule: We do not talk about MMO
2nd rule: We do not talk about MMO
3rd rule: We do not talk about MMO
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By Bismarck.Moonlightespada 2012-05-08 21:56:11
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if it has ***, 90% of the time its a guy
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By Bahamut.Sobius 2012-05-08 21:57:13
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Presume every RL person you have never met running a character, has a penis.
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By Fenrir.Sylow 2012-05-08 22:07:47
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Thou shalt not jump.
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By Carbuncle.Enuyasha 2012-05-08 22:11:58
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if thou dost not succeed, hit the accept revival button

thou shalt not sit on funiture

thou shalt not solo

thou shalt not gain any reasonably or amazing gear without grinding an event for not less or without investing more than 120 minutes per diam with not more than 18 people

thou shalt not gain amazing worthwhile items before utterly worthless items
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By Bahamut.Fistandantilus 2012-05-08 22:41:16
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Shiva.Kewitt said: »
2nd Law of MMO Until you meet in person someone you met online in a MMO, they are a sub class of friend.

On the contrary I have known some very awesome people throughout my XI career 04-2012. Most of them I never met in RL (mostly due to vast distances between us) however I would still classify them as fantastic friends regardless of never meeting face to face.

Some of those relationships I've made are closer, and more trusting than many RL friendships.
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By Leviathan.Draylo 2012-05-08 22:52:07
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I've actually experienced pretty much that, only a handful of people I really consider true friends from playing an MMO. The rest were just another hi and bye friend.

High likelihood of xxsephirothcloudtifaxx people being terribad players.
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By Phoenix.Bomber 2012-05-08 22:55:34
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Bahamut.Sobius said: »
Presume every RL person you have never met running a character, has a penis.
Webcam says Hi
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By Leviathan.Hohenheim 2012-05-08 22:57:06
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Leviathan.Draylo said: »
I've actually experienced pretty much that, only a handful of people I really consider true friends from playing an MMO. The rest were just another hi and bye friend.

High likelihood of xxsephirothcloudtifaxx people being terribad players.

Well, this is rather reflective of real life, How many friends do you really have that are more than hi or bye or school or work friends?
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By mortontony1 2012-05-08 22:59:07
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No matter how good you are at anything, there is always someone better.
No matter how good you are at anything, there is always a flaw about you/your gear and it is the job of everyone else to call you out on it.
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By Leviathan.Draylo 2012-05-08 22:59:22
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It is pretty much, the same amount but I don't consider those people friends but "sub class" acquaintance!
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By Leviathan.Hohenheim 2012-05-08 23:07:03
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Leviathan.Draylo said: »
It is pretty much, the same amount but I don't consider those people friends but "sub class" acquaintance!

What's the saying? something like, everyone *** you over, friends are the ones you let do more than once.
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By Ragnarok.Kongming 2012-05-08 23:13:36
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wasn't there already a Murphy's law of MMOs somewhere...eh

-drop rate is inversely proportional to how much you want something
-if you drop it, you will need it later and spend hours farming it
edit: addendum: if you keep it, you will never need it
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By Bismarck.Bloodbathboy 2012-05-08 23:23:02
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Do unto others as they do unto you. If there cool, I am cool. If not, I am not.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Milliniar 2012-05-09 00:51:35
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always compare the game to WoW in general/global chat if the game came out after wow.
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By Odin.Eikechi 2012-05-09 00:56:09
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Shiva.Kewitt said: »
Feel free to add your own.

1st law of MMO
Everyone Lies (House)
2nd Law of MMO
Until you meet in person someone you met online in a MMO, they are a sub class of friend.
3rd Law of MMO
If you play the game for more then a year, you will always want to come back.
4th Law of MMO
If you quit a MMO and come back you will quit again before the people that missed you well you where gone, quit. Regardless weather you say your never going to quit again.

I read #2 and stopped myself... that's 100% false and if you truly think that, that sucks.
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By mortontony1 2012-05-09 02:23:17
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Ragnarok.Kongming said: »
wasn't there already a Murphy's law of MMOs somewhere...eh

-drop rate is inversely proportional to how much you want something
-if you drop it, you will need it later and spend hours farming it
edit: addendum: if you keep it, you will never need it
Ugh...
>.<;
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By Bismarck.Bloodbathboy 2012-05-09 09:39:31
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Ragnarok.Kongming said: »
wasn't there already a Murphy's law of MMOs somewhere...eh -drop rate is inversely proportional to how much you want something -if you drop it, you will need it later and spend hours farming it edit: addendum: if you keep it, you will never need it
This to, lol!!
 
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By Bismarck.Bloodbathboy 2012-05-09 09:58:09
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See my post on "Stone of Vision". When you need them they hardly drop. When you do not, they rain!!!
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By Sylph.Aegisbushido 2012-05-09 10:03:52
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no matter how strong you get in a mmo a bunny will always be there to kill you
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By Bahamut.Deijixfx 2012-05-09 10:13:31
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There will always be that 1 guy who when he quits, will sell everything and drop everything they cant sell. Delete their character, erase their content id's and uninstall their game before publicly declaring all of the above along with their intent to never play the game again...

... But 2 months later will announce they have returned and smash their face into their keyboard for being a moron.
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By Sylph.Aegisbushido 2012-05-09 11:15:08
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Bahamut.Deijixfx said: »
There will always be that 1 guy who when he quits, will sell everything and drop everything they cant sell. Delete their character, erase their content id's and uninstall their game before publicly declaring all of the above along with their intent to never play the game again...

... But 2 months later will announce they have returned and smash their face into their keyboard for being a moron.
im waiting for that to happen to someone i know
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By Ragnarok.Sekundes 2012-05-09 11:22:05
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While this doesn't just apply to MMO's I figure it's appropriate for the topic.

Wizards first Rule said:
People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.
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