Dilemma! Community

 

Time to play some MMORPGs bro.

Imagine, if you will, a game. Not just any game, this is THE game. It has very few game play flaws, every quest and NPC was well thought out, every item, every detail made with love for the game. The combat flows, and never becomes stagnant. The content is fresh and always on a steady schedule. The servers are impeccable with very little downtime, or lag. The game, in and of itself, is perfect, oh so very perfect. Now, here is the dilemma. The community is a cesspool, it is horrible.

This game seems to harbor the worst of the worst. You have the little teeny bopper crowd. The ones who spam, who use the public channels to gossip amongst themselves as if they never used AIM. The ones who purchase those items that send a global message to everyone in game and spam “I LOVE SO AND SO HEHEHE XDXDXD ><()><()><()><()><” The ones who use a million emoticons after their text. Just plain fucking annoying. Also, we have the uber elitist crowd. You know, the people who were never new at games. The ones who hopelessly devote their lives to said game, just so they can sit around with the hardest e-peen. The ones who ridicule you when you ask questions, laugh if you make a mistake, and snicker about your gear even though you just hit level cap. Just plain assholes. Let's not forget the trolls of the game, too. Wow are they bad. Every 4chan meme is constantly brought to your attention. They spam fake trade messages and tell you why they call it the Xbox 360. They are the type to Leroy Jenkins your party, to ninja your shit for the lulz. Just plain annoying assholes! All of these types of people are in abundance on said game, and outside of it too. They are active on the forums and on fan sites.

So, here is the dilemma: Is game play everything? Since our imaginary game has everything to it, can this made up community of filth ruin it? Could you just shrug it off and continue playing on? Would you be able to tolerate the community long enough to find a sensible person out of a billion? Or would you reach out for another game that might not be as good, but most of its players are sensible and mature?

I, personally, would pack my things and head to Bel Air. I mean, to another game. Those three types of people can really hurt a game, in my opinion. What is a developer to do, though? You can't really exclude a certain type of person from your game because of how they act (Unless it is some pretty shady stuff against their TOS.) It seems like quite the dilemma. Luckily, this is all just a world made up in my mind, no game could have that bad of a community right? Right?

So, share your experiences with us and let us know about games with terribad communities. Heck, no need to be all negative. Let us know about the games that might not be the WoW killer, but have a great community of folks that just make it enjoyable to be logged on to said game.