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Is Facebook an MMORPG?

Mechanic74Mechanic74 Member UncommonPosts: 11
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On Facebook for instance, massive amounts of people are online in a persistent world in which they act out of character and play varying roles that differ from their real world persona. They even form "guilds" (pages), have friends lists, and take part in PvP (ha).

 

It is odd and interesting  to me how social media sites are so akin to the MMORPGs we all know and/or play.

 

Does anyone else find this interesting?

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  • NadiaNadia Member UncommonPosts: 11,798

    depends who you ask image

    http://www.mmobomb.com/browsergames/mmorpg

    A Mystical Land

    The game A Mystical Land is one of the first free-to-play 3D-MMORPGs on the popular internet platform Facebook.

    EQ2 fan sites

  • Lam3zorLam3zor Member UncommonPosts: 48

    facebook IS a mmorpg. lots of pvp. lots of skill spam and very few people actually try to learn advanced skills.

    though it has been proven that the character you have on facebook is connected to the real life players so damage on facebook can kill you in real life

  • Mechanic74Mechanic74 Member UncommonPosts: 11

    I guess just seeing the similarities that exist between the two (among other facets of RL) are interesting to me.

    The need for people to band together and seek out like-minded people for instance.

    The need for war, drama, etc. The need for recognition, the play on narcissism (FB) etc.

  • Mechanic74Mechanic74 Member UncommonPosts: 11
    Originally posted by Lam3zor

    facebook IS a mmorpg. lots of pvp. lots of skill spam and very few people actually try to learn advanced skills.

    though it has been proven that the character you have on facebook is connected to the real life players so damage on facebook can kill you in real life

     

    Ha true!

  • phantomghostphantomghost Member UncommonPosts: 738
    I do more with other people on facebook than I do MMORPGs.

  • nariusseldonnariusseldon Member EpicPosts: 27,775

    No .. because that is not common usage.

    Any logical reasoning is not very useful. FB is commonly referred to as a social network website. If you call it a MMO, people will scratch their heads.

     

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  • VengeSunsoarVengeSunsoar Member EpicPosts: 6,601
    Mmorpg? No. Mmo? Yes.
    Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it is bad.
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,498
    Sure, why not, heck, so is Candy Crush Saga if we follow the more liberal definitions of many of the posters and editors of this site . What was that term they just came up with? Oh yeah, hybrid mmo, that's it.

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  • IlliusIllius Member UncommonPosts: 4,142
    I figured nariusseldon would have been all over this, and furthermore would have been citing random links to backwater websites showing just how much money Facebook has made and how it's busyness model is the next big thing... once of course he is through championing Free to Play.

    No required quests! And if I decide I want to be an assassin-cartographer-dancer-pastry chef who lives only to stalk and kill interior decorators, then that's who I want to be, even if it takes me four years to max all the skills and everyone else thinks I'm freaking nuts. -Madimorga-

  • plat0nicplat0nic Member Posts: 301
    Facebook is mmorpg on a pvp server

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    Main Game: Eldevin (Plat0nic)
    2nd Game: Path of Exile (Platonic Hate)

  • HelleriHelleri Member UncommonPosts: 930

    So, if Facebook is an MMORPG...That would make myspace D&DO? And, anything copying Facebook an FB-clone?

     

    And, food for thought: The spell check red lines 'facebook'; But not 'Facebook'.

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