Official Plarium Blog

How Battle Royale Is Changing Online Gaming Microtransactions and Loot Boxes in AAA Games What Is an MMO, What Is an MMORPG and the Difference Between Them What Are RPG Elements and Why Are They in Every Game?The Social Gamer Guide: How to Play Well With Others Want to Get Better at Strategy Games? Join the Military!Why Gamers Need to Care About Net Neutrality Competition, Cooperation and Their Effect on Toxicity in MMOs How Video Games Help With Education Want to Be an MMO Clan Leader? Here's How

{"layout":{"id":0,"type":"layout-common"},"globals":{"servers":[{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/nordy-geroi-severa/","link":"/ru/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Норды: Герои Севера"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"5","game_id":"5","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"7","game_type":"portal","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/nords-heroes-of-the-north/","link":"/en/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Nords: Heroes of the North"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"6","game_id":"6","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"7","game_type":"portal","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/nordy-geroi-severa/","link":"/ru/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Норды: Герои Севера","server_title":"Nordheim - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"57","game_id":"34","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"7","game_type":"social","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/nordy-geroi-severa/","link":"/ru/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Норды: Герои Севера","server_title":"Nordheim - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"58","game_id":"35","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"7","game_type":"social","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/nordy-geroi-severa/","link":"/ru/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Норды: Герои Севера","server_title":"Nordheim - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"59","game_id":"36","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"7","game_type":"social","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Geotopia"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"1","game_id":"1","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"portal","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/total-domination/","link":"/en/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Total Domination","server_title":"Geotopia"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"2","game_id":"2","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"5","game_type":"portal","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Red Zero"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"11","game_id":"1","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"portal","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Geotopia - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"21","game_id":"16","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Red Zero - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"22","game_id":"16","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Geotopia - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"23","game_id":"17","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Red Zero - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"24","game_id":"17","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=3&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"New Babylon - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"25","game_id":"17","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Geotopia - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"26","game_id":"18","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Red Zero - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"27","game_id":"18","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/soldiers-inc/","link":"/en/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Soldiers Inc.","server_title":"Highlands"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"10","game_id":"10","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"4","game_type":"portal","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"14","game_id":"12","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"portal","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Highlands - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"44","game_id":"27","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Badlands - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"45","game_id":"27","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Highlands - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"46","game_id":"28","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Badlands - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"47","game_id":"28","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Highlands - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"48","game_id":"29","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Badlands - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"49","game_id":"29","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/soldiers-inc/","link":"/en/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Soldiers Inc.","server_title":"Badlands"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"61","game_id":"10","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"1","theme_id":"4","game_type":"portal","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"7","game_id":"7","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"portal","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/pirates-tides-of-fortune/","link":"/en/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Pirates: Tides of Fortune","server_title":"The Pirate Bay"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"8","game_id":"8","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"6","game_type":"portal","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/pirates-tides-of-fortune/","link":"/en/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Pirates: Tides of Fortune","server_title":"The Golden Coast"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"17","game_id":"8","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"1","theme_id":"6","game_type":"portal","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/pirates-tides-of-fortune/","link":"/en/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=3&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Pirates: Tides of Fortune","server_title":"The Sirens' Strait"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"18","game_id":"8","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"1","theme_id":"6","game_type":"portal","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Pirate Bay - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"28","game_id":"19","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Golden Coast - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"29","game_id":"19","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Pirate Bay - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"30","game_id":"20","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Golden Coast - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"31","game_id":"20","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Golden Coast - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"32","game_id":"21","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=21"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Pirate Bay - Игры Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"33","game_id":"22","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"3","game_id":"3","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"portal","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/stormfall-age-of-war/","link":"/en/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Stormfall: Age of War","server_title":"The Dark Plains"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"4","game_id":"4","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"3","game_type":"portal","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/sparta-war-of-empires/","link":"/en/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Sparta: War of Empires","server_title":"The Glorious Valley"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"9","game_id":"9","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"2","game_type":"portal","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/stormfall-age-of-war/","link":"/en/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Stormfall: Age of War","server_title":"Untamed Lands"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"12","game_id":"4","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"1","theme_id":"3","game_type":"portal","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"13","game_id":"11","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"portal","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/sparta-war-of-empires/","link":"/en/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Sparta: War of Empires","server_title":"The Thracian Frontier "},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"15","game_id":"9","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"1","theme_id":"2","game_type":"portal","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/stormfall-age-of-war/","link":"/en/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=3&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Stormfall: Age of War","server_title":"Farwol's Crown"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"19","game_id":"4","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"1","theme_id":"3","game_type":"portal","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Imperium - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"34","game_id":"23","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Marches - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"35","game_id":"23","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=3&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Farwol’s Crown - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"36","game_id":"23","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"The Dark Plains - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"37","game_id":"24","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Untamed Lands - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"38","game_id":"24","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=3&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Farwol’s Crown - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"39","game_id":"24","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"The Dark Plains - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"40","game_id":"25","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Untamed Lands - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"41","game_id":"25","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=3&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Farwol’s Crown - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"42","game_id":"25","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=21"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"The Dark Plains - Игры Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"43","game_id":"26","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Glorious Valley - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"50","game_id":"30","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Thracian Frontier - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"51","game_id":"30","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Glorious Valley - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"52","game_id":"31","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Thracian Frontier - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"53","game_id":"31","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Glorious Valley - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"54","game_id":"32","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Thracian Frontier - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"55","game_id":"32","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=21"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Glorious Valley - Игры Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"56","game_id":"33","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/sparta-war-of-empires/","link":"/en/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=3&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Sparta: War of Empires","server_title":"The Ridge of Epirus"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"60","game_id":"9","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"1","theme_id":"2","game_type":"portal","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/vikings-war-of-clans/","link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Vikings: War Of Clans"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/vkn.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/profile_games.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/vikings/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/vikings-war-of-clans/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/vikings/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/vikings.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"16","game_id":"14","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"3","theme_id":"8","game_type":"portal","theme":"vikings"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/throne-kingdom-at-war/","link":"/en/game/throne-kingdom-at-war/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Throne: Kingdom at War"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/thr.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_throne.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/throne-web/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/throne-web/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/throne/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/throne.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"20","game_id":"15","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"3","theme_id":"9","game_type":"portal","theme":"throne"}}],"clusterName":"a","system":{"hubUrl":"https://portal-signalr.x-plarium.com/hub","pixelsApiUrl":"https://pixels.plarium.com/api/","chatLocalizationBaseUrl":"https://plarium.com/messages/web/","isAppboyWebPushNotificationEnabled":true,"safariWebsitePushId":"web.com.plarium","enableRecaptcha":false,"defaultAvatar":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","trackerUrl":"https://collector.plarium.com","apiUrl":"https://plarium.com/services/api/","systemApiUrl":"https://plarium.com/api/","homePageUrl":"https://plarium.com/","rootUrl":"https://plarium.com","profilePageUrl":"https://plarium.com/en/profile/","isAuthenticated":false,"version":"1.0.0.0","authCookieName":"portal.auth.v31","isHubEnabled":false,"searchPageUrl":"https://plarium.com/en/search/","gamePageUrl":"https://plarium.com"},"headers":{"language_id":"1","game_id":"0","app_id":"0","sitemap_id":"1","theme_id":"1"},"auth":{"fb":{"appid":"220749334758329"},"vk":{"appid":"2472485"},"mr":{"appid":"711475","publickey":"a503a325e1c3213898d39aeef78a616b"},"cm":{"appid":"5927936","publickey":"CBAFHLFBABABABABA"},"gp":{"appid":"850424203314-6tomj4ue71nsq8qp83jh44hg0i9m4d63.apps.googleusercontent.com"}},"analytics":{"network":14,"cluster":14,"game":0,"area":"common","isGamePage":false,"locale":"en","propertyId":"UA-58231715-2","isNewVersion":true,"tracker":true,"isSecure":false,"code":201,"systemPageType":"Blog"},"bundles":["https://apis.google.com/js/client:platform.js","//static.x-plarium.com/browser/canvas/pp.analytics/v44/app.js","https://static.x-plarium.com/browser/canvas/pp/246/edge/client/client.js"],"custom":{"validation_key":"d6856ee2-90c7-4413-a851-df567a869495","eud":"Xg98blcSpW6Dw6rfrzgjbeItiSfwQ7Fdl8GUbzy7lifo0o8HDrhMu9hWr8MAfoCzk4tn5poattnBO+bazVcVDw=="},"quizzes":{"apiUrl":"https://plarium.com/quizzes/api/","languageId":1},"apiKeys":{"universalId":"UA-121176567-1","optimizeGTM":"GTM-5FK9T4Z","billingGoogleTagManagerId":"GTM-5TQDQ7X","zoomAnalytics":"19762526-d305/5/widget.js","recaptchaKey":"6LfMaHcUAAAAABIKrqnEJ2ay8Ow4JEm3BRL1DCxS","googleSearchUrl":"https://plarium.com/en/search/?query={search_term_string}","googleEnableCustomSearchEngine":"false","appboyApiKey":"8d844b17-e412-44c1-99fd-bac4e17b5390","GTMUnified360":"GTM-5LK4K4N"},"resolutionType":"Desktop","deviceType":"Browser"},"metaTags":[{"name":"description","content":"Plarium’s blog brings you articles on Strategy Games, MMO, new tech, and war games. Enjoy weekly updates, great insights, and peek behind the scenes."},{"name":"viewport","content":"width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,viewport-fit=cover"},{"name":"title","content":"Official blog - Plarium"},{"property":"og:image","content":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/common/blog_prev.jpg"},{"name":"google","content":"notranslate"},{"name":"format-detection","content":"telephone=no"}],"linkTags":[{"rel":"canonical","href":"https://plarium.com/en/blog/6/"},{"rel":"prev","href":"https://plarium.com/en/blog/5/"},{"rel":"next","href":"https://plarium.com/en/blog/7/"},{"rel":"stylesheet","href":"https://static.x-plarium.com/browser/canvas/pp/246/edge/client/common.css"}],"baseTag":{"href":"https://plarium.com"},"serverConfigurationItems":{"universalId":"UA-121176567-1","optimizeGTM":"GTM-5FK9T4Z","billingGoogleTagManagerId":"GTM-5TQDQ7X","zoomAnalytics":"19762526-d305/5/widget.js","recaptchaKey":"6LfMaHcUAAAAABIKrqnEJ2ay8Ow4JEm3BRL1DCxS","googleSearchUrl":"https://plarium.com/en/search/?query={search_term_string}","googleEnableCustomSearchEngine":"false","appboyApiKey":"8d844b17-e412-44c1-99fd-bac4e17b5390","GTMUnified360":"GTM-5LK4K4N"},"htmlAttributes":{"lang":"en","class":"mobile"},"title":"Official blog - Plarium","children":[{"id":410,"widgets":[{"name":"widget-auth-v3","type":"widget-auth-v3","model":{"links":{"socialPrivacyLearnMoreLink":"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/"},"strings":{"buttonSubmitLogInLabel":"Log In","buttonSubmitSignUpLabel":"Sign up","buttonNextStepLabel":"Next","buttonPrevStepLabel":"Back","termsOfUseConfirmLabel":"By signing up, you agree to our <a href=\"/en/legal/terms-of-use/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service</a>, <a href=\"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy and Cookie Policy</a>","goToLogInLabel":"Log In","goToSignUpLabel":"Create Account","restorePasswordActionLabel":"Forgot your password?","restorePasswordDescription":"Enter your email address and we will send you instructions for resetting your password","restorePasswordSuccessMessage":"Password recovery instructions have been sent to your email","socialLogInLabel":"Log in with:","fbSocialConnectText":"Sign in with Facebook","gpSocialConnectText":"Sign in with Google","socialSignUpLabel":"Sign up with:","errorMessageRequired":"This field is required","errorMessageUsername":"Use 3-30 alphanumeric characters","errorMessageEmail":"Please enter a valid email address","errorMessageEmailNotFound":"No account matching this email address was found. Please verify the email address, create an account, or contact Plarium Support","errorMessagePassword":"6-40 alphanumeric characters","errorMessageTermsOfUse":"To proceed, you must accept the conditions of the Privacy and Cookie Policy and agree to our Terms of Use by ticking the checkbox above","socialPrivacyContent":"<p>Please review our <a data-js-terms=\"\" href=\"/en/legal/terms-of-use/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use</a> and <a data-js-policy=\"\" href=\"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy and Cookie Policy</a>. By accessing or using our services you agree to be bound by those terms.</p>\n","inputRememberPlaceholder":"Input","successBind":"Your social network account has been successfully connected","socialPrivacyAccept":"Accept","socialPrivacyLearnMore":"Learn more","receiveMessageTimeLeft":"You can resend code again in ${timeout} seconds.","receiveMessageCode":"Resend code","receiveMessageDescription":"Please provide the code from the Google Authenticator app or the email we sent you, depending on your settings.","errorMessageCode":"Please make sure you have entered the correct code and try again","receiveMessageAuthGoogleDescription":"Please provide the code from the Google Authenticator app or the email we sent you, depending on your settings.","buttonSubmitGenerator":"Get Raid: Shadow Legends"},"images":{},"template_options":{"socialNetworks":"fb, gp, twitch"},"repeaters":{"formSteps":[{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Great to see you again!","subtitle":"Log into your Plarium account","label":"","placeholder":"Enter your email"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"login.email","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Create Account","subtitle":"<div>Well done, ${username}!</div>Create a password to protect your account","label":"","placeholder":"6-40 alphanumeric characters"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"signup.password","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Great to see you again!","subtitle":"Enter your password","label":"","placeholder":"6-40 alphanumeric characters"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"login.password","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Create Account","subtitle":"<div>Hi there!</div>Create a nickname to access our games","label":"","placeholder":"3-30 alphanumeric characters"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"signup.username","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Authentication Code Required","subtitle":"","label":"Enter the code below:","placeholder":"Code"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"login.code","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-6"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Create Account","subtitle":"<div>You’re good to go, ${username}!</div>Add your email to save your progress","label":"","placeholder":"Email"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"signup.email","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-3"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-auth-forms-v3","type":"widget-auth-forms-v3","model":{"links":{"forgot_link":"#/forgotpassword"},"strings":{"font_size_title":"14","loading":"Loading...","input_login_label":"Plarium ID","input_login_placeholder":"Enter your email","input_firstname_label":"Nickname","input_firstname_placeholder":"3-30 alphanumeric characters","input_password_label":"Password","input_password_placeholder":"6-40 alphanumeric characters","input_remember_label":"Remember me","forgot_pass":"Forgot your password?","notice":"Invalid email address. Please verify your email address and try again","button_submit_signin_text":"Log In","button_submit_signup_text":"Sign up","text_confirm":"text_confirm","text_goto_signin":"text_goto_signin","text_goto_signup":"text_goto_signup","text_goback_signin":"text_goback_signin","form_signin_title":"Log In","form_signup_title":"Sign up","form_restore_description":"form_restore_description","button_restore_text":"button_restore_text","form_restore_success_description":"form_restore_success_description","button_ok":"OK","sign_up_quickly":"or ","sign_in_quickly":"or ","error_message_required":"This field is required","error_message_firstname":"Use 3-30 alphanumeric characters","error_message_email":"Invalid email address. Please verify your email address and try again","error_message_password":"Password must be between 6-40 alphanumeric characters","error_message_policy":"error_message_policy","forgot_password":"forgot_password","button_social_fb":"Sign in with Facebook","button_social_gp":"Sign in with Google","button_social_vk":"button_social_vk","button_social_mr":"button_social_mr","button_social_cm":"button_social_cm","socialPrivacyContent":"socialPrivacyContent","socialPrivacyTitle":"socialPrivacyTitle","socialPrivacyAgree":"socialPrivacyAgree","socialPrivacyBack":"socialPrivacyBack"},"images":{},"template_options":{"social_icons_state":"visible","socialNetworks":"fb, gp","isShowRussianSocial":"false"},"repeaters":{"formSteps":[{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Welcome to <span>Vikings: War of Clans</span>, great warrior.","subtitle":"How should I call you?"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"username","theme":"vikings","compositeId":"49-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Welcome to the bastion of elite MMO games!","subtitle":"How should I address you?"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"username","theme":"default","compositeId":"49-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"It's an honor to meet such a great warrior, ${username}","subtitle":"How can I contact you in time of need?"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"email","theme":"vikings","compositeId":"49-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"It's a pleasure to welcome you here, ${username}.","subtitle":"How can I contact you in case of emergency?"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"email","theme":"default","compositeId":"49-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Good news, ${username}. Your new Palace is ready for you.","subtitle":"Choose a secret password so only you can enter it:"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"password","theme":"vikings","compositeId":"49-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Good news, ${username}. You're all but set.","subtitle":"Choose a secret password and get ready for a thrill:"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"password","theme":"default","compositeId":"49-6"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-plarium-games-promo-v3","type":"widget-plarium-games-promo-v3","model":{"links":{"download_app":"/en/plarium-play/"},"strings":{"download_app":"Get Plarium Play"},"images":{},"template_options":{"isPlariumGamesPromoEnabled":"true"},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-footer-info-v3","type":"widget-footer-info-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"footerItems":[{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/terms-of-use/"},"strings":{"title":"Terms of Use"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/"},"strings":{"title":"Privacy and Cookie Policy"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/refund-policy/"},"strings":{"title":"Refund Policy"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/arbitration-agreement/"},"strings":{"title":"Arbitration Agreement"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/ad-guidelines/"},"strings":{"title":"Ad Guidelines"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-6"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-footer-sitemap-v3","type":"widget-footer-sitemap-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"menu":[{"links":{"url":""},"strings":{"title":"Categories"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"86-2"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/popular-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Popular Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-17"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/new-games/"},"strings":{"title":"New Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-16"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/download-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Download Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-14"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/free-to-play-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Free to Play Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-15"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/best-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Best Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-13"}}]}},{"links":{"url":""},"strings":{"title":"Resources"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"86-17"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/nickname-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-20"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/plarium-play/"},"strings":{"title":"Plarium Play Launcher"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-21"}}]}},{"links":{"url":""},"strings":{"title":"Community"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"86-4"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"url":"https://plarium.com/forum/"},"strings":{"title":"Forum"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-10"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/support/"},"strings":{"title":"Support"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-11"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"title":"Blog"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-19"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/corporate/partners/"},"strings":{"title":"Become a partner"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-12"}},{"links":{"url":"https://plarium-dsr.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new"},"strings":{"title":"Privacy request"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-23"}}]}},{"links":{"url":""},"strings":{"title":"Corporate"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"86-3"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"url":"https://company.plarium.com/"},"strings":{"title":"Company"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-7"}},{"links":{"url":"https://company.plarium.com/en/career/"},"strings":{"title":"Careers"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-8"}},{"links":{"url":"https://company.plarium.com/en/contacts/"},"strings":{"title":"Contacts"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-9"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/corporate/about-us/"},"strings":{"title":"About Us"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-22"}}]}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-footer-control-v3","type":"widget-footer-control-v3","model":{"links":{"search":"/en/search/"},"strings":{"plarium":"plarium","slogan":"take the world","copyright":"© 2010-2021 Plarium"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-lang-switcher-v3","type":"widget-lang-switcher-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"languages":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"English"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/en.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/ru/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Русский"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/ru.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/de/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Deutsch"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/de.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/fr/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Français"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/fr.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/it/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Italiano"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/it.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/es/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Español"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/es.svg","sizes":[]}}}]},"components":{"languages":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"English"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/en.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/ru/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Русский"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/ru.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/de/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Deutsch"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/de.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/fr/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Français"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/fr.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/it/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Italiano"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/it.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/es/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Español"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/es.svg","sizes":[]}}}]}}},{"name":"widget-breadcrumbs-markup","type":"widget-breadcrumbs-markup","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"breadcrumbs_markup":"{\"@context\":\"http://schema.org\",\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https://plarium.com/\",\"name\":\"Plarium\"}}]}"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-menu-v3","type":"widget-menu-v3","model":{"links":{"viewAllGames":"/en/games/","forum":"https://plarium.com/forum/","blog":"/en/blog/","support":"/en/support/","famousPlayer":"","nicknameGenerator":""},"strings":{"games":"Games","community":"Community","resources":"Resources","plariumPlay":"Plarium Play","promoGames":"Discover Games","categories":"Categories","devices":"Devices","platforms":"Platforms","operationSystem":"OS","topGenres":"Genres","followUs":"Follow Us","viewAllGames":"All Games","back":"Back","forum":"Forum","blog":"Blog","support":"Support","famousPlayer":"Famous Player","nicknameGenerator":"Name Generator"},"images":{"famousLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/celebrity.svg","sizes":[]},"nickNameLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/nng.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"promotedGames":[{"links":{"link":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends ","subtitle":"Epic Fantasy Collection RPG"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/raid/content/PlariumPlayNotificationsIcons/1/Raid_icon_256x256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"community","compositeId":"77-7"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends ","subtitle":"Epic Fantasy Collection RPG"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/raid/content/PlariumPlayNotificationsIcons/1/Raid_icon_256x256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"resources","compositeId":"77-8"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends ","subtitle":"Epic Fantasy Collection RPG"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/raid/content/PlariumPlayNotificationsIcons/1/Raid_icon_256x256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"games","compositeId":"77-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/"},"strings":{"title":"Vikings: War of Clans","subtitle":"Frigid PvP Strategy Warfare"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//krcdn.plarium.com/throne/release/assets/vikings_icon_256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"resources","compositeId":"77-10"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/"},"strings":{"title":"Vikings: War of Clans","subtitle":"Frigid PvP Strategy Warfare"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//krcdn.plarium.com/throne/release/assets/vikings_icon_256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"community","compositeId":"77-9"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/"},"strings":{"title":"Vikings: War of Clans","subtitle":"Frigid PvP Strategy Warfare"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//krcdn.plarium.com/throne/release/assets/vikings_icon_256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"games","compositeId":"77-2"},"repeaters":{}}],"categories":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/popular-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Popular Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/download-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Download Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/new-games/"},"strings":{"title":"New Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/free-to-play-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Free to Play Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/best-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Best Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-6"},"repeaters":{}}],"devices":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/device/iphone-games/"},"strings":{"title":"iPhone Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"79-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/device/ipad-games/"},"strings":{"title":"iPad Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"79-2"},"repeaters":{}}],"platforms":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/browser-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Browser Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/pc-games/"},"strings":{"title":"PC Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/mac-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Mac Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Mobile Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/flash-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Flash Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/html5-games/"},"strings":{"title":"HTML5 Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-7"},"repeaters":{}}],"operationSystems":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/os/windows-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Windows Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"81-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/os/ios-games/"},"strings":{"title":"iOS Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"81-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/os/android-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Android Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"81-1"},"repeaters":{}}],"topGenres":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/casual-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Casual Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-7"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/"},"strings":{"title":"MMORPG Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-8"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/shooting-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Shooting Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-13"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/war-games/"},"strings":{"title":"War Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-14"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/adventure-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Adventure Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-15"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/match-3-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Match 3 Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/action-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Action Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/"},"strings":{"title":"MMO Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/multiplayer-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Multiplayer Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-6"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/pvp-games/"},"strings":{"title":"PvP Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-9"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/"},"strings":{"title":"RPG Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-10"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Strategy Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-11"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/solitaire-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Solitaire Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/puzzle-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Puzzle Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-5"},"repeaters":{}}],"menu":[{"links":{"link":"/en/profile/"},"strings":{"title":"My Library"},"images":{},"template_options":{"submenu":"","isLink":"link","isLogin":"true","drop_down_type":"","compositeId":"87-1"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[]}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/"},"strings":{"title":"Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"submenu":"submenu","isLink":"link","isLogin":"false","drop_down_type":"games","compositeId":"87-5"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"link":"https://plarium.com/forum/"},"strings":{"title":"Forum"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/forum.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"88-1"}}]}},{"links":{"link":"#link"},"strings":{"title":"Community"},"images":{},"template_options":{"submenu":"submenu","isLink":"","isLogin":"false","drop_down_type":"community","compositeId":"87-7"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"link":"https://plarium.com/forum/"},"strings":{"title":"Forum"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/forum.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"88-1"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"title":"Blog"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/blog.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"88-2"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/support/"},"strings":{"title":"Support"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/support.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"88-3"}}]}},{"links":{"link":"#link"},"strings":{"title":"Resources"},"images":{},"template_options":{"submenu":"submenu","isLink":"","isLogin":"false","drop_down_type":"resources","compositeId":"87-8"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[]}}],"nicknamesGroup":[{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/nickname-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Nickname Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"2","compositeId":"137-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/fantasy-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Fantasy Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"6","compositeId":"137-6"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/elf-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Elf Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"7","compositeId":"137-7"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/gamertag-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Gamertag Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"4","compositeId":"137-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/dnd-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"DND Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"8","compositeId":"137-8"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/game-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Game Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"5","compositeId":"137-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/clan-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Clan Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"9","compositeId":"137-9"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/superhero-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Superhero Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"3","compositeId":"137-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/rpg-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"RPG Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"1","compositeId":"137-1"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-auth-menu-v3","type":"widget-auth-menu-v3","model":{"links":{"beta_feedback_link":"//plrm.me/feedbackbeta"},"strings":{"log_in":"Log In","sign_up":"Sign up","log_in_title":"log_in_title","log_in_fb":"log_in_fb","log_in_gp":"log_in_gp","logout_popup_title":"Are you sure you want to log out?","logout_popup_resolve":"Yes","logout_popup_reject":"No","notifications_title":"Notifications","friends_title":"Friend requests","mark_all_read":"Mark all as Read","no_notifications":"You're all caught up. Now you can wonder and wander!","loading_notifications":"Loading...","cookie_notification":"Be advised that cookies are used to ensure you get the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site, you consent to this use of cookies. Learn more about our <a href=\"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/\">Privacy and Cookie Policy</a>","cookie_button":"OK","friend_request_accepted":"Accepted","friend_request_declined":"Declined","no_requests":"Seems pretty quiet here. Let's go friend hunting!","accept_button":"Accept","decline_button":"decline_button","no_friend_string":"no_friend_string","friends_string":"friends_string","request_message":"request_message","accepted_message":"Accepted","profile":"My Profile","language":"Language","logout":"Log Out","beta_user":"Beta User","beta_feedback":"Beta Feedback","common_notifications_title":"Website Updates","continuePlay":"Continue Playing","see_all_notification":"See all Notifications","see_all_friends":"See all","friends_main_title_dropdown":"Friends"},"images":{},"template_options":{"authButtonsType":"single"},"repeaters":{"usermenu":[{"links":{"url":"/en/support/"},"strings":{"title":"Support","orderId":"3","label_new_game_text":null},"images":{"image":{"sizes":[]},"customIconLeft":{},"customIconRight":{}},"template_options":{"game_mode":"","dataJsElementId":"header_menu_item_support","drop_down_type":"","dataQaElementId":"","icon_left":"hidden","icon_right":"hidden","componentId":"","onlyShowOnMyProfile":"","target":"_self","state":"","submenu":""},"repeaters":{"submenu":[]}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-guest-modals","type":"widget-guest-modals","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"header_message":"$HEADER_MESSAGE$","done_message":"$DONE_MESSAGE$","done_title":"$DONE_TITLE$","loading":"Loading...","input_login_label":"Email:","input_login_placeholder":"Enter your email","input_firstname_label":"Nickname:","input_firstname_placeholder":"Enter your Nickname:","input_password_label":"Password:","input_password_placeholder":"Create Password","input_remember_label":"Remember me","notice":"Use only valid email address","button_submit_signup_text":"Play Now","text_confirm":"By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy","form_title":"In order to save your gaming progress, you must first register","form_subtitle":"","button_ok":"OK","sign_up_quickly":"Sign Up quickly with:","error_message_required":"This field is required","error_message_firstname":"Use 3-30 alphanumeric characters","error_message_email":"Invalid email address. Please verify your email address and try again","error_message_password":"Password must be between 3-30 alphanumeric characters and must contain at least 1 number","error_message_policy":"To proceed, you must accept the conditions of the Privacy and Cookie Policy and agree to our Terms of Use by ticking the checkbox above","forgot_password":"Forgot your password?","button_social_fb":"%button_social_fb%","button_social_gp":"%button_social_gp%","button_social_vk":"%button_social_vk%","button_social_mr":"%button_social_mr%","button_social_cm":"%button_social_cm%"},"images":{},"template_options":{"social_icons_state":"visible","socialNetworks":"fb,gp"},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-modal-select-game","type":"widget-modal-select-game","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Choose your game","profile_text":"or go to your","profile_link_text":"profile","last_game_text":"Continue Playing"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"games":[{"links":{"link":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/raid-desktop/logo/raid_sg.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Raid","compositeId":"46-8"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/"},"strings":{"title":"Vikings: War of Clans"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/vikings/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Vikings","compositeId":"46-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/throne-kingdom-at-war/"},"strings":{"title":"Throne: Kingdom at War"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/throne-web/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[{"size":1,"ratio":"1","width":132,"height":132}]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Throne","compositeId":"46-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/sparta-war-of-empires/"},"strings":{"title":"Sparta: War of Empires"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Sparta","compositeId":"46-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/stormfall-age-of-war/"},"strings":{"title":"Stormfall: Age of War"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Stormfall","compositeId":"46-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/"},"strings":{"title":"Pirates: Tides of Fortune"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[{"size":1,"ratio":"1","width":132,"height":132}]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Pirates","compositeId":"46-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/soldiers-inc/"},"strings":{"title":"Soldiers Inc."},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Soldiers","compositeId":"46-6"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/total-domination/"},"strings":{"title":"Total Domination"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Total Domination","compositeId":"46-7"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-global-static-v3","type":"widget-global-static-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"latestArticles":"Latest Articles","downloadNow":"Download","readMore":"Read more","seeAll":"See all","share":"Follow us:","flashAlertContent":"On January 12, 2021, Adobe will stop supporting Flash Player, which means that Flash-based games will no longer be available on plarium.com. But, don't worry - you can still save your progress and keep playing using the <a href=\"/en/plarium-play/\" style=\"padding-left: 0\">Plarium Play Launcher</a>!","flashAlertModalMainText":"Attention! Flash has been disabled!","flashAlertModalSubText":"Flash no longer works on browsers, but we have preserved your progress, forces, and all your game purchases on Plarium Play. Click \"Download\" and continue playing!","flashAlertModalButtonLabel":"Download"},"images":{"appleStoreLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/buttons/App_Store_Badge_EN.svg","sizes":[]},"googlePlayLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/buttons/google-play-badge-en.svg","sizes":[]},"flashAlertModalLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/plarium-play/favicon/android-chrome-256x256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-logged-out-window-v3","type":"widget-logged-out-window-v3","model":{"links":{"buttonLink":"/"},"strings":{"titleHtml":"You have been logged out","textHtml":"Refresh to log back in and continue, or hit the button below to return to the Home page.","buttonLabel":"Home"},"images":{"background":{"sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}}],"children":[{"id":478,"widgets":[{"name":"widget-blog-category","type":"widget-blog-category","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"defaultAuthor":"PLARIUM STAFF","loading":"Loading...","more":"Load More","readMore":"Read more","read":"read","currentCategory":"0"},"images":{"defaultAuthorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"pages":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/5/"},"strings":{"text":"←"},"images":{},"template_options":{"arrow":"prev"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"text":"1"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/2/"},"strings":{"text":"2"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/3/"},"strings":{"text":"3"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/4/"},"strings":{"text":"4"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/5/"},"strings":{"text":"5"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":null},"strings":{"text":"6"},"images":{},"template_options":{"current":"curr"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/7/"},"strings":{"text":"7"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/8/"},"strings":{"text":"8"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/9/"},"strings":{"text":"9"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/7/"},"strings":{"text":"→"},"images":{},"template_options":{"arrow":"next"}}],"articles":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/battle-royale/"},"strings":{"title":"How Battle Royale Is Changing Online Gaming","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>There is a new king of online games.</p>\n\n<p>Counter Strike, Dota 2, and League of Legends have all made way for the Battle Royale, a term now more popular on Google than “MMO”.</p>\n<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"https://ssl.gstatic.com/trends_nrtr/1308_RC02/embed_loader.js\"></script><script type=\"text/javascript\"> trends.embed.renderExploreWidget(\"TIMESERIES\", {\"comparisonItem\":[{\"keyword\":\"Battle Royale\",\"geo\":\"\",\"time\":\"2017-02-08 2018-02-08\"},{\"keyword\":\"MMO\",\"geo\":\"\",\"time\":\"2017-02-08 2018-02-08\"}],\"category\":0,\"property\":\"\"}, {\"exploreQuery\":\"q=Battle%20Royale,MMO&date=today 12-m,today 12-m\",\"guestPath\":\"https://trends.google.com:443/trends/embed/\"}); </script>\n\n<p>People all across the world are suddenly jumping into violent and explosively thrilling world of Battle Royale. But why?</p>\n\n<p>What makes this new genre so popular, and more importantly - how will it change online games?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is Battle Royale?</h2>\n\n<p>A Battle Royale is a fight between many different people until only one fighter remains standing. A sort of free-for-all.</p>\n\n<p>There is no designated group, and the combatants can use everything in their disposable to achieve victory. Think Hunger Games, and you pretty much got it.</p>\n\n<p>The term Battle Royale became popular in the west with the publishing of a Japanese novel by the same name, written by Koushun Takami in 1999.</p>\n\n<p>The story follows a group of students that have been kidnapped and transported to a private island off the shore of the Japanese mainland. There, each student must survive until they are the last one left alive.</p>\n\n<p>The most widely known form of the Battle Royale story is, however, the 2000 film adaptation directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring the legendary Takeshi Kitano. The film would come to be the direct influence for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) - the <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/26/15697740/why-is-playerunknowns-battlegrounds-so-damn-good\">most famous Battle Royale game today</a>.</p>\n\n<h2>How Battle Royale Games Work</h2>\n\n<p>It was in 2012 that a proper Battle Royale concept was introduced to the phenomenally successful game Minecraft. by modders</p>\n\n<p>The talented modders AntVenom and SkyDoesMinecraft laid down the groundwork for the first successful and official Battle Royale game.</p>\n\n<p>From then on, modders in the ARMA community began bringing about varyingly successful Battle Royale mods. One such ARMA modder was Brendan Greene, who went by the online handle PlayerUnknown.</p>\n\n<p>Greene would join the Korean publisher Bluehole to develop and release PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, more commonly referred to by its <a href=\"http://steamcharts.com/app/578080\">3 million concurrent players</a> as “PUBG”.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds (PUBG)\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/pubg.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds (PUBG)\" /></p>\n\n<p>PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is the perfect lens through which to examine what makes a Battle Royale game.</p>\n\n<p>A typical round of PUBG commences with around 100 players parachuting down into a large island, which seems to be somewhere off the coast of Eastern Europe.</p>\n\n<p>Players can group up in teams of 4 or 2, or choose to play a pure, last man standing Battle Royale - with only a single victor emerging out of the 100 players.</p>\n\n<p>Once on the ground, players must continue to scavenge for weapons, armor, and healing items. They must also find vehicles - not only to get from one spot to the next - but to stay within the Safe Zone.</p>\n\n<p>The Safe Zone is contained within a gigantic circular blue cone of sizzling plasma, which continues to shrink as time progresses and more players are killed. As the battleground shrinks, players are herded closer and closer together until the explosive finale.</p>\n\n<p>The last team, duo, or individual left alive wins.</p>\n\n<p>This simple formula is the basis of Battle Royale games: a large group of equal players, a huge map that slowly shrinks over time, and scarce guns and ammo.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The Evolution of Battle Royale</h2>\n\n<p>Valve’s MOBA DotA 2 has held the previous record of the highest number of concurrent players with 1,291,328 in 2014. PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds managed to top that figure on September 16th, with a <a href=\"https://dotesports.com/pubg/news/pubg-steam-concurrent-players-all-time-record-17429\">concurrent player base of 1,348,374</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Since then, the game has reached over <a href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-hits-3-million-concurrent-players-and-15-million-cheater-bans/\">3 million concurrent players</a> in December 2017.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, when a hot new phenomenon appears, developers will often try to emulate it and improve upon it to become even bigger.</p>\n\n<p>PUBG has revolutionized the online gaming world to the point where other titans in the online gaming industry have begun emulating its current and modifying upcoming titles around the Battle Royale concept.</p>\n\n<p>Let’s look at the most successful adaptations of PUBG to see how Battle Royale games are taking the genre to the next level.</p>\n\n<h2>Fortnite: Building a Better Battle Royale</h2>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Fortnite Battle Royale\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/fortnite.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"Fortnite Battle Royale\" /></p>\n\n<p>Fortnite is <a href=\"https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/buy-now/battle-royale\">developed by Epic Games</a> and People Can Fly, and was released shortly after PUBG, in July 2017.</p>\n\n<p>Unlike PUBG, which does not really have a plot or actual setting, Fortnite presents a world where apocalyptic storms snatched away all but 2% of humanity. The survivors must now unite and survive against zombie-like monsters.</p>\n\n<p>The original title was relatively successful, hitting the 1 million player milestone about a month after its release. However, it was the standalone mode Fortnite Battle Royale, released in September 2017, that pushed Fortnite to the top, with <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-battle-royale-has-hit-10-million-players-/1100-6454008/\">10 million new players is just two weeks</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Although the mode is very clearly emulating PUBG, the addition of Fortnite’s ingenious crafting and building system introduces an intelligent and very creative spin on the traditional looting, surviving, and fighting formula of the Battle Royale.</p>\n\n<p>Remember that impressive 3 million concurrent players record PUBG holds? Well, Fortnite recently <a href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/fortnite-breaks-concurrent-player-record-w516510\">broke that record</a> with 3.4 million players, making it the biggest Battle Royale game to date.</p>\n\n<h2>Paladins: Keeping Up With the Times</h2>\n\n<p>Before the monumental success of the Battle Royale genre, “Hero Shooters” were the latest trend in online gaming.</p>\n\n<p>Games like Overwatch and Team Fortress 2 brought teams of specialist champions to face off against each other in objective-based rounds centered in arenas filled with health packs and power-ups. Each player had a role, and everyone had to work together intelligently and strategically to come out victorious.</p>\n\n<p>While such games are still hugely popular, many developers and publishers have realized that the lion’s share of consumer attention has indeed shifted towards the Battle Royale trend. As a result, they have begun incorporating the Battle Royale into their game modes. One such game is Paladins: Champions of the Realm.</p>\n\n<p>Paladins developer Hi-Rez Studios recently announced the latest addition to its free-to-play title: Paladins: Battlegrounds. As the name suggests, the traditional gameplay of Paladins will be receiving a <a href=\"https://www.paladins.com/paladins-battlegrounds-faq/\">Battle Royale makeover</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Paladins Battlegrounds\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/paladins.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"Paladins Battlegrounds\" /></p>\n\n<p>From what has been released so far the Battlegrounds mode seems to borrow very heavily from PUBG. We have seen the looting of various buildings, scrambling for rare gear dropped in care packages by zeppelins, not to mention the always-shrinking safe zone.</p>\n\n<p>As you can see - especially if you have been playing PUBG for a while - this new installation already sounds like PUBG with a Paladins skin and characters. The mode’s title, Battlegrounds, is also an unabashed reference to the flagship Battle Royale.</p>\n\n<p>That being said, it will be amazing to see how different heroes are pitted against one another in open survival combat. Since Paladins is a Hero Shooter, each hero has distinct abilities and weapons, and therefore plays differently than the others. That means players don’t start on equal footing, which shakes up the familiar Battle Royale formula.</p>\n\n<h2>Will MMO Games Join the Battle Royale Trend?</h2>\n\n<p>By now, it's clear to see how online games are changing and evolving in order to stay relevant in a world dominated by Battle Royale. But is the same true for <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">MMO games</a>?</p>\n\n<p>Expert analysts in the MMO world mostly agree that in early 2017, ingenuity and originality in the MMO realm seemed to be dwindling. While the titans like Counter-Strike, Dota 2 and World of Warcraft continued to produce marvelous content, it cannot be denied that many people were starting to feel that things were getting a little bit stale.</p>\n\n<p>In other words: The world of MMOs and online games has come to a creative standstill.</p>\n\n<p>But now, thanks to the interesting fusions of game mechanics and styles brought about by games like PUBG and Fortnite, MMO and MMORPG games are experiencing a curious phase of transition.</p>\n\n<p>Developers are enhancing their titles with new Battle Royale content, and new games with Battle Royale systems <a href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/battle-royale-games-2018/\">keep coming out</a>. However, many popular MMOs seem to remain unaffected.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Battle royale is changing online gaming\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/Images-for-the-blog_Battle-Royale_fortnite_last2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Battle royale is changing online gaming\" /></p>\n\n<p>But when players demand originality and newfound thrills, these games risk being left behind. The Battle Royale formula is so easy to implement, and there’s still so much of this new genre to explore, MMO developers would be throwing away an almost surefire success if they choose to sit this one out.</p>\n\n<p>Will we finally see a proper Battle Royale MMO? Can this subgenre even work as an MMO?</p>\n\n<p>It’s easy to imagine Counter-Strike introducing larger maps with more players in order to facilitate a proper “PUBG experience”. But what about a game like World of Warcraft?</p>\n\n<p>Many MMOs already have epic “Player vs. Player” arenas that might be perfect for combat on a larger scale, but there are still plenty of issues to overcome. Most of them are the same issues that pop up when <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/esports/\">MMO games try to become Esport titles</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Statistically speaking, we can very easily tell what an overwhelming majority of players greatly enjoy - being the “last man standing”. Developers need to pay heed and do what they can to associate their games with this new trend if they hope to be a part of the new wave of online games in 2018.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"2/11/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/Images-for-the-blog_Battle-Royale_header_4.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13149"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/truple-a-games-microtransactions-loot-boxes/"},"strings":{"title":"Microtransactions and Loot Boxes in AAA Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>The freemium, free-to-play but pay-to-win (P2W) model has been around a long time, and it’s been hugely successful in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mobile-games/\">mobile games</a>. These <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">free-to-play games</a> are among the most lucrative and profitable games on the market.</p>\n\n<p>It makes sense - you get to play the game for free, and the developer gets money if you choose to invest through microtransactions. It’s a win-win.</p>\n\n<p>Big companies and AAA game developers don’t want to be left behind and are starting to take advantage of this model more and more. It’s both a tempting stream of revenue and a way to keep multiplayer games relevant for years. More money coming in means developers can continue to deliver new content.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"More money coming in means more new content\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"More money coming in means more new content\" /></p>\n\n<p>We’re already seeing games like Star Wars Battlefront 2, Evolve, and NBA 2K18 using this model, but in their own AAA way.</p>\n\n<p>The trouble with AAA games that include microtransactions is obvious: you purchase the game at a premium price, but then have to pay if you want to get ahead and keep up with the “big dogs”. Naturally, this is more of a problem in competitive multiplayer games, though we already starting to see single-player games with loot boxes and other in-game purchases.</p>\n\n<p>Are AAA developers getting too greedy by developing these premium P2W models? Will they have a negative and long-lasting impact on the gaming scene? Will the mobile industry adopt this new take in the freemium model?</p>\n\n<p>Maybe. Maybe not. As you know, each coin has two sides.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Star Wars Battlefront 2: Kicking Off the Controversy</h2>\n\n<p>Much of the controversy around loot boxes and microtransactions in premium games comes from the <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2s-loot-box-controversy-expl/1100-6455155/\">new system EA presented in Battlefront 2</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, the game required you to purchase loot boxes to get things that many felt should be included in the game’s $60 price tag - like the ability to level up your character.</p>\n\n<p>(Funny enough, players started resorting to using <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/24/16696870/star-wars-battlefront-2-economy-cheats\">rubber bands on their controllers</a> to bypass the ridiculously complex system.)</p>\n\n<p>You buy these loot boxes and get random Star Cards. These cards are used to level up your character’s stats and abilities. Because they’re random, you can buy a ton and get almost no upgrades.</p>\n\n<p>Within hours after the Battlefront 2 beta started, players were voicing their anger about how they are required to spend more and more money in order to achieve any meaningful progression. And they were voicing it very loudly.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Players are voicing their anger about having to spend more and more money.\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-header.jpg\" style=\"width: 1368px; height: 384px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>On the Star Wars Battlefront 2 Reddit page, a user expressed frustration after taking advantage of one of the microtransaction options, purchasing 12000 Crystals for $80 (with a 10% EA Access discount). Unbeknownst to the player, the Crystals couldn’t be used to buy the various hero characters, which are only available in exchange for Credits. This user wanted to unlock Darth Vader, <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/\">who at the time cost 60,000 credits</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Within this same thread, an EA spokesperson responded to the post, stating the following:</p>\n\n<p><em>“The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes.</em></p>\n\n<p><em>\"As for cost, we selected initial values based upon data from the Open Beta and other adjustments made to milestone rewards before launch. Among other things, we’re looking at average per-player credit earn rates on a daily basis, and we’ll be making constant adjustments to ensure that players have challenges that are compelling, rewarding, and of course attainable via gameplay.”</em></p>\n\n<p>This response soon became the <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2-reddit-post-receives-over-/1100-6454919/\">most disliked comment in Reddit's history</a>, with over 675,000 downvotes.</p>\n\n<p>Players are concerned that if they can’t afford lots of loot boxes, they’ll need to spend a lot of time (hundreds of hours) grinding away at the game just to keep up with the whales who can afford the microtransactions. Even if you do buy these boxes, but get unlucky with your Star Cards, you might get left behind to face other players with much better stats than you. In competitive games, that is a huge and unfair disadvantage.</p>\n\n<p>In a nutshell, players are arguing that they shouldn’t have to pay money to level up. Many feel that the $60 price tag should unlock the full game, as it has in the past.</p>\n\n<p>Let’s look at both sides.</p>\n\n<h2>Arguments for Microtransactions in AAA Games</h2>\n\n<p>Despite the anger around the P2W model, there are actually some good things that can come of it.</p>\n\n<p>For example, <strong>microtransactions lower the barrier to entry for new publishers and indie developers</strong> to create games and get into an otherwise saturated market.</p>\n\n<p>The costs of developing and marketing a game have risen dramatically in the last 20 years. Salaries for developers are increasing, the cost of rent is getting higher, and it requires more people than ever to develop these games. Yet, games' prices have remained $60 for an average title since 2005! So developers need other ways to make money.</p>\n\n<p>Which means <strong><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_as_a_service\">games as a service</a> allow the publisher to continue to generate revenue for a game</strong>. And if they can continue to do that, they can keep paying their developers to continuously update the game and add new content.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The games as a service allow the publisher to continue to generate more revenue and more content\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The games as a service allow the publisher to continue to generate more revenue and more content\" /></p>\n\n<p>Finally, having <strong>microtransactions in AAA games allows players with less time for gaming to stay competitive</strong>. Even if you don’t have 20 hours a week to play a game, you can spend a little money to catch up with those who do, and level playing field with the more hardcore players.</p>\n\n<p>However, the gaming population also has some strong counterarguments to the pay to win model.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Arguments Against Microtransactions in AAA Games</h2>\n\n<p>Gamers are passionate people, and that passion comes out whenever game developers do something they don’t like.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, the BF2 controversy started, well, lots of other controversies. People spoke out about how they felt. Here’s what they said.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Microtransactions can prevent some people from playing the game</strong>. If you don’t have dozens of hours to dedicate to a game, and can’t afford to pay to win and remain competitive, you’re stuck. You either don’t play it at all, or you play it and don’t ever get the full experience.</p>\n\n<p>Sure, plenty of games require you to “grind” to get better gear and higher levels. Just look at the original version of World of Warcraft, which took the average player over 10 days (a full 240 hours) of actual play time to reach the max level, usually over the span of several months.</p>\n\n<p>The problem comes in when you’re playing with people who decided to spend the money for the in-game purchases, who are now at higher levels than you. Your gameplay experience immediately gets far worse than anyone who shelled out the cash.</p>\n\n<p>Again, this wasn't a problem if you didn't already spend $60 to get the game, and now you have to pay even more just to have a fair gaming experience.</p>\n\n<p>Secondly, <strong>not all paid in-game items are cosmetic</strong>. Cosmetic DLC doesn’t give a player any inherent advantage over another player. It’s purely for show. But when microtransactions are required to unlock the best gear, stats, and abilities? Well, that’s when players get unhappy.</p>\n\n<p>Finally, the most obvious argument is that <strong>you already paid full price for the game</strong>. Many players feel that paying the $60 price tag on a game should unlock the whole thing, and they shouldn’t have to spend any more on it.</p>\n\n<p>But ultimately, companies are created to make money. Even if a company starts as a small one-person studio built with love, passion, and a desire to change the world, it still has to make money. And that person’s business may one day grow big enough to be acquired - and investors are really all about the money.</p>\n\n<p>So now that you understand both sides of the coin, we are left a few questions.</p>\n\n<h2>Are Microtransactions Going Away Anytime Soon?</h2>\n\n<p>Microtransactions first gained large-scale visibility in 2006, when Bethesda released the highly anticipated and popular game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Microtransactions are here to stay, in mobile games, casual games, and now in AAA games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>Soon after the release, they added the ability to buy a Horse Armor Pack for $2.50. Then came new dungeons, a player home, new spells, and more.</p>\n\n<p>When other companies saw the massive success of these mini DLCs, they jumped on the bandwagon, and it quickly became a universal phenomenon.</p>\n\n<p>Despite the controversy around recent titles and their microtransactions, publishers will inevitably continue to experiment with new business models.</p>\n\n<p>A recent report proves that <a href=\"http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-10-games-as-a-service-has-tripled-the-industrys-value\">games-as-a-service systems have tripled the industry's value</a>. In fact, EA made a whopping <a href=\"http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-03-02-eas-ultimate-team-earning-around-usd650-million-a-year\">$1.3 billion from add-on content</a> in the last year alone.</p>\n\n<p>Activision has recently filed a patent for a <a href=\"http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-18-patent-which-pushes-microtransactions-through-matchmaking-granted-to-activision\">matchmaking system designed to encourage more consumer spending</a>. The publisher stressed the system had not been implemented yet, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see it in future games.</p>\n\n<p>Microtransactions are here to stay, in mobile games, casual games, and now in AAA games as well. If anything, we’re going to see more of them.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"1/14/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13099"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/difference-between-mmo-and-mmorpgs/"},"strings":{"title":"What Is an MMO, What Is an MMORPG and the Difference Between Them","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"300000","description":"<p>What is the difference between <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO</a> and <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/\">MMORPG</a>?</p>\n\n<p>Are they the same thing? How do I tell them apart? Which one am I playing right now, and what does it have to do with Rocket-Propelled Grenades?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>You have probably asked yourself at least some of these questions at one point or another. Otherwise, you won’t be here.</p>\n\n<p>Surprisingly enough, the answers to all these questions are quite simple:</p>\n\n<p>An MMORPG is a type of MMO game.</p>\n\n<p>But to really understand this answer, you first need to know <a href=\"/en/blog/what-is-an-mmo/\">what exactly are MMO games</a>.</p>\n\n<h2>What is an MMO?</h2>\n\n<p>Let’s start with the basics: what does an MMO mean? <strong>An MMO game is a “Massively Multiplayer Online” game</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>To put it in simpler terms, an MMO is an online multiplayer game which a large number of people can play simultaneously. You don’t play with or against just a handful of players, but thousands, sometimes even millions of them at the same time.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"What is MMO?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-1.jpg\" title=\"What is MMO?\" /></p>\n\n<h2>What is an MMORPG?</h2>\n\n<p><strong>MMORPG means “Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.”</strong></p>\n\n<p>Another somewhat comical definition is “Many Men Online Role-Playing as Girls” (it’s funny because it's true).</p>\n\n<p>Some might say that all MMORPGs are easily recognizable by their fantasy settings, but that's not at all the case. Though the majority of RPGs do take place in the realm of elves, orcs, and dragons, a lot of them choose different worlds to explore, like far-away planets or post-apocalyptic wastelands.</p>\n\n<p>The keen observers among you may have noticed the two types of games have very similar definitions, but not quite the same. That leads us to the key difference between MMO and MMORPG.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is the Difference Between MMO and MMORPG?</h2>\n\n<p>When someone asks what a game is, they often refer to its genre or subgenre. A game “is” a first-person shooter, a survival game or a role-playing game. It’s the same thing with MMOs.</p>\n\n<p>No game is just an MMO game. It’s like saying a game is a “multiplayer game.” That’s well and good, but it doesn’t really tell you anything about the game itself, apart from the fact you can play it with (or against) other people. The game has to belong to a specific genre.</p>\n\n<p>Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, or MMORPGs, are MMO games that belong to the RPG genre.</p>\n\n<p>They are role-playing games that can be played online by a large number of players simultaneously.</p>\n\n<p>The difference between MMO and MMORPG is that all MMORPGs are MMOs, but not all MMOs are MMORPGs.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"/en/blog/what-is-an-mmorpg/\">MMORPG is by definition a role-playing game</a>, while an MMO can be anything from a <a href=\"/en/blog/battle-royale/\">Battle Royale</a> action title, a real-time <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">strategy game</a>, or even a new type of interactive experience that defies genres.</p>\n\n<p><strong>MMORPGs are a type of MMO games</strong>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"MMORPG is a type of MMO game\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-2.jpg\" title=\"MMORPG is a type of MMO game\" /></p>\n\n<p>It’s a subtle distinction, but an important one. It can be a bit embarrassing talking to a fellow gamer about the new MMORPG you’re playing, only for them to realize you’re actually playing a hardcore multiplayer Strategy title with a deep base-customization system and no <a href=\"/en/mmo-games/rpg-elements/\">RPG elements</a> whatsoever.</p>\n\n<p>It might sound a little trivial, but gamers can be pretty sensitive to this kind of mistakes.</p>\n\n<h2>How to Recognize an MMORPG</h2>\n\n<p>Breaking down the MMORPG genre to its core component - the MMO and the RPG. We’ve already covered what an MMO is, so let’s talk about what makes a good role-playing game.</p>\n\n<p>RPG video games, often referred to as CRPG (Computer Role-Playing Games) borrow a lot from their pen-and-paper ancestors. For example, they have the same level of character customization. Players can create and customize their characters, represented by a digital avatar.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/vcvK1oUszsA\" width=\"853\"></iframe></p>\n\n<p>They can control pretty much anything, from their appearance, race, and sex to their profession and skills. As the game progresses, players have a chance to improve and evolve their adventurer, making them more and more unique and powerful.</p>\n\n<p>Most modern RPGs give the player not only control over their character, but over the world they inhabit. Players’ actions have a direct impact on how the story progresses, and how the world changes around them. It can simply happen by advancing the plot and seeing the story unfolds, but it can also be because of player choice.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">The best RPGs</a> allow players to tackle problems and advance the plot in multiple ways, so each playstyle is respected.</p>\n\n<p>An elementary example would be getting past a guard guarding a door. The player can choose whether to distract the guard using magic, lie and pretend to be someone famous, or draw a sword and attack.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mobile-games/raid-shadow-legends/\"><img alt=\"Raid: Shadow Legends\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/raid/backgrounds/section-2.jpg\" style=\"height: 364px;\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Afterward, there should be different consequences to each of these choices. Maybe you’ll get to meet the guard you deceived later on in the game - now out of work and begging on the street.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, there are plenty more elements that combine to create an RPG, but going over all of them will take a while.</p>\n\n<p>The key word to remember when talking about role-playing games is “agency.” The more impact the player has on the game’s world and characters - the better.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The key word in RPG and MMORPG games is agency\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-3.jpg\" title=\"The key word in RPG and MMORPG games is agency\" /></p>\n\n<p>Then you have all the technical stuff: quests, experience points, loot, skill, and combat. Each of these is tied directly to the core mechanics of character customization, player agency, and a rich narrative.</p>\n\n<p>Take all of this, and put in an environment where dozens if not hundreds of players interact at the same time, and you got yourself an MMORPG.</p>\n\n<p>Good examples of popular MMORPG games are World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, The Elder Scrolls Online, Star Wars: The Old Republic and EVE Online.</p>\n\n<p>Hopefully, now you know how to tell MMO and MMORPG games apart, and how to recognize an MMORPG when you play one.</p>\n\n<p>One important thing to remember - most MMORPGs don’t usually involve Rocket-Propelled Grenades. Unless, of course, you’re playing in a futuristic dystopia where magic has been replaced with high explosives, which are more or less the same thing, only way cooler.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"1/10/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"10758"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/rpg-elements/"},"strings":{"title":"What Are RPG Elements and Why Are They in Every Game?","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>Survey the gaming scene today and it won’t take you long to find a role-playing video game (<a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">RPG</a>). The very definition of an RPG is often debated, since, if you look hard enough, you’ll find elements of the genre where you wouldn’t normally expect to find them.</p>\n\n<p>Whether you like it or not, <a href=\"http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/12/rpgs-took-over-every-video-game-genre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RPG elements are creeping into more and more games</a>. Whether it’s through characterization and customization or skill vs. luck elements such as loot, games across the board are becoming more RPG-like.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>With this being the case, the natural question becomes: is this a good thing?</p>\n\n<p>In this piece, we’re going to try and answer that question. However, before we can dive into this new world of RPG hybrids, we need to try and define what exactly the basic elements of an RPG are.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Role-playing games are about characters and adventure\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/quest.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Role-playing games are about characters and adventure\" /></p>\n\n<h2>What are RPG Elements?</h2>\n\n<p><strong>Character progression and customization:</strong> Traditionally, a non-RPG game sees you take control of a relatively static character. In other words, you don’t have any influence over the character, and it does change or evolve over the course of the game.</p>\n\n<p>In contrast, role-playing games allow you to inhabit the role of your character/s (it’s right there in the genre’s name). Moreover, you’re responsible for the development of both their skills and personality through a process of customization and choice.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><strong>Deep narratives:</strong> When you’re playing a game, ask yourself whether the narrative is fixed, or can you influence it in any way. If the game leans more towards the latter, it will have a deeper story to tell and be much more like an RPG. In fact, it was the RPG that first introduced the idea of a character's moral alignment, one of the first tools for creating branching paths in a narrative.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Luck and random numbers:</strong> RPGs are all about statistics and random number generators that dictate almost everything. From determining your changes to successfully land an attack, to what loot and weapons are going to be in that hidden chest.</p>\n\n<p>Knowing what action to take when, and how to play the numbers in your favor. Or just grinding until you find that super-awesome gun you’ve been searching for. This interplay between making the right moves at the right time is where skill and luck intertwine.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Rich, interactive worlds:</strong> RPGs are known for having expensive environments that are open for you to explore and play around in. You are constantly interacting with the world around you, be it through quests or talking to characters and, in MMORPGs, other players you encounter.</p>\n\n<p>Furthermore, your actions have the potential to change the world you’re playing in. This, in turn, can make your experience within the game different from that experienced by another player. It’s another way role-playing games defy the linear nature of so many other video game genres.</p>\n\n<h2>When an RPG isn’t an RPG</h2>\n\n<p>OK, so now that we’ve given you a general overview of RPGs, you should be able to spot one at a hundred paces. However, what about games that have some of the elements we’ve described, but not all of them? Well, this is where things get tricky.</p>\n\n<p>Take as an example the recently released Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Depending on who you ask, this game may or may not be an RPG. According to developers Nintendo, it’s an “open-world RPG,” but <a href=\"https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/189707-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/75481876\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">gamers tend to disagree</a> with the second part of that definition, with many cataloging it as an “action-adventure”. After all, the Zelda series pretty much invented that genre.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Not everything with RPG elements is an RPG\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/rpg-action-adventure.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Not everything with RPG elements is an RPG\" /></p>\n\n<p>In reality, it might not be a “pure RPG” like the modern Mass Effect series or classic Final Fantasy games. Mostly because there’s no emphasis on character progression and stats. However, when you play the game, you do encounter many RPG-like features. For example, the open-world structure means you can go anywhere and interactive with anything you want. Additionally, the main character, Link, can be enhanced through runes and items. There’s certainly some crossover with typical RPG features such as gearing, loot and achievements.</p>\n\n<p>Another game that seems to leak into the RPG world is Call of Duty: WWII. Now, Call of Duty is clearly a first-person shooter, but the game does check a few items in the RPG elements checklist:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Customization:</strong> Check. There are a perk system, different outfits and the ability to improve your shooting proficiency.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Progression:</strong> Check. You rise in levels and unlock better items and weapons the more you play.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Stats and numbers</strong>: Check. Different classes (or Divisions, as the game calls them) have different stats and strengths.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>However, that’s not nearly enough to categorize a game as an RPG. Call the game an RPG in front of a CoD fan or an RPG fan, and they’ll give you a weird look and slowly back away. And with good reason. Apart from the different classes, most other RPG elements in this game are a little more than a fancy way of giving you more guns to play with.</p>\n\n<p>Perhaps the most contentious hybrid in recent times is Assassin’s Creed: Origins. <a href=\"http://www.pcgamer.com/for-better-or-worse-assassins-creed-origins-is-an-rpg-now/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">According to PC Gamer’s Tom Senior</a>, Assassin’s Creed went into a two-year hibernation as an action series and emerged in 2017 as an RPG. The fact that your character’s level and equipment determine how easily you can kill different enemies is indicative of an RPG.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, you have to complete side missions to progress the story and gain the necessary components to upgrade your gear. Only by improving your level do you have any shot at killing certain enemies. Indeed, if you try to move too far ahead too soon (i.e. without the necessary weapons), you won’t have enough power to kill the enemies (because you need to upgrade your gear and skills). Frankly, the game does tick quite a lot of items on our list, and that’s why fans are still arguing among themselves where this new entry in the series stands.</p>\n\n<h2>Why Does Every Game Have RPG Elements?</h2>\n\n<p>Depending on your perspective, adding RPG elements to a game like Assassin’s Creed is either positive or negative. In many ways, these new features bring more to the game. By forcing you to choose the appropriate battle garb, the new outfits have a purpose rather than being nothing more than skin changes. Similarly, you can choose the type of warrior you want to be. You can unlock everything and go crazy or travel light and really test your stealth skills.</p>\n\n<p>On the flipside, some could argue that RPG elements make the combat element of the game too difficult. Because you can’t kill an enemy with one shot or without the right equipment, it forces you into an RPG narrative that you might not want. Action-adventure games are, unsurprisingly, all about action and adventure. Sometimes, you just want to load up the game and dive into some fights without having to worry about your level or gear.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Developers keep adding more and more RPG elements into their games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/rpg-elements.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 402px;\" title=\"Developers keep adding more and more RPG elements into their games\" /></p>\n\n<p>Of course, your opinion comes back to personal preference, but developers seem to have good reasons to add RPG elements to other genres:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Connection:</strong> RPG elements help create a greater connection between players and their character. Super Mario could have easily been any purple dragon, as he simply served as a medium to guide you through the game, a way for you to experience the gameplay and the game world.</p>\n\n<p>In contrast, when you look at Vikings: War of Clans, a <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">strategy game</a> that recently added new RPG elements, there’s no separation between the characters and their environment. Each is integral to the other and this means you have to engage more with the character.</p>\n\n<p><strong>A personal experience:</strong> When RPG elements are introduced into a game, your decisions have a bigger potential to impact your character and the world. This allows for a greater level of both personalization and immersion that, ultimately, creates a more engaging experience.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Complexity:</strong> Instead of linear progression through a game, RPG elements open up new possibilities. As we’ve said, AC Origins forces you to upgrade your character to a certain level before you can tackle certain areas, otherwise, it’s too tough to survive. While that might frustrate some players, it’s something that does make you invest more and, therefore, makes the game more complex.</p>\n\n<h2>Should Games Keep Adding RPG Elements?</h2>\n\n<p>So, is every game better with RPG elements? The obvious answer is no. As we’ve discussed, some RPG features can actually spoil the core appeal of a game. For example, Assassin’s Creed: Origins might be a great game. However, your fighting skills restrict you from freely exploring the world, which is a pretty big part of the series. As a counter to this, the latest incarnation of The Legend of Zelda and its open-world system does make things more intricate, immersive and, therefore, entertaining.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Is every game better with RPG elements?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/header-resize.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 402px;\" title=\"Is every game better with RPG elements?\" /></p>\n\n<p>In reality, it all comes down to the experience you want to have. There’s no doubt that RPGs allow for a more personal experience where players can, to some extent, determine their own fate. However, there’s also a place in the market for games with linear progression and fixed patterns. Too many RPG elements can spoil a “cinematic” experience, which some players love.</p>\n\n<p>RPG elements are great, but not in all situations. Yes, RPG elements can make the gaming experience more immersive, but not all players enjoy having to deal with some of the most intricate ones. A great hybrid game finds the right balance between RPG and it's core genre to keep all players happy.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"12/24/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13096"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/social-gamer-guide/"},"strings":{"title":"The Social Gamer Guide: How to Play Well With Others","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"540000","description":"<p>Ever wondered what type of gamer you are? Well, there’s actually a way to find out and, if you stick with us for the next few minutes, we’ll help you do just that.</p>\n\n<p>Thanks to something known as the Bartle taxonomy of player types, you can find out what sort of personality you have and how it manifests itself in the gaming world. The classification he came up is a bit rudimentary these days, and there are a lot more complicated and <a href=\"https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134842/personality_and_play_styles\">interesting ways to split up player types</a>.</p>\n\n<p>However, Bartle’s taxonomy is still a fun, helpful way to look at your playstyle and figure out where you fall into 4 distinct personality types: Achievers, Explorers, Socializers, and Killers.</p>\n\n<p>In this piece, we’re going to focus on the <strong>Socializers</strong> and how they fit into the gaming spectrum. Players in this category are more likely to interact with others and form relationships in a bid to progress in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">MMO games</a>. Does that sound like you? And if so, how can this knowledge improve your game?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The Socializer Quiz: Are You the Social Type?</h2>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Are You the Social Type?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/image-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Are You the Social Type?\" /></p>\n\n<p>OK, so the full Bartle test involves a series of 30 questions and aims to cover all 4 personality types. But you don't need to go through it all, as we only want to see whether you the definition of a Socializer apply to you.</p>\n\n<p>With this being the case, we’ve come up with our own selection of questions that will help you understand what it means to be the social sort in the online gaming arena:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Do you enjoy playing with others or alone?</strong> Socializers by definition prefer to play with other people. Although all MMORPG players are social to some extent, simply because they’re not playing alone, not all MMORPG players are necessarily social. A killer, for example, likes playing with others because it gives them a chance to sabotage their experiences. In contrast, a Socializer likes to play alongside others rather than against them.<br />\n\t </li>\n\t<li><strong>Is winning more important to you than having fun?</strong> Socializers don’t typically care about winning or losing, as the social aspect of the game is enough for them. In reality, everyone enjoys winning, but a Socializer would often prefer to lose as part of a collective than win in isolation.<br />\n\t<br />\n\tPart of the experience is to help and to receive help - to form relationships. If this leads to a win, fair enough. If not, then as long as everyone had fun, that’s just as good.<br />\n\t </li>\n\t<li><strong>Would you rather play an offline game or an online game?</strong> Online games, such as Plarium’s MMO games, PUBG or Destiny 2, take place over the internet which is, by definition, a network. Like all networks, being social is an integral part of the system.<br />\n\t<br />\n\tIn contrast, offline games such as Assassin’s Creed or Horizon Zero Dawn are more focused on the individual’s experience. In offline games, the player is really only challenging themselves, and it’s this internal quest that drives non-Socializers.<br />\n\t </li>\n\t<li><strong>Do you often get along with all types of players?</strong> Socializers usually get on with all personality types, including killers. On the other side of the coin, killers don’t get along with anyone. In fact, they’re actively trying to upset everyone. When it comes to achievers, there is a certain level of respect towards other players. However, achievers only really form relationships so they can better understand opponent’s weakness or the game's intrinsic mechanisms. In simple terms, a Socializer is willing to get on and play with anyone.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"How often do you play with others?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/1-positive-factors.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 494px;\" title=\"How often do you play with others?\" /></p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Would you rather dispense information or receive it?</strong> Socializers are helpful by nature and would rather spread knowledge than receive it for their own personal gain. In a Socializer’s world, the key to a successful gaming environment is collaboration. If they can help someone, then maybe they’ll receive the same sort of help from someone else in the future.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Playing MMO Games as a Social Gamer</h2>\n\n<p>Whichever Plarium world you enter, the question you should be asking is: What type of personality do you and your opponents have? By using the questions we’ve outlined in the section above, you should be able to spot those with a social side to their strategies.</p>\n\n<p>However, on a more practical level, you should look for the following clues to see if you can spot a Socializer. Naturally, depending on your overall plan, you might want to work alongside one (or be one yourself) or exploit them. Regardless of your intentions, a good way to spot one is to look out for the following:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Allies:</strong> If a player has a lot of allies i.e. more than the average, there’s a strong chance they’re gamer type is a Socializer.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Level and Achievements:</strong> We know that Socializers don’t care too much about winning or losing. With this in mind, this type of player is likely to have a low-to-average achievement level. If possible, cross-reference the time someone has been in the game with their level. The greater the time and the lower their level, the more social they are likely to be.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Contact:</strong> Any player that pops up with a warm greeting could be a Socializer. Even though everyone will need to contact others at some point, you can get a feeling for the way someone is by how long their introduction is, the tone of their messages and what they’re actually saying (i.e. small talk or all business).</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Give a helping hand\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/image-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Give a helping hand\" /></p>\n\n<h2>How to Play Like a Social Gamer</h2>\n\n<p>If you feel like you fall into the category of a Socializer, how can you play like one? Well, the first thing you need to acknowledge is that your greatest strength is forming relationships. Of course, a true Socializer will be forming relationships to enhance their own enjoyment and that of those around them, but they will also want to up their game in this way.</p>\n\n<p>However, it’s rare that anyone is 100% one personality type. With this being the case, you may want to form alliances to progress further in a game, level up quicker, protect your assets or more. If this is the case, then you need to understand how your dominant personality trait can be both an advantage and a disadvantage.</p>\n\n<h2>Where Are the Advantages of the Social Gamer</h2>\n\n<p>Depending on the online games you play, being a Socializer can work in your favor if you know where to look. Being able to link up with other players, give and receive help and generally get on with everyone is your greatest strength as a Socializer. When you put this in context, this gives you a huge advantage when it comes to forming crucial alliances that offer vital protection and support.</p>\n\n<p>For example, let’s say you’ve taken a look through our selection of games and decided you want to play <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/vikings-war-of-clans/\">Vikings: War of Clans</a>. In this game, forming alliances is crucial. Stepping into the game and trying to conquer the kingdom on your own is virtually impossible. Indeed, if even one clan decides to attack your fortress, the chances of surviving with a single army are slim. In this situation, it pays to be a Socializer and form a large network of contacts. Whenever you need help, a single call to your team can save your bacon and keep your subjects alive.</p>\n\n<h2>Where Are You the Weakest?</h2>\n\n<p>This gamer type’s greatest strength is also their greatest weakness. By seeing the value in every player and trying to work alongside them, you’re at risk of being exploited by a killer or an achiever.</p>\n\n<p>For example, if you were to play <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/stormfall-age-of-war/\">Stormfall: Age of War</a>, the ability to communicate and build strong relationships can help you learn new skills in a short space of time. When a League Marshal sets up an academy, they’re giving low-ranked players the chance to participate in activities they wouldn’t otherwise have access to.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Blindly trusting other players can be dangerous\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/image-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Blindly trusting other players can be dangerous\" /></p>\n\n<p>As a Socializer, you’d be championing the communal spirit of an Academy. However, for those looking to leverage their position, this attitude can be exploited. For instances, a killer would look to join an Academy so that they can find a way to break it from the inside. Of course, this isn’t easy, but it illustrates the point that those with ulterior motives will use their compassion against them.</p>\n\n<p>Because social players will let others into an otherwise closed circle, they run the risk of letting enemies get close to them. Similarly, an achiever could use the Socializer as a way to accelerate their training by absorbing all the knowledge they’re willing to give away. Once the achiever has gotten everything useful from them, they can break away and use their newfound knowledge against those that helped them.</p>\n\n<h2>Should You Keep Being Social?</h2>\n\n<p>If you’re happy to play without any ambitions, there’s nothing wrong with embracing your social side. However, it’s important to realize that these types of gamers rarely progress very far or very quickly in an MMORPG. Again, if that doesn’t matter, you’ll be fine.</p>\n\n<p>If you do have a certain amount of ambition, however, you may want to borrow some of the tactics that achievers and killers use. Whether that’s occasionally exploiting someone or taking without giving, you can give yourself an edge if you use your friendly image to thwart an opponent’s perception of you. At the very least, you should be aware that not everyone else plays like you, and see if you can figure out their motives before you help them.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Be the best player you want to be\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/image-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Be the best player you want to be\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Are You Just a Socializer?</h2>\n\n<p>Now, before you go putting on your new Socializer label and start searching for ways to utilize your new role in your MMO community, it’s important to note that very few people are 100% one player type. It’s entirely possible for you to share traits with all four gaming personalities. In practice, you will probably have a few more layers to you than just one personality type.</p>\n\n<p>However, all likelihood is that you tend to lean more towards one category than another. So, if you feel as though you prefer to communicate with others, help those around you and have fun rather than win, you may very well be a Socializer in the gaming world. If not, check out the rest of our gamer guides on personality types to see what sort of player you are.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"12/7/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13085"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/become-a-strategy-games-expert/"},"strings":{"title":"Want to Get Better at Strategy Games? Join the Military!","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>ATTENTION! Fall in line recruit and stand up straight. This isn't a game!</p>\n\n<p>OK, we might actually be talking about games, but if you want to become a better <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">Strategy</a> and <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO</a> player you need to take things seriously. How seriously? How about joining the army?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Getting Better at Games by Fighting a Virtual War</h2>\n\n<p>Whatever battle you engage in, whether it's a medieval showdown i or a futuristic fight, <a href=\"/en/games/genre/war-games/\">war games</a> require some serious thought.</p>\n\n<p>In fact, there is mounting evidence that military training can not only help people achieve success in war games but that war games offer a <a href=\"http://www.complex.com/life/2016/11/veterans-day-millennials-video-games-ptsd\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">form of therapy to those with PTSD</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"If you start to think like military men and women, you'll start seeing better results.\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-1.jpg\" title=\"If you start to think like military men and women, you'll start seeing better results.\" /></p>\n\n<p>According to former US platoon leader Bryant Chambers, war games provide the \"same operate conditioning\" as a real battle scenario. Although he adds the caveat that games can't truly recreate the emotions of battle, he suggests that the stimuli and response mechanisms are similar. From this, Chambers has found that games allow ex-military personnel to satisfy the \"cognitive and behavioral\" responses they've been conditioned to think and feel.</p>\n\n<p>However, they can deal with these ingrained behaviors of war without having to deal with the real emotions of conflict.</p>\n\n<p>In this respect, games can be an outlet for veterans. For our purposes, that shows the common links between real war and virtual war. Indeed, it's hardly surprising that those from a military background enjoy gaming and, moreover, have a knack for it.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, you can't just spend a few weeks training with a military unit and then go AWOL to satisfy your gaming urges. However, if you learn to think like a veteran and use the skills of a military mind, you can become a better game player inside our virtual worlds.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Like Water: Improve Your Strategy Game</h2>\n\n<p>Before you can fall in line, stand to attention, and embrace the mindset of the military, you first need to leave your assumptions at the door. In many respects, a soldier has to be extremely rigid in the way they operate in battle. Sticking to their post and following a set strategy is crucial, but the overall way of thinking about war is not and cannot be rigid.</p>\n\n<p>As Sun Tzu teaches us in the Art of War, \"<em>blindly following a set of doctrines, something an infantry soldier may be programmed to do, does not engage with the art of war, it does not win the battle. To become a leader, someone capable of leading an army to victory, you have to adapt.</em>\"</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless.\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 464px;\" title=\"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless.\" /></p>\n\n<p>Only by taking a set of established rules, and then melding them to fit the situation, can you hope to thrive in battle. As Bruce Lee famously put it, a greater fighter is not one that lives by a fixed set of moves but one that learns to \"<em>absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically [their] own.</em>\"</p>\n\n<p>Essentially, while it may seem like a military mindset sits in contrast to the traditional assumption that gamers are \"creative\", the reality is rather different.</p>\n\n<h3>Get Better at Strategy Games by Adapting to Change</h3>\n\n<p>Let's assume you've been thrust into virtual battle, and it's up to you to lead an army to victory. Although there are certain \"strategies\" that might work, you still need to ebb with the flow of the game. This is something Navy SEALs understand better than most. As <a href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/3016115/7-tough-leadership-lessons-from-a-navy-seal-commander\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Navy SEAL Commander Shawn Parr has said</a>, \"survival is not about who's the strongest or fastest but who can best adapt to change.\"</p>\n\n<p>Being a master of adaptation is something a SEAL must master and, moreover, a trait you should develop as well. Yes, while it might be a good idea to send your units to the Catacombs and only use them to defend the castle when you suspect trouble is on the way, this isn't a hard and fast rule. What if you can't see a potential attack coming? What if you have to fight on multiple fronts? There are going to be times when it's best to leave some units at the castle and it's your job to ascertain when these times are.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Everything Starts With a Plan</h2>\n\n<p>Beyond the art of adaptation, the idea of communication is crucial in a war situation. If you were to become a SEAL, one of the first battle lessons you'd learn is that you should always try to ambush the enemy and disable their radioman. In doing this, you'll not only sever the line of communication from the base to the field but, in most scenarios, take out a unit's leader. This strategy takes us back to the idea that a military mind is not a set of predefined moves.</p>\n\n<p>When you take out the person in charge of devising a plan and adapting to the situation, you effectively disable an entire unit. Soldiers on the ground are pushed into fixed patterns and can only deviate when given the command. Based on this, if you eliminate the \"brain\" of the operation, the body (i.e. the soldiers on the ground) will stop. Why? Because those on the frontline are zoned in on a single task and don't have the ability to zoom out, take a broad view of the situation, and adapt accordingly.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Take out the one in charge, and disable an entire unit.\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 464px;\" title=\"Take out the one in charge, and disable an entire unit.\" /></p>\n\n<p>Again, this is something you should remember when you're playing war games. Just as you have to be able to adapt your own strategies, you need to find a way to disable the enemy's ability to do the same. Follow the chain of command and take out the mouthpiece at the top and, in turn, you'll render your opponent virtually powerless.</p>\n\n<h2>Think Before You Act</h2>\n\n<p>Perhaps the most important lesson we can learn from the military is the idea that you should think before you act. Although a phrase now used in the common parlance of parents and teachers, the saying actually has a strong connection to military theory. According to English soldier and military theorist Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart, those with the most influence spend time pondering their thoughts <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/herbert-lui/military-strategy-business_b_4942508.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">rather than making rash decisions</a>.</p>\n\n<p>\"<em>A life spent in sowing a few grains of fruitful thought is a life spent more effectively than in hasty action that produces a crop of weeds. That leads us to see the difference, truly a vital difference, between influence and power.</em>\" - B.H. Liddell</p>\n\n<p>Making a 'power' move based solely on your rank isn't conducive to becoming an effective leader in the military. Only through careful thought and planning can you hope to make successful moves and, in doing so, win the trust of your troops. Commanding someone to do something often leads them to the question \"why\" and, if you can't provide a solid answer, no one will listen.</p>\n\n<p>If we extrapolate this to our world of MMO games, we know that communicating with players around you is crucial. However, even before you start to talk, you need to plan your own strategy. Consider the size of your army, the expanse of your base, where your allies are, and the location of your enemies. Only by thinking through every variable can you devise the most effective strategy - a strategy you can then disseminate through your network of allies. When it comes down to it, the idea that success in war is a product of rigid thinking and blindly following a set of predefined \"moves\" is flawed.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The Art of War\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 464px;\" title=\"The Art of War\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Embrace the Art and Science of War</h2>\n\n<p>Although there are skills you need to know in order to avoid certain death, Tzu was 50% correct when he described the act of war as an \"art\". Once you have the tools of the trade, you then need to paint a picture to suit your surroundings. It may be somewhat clichéd to see war as one part science and one part art but this is the way a skilled military mind will view the situation. This way of thinking is one you, as a strategy games player, must also adopt if you want to triumph.</p>\n\n<p>If you want to become a strategy games general, you need to join the military. Even if you only sign-up metaphorically and take on the basic tenets of being a soldier, there are a ton of benefits to thinking like a veteran of war.</p>\n\n<h3>Flexibility is Key to Improve in Games</h3>\n\n<p>While there is a certain rigidity to serving on the frontline, a true military expert knows that this is only one facet of a much broader mindset. Flexibility, communication, and having the ability to think through each specific situation are the only ways to thrive in a battle situation.</p>\n\n<p>If you can think this way and, as Bruce Lee said, fuse your own skills with only that which is useful, success in the virtual theatre of conflict can be yours.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"9/25/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/old/blog/en/2014/07/rise-of-samer.png"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13023"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/gamers-net-neutrality/"},"strings":{"title":"Why Gamers Need to Care About Net Neutrality","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>The internet is a wonderful thing, but you might lose access to it. Unrestricted access, that is.</p>\n\n<p>On April 26, the <a href=\"http://www.pcgamer.com/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-sets-course-to-dismantle-net-neutrality-rules/\">FCC announced a new plan</a> to reverse the net neutrality rules it enacted under the leadership of Obama-era chairman Tom Wheeler. In other words: dark times might be ahead.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is Net Neutrality?</h2>\n\n<p>You see, net neutrality essentially protects you, the internet user, from internet service providers (ISPs). Under net neutrality, ISPs are not allowed to “throttle” speeds of certain content (also referred to as internet \"fast lanes”), among other things.</p>\n\n<p>It might look like this:</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Paywall\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_37/image1.jpg\" style=\"width: 1440px; height: 1023px;\" title=\"Paywall\" /></p>\n\n<p>Or this:</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Site blocked\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_37/image3.jpg\" style=\"width: 1440px; height: 1318px;\" title=\"Site blocked\" /></p>\n\n<p>As an example of what could happen, let’s say Comcast’s CEO wants a democratic president to win. Without net neutrality regulations, Comcast could slow down <em>all</em> content that promotes a republican agenda - essentially stopping millions of Americans from seeing anything that doesn’t benefit the democrats.</p>\n\n<p>But, political stances aside, you shouldn’t want this. It’s essentially stealing your free access to information. This rule, which the FCC is calling \"Restoring Internet Freedom,\" will change or remove the \"common carrier\" regulations the FCC enforced on Internet Service Providers, which were introduced in 2015.</p>\n\n<p>While “restoring internet freedom” sounds great, it brings the question…</p>\n\n<p><em>Who’s internet freedom is being restored?</em></p>\n\n<p>Corporations, that’s who. Comcast, Verizon, and all the other ISPs are the ones who get their freedom back; and their freedom means limited access to the internet and the information on it for the rest of us.</p>\n\n<p>The new \"Restoring Internet Freedom\" proposal is about freeing those corporations from regulation, calling net neutrality protections \"a massive and unprecedented shift in favor of government control of the internet.\"</p>\n\n<h2>How Net Neutrality Affects Gamers</h2>\n\n<p>Revoking net neutrality won’t stop you from playing Call of Duty or instill restrictive bandwidth caps overnight that make it harder to download games from Steam. In the short term, it probably won't affect your day-to-day gaming at all.</p>\n\n<p><strong>But net neutrality isn’t something you, as a gamer or as a member of the human population, should ignore.</strong></p>\n\n<p>It may not affect us this month or this year, but being a gamer means we’re intertwined with the internet. Any massive change to the internet and net neutrality is likely to eventually affect our hobby and interfere with streaming and downloading games.</p>\n\n<p>And this isn’t just something net neutrality activists care about. Massive companies like <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/how-facebook-google-netflix-and-others-supported-net-neutrality-today/\">Google and Facebook are both supporting net neutrality</a>, and free and unrestricted use of the internet.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg supports net neutrality\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_37/image2.png\" style=\"width: 551px; height: 460px;\" title=\"Mark Zuckerberg supports net neutrality\" /></p>\n\n<p>In other words, it’s a strong cause. Net neutrality can affect so much of what we do on a day-to-day basis that it’s actually difficult to understand everything it covers.</p>\n\n<p>To understand fully how it will impact you as someone who plays online games, you need to understand a bit more of the legislature. Stick with me now - I’ll try to make this an easy read.</p>\n\n<p>Here’s what you need to know about how net neutrality may affect you.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What These Regulations Actually Mean</h2>\n\n<p>In 2015, the FCC implemented new rules that regulated Internet Service Providers as \"common carriers\" under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, ISPs used to be referred to and regulated as “information services”. But, under Title II, they're now considered telecommunications services.</p>\n\n<p>Why does that matter?</p>\n\n<p>Because common carriers are regulated like utilities and must operate in favor of the public good. The FCC enacted the \"<a href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/13/2015-07841/protecting-and-promoting-the-open-internet\">Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet</a>\" rules in 2015, applying some (but not all) of the Title II regulations to ISPs. \"This is Title II tailored for the 21st Century,” the FCC wrote. “Unlike the application of Title II to incumbent wireline companies in the 20th Century, a swath of utility-style provisions (including tariffing) will not be applied.\"</p>\n\n<p>Here’s the key line in this legislature:</p>\n\n<p>They made it \"unlawful for any common carrier to make any unjust or unreasonable discrimination in charges, practices, classifications, regulations, facilities, or services for or in connection with like communication service, directly or indirectly, by any means or device, or to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, class of persons, or locality, or to subject any particular person, class of persons, or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.\"</p>\n\n<p><strong>In plain English, that means broadband providers can’t discriminate. They must treat all customers - and data - equally.</strong></p>\n\n<p>There are a few other big rules these regulations enforce:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>No Blocking</strong>. Anyone who pays for the internet must get full access to their subscription. ISPs can’t block any (legal) sites.</li>\n\t<li><strong>No Throttling</strong>. We already talked about this - ISPs can’t reduce speeds to certain content, regardless of how they feel about that content.</li>\n\t<li><strong>No Paid Prioritization</strong>. ISPs aren’t allowed to accept payment to boost the speed of certain sites or give certain users better access.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>I hope you’re starting to see how this could have an affect on gaming. Imagine if the big game developers didn’t want competition, so they paid ISPs to throttle or block their competitor’s sites. And it could get so much worse than that!</p>\n\n<p>With all this talk about the negatives, it brings the question...</p>\n\n<h2>Why Would Anyone Want to Remove Net Neutrality?</h2>\n\n<p>If net neutrality is so great for consumers, why would anyone stand behind removing it?</p>\n\n<p>There are, of course, two sides to every argument. Let’s take a look at the stance of Ajit Pai, the current Chairman of the FCC, who believes that “the rules are paranoid, adding unnecessary governmental red tape just to guard against potential issues.”</p>\n\n<p>“What was the problem that Title II was supposed to address? We were warned that without it, the internet would suddenly devolve into a digital dystopia of fast lanes and slow lanes… Did these fast lanes and slow lanes exist? No,” says Pai.</p>\n\n<p>“The truth of the matter is that we decided to abandon successful policies solely because of hypothetical harms and hysterical prophecies of doom. It’s almost as if the special interests pushing Title II weren’t trying to solve a real problem but instead looking for an excuse to achieve their longstanding goal of forcing the internet under the federal government’s control.\"</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Ajit Pai\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_37/image4.jpg\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 687px;\" title=\"Ajit Pai\" /></p>\n\n<p>While Pai is technically correct that we never lived in a world of fast/slow lane internet, he of all people should know that ISPs have implemented anti-consumer policies in the past that violate some of the net neutrality rules.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/29/13774648/fcc-att-zero-rating-directv-net-neutrality-vs-tmobile\">Zero rating</a>, where carriers favor services they provide by excluding them from bandwidth caps, is similar to internet fast lanes. AT&T called data plans \"unlimited\" but <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/atts-unlimited-data-throttling-to-be-punished-with-100-million-fine/\">began throttling customers after an unspecified amount of data usage</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Imagine being in the middle of a game of League of Legends or Vikings: War of Clans, when suddenly your framerate slows to a crawl and you can’t control your character. They could potentially even do this on purpose to favor one team over another without net neutrality.</p>\n\n<p>Oh, and get this: <a href=\"https://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2013/09/18/verizons-plan-break-internet\">A Verizon lawyer literally said</a> the company would be pursuing tiered internet plans if it weren't for FCC regulations.</p>\n\n<p>Obviously, these actions are all bad for consumers. It’s not within the common good for ISPs to throttle, block, or accept payment from any site.</p>\n\n<h2>What’s Going on With Net Neutrality Now?</h2>\n\n<p>On July 12th, an “Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality” occurred. Thousands of companies and some big tech celebrities spoke against the FCC’s attempt to remove net neutrality.</p>\n\n<p>People had until mid-August to submit comments to the FCC. Here’s how things have turned out so far:</p>\n\n<p>The FCC received a record-breaking 22 million comments. However, around 7 million are believed to have been submitted by bots or fake accounts, almost all are against repeal.</p>\n\n<p>But here’s the good news:</p>\n\n<p>There are 1.77 million physical letters from unique addresses sent in that are against the repeal, and just 24,000 going for the repeal. In other words - the public is winning.</p>\n\n<p>However, Broadband for America, who favors repeal and <a href=\"http://www.emprata.com/reports/fcc-restoring-internet-freedom-docket/\">conducted the study</a>, touted another finding: When accounting for “obviously fake email domains” and “unverifiable international comments,” rolling back Title II is favored by 69.9% to 29.5%.</p>\n\n<p>Evan Greer, the campaign director for Fight for the Future, said in a statement that “the telecom industry’s own study essentially shows what nearly all other polling on this issue has shown: <strong>that they are getting trounced when it comes to public opinion, and people from across the political spectrum overwhelmingly agree that they don’t want their ISPs to have control over what they can see and do on the internet</strong>.”</p>\n\n<p>So, as of now, the public is overwhelmingly in favor of keeping net neutrality. We’re pushing back against the FCC. Ajit has the votes to push the repeal to court, but we can continue to fight it there, and odds are strong that we’ll win.</p>\n\n<h2>What Can You Do?</h2>\n\n<p>While the deadline for submitting comments to the FCC has passed, there is still more you can do to hold onto your rights…</p>\n\n<p>Stay up to date on the happenings. Educate yourself on what net neutrality means and how you can fight it.</p>\n\n<p>Ignorance may be bliss, but that ends when the laws change and you see your favorite online game is unplayable thanks to internet fast laning.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"9/18/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/old/blog/en/2014/06/Why-You-Should-Work-Together-In-MMOs.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13021"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/competition-cooperation-toxicity-mmos/"},"strings":{"title":"Competition, Cooperation and Their Effect on Toxicity in MMOs","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"660000","description":"<p>“Competition” and “Cooperation” are terms that often oppose one another, and many people don’t believe the two can be reconciled.</p>\n\n<p>But the reality is that competition and cooperation are not in conflict with one another at all. One might even say that they’re two sides of the same coin, but that would be too simplistic.</p>\n\n<p>In fact, cooperation and competition are two social interactions belonging to two separate categories. For example, it’s possible to be competitive, to try your best to outperform people, while still cooperating with them. It’s also possible to help and assist someone even when only one of you will end up with the reward.</p>\n\n<p>Some may have trouble reconciling this point of view with their everyday life experiences, but gamers, and especially MMO players, are sure to have come across proof of this in their experiences. In the social microcosm of MMOs, it’s easy to put your finger on interactions that are linked to cooperation and those linked to competition, and then prove that those two concepts share the same roots.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cooperation in MMO games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-friendly.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Cooperation in MMO games\" /></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The First MMOs Are to Blame</h2>\n\n<p>This doesn’t mean that each and every gamer thinks this way. Many gamers believe that cooperation and competition are incompatible. This opinion is not innate but has been shaped over many years thanks to the social structures of the first MMOs.</p>\n\n<p>Initially, very few games had well developed social mechanisms. Developers - whether lacking the means or the inspiration - placed players in situations of confrontation or mutual aid. This revealed their rather extreme views on the ways that humans interact, essentially a “you’re either with me or against me” viewpoint.</p>\n\n<p>First generation MMOs also lacked balance. It was possible to harass players, to harm other players’ characters, and even to sabotage other players’ progress. This antisocial behavior was classified as “competition” since there was no better categorization at that time.</p>\n\n<p>Over time, and with the development of the social dimension in MMO games, it became necessary for developers to create interaction menus. Today, we’re no longer limited to only sharing resources or attacking other players. It’s now possible to discuss ideas and strategies, to collaborate on missions, to create alliances and guilds, to share different interests, to progress together, and to act as rivals without becoming enemies.</p>\n\n<p>Competition does not contribute to antisocial behavior, but popular opinion on the topic is still divided.</p>\n\n<h2>Social Players Aren't the Only Players</h2>\n\n<p>While it is clear that many people still imagine social interaction to be made up of cooperative players on one side and competitive players on the other, others classify these players differently. Some players might be classified as “anti-social” or “solo” players. These players prefer, for a variety of reasons, to play on their own.</p>\n\n<p>Solo players don’t try to interact with other players, even when these interactions could be beneficial to them. They don’t try to block other players’ progress either. They are antisocial because their preference is to avoid the social dynamics of MMOs.</p>\n\n<p>On the other side of the spectrum are the social players. This group is composed of both competitive and cooperative players since these kinds of players all enjoy interacting socially.</p>\n\n<p>Game researcher <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Bartle\">Richard Bartle</a> classifies players differently. In his taxonomy, Bartle places players into one of two major axes. The first: action and interaction. The second: players and environment.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The Bartle Diagram\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-diagram.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The Bartle Diagram\" /></p>\n\n<p>In this categorization, players are organized according to their interactions with the environment and to other players, then according to the actions they take. Four groups soon emerge:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Killers</strong> - act against other players</li>\n\t<li><strong>Socializers</strong> - interact with other players</li>\n\t<li><strong>Explorers</strong> - interact with the environment</li>\n\t<li><strong>Achievers</strong> - try to tick all the quest boxes</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>This typology was born after Bartle studied a 1978 MUD (Multi-User Dungeon). After all this time, this categorization has been supplemented and expanded by other researchers like <a href=\"http://amyjokim.com/blog/2014/02/28/beyond-player-types-kims-social-action-matrix/\">Amy Jo Kim</a> and <a href=\"https://elearningindustry.com/marczewski-gamification-user-types\">Andrzej Marczewski</a>.</p>\n\n<p>This categorization was really useful when Bartle’s questionnaire was created, as it intended to place players into one of these groups. The issue with his test is that it works on the assumption that a player cannot belong to more than one group. Here’s an example of what the questions are like.</p>\n\n<p><em><u>Would you prefer:</u></em></p>\n\n<p><em>A. To win a duel against another player</em></p>\n\n<p><em>B. To be accepted into a clan (or another group of players)</em></p>\n\n<p>As you can see, It’s not possible for a player to express that he would like to do both. If you want, you can take a look at <a href=\"http://matthewbarr.co.uk/bartle/\">Bartle’s questionnaire</a> and see where do you fit in. It’s important to note that Richard Bartle didn’t create this renowned test. He just created the taxonomy above.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>It's All About Motivation</h2>\n\n<p>Bartle’s typology isn’t wrong, far from it. But it’s difficult to use as is and needs to be updated to meet the realities of a world that is not restricted to MUDs. That’s the mission of the Quantic Foundry’s group and Nick Yee. These researchers specialize in video games and, specifically, MMOs.</p>\n\n<p>Using modern technological tools, this group created a more comprehensive model of players’ profiles. And instead of restricting player motivations to a total of four, this new model takes dozens of motivations into account for each player. To date, more than 270,000 players from all over the world have taken part in this massive study. You can add your own data by visiting the <a href=\"https://apps.quanticfoundry.com/surveys/start/gamerprofile/\">study’s website</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Players working togeher\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-work-together.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>Here are 12 of the motivations offered: fantasy, storytelling, design, discovery, destruction, excitement, community, competition, challenge, strategy, completion, power.</p>\n\n<p>These represent different reasons for why a player would want to join an MMO. People taking part in the study are free to choose different motivations. </p>\n\n<p>After studying the data they compiled, researchers realized that data about competition and community are not contradictory. On the contrary, players who like competition and those who enjoy community have a strong relationship. To check that their data wasn’t skewed, researchers filtered the results by gender and age. The strong correlation was still evident after introducing these new settings.</p>\n\n<h2>The Social Space Isn't Always a Safe Space</h2>\n\n<p>If competition and cooperation are not opposed, how should we view social interactions between players? The first thing to understand is that a social interaction isn’t always positive. Duels, ambushes, encounters, exchanges, support, rivalries, sabotage, negotiations are all types of social interactions between players. Some are positive, others negative, and some don’t even fit into either category.</p>\n\n<p>Not all types of cooperation are positive and not all types of competition are negative. Competition is even used as an excuse to improve and try even harder. Inside of remaining content by just belonging to a guild or an alliance, players are often happiest when in competition with other players. These rivalries are healthy and, more often than not, give everybody a boost.</p>\n\n<p>Cooperation can also reach goals that are not always commendable. This is all dependant on the circumstances. In modern MMOs, players have a lot of freedom and it’s not usually possible to keep cooperation and competition apart. Paradoxically, it’s not unusual to find groups of players collaborating or cooperating to sabotage or bully other players. This kind of behavior is objectionable for sure, but it demonstrates that these two concepts are not opposed to one another. </p>\n\n<p>In some games, player behavior is easier to examine. Some MMOs clearly encourage players to act more aggressively with one another while others encourage friendlier competition.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>PvP in Sandbox Games</strong></h3>\n\n<p>PvP and “sandbox” are two terms that, when they appear together in an MMO description, hint that the game is likely to turn into a real quagmire. In these type of games, players are often exposed to “ganking”, a word describing powerful players turning on and attacking weaker ones.</p>\n\n<p>Developers of this kind of game have to take steps to prevent this toxicity from becoming the norm. Games like Neverwinter Nights or even Albion Online come to mind.</p>\n\n<p>It seems that most PvP games that give players freedom of choice fall into this trap. Even Minecraft had to deal with the notorious anarchy of <a href=\"http://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/23/minecraft-anarchy-server-2b2t-will-kill-you-498946.html\">server 2b2t</a>.</p>\n\n<p>But it would be wrong to think that this lack of supervision is detrimental to cooperation. On the contrary, in these games alliances and guilds are often bound tightly together, and this association can sometimes even manage to overcome a toxic atmosphere and regulate players’ behavior.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Competition can go bad real quick\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-competition.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Competition can go bad real quick\" /></p>\n\n<h3><strong>Social games</strong></h3>\n\n<p>Social games encompass a wide array of games on the market today, including simulators, exploration games, management games, and much more. Cooperation is usually featured front and center in social games and there are generally rules in place to prevent things from going too far. Club Penguin or Mabinogi are two of the games that come immediately to mind.</p>\n\n<p>These games put so much emphasis on cooperation and community that antagonism is rarely seen. But it’s still possible to be competitive, even in these games. One of the reasons why is that most of these games feature contests or various ranking systems. Naturally, every player is trying to rank first in the categories they’re interested in.</p>\n\n<p>This provides proof that it is almost impossible to produce an MMO without our two social dimensions: competition and cooperation.</p>\n\n<h2>The Idea of Conflict</h2>\n\n<p>One question that arises is why do some game environments tend to become toxic if a sense of competition isn’t to blame? Here arises the idea of conflict. In itself, competition is just another social interaction, but it can spiral out of control when the following two conditions are met:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>No supervision or rules supervising interactions</li>\n\t<li>The introduction of a high conflict factor</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>To better understand, let’s see how the following games are categorized according to the level of competition and conflict included.</p>\n\n<p>The problem arises when a game puts players in a particular situation where conflict is bound to arise, thus manifesting toxicity. In games without any conflict and with low stakes, competition works as a way to engage players.</p>\n\n<p>That’s why games that put an emphasis on conflict almost always remove the other social dimensions of a MMO. They will become MOBA, or even MMOFPS, where players are always in confrontational situations.</p>\n\n<p>A recipe to guarantee that MMOs remain commendable social experiences is to bring the right amount of competition, cooperation, and conflict together. Players can then freely choose what mode they want to play in. But situations where conflict is likely to arise require constant supervision to assure no toxicity enters the MMO.</p>\n\n<p>While this is true for almost all MMOs, there are, of course, exceptions.</p>\n\n<h2>Griefers and Trolls</h2>\n\n<p>When you think about toxic PvP and antisocial interactions, it’s impossible not to talk about griefers. Griefers are players who ignore quests, steer clear of positive social interactions, and dislike even the competitive dimension of a game. Their main goal is to sabotage the game experience of the newcomers.</p>\n\n<p>In short, griefers will insult, destroy other players’ buildings, use hacking software, create inner conflicts between alliances, waste resources, die deliberately during team missions, and do other things that vastly escalate tensions. The arsenal griefers have to work with is, unfortunately, quite extensive. And they always discover new ways of using it.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Trolls are bad, but griefers are worse\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-troll.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Trolls are bad, but griefers are worse\" /></p>\n\n<p>The griefer must be distinguished from the troll, though the latter often uses the same tactics to annoy and aggravate other players. But unlike the griefer, the troll generally wants to be a part of the community.</p>\n\n<p>His pranks are usually mitigated so he won’t be reported and banned by moderators. He often needs to show off his bad jokes to other players.</p>\n\n<p>The tendency is to put griefers and trolls in absolute antagonistic dynamics towards other players, but this isn’t correct.Trolls thrive in communities, but griefers only exist thanks to other players. In fact, most griefers don’t show any interest for the game’s content. What matters to them is the capacity to which they can harm others.</p>\n\n<h2>Competition and Cooperation Are Just Tools</h2>\n\n<p>MMO games contain a rich assortment of social tools. Whatever the type - MMORPG, MMORTS, simulation games, etc. - MMO games are built to supplement social interactions between players.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, not all of these interactions will be positive. It would be unrealistic to think so. But developers should realize that competition does not necessarily equate to antisocial behavior. Realizing this will allow developers to set parameters where players try to outdo each other without doing things that will contribute to a toxic environment.</p>\n\n<p>Developers need to rethink the social dynamics of MMOs by offering players worlds that feature the right amount of cooperation, competition and conflict. In such worlds, players will be able to express themselves in a way that will benefit everybody.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"8/30/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13005"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/video-games-help-education/"},"strings":{"title":"How Video Games Help With Education","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"600000","description":"<p>Humans spend <a href=\"https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world\">3 billion hours playing video games</a>…</p>\n\n<p>Per week.</p>\n\n<p>That’s a lot of time. But is that time wasted or is there more to gaming than meets the eye?</p>\n\n<p>I’d argue the latter. The role that games plays in educating is becoming increasingly obvious now that gaming is quickly taking over as the preferred pastime for many people around the world.</p>\n\n<p>But before we talk about education we need to understand the reason behind gaming’s surge in popularity.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Why are video games so popular?</h2>\n\n<p>Let’s pull back the curtain on why people like you and I love spending so much time behind a screen… using science.</p>\n\n<p>Video games hit on a lot of our psychological needs. So much so that gamification, the application of game elements, like earning points and achievements, to non-game settings, is now a science with a lot of psychology to back it up.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Gamification is now a science with a lot of psychology to back it up\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/1-positive-factors.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 494px;\" title=\"Gamification is now a science with a lot of psychology to back it up\" /></p>\n\n<p>People are essentially drawn to games for the following reasons:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>They give us a clearly <strong>defined goal</strong>. In the real world the decision to pursue a goal, and deciding which goals to pursue, is left entirely up to us, but in the game world we don’t need to decide - the game tells us which goals to pursue.</li>\n\t<li>They hit on a <strong>deep-seated need to feel productive</strong>. They make us feel like we’re making progress towards our goals even if these goals exist in a purely digital world.</li>\n\t<li>They shoot <strong>bursts of dopamine</strong> through our brains by rewarding us with badges, achievements, or new gear every time we achieve a goal.</li>\n\t<li>They typically start off simple and get progressively harder. This makes it easier for us to dive into a <strong>state of flow</strong>. Flow is when we’re so intensely focused on a task that time seems to melt away.</li>\n\t<li>Some games also have a <strong>social aspect</strong>, which can draw people in and keep them around to spend time with their new online friends.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>The glue that holds all the above things together is the simple fact that <strong>gaming is fun</strong>. It’s challenging, rewarding, and entertaining all at the same time.</p>\n\n<p>But games are also <strong>educational</strong>.</p>\n\n<h2>Using games to teach kids</h2>\n\n<p>As a college grad and passionate gamer, I can tell you something shocking:</p>\n\n<p>School isn’t inherently fun.</p>\n\n<p>I know, Earth-shattering information. But I’m bringing this up because school should be fun. We learn best when we’re fully engaged; when it doesn’t feel like we’re learning, but simply enjoying ourselves. Think about it.</p>\n\n<p>Playing is the natural way children learn. We use song and dance to teach the alphabet, and fun noises to teach kids that the cow says “moo”. We let kids play with arts and crafts to learn colors, basic physics, and to better their hand-eye coordination.</p>\n\n<p>Then, somewhere along the way, education becomes lecturing. You’re talked at for eight hours a day, five days a week, then expected to regurgitate the information on a page. To make matters worse, you’re pressured to get a good grade, and if you don’t you’re forced to stay behind while your friends move on without you.</p>\n\n<p>Can you imagine the effect that must have on a person?</p>\n\n<p>But I digress. We’re not here to talk about faults in the educational system, but about gaming’s role in education.</p>\n\n<p>Gaming - being inherently fun and engaging - has the ability to teach a great deal of skills. Video games have the ability to teach math, English, history, humanities, problem solving, physics… the list goes on.</p>\n\n<p>To help explain my point, here’s a TED talk with Jane McGonigal talking about how gaming can make the world a better place:</p>\n<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/dE1DuBesGYM\" width=\"640\"></iframe>\n\n<p>In a nutshell, Jane created games to prove they work to foster collaboration and build real-world skills. She believes that video games can help us solve global problems like hunger, poverty, climate change, conflict, and obesity. This is because <strong>games make it easy for us to focus intensely on extremely complex and challenging problems</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>Furthermore, video games - and games in general - are poised to be the solution to problems we all confront when pursuing a higher education and entering the job market.</p>\n\n<p>The educational system that we grew up in was created to train people to become workers who would stay at one company for the majority of their lives, then retire. The world simply isn’t like that anymore.</p>\n\n<p>It’s estimated that the average American worker will have had over <a href=\"http://www.careers-advice-online.com/career-change-statistics.html\">10 different jobs by the time they turn 45</a>, and I see that number likely to rise as new and different kinds of jobs are created and people increasingly struggle to figure out what they want to do in life.</p>\n\n<p>Additionally, there will be an entirely different set of jobs available in the future, as advances in AI, robotics, and technology kick old jobs to the curb and bring new challenges. Video games, being naturally engaging and complex, can teach a future generation how to hold jobs where they’ll be required to work with and on the robots of the future.</p>\n\n<p>So now you understand how video games work as an educational tool. But how can they help us in the real world? Let’s take a look at some of the ways video games are already being implemented in education.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>How video games are used in education</h2>\n\n<p>I’ll start off with a game almost everyone knows about: Minecraft.</p>\n\n<p>Minecraft is a game where you build a world around you by mining, combining, and placing resources. The world is set on a square grid, so it takes planning and basic mathematics to create what gamers call “builds”.</p>\n\n<p>The game has long been used in classrooms to help teach coding, math, and collaboration. However, it was recently taken to the next level. In 2016, Mojang partnered with Microsoft to create a version of Minecraft designed specifically for use in schools: <a href=\"https://education.minecraft.net/\">Minecraft Education Edition</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, it was built with certain modifications that make it easier to learn to code and collaborate with classmates. What’s really exciting is the price - it costs a mere $5 per student per year, and schools get the first year free when they upgrade their systems to Windows 10. Which means it’s affordable and practical to use - a major concern for the budgeters behind the schools.</p>\n\n<p>Here’s a quick 2-minute introductory video if you’re curious about how this new version of Minecraft works:</p>\n\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/3rKuSlgqePo\" width=\"640\"></iframe></p>\n\n<p>But Minecraft isn’t the only game tackling education. There are others, like <a href=\"https://www.glasslabgames.org/games/SC\">SimCityEdu</a>, that teach students skills relevant to life in the 21st century. For example, a recent update to SimCity added the “pollution challenge”, which teaches about science and its complex relationship with the environment.</p>\n\n<p>The game also teaches about urban planning, resource management, and a great deal of other things. However, there’s something even more exciting that’s evolving the role gaming plays in education...</p>\n\n<p>There are entire schools being built around the concept of using videogames to teach students.</p>\n\n<h2>Gamifying the classroom</h2>\n\n<p>A non-profit called the <a href=\"https://www.instituteofplay.org/about\">Institute of Play</a> was founded in 2007 by a group of game designers in New York City. They design schools, educator training programs, curriculum, and even corporate training seminars - all with the goal of creating learning experiences rooted in the principles of game design.</p>\n\n<p>They don’t just use video games - they use games of all kinds. They call these schools their “Quest to Learn”.</p>\n\n<p>There’s even better news: The Institute of Play isn’t the only institution using gaming for education. <a href=\"https://www.codecademy.com/\">Codecademy</a> uses gamification to teach students how to code. And there are others like them as well. Duolingo uses gamification to teach new languages.</p>\n\n<p>One final example: Video games have the potential to be used to train surgeons.</p>\n\n<p>Robotic surgery is the practice of using robotics and machinery to help surgeons with complex tasks, like cutting a tumor out of a brain. As you can imagine, this requires a high level of precision and hand-eye coordination, along with a steady hand and nerves of steel.</p>\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https://www.utmb.edu/newsroom/article8061.aspx\">study by Kilic and others</a> at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, shooting a character in the head while wall-running in first-person-shooter games might help the next generation of surgeons save lives in the real world.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Video games have the potential to be used to train surgeons\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/2-games-as-teachers.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Video games have the potential to be used to train surgeons\" /></p>\n\n<p>Much like videogames, robotic surgery controls require the use of both hands, and requires operators to monitor their activities on a screen. Surgeons are trained to operate these machines on simulators.</p>\n\n<p>Another study in 2007 also found that <a href=\"http://drdouglas.org/drdpdfs/Rosser_etal_2007.pdf\">playing videogames right before surgical drills improved doctors’ skills</a>. Apparently, this stuff really works.</p>\n\n<p>So why isn’t gaming more widely accepted?</p>\n\n<h2>Setbacks to gaming in education</h2>\n\n<p>Everything we’ve talked about so far has left gaming poised to lead the next major shift in education. It seems like it can solve many inherent flaws in the system... but that’s only one side of the argument.</p>\n\n<p>The major problem with using games to facilitate the learning process is our sheer lack of understanding. There just isn’t a lot of strong research suggesting the benefits (yet).</p>\n\n<p>“For all of the enthusiasm around games and learning, very few studies have examined whether video games improve classroom performance and academic achievement,” <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-video-games-are-the-future-of-education/\">says Emma Blakey</a>, a PhD researcher in developmental psychology at the University of Sheffield in England.</p>\n\n<p>“Because we know memory is a crucial cognitive skill for school learning, practice at playing games that challenge memory should, in theory, lead to improvements in classroom behavior and academic skills,” she says. “But only additional research can say if that notion is correct.”</p>\n\n<p>Besides that, there’s the sheer amount of training that must be done to bring teachers up to speed. And if you’ve ever taught your grandparents how to use a smartphone, you understand the difficulties of teaching something new to someone who’s been doing things the same way for a long time.</p>\n\n<p>“Digital games cannot be treated like the latest quick fix to the education system,” says Brian Waniewski, former managing director of the Institute of Play. “They can seem like a godsend, a next-generation digital textbook that further reduces the need for human resources,” he notes. “Yet games alone will not make schools more efficient, replace teachers, or serve as an educational resource that can reach an infinite number of students.”</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"There are still a lot of obstacles to overcome\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/3-obstacles.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 494px;\" title=\"There are still a lot of obstacles to overcome\" /></p>\n\n<p>There’s also the problem of cost. Video games require expensive tools, like tablets, computers, access to strong wifi, and the cost of the games themselves. Affordable games like Minecraft Education Edition, along with the lowering cost of technology, is working to fix this issue, but it is still a problem.</p>\n\n<p>Finally, there’s the argument that games are a distraction. That is a valid argument - games can be distracting if students are allowed to do as they please. But this problem ties back into getting the curriculum right and teaching teachers how to do things properly. With the proper guidance, this concern can be avoided entirely.</p>\n\n<h2>Can video games help kids in school?</h2>\n\n<p>Gaming has a major role in education and it’s only going to grow. Having gone through and finished school before games were even considered a good thing for students, I have to admit I’m a little sad the research and effort weren’t there earlier.</p>\n\n<p>However, the future for kids in school now and for future generations is looking promising. Video games like Minecraft Education Edition and SimCityEdu are paving the way for a new genre of educational games. Funding from major companies like Microsoft, along with a general acceptance of the idea of using games in the classroom, promises an exciting future.</p>\n\n<p>I think we’ll see some major innovations in educational videogames in the coming years, and I’m excited to see how things evolve and adapt as more research comes out.</p>\n\n<p>If nothing else, at least MMOs can teach you <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/mmo-survive-post-apocalypse/\">how to survive a post-apocalyptic world</a>.</p>\n\n<p>If you like this post, share it with your fellow gamers so we can spread the word and speed up the process of getting video games in the curriculum.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"7/17/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/games-help-education.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"12978"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/be-a-clan-leader/"},"strings":{"title":"Want to Be an MMO Clan Leader? Here's How","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>A good leader is arguably the most important part of any video game clan; someone who can take responsibility for the clan’s future, organize in-game events, run a website (or at least a dedicated forum), and basically act as any other real-life manager in any other real-life place of business would.</p>\n\n<p>Some might say that being a clan leader equates to a full-time job, and they wouldn’t be completely wrong. But if acting as a clan leader is akin to having a full-time job, what exactly are the qualifications you need to lead a gaming clan as best as you can?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is a Gaming Clan?</h2>\n\n<p>Before we start talking about clan leaders, let's cover the basics. According to <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_gaming_clan\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia</a>, a video game clan, guild, or faction is “an organized group of players that regularly plays together in one or more multiplayer games”. These groups range in size from a few good friends playing together on the weekends, to an organization numbering in the thousands.</p>\n\n<p>With such a lax definition, the number of active clans at any given time is staggering, especially considering the popularity of <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO</a> & <a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">RPG</a> games. There are more video game clans than can ever be tracked, in every game genre and subgenre.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Being a part of an MMO clan is great\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 571px;\" title=\"Being a part of an MMO clan is great\" /></p>\n\n<p>Gamers can expect to find clans in <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/\">MMORPGs</a>, multiplayer first-person shooters, and <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">online strategy games</a>. MMORPG and strategy games are where clans have the most impact. Back in 2017, Bungie created immense excitement by <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/18/15659280/destiny-2-how-to-join-clans-guided-games\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">announcing clan support</a> for their upcoming “Destiny 2”, the sequel to their acclaimed RPG/shooter hybrid.</p>\n\n<p>In role-playing games, clans (sometimes called guilds) allow players to raid dungeons and take on difficult bosses together with individuals whose skills they trust. However, in <a href=\"/en/games/genre/multiplayer-games/\">multiplayer strategy games</a>, the importance of clans is tenfold.</p>\n\n<h3>The Importance of Gaming Clans</h3>\n\n<p>Strategy games are focused on conquest and the fight for resources and territory. Since one player cannot hope to defeat multiple adversaries and gain control over the entire map, clans are formed to unite like-minded players under one banner. These clans fight each other for supremacy, and this is exactly where the leader steps in. Without proper guidance, a clan has no compass - no individual able to organize players towards a common purpose and goal.</p>\n\n<p>After conferring with a few notable clan leaders from our own games, we came up with a list of what a good clan leader needs to have, what they need to be, and what they need to do.</p>\n\n<h2>Make Your Vision a Reality</h2>\n\n<p>First and foremost, a leader needs to have vision, and an ability to clearly define the purpose of their gaming clan. What is their clan’s purpose? Is it to expand and gain more territory? Dominate all other clans in combat? Offer a safe space for people to socialize? It is important that the clan has a mission, otherwise it is just floating along rudderless, waiting to be picked off by a clan that does. This includes day-to-day plans as well. If a clan wants to “become the best”, whatever would make them “the best” must first be defined, and a plan to execute this goal needs to be established.</p>\n\n<p>It is a leader's job to make sure every member (or potential member) of their gaming clan is aware of their mission statement and will work towards making that vision a reality. Hence, it’s a leader’s responsibility to see to it that every decision made, either by themselves or by others, upholds the clan’s values, vision, and mission.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Lead your clan into battle!\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 571px;\" title=\"Lead your clan into battle!\" /></p>\n\n<p>There’s also the managerial angle. A leader must always consider the good of the clan, while making sure every member is treated fairly and with respect. “Fair” is a tricky word, since not everyone shares the same point of view. What one player considers as just might not sit well with another - this is just the nature of things. The leader must make the tough calls that have the potential to ruffle a few feathers, whether it’s granting a promotion, awarding loot or resources, delegating control over a territory, or even rejecting a potential member.</p>\n\n<p>Since a clan consists of many different people with their own unique ideas and styles of play, there is bound to be conflict within the ranks. A good leader knows when to let arguments run their course and when to step in to break things up and deal swift justice. Rewarding good behavior is easy, but punishing unwanted behavior can be quite difficult and unpleasant. Make sure to explain decisions clearly and in a way that shows everyone they were made with the clan’s best interests at heart.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Know Your Gaming Clan</h2>\n\n<p>In order to lead a gaming clan, you must know the people you are leading. Keeping an open line of communication with as many members as possible will give you insight into their gaming habits, goals, and personality. It’s imperative to assign players to roles they will be both comfortable in and good at:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>“Killers”, those only interested in <a href=\"/en/games/genre/pvp-games/\">PvP</a>, should always be included in big attacks against other clans.</li>\n\t<li>“Achievers” will gladly spend time and money making sure the clan keeps its large territory and high ranking.</li>\n\t<li>“Socializers” who aren’t very active on the fighting front are a valuable asset, as they tend to have useful insight and a deep understanding of the inner workings of rival clans.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Different players play in different ways\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Different players play in different ways\" /></p>\n\n<p>Most games have built-in tournaments that offer leaders the opportunity to play alongside members of the clan and find out more about them. These events allow you to set short-term goals for the clan and learn its overall strengths and weaknesses, and which players stand out. Then, a leader can adjust the long-term goals accordingly.</p>\n\n<p>Knowing which realistic in-game goals to set can lead to more frequent victories and an overall boost to morale. Every victory, no matter how small, can push players to spend more time playing and contributing to the clan. As a result, it’s very important that you play alongside your members, get to know their style, preferences, and capabilities, and focus on the activities that would be right for them.</p>\n\n<h2>Psychological Elements of Leading a Clan</h2>\n\n<p>Keeping morale high is crucial in order to keep a clan active. However, a leader must also understand that people have a life outside both the clan and the game. Some players don’t want to play as part of a group all the time and it isn’t possible for others to dedicate every waking hour to improving their characters or reinforcing their bases. Push players to invest more time and money into the clan than they want and they’ll end up abandoning the game. Instead, help players to find the perfect balance between their everyday life and their clan duties.</p>\n\n<p>This is where familiarizing yourself with the clan’s makeup is paramount. The ratio of men and women, the player’s personal background, etc. These are all powerful tools in the hands of an involved clan leader. Knowing how your members balance between their personal life and their commitment to the clan, as well as understanding their spending habits, can impact the way you make many important decisions, including the entire structure of your clan.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Mobile players are younger, while web players tend to be actual veterans with combat experience\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 571px;\" title=\"Mobile players are younger, while web players tend to be actual veterans with combat experience\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Rally the Troops</h2>\n\n<p>No clan leader should bear all the responsibility alone. Running a clan is simply too much work for just one person, so one of the most important things a leader needs to do is delegate. Find a few players you trust, who have proven themselves, and deputize them - give them authority to decide certain matters. Their roles can be as small as moderating the clan’s forums, to as big as being in charge of the clan’s PvP activity.</p>\n\n<p>Clan leaders who don’t spread their responsibilities out among several lieutenants and who try to do everything on their own can very quickly burn out. We’ve seen top clans tumbling down the leaderboards just because their leader disappeared in a moment of crisis. No gaming clan leader has all the right answers, and the best ones know to let some of their power go for the good of the clan. If nothing else, heed this advice: clans who share and delegate tasks tend to last much, much longer.</p>\n\n<h2>Delegating Clan Responsibilities</h2>\n\n<p>The importance of a strong second-in-command is true for all clans regardless of size. Getting a group of 5-6 players to do anything together can be challenging. Nothing gets done without someone stepping forward and dragging everyone in the right direction. That is essentially what a clan leader does every day, and having one or two people to take on some of the minor responsibilities can help to ensure that everything keeps going smoothly.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Clan leaders are only as good as their second-in-command\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-5.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 571px;\" title=\"Clan leaders are only as good as their second-in-command\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Clan Leadership 101</h2>\n\n<p>To summarize, here are the main takeaways for amibitious clan leaders:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Define a clear purpose and pass it along to your fellow clan members</li>\n\t<li>Get to know and understand your clan and its makeup</li>\n\t<li>Listen to your clan members</li>\n\t<li>Delegate authority</li>\n\t<li>Have a good time</li>\n\t<li>Make sure everybody else is also having a good time</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Sure, being a clan leader may be a highly-demanding job, but if it’s done right it can be one of the most rewarding experiences you can have in any online game!</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"6/4/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-2.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"12942"}}],"listArticles":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/navi-partnership/"},"strings":{"title":"When Your Hometown Heroes Become Your Teammates: RAID: Shadow Legends Partners with Natus Vincere"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/company/Blog/Articles/2021/january/partnership/navi.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13356"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/game-vs-meta-game/"},"strings":{"title":"Game vs Meta-game: What Makes You Keep Playing?"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/casual/blog/illustrations/family-zoo.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13355"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/the-rise-in-popularity-of-retro-games/"},"strings":{"title":"The Rise in Popularity of Retro Games"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/covers/general/5_b.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13353"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/mxr-plays-henry-and-jeannie/"},"strings":{"title":"Henry and Jeannie from MxR Plays on Navigating YouTube Stardom as a Couple"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2020/posts/week_7/influencers/06.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13338"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/joerg-sprave-interview/"},"strings":{"title":"The Slingshot Channel's Joerg Sprave's Unconventional Journey to YouTube Stardom"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2020/posts/week_7/influencers/04.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13337"}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-blog-social","type":"widget-blog-social","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Social Media","shareNetworks":"facebook;twitter","shareText":"Follow us:"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-blog-aside-promoted-game-v3","type":"widget-blog-aside-promoted-game-v3","model":{"links":{"url":"/en/plarium-play/download-user/?plid=147426&pxl=seo&appId=27","urlForGamePage":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/","googlePlayUrl":"https://app.adjust.com/ay7sjpk?campaign=129426&adgroup=GamePage","appStoreUrl":"https://app.adjust.com/k41dm9d?campaign=129425&adgroup=GamePage"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends","subtitle":"Collect 400+ Champions & Fight For Glory","label":"Download","analyticsGameName":"raid"},"images":{"promoImg":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/plarium-play/games/Raid/promo.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"authGameTheme":"default","isRedirectDownload":"true"},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-breadcrumbs-v3","type":"widget-breadcrumbs-v3","model":{"links":{"home_link":"/"},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{"theme":"transparent","compositeId":"108-56"},"repeaters":{"items":[{"links":{"breadcrumbs_link":""},"strings":{"breadcrumbs_title":"","breadcrumbs_current":"Blog"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"92-58"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-page-header-v3","type":"widget-page-header-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Official Plarium Blog"},"images":{"backgroundImage":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/common/article_back.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-blog-categories-list-v3","type":"widget-blog-categories-list-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"categoryAll":"All Articles","mobileTitle":"Categories","currentCategory":"0"},"images":{},"template_options":{"IsNews":"false"},"repeaters":{"categories":[{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"id":"0","name":"All Articles"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"0"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/mmo-guide/"},"strings":{"id":"13272","name":"The Ultimate Guide to MMO Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13272"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/mmo-games/"},"strings":{"id":"106","name":"MMO Games Blog"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"106"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/insights/"},"strings":{"id":"60","name":"Insights"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"60"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/behind-the-scenes/"},"strings":{"id":"58","name":"Plarium- Behind the Scenes"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"58"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/mmo-tips/"},"strings":{"id":"57","name":"MMO Gaming Tips"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"57"}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-blog-subscribe","type":"widget-blog-subscribe","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Subscribe to the Blog","errorInvalid":"Invalid email address. Please verify your email address and try again","errorRequired":"This field is required","button":"Subscribe","placeholder":"Enter your email","success_message":"You have successfully subscribed to our newsletter"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}}],"type":"scene-blog-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}}],"type":"scene-master-v3","model":{"links":{"header_logo":"/","privacy":"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/","terms":"/en/legal/terms-of-use/"},"strings":{"offlineMessage":"Connection lost"},"images":{},"template_options":{"footer_state":"visible","header_state":"visible","breadcrumbs_markup_state":"visible","auth_forms_theme":"dark","playGameTheme":"with-modal","headerVideoBackground":"with-video","isPrivacyAgreementEnabled":"true"},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}}],"themeName":"common"}

{"layout":{"id":0,"type":"layout-common"},"globals":{"servers":[{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/nordy-geroi-severa/","link":"/ru/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Норды: Герои Севера"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"5","game_id":"5","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"7","game_type":"portal","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/nords-heroes-of-the-north/","link":"/en/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Nords: Heroes of the North"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"6","game_id":"6","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"7","game_type":"portal","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/nordy-geroi-severa/","link":"/ru/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Норды: Герои Севера","server_title":"Nordheim - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"57","game_id":"34","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"7","game_type":"social","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/nordy-geroi-severa/","link":"/ru/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Норды: Герои Севера","server_title":"Nordheim - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"58","game_id":"35","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"7","game_type":"social","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/nordy-geroi-severa/","link":"/ru/game/nords-heroes-of-the-north/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Норды: Герои Севера","server_title":"Nordheim - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/nd.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_nd_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/nords/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/nords/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/nords.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"59","game_id":"36","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"7","game_type":"social","theme":"nords"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Geotopia"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"1","game_id":"1","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"portal","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/total-domination/","link":"/en/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Total Domination","server_title":"Geotopia"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"2","game_id":"2","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"5","game_type":"portal","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Red Zero"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"11","game_id":"1","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"portal","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Geotopia - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"21","game_id":"16","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Red Zero - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"22","game_id":"16","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Geotopia - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"23","game_id":"17","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Red Zero - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"24","game_id":"17","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=3&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"New Babylon - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"25","game_id":"17","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Geotopia - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"26","game_id":"18","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/pravila-voyni/","link":"/ru/game/total-domination/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Правила Войны","server_title":"Red Zero - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/td.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_td_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/total-domination/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/total-domination.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"27","game_id":"18","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"5","game_type":"social","theme":"totaldomination"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/soldiers-inc/","link":"/en/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Soldiers Inc.","server_title":"Highlands"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"10","game_id":"10","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"4","game_type":"portal","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"14","game_id":"12","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"portal","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Highlands - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"44","game_id":"27","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Badlands - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"45","game_id":"27","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Highlands - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"46","game_id":"28","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Badlands - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"47","game_id":"28","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Highlands - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"48","game_id":"29","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/konflikt/","link":"/ru/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Конфликт","server_title":"Badlands - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"49","game_id":"29","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"4","game_type":"social","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/soldiers-inc/","link":"/en/game/soldiers-inc/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Soldiers Inc.","server_title":"Badlands"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/mk.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_si.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/soldiers/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/soldiers.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"61","game_id":"10","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"1","theme_id":"4","game_type":"portal","theme":"soldiers"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"7","game_id":"7","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"portal","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/pirates-tides-of-fortune/","link":"/en/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Pirates: Tides of Fortune","server_title":"The Pirate Bay"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"8","game_id":"8","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"6","game_type":"portal","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/pirates-tides-of-fortune/","link":"/en/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Pirates: Tides of Fortune","server_title":"The Golden Coast"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"17","game_id":"8","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"1","theme_id":"6","game_type":"portal","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/pirates-tides-of-fortune/","link":"/en/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=3&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Pirates: Tides of Fortune","server_title":"The Sirens' Strait"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"18","game_id":"8","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"1","theme_id":"6","game_type":"portal","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Pirate Bay - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"28","game_id":"19","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Golden Coast - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"29","game_id":"19","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Pirate Bay - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"30","game_id":"20","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Golden Coast - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"31","game_id":"20","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Golden Coast - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"32","game_id":"21","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/kodeks-pirata/","link":"/ru/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/play/?cluster=1&network=21"},"strings":{"game_title":"Кодекс Пирата","server_title":"The Pirate Bay - Игры Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/kp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_kp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/pirates/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/pirates.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"33","game_id":"22","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"6","game_type":"social","theme":"pirates"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"3","game_id":"3","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"portal","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/stormfall-age-of-war/","link":"/en/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Stormfall: Age of War","server_title":"The Dark Plains"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"4","game_id":"4","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"3","game_type":"portal","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/sparta-war-of-empires/","link":"/en/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Sparta: War of Empires","server_title":"The Glorious Valley"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"9","game_id":"9","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"1","theme_id":"2","game_type":"portal","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/stormfall-age-of-war/","link":"/en/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Stormfall: Age of War","server_title":"Untamed Lands"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"12","game_id":"4","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"1","theme_id":"3","game_type":"portal","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"13","game_id":"11","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"portal","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/sparta-war-of-empires/","link":"/en/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=2&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Sparta: War of Empires","server_title":"The Thracian Frontier "},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"15","game_id":"9","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"1","theme_id":"2","game_type":"portal","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/stormfall-age-of-war/","link":"/en/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=3&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Stormfall: Age of War","server_title":"Farwol's Crown"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"19","game_id":"4","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"1","theme_id":"3","game_type":"portal","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Imperium - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"34","game_id":"23","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Marches - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"35","game_id":"23","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=3&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Farwol’s Crown - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"36","game_id":"23","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"The Dark Plains - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"37","game_id":"24","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Untamed Lands - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"38","game_id":"24","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=3&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Farwol’s Crown - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"39","game_id":"24","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"The Dark Plains - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"40","game_id":"25","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Untamed Lands - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"41","game_id":"25","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=3&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"Farwol’s Crown - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"42","game_id":"25","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/voyni-prestolov/","link":"/ru/game/stormfall-age-of-war/play/?cluster=1&network=21"},"strings":{"game_title":"Войны Престолов","server_title":"The Dark Plains - Игры Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sf.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sf_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/stormfall/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/stormfall.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"43","game_id":"26","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"3","game_type":"social","theme":"stormfall"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Glorious Valley - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"50","game_id":"30","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=2&network=1"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Thracian Frontier - VK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"51","game_id":"30","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Glorious Valley - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"52","game_id":"31","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=2&network=3"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Thracian Frontier - OK"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"53","game_id":"31","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Glorious Valley - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"54","game_id":"32","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=2&network=2"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Thracian Frontier - Мой Мир Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"55","game_id":"32","cluster_id":"1","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/ru/igri-strategii/sparta-voyna-imperiy/","link":"/ru/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=1&network=21"},"strings":{"game_title":"Спарта: Война Империй","server_title":"The Glorious Valley - Игры Mail.Ru"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp_ru.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-ru.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover-ru.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"56","game_id":"33","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"2","theme_id":"2","game_type":"social","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/sparta-war-of-empires/","link":"/en/game/sparta-war-of-empires/play/?cluster=3&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Sparta: War of Empires","server_title":"The Ridge of Epirus"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/sp.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_sp.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/sparta/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/sparta.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"60","game_id":"9","cluster_id":"2","server_type":"1","theme_id":"2","game_type":"portal","theme":"sparta"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/vikings-war-of-clans/","link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Vikings: War Of Clans"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/vkn.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/profile_games.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/vikings/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"alt":"sparta logo","href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/vikings-war-of-clans/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","title":"sparta logo","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/vikings/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/vikings.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"16","game_id":"14","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"3","theme_id":"8","game_type":"portal","theme":"vikings"}},{"links":{"inviteLink":"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/throne-kingdom-at-war/","link":"/en/game/throne-kingdom-at-war/play/?cluster=1&network=14"},"strings":{"game_title":"Throne: Kingdom at War"},"images":{"game_server_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games/thr.jpg"},"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_new/new_throne.jpg"},"game_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/throne-web/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_logo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/throne-web/logotypes/auth-popup-en.png","sizes":[]},"game_achievement_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/achievements/game/throne/cover.jpg","sizes":[]},"game_newsfeed_image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/profile/games_timeline/throne.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"is_required":"true","server_id":"20","game_id":"15","cluster_id":"0","server_type":"3","theme_id":"9","game_type":"portal","theme":"throne"}}],"clusterName":"a","userSpecificData":{"custom":{"validation_key":"40e73606-fb5e-4e18-ba12-42e21eb684b7","eud":"Xg98blcSpW6Dw6rfrzgjbeItiSfwQ7Fdl8GUbzy7lifo0o8HDrhMu9hWr8MAfoCzk4tn5poattnBO+bazVcVDw=="},"isPrivacyAgreementRequired":false,"enableRecaptcha":false},"system":{"hubUrl":"https://portal-signalr.x-plarium.com/hub","pixelsApiUrl":"https://pixels.plarium.com/api/","chatLocalizationBaseUrl":"https://plarium.com/messages/web/","isAppboyWebPushNotificationEnabled":true,"safariWebsitePushId":"web.com.plarium","enableRecaptcha":false,"defaultAvatar":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","trackerUrl":"https://collector.plarium.com","apiUrl":"https://plarium.com/services/api/","systemApiUrl":"https://plarium.com/api/","homePageUrl":"https://plarium.com/","rootUrl":"https://plarium.com","profilePageUrl":"https://plarium.com/en/profile/","isAuthenticated":false,"version":"1.0.0.0","authCookieName":"portal.auth.v31","isHubEnabled":false,"searchPageUrl":"https://plarium.com/en/search/","gamePageUrl":"https://plarium.com"},"headers":{"language_id":"1","game_id":"0","app_id":"0","sitemap_id":"1","theme_id":"1"},"auth":{"fb":{"appid":"220749334758329"},"vk":{"appid":"2472485"},"mr":{"appid":"711475","publickey":"a503a325e1c3213898d39aeef78a616b"},"cm":{"appid":"5927936","publickey":"CBAFHLFBABABABABA"},"gp":{"appid":"850424203314-6tomj4ue71nsq8qp83jh44hg0i9m4d63.apps.googleusercontent.com"}},"analytics":{"network":14,"cluster":14,"game":0,"area":"common","isGamePage":false,"locale":"en","propertyId":"UA-58231715-2","isNewVersion":true,"tracker":true,"isSecure":false,"code":201,"systemPageType":"Blog"},"bundles":["https://apis.google.com/js/client:platform.js","//static.x-plarium.com/browser/canvas/pp.analytics/v44/app.js","https://static.x-plarium.com/browser/canvas/pp/246/edge/client/client.js"],"custom":{"validation_key":"f3b1dc12-93f9-4637-a49d-39e316556f6d","eud":"Xg98blcSpW6Dw6rfrzgjbeItiSfwQ7Fdl8GUbzy7lifo0o8HDrhMu9hWr8MAfoCzk4tn5poattnBO+bazVcVDw=="},"quizzes":{"apiUrl":"https://plarium.com/quizzes/api/","languageId":1},"apiKeys":{"universalId":"UA-121176567-1","optimizeGTM":"GTM-5FK9T4Z","billingGoogleTagManagerId":"GTM-5TQDQ7X","zoomAnalytics":"19762526-d305/5/widget.js","recaptchaKey":"6LfMaHcUAAAAABIKrqnEJ2ay8Ow4JEm3BRL1DCxS","googleSearchUrl":"https://plarium.com/en/search/?query={search_term_string}","googleEnableCustomSearchEngine":"false","appboyApiKey":"8d844b17-e412-44c1-99fd-bac4e17b5390","GTMUnified360":"GTM-5LK4K4N"},"resolutionType":"Desktop","deviceType":"Browser"},"metaTags":[{"name":"description","content":"Plarium’s blog brings you articles on Strategy Games, MMO, new tech, and war games. Enjoy weekly updates, great insights, and peek behind the scenes."},{"name":"viewport","content":"width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,viewport-fit=cover"},{"name":"title","content":"Official blog - Plarium"},{"property":"og:image","content":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/common/blog_prev.jpg"},{"name":"google","content":"notranslate"},{"name":"format-detection","content":"telephone=no"}],"linkTags":[{"rel":"canonical","href":"https://plarium.com/en/blog/6/"},{"rel":"prev","href":"https://plarium.com/en/blog/5/"},{"rel":"next","href":"https://plarium.com/en/blog/7/"},{"rel":"stylesheet","href":"https://static.x-plarium.com/browser/canvas/pp/246/edge/client/common.css"}],"baseTag":{"href":"https://plarium.com"},"serverConfigurationItems":{"universalId":"UA-121176567-1","optimizeGTM":"GTM-5FK9T4Z","billingGoogleTagManagerId":"GTM-5TQDQ7X","zoomAnalytics":"19762526-d305/5/widget.js","recaptchaKey":"6LfMaHcUAAAAABIKrqnEJ2ay8Ow4JEm3BRL1DCxS","googleSearchUrl":"https://plarium.com/en/search/?query={search_term_string}","googleEnableCustomSearchEngine":"false","appboyApiKey":"8d844b17-e412-44c1-99fd-bac4e17b5390","GTMUnified360":"GTM-5LK4K4N"},"htmlAttributes":{"lang":"en","class":"mobile"},"title":"Official blog - Plarium","children":[{"id":410,"widgets":[{"name":"widget-auth-v3","type":"widget-auth-v3","model":{"links":{"socialPrivacyLearnMoreLink":"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/"},"strings":{"buttonSubmitLogInLabel":"Log In","buttonSubmitSignUpLabel":"Sign up","buttonNextStepLabel":"Next","buttonPrevStepLabel":"Back","termsOfUseConfirmLabel":"By signing up, you agree to our <a href=\"/en/legal/terms-of-use/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service</a>, <a href=\"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy and Cookie Policy</a>","goToLogInLabel":"Log In","goToSignUpLabel":"Create Account","restorePasswordActionLabel":"Forgot your password?","restorePasswordDescription":"Enter your email address and we will send you instructions for resetting your password","restorePasswordSuccessMessage":"Password recovery instructions have been sent to your email","socialLogInLabel":"Log in with:","fbSocialConnectText":"Sign in with Facebook","gpSocialConnectText":"Sign in with Google","socialSignUpLabel":"Sign up with:","errorMessageRequired":"This field is required","errorMessageUsername":"Use 3-30 alphanumeric characters","errorMessageEmail":"Please enter a valid email address","errorMessageEmailNotFound":"No account matching this email address was found. Please verify the email address, create an account, or contact Plarium Support","errorMessagePassword":"6-40 alphanumeric characters","errorMessageTermsOfUse":"To proceed, you must accept the conditions of the Privacy and Cookie Policy and agree to our Terms of Use by ticking the checkbox above","socialPrivacyContent":"<p>Please review our <a data-js-terms=\"\" href=\"/en/legal/terms-of-use/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use</a> and <a data-js-policy=\"\" href=\"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy and Cookie Policy</a>. By accessing or using our services you agree to be bound by those terms.</p>\n","inputRememberPlaceholder":"Input","successBind":"Your social network account has been successfully connected","socialPrivacyAccept":"Accept","socialPrivacyLearnMore":"Learn more","receiveMessageTimeLeft":"You can resend code again in ${timeout} seconds.","receiveMessageCode":"Resend code","receiveMessageDescription":"Please provide the code from the Google Authenticator app or the email we sent you, depending on your settings.","errorMessageCode":"Please make sure you have entered the correct code and try again","receiveMessageAuthGoogleDescription":"Please provide the code from the Google Authenticator app or the email we sent you, depending on your settings.","buttonSubmitGenerator":"Get Raid: Shadow Legends"},"images":{},"template_options":{"socialNetworks":"fb, gp, twitch"},"repeaters":{"formSteps":[{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Great to see you again!","subtitle":"Log into your Plarium account","label":"","placeholder":"Enter your email"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"login.email","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Create Account","subtitle":"<div>Well done, ${username}!</div>Create a password to protect your account","label":"","placeholder":"6-40 alphanumeric characters"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"signup.password","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Great to see you again!","subtitle":"Enter your password","label":"","placeholder":"6-40 alphanumeric characters"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"login.password","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Create Account","subtitle":"<div>Hi there!</div>Create a nickname to access our games","label":"","placeholder":"3-30 alphanumeric characters"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"signup.username","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Authentication Code Required","subtitle":"","label":"Enter the code below:","placeholder":"Code"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"login.code","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-6"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Create Account","subtitle":"<div>You’re good to go, ${username}!</div>Add your email to save your progress","label":"","placeholder":"Email"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"signup.email","theme":"default","compositeId":"97-3"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-auth-forms-v3","type":"widget-auth-forms-v3","model":{"links":{"forgot_link":"#/forgotpassword"},"strings":{"font_size_title":"14","loading":"Loading...","input_login_label":"Plarium ID","input_login_placeholder":"Enter your email","input_firstname_label":"Nickname","input_firstname_placeholder":"3-30 alphanumeric characters","input_password_label":"Password","input_password_placeholder":"6-40 alphanumeric characters","input_remember_label":"Remember me","forgot_pass":"Forgot your password?","notice":"Invalid email address. Please verify your email address and try again","button_submit_signin_text":"Log In","button_submit_signup_text":"Sign up","text_confirm":"text_confirm","text_goto_signin":"text_goto_signin","text_goto_signup":"text_goto_signup","text_goback_signin":"text_goback_signin","form_signin_title":"Log In","form_signup_title":"Sign up","form_restore_description":"form_restore_description","button_restore_text":"button_restore_text","form_restore_success_description":"form_restore_success_description","button_ok":"OK","sign_up_quickly":"or ","sign_in_quickly":"or ","error_message_required":"This field is required","error_message_firstname":"Use 3-30 alphanumeric characters","error_message_email":"Invalid email address. Please verify your email address and try again","error_message_password":"Password must be between 6-40 alphanumeric characters","error_message_policy":"error_message_policy","forgot_password":"forgot_password","button_social_fb":"Sign in with Facebook","button_social_gp":"Sign in with Google","button_social_vk":"button_social_vk","button_social_mr":"button_social_mr","button_social_cm":"button_social_cm","socialPrivacyContent":"socialPrivacyContent","socialPrivacyTitle":"socialPrivacyTitle","socialPrivacyAgree":"socialPrivacyAgree","socialPrivacyBack":"socialPrivacyBack"},"images":{},"template_options":{"social_icons_state":"visible","socialNetworks":"fb, gp","isShowRussianSocial":"false"},"repeaters":{"formSteps":[{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Welcome to <span>Vikings: War of Clans</span>, great warrior.","subtitle":"How should I call you?"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"username","theme":"vikings","compositeId":"49-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Welcome to the bastion of elite MMO games!","subtitle":"How should I address you?"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"username","theme":"default","compositeId":"49-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"It's an honor to meet such a great warrior, ${username}","subtitle":"How can I contact you in time of need?"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"email","theme":"vikings","compositeId":"49-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"It's a pleasure to welcome you here, ${username}.","subtitle":"How can I contact you in case of emergency?"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"email","theme":"default","compositeId":"49-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Good news, ${username}. Your new Palace is ready for you.","subtitle":"Choose a secret password so only you can enter it:"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"password","theme":"vikings","compositeId":"49-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Good news, ${username}. You're all but set.","subtitle":"Choose a secret password and get ready for a thrill:"},"images":{},"template_options":{"step":"password","theme":"default","compositeId":"49-6"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-plarium-games-promo-v3","type":"widget-plarium-games-promo-v3","model":{"links":{"download_app":"/en/plarium-play/"},"strings":{"download_app":"Get Plarium Play"},"images":{},"template_options":{"isPlariumGamesPromoEnabled":"true"},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-footer-info-v3","type":"widget-footer-info-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"footerItems":[{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/terms-of-use/"},"strings":{"title":"Terms of Use"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/"},"strings":{"title":"Privacy and Cookie Policy"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/refund-policy/"},"strings":{"title":"Refund Policy"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/arbitration-agreement/"},"strings":{"title":"Arbitration Agreement"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/legal/ad-guidelines/"},"strings":{"title":"Ad Guidelines"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"85-6"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-footer-sitemap-v3","type":"widget-footer-sitemap-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"menu":[{"links":{"url":""},"strings":{"title":"Categories"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"86-2"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/popular-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Popular Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-17"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/new-games/"},"strings":{"title":"New Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-16"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/download-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Download Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-14"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/free-to-play-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Free to Play Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-15"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/games/category/best-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Best Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-13"}}]}},{"links":{"url":""},"strings":{"title":"Resources"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"86-17"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/nickname-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-20"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/plarium-play/"},"strings":{"title":"Plarium Play Launcher"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-21"}}]}},{"links":{"url":""},"strings":{"title":"Community"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"86-4"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"url":"https://plarium.com/forum/"},"strings":{"title":"Forum"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-10"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/support/"},"strings":{"title":"Support"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-11"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"title":"Blog"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-19"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/corporate/partners/"},"strings":{"title":"Become a partner"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-12"}},{"links":{"url":"https://plarium-dsr.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new"},"strings":{"title":"Privacy request"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-23"}}]}},{"links":{"url":""},"strings":{"title":"Corporate"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"86-3"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"url":"https://company.plarium.com/"},"strings":{"title":"Company"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-7"}},{"links":{"url":"https://company.plarium.com/en/career/"},"strings":{"title":"Careers"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-8"}},{"links":{"url":"https://company.plarium.com/en/contacts/"},"strings":{"title":"Contacts"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"95-9"}},{"links":{"url":"/en/corporate/about-us/"},"strings":{"title":"About Us"},"images":{},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"95-22"}}]}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-footer-control-v3","type":"widget-footer-control-v3","model":{"links":{"search":"/en/search/"},"strings":{"plarium":"plarium","slogan":"take the world","copyright":"© 2010-2021 Plarium"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-lang-switcher-v3","type":"widget-lang-switcher-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"languages":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"English"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/en.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/ru/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Русский"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/ru.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/de/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Deutsch"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/de.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/fr/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Français"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/fr.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/it/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Italiano"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/it.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/es/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Español"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/es.svg","sizes":[]}}}]},"components":{"languages":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"English"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/en.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/ru/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Русский"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/ru.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/de/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Deutsch"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/de.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/fr/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Français"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/fr.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/it/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Italiano"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/it.svg","sizes":[]}}},{"links":{"link":"/es/blog/"},"strings":{"lang":"Español"},"images":{"ico":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/locales/es.svg","sizes":[]}}}]}}},{"name":"widget-breadcrumbs-markup","type":"widget-breadcrumbs-markup","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"breadcrumbs_markup":"{\"@context\":\"http://schema.org\",\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@id\":\"https://plarium.com/\",\"name\":\"Plarium\"}}]}"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-menu-v3","type":"widget-menu-v3","model":{"links":{"viewAllGames":"/en/games/","forum":"https://plarium.com/forum/","blog":"/en/blog/","support":"/en/support/","famousPlayer":"","nicknameGenerator":""},"strings":{"games":"Games","community":"Community","resources":"Resources","plariumPlay":"Plarium Play","promoGames":"Discover Games","categories":"Categories","devices":"Devices","platforms":"Platforms","operationSystem":"OS","topGenres":"Genres","followUs":"Follow Us","viewAllGames":"All Games","back":"Back","forum":"Forum","blog":"Blog","support":"Support","famousPlayer":"Famous Player","nicknameGenerator":"Name Generator"},"images":{"famousLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/celebrity.svg","sizes":[]},"nickNameLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/nng.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"promotedGames":[{"links":{"link":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends ","subtitle":"Epic Fantasy Collection RPG"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/raid/content/PlariumPlayNotificationsIcons/1/Raid_icon_256x256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"community","compositeId":"77-7"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends ","subtitle":"Epic Fantasy Collection RPG"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/raid/content/PlariumPlayNotificationsIcons/1/Raid_icon_256x256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"resources","compositeId":"77-8"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends ","subtitle":"Epic Fantasy Collection RPG"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/raid/content/PlariumPlayNotificationsIcons/1/Raid_icon_256x256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"games","compositeId":"77-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/"},"strings":{"title":"Vikings: War of Clans","subtitle":"Frigid PvP Strategy Warfare"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//krcdn.plarium.com/throne/release/assets/vikings_icon_256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"resources","compositeId":"77-10"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/"},"strings":{"title":"Vikings: War of Clans","subtitle":"Frigid PvP Strategy Warfare"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//krcdn.plarium.com/throne/release/assets/vikings_icon_256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"community","compositeId":"77-9"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/"},"strings":{"title":"Vikings: War of Clans","subtitle":"Frigid PvP Strategy Warfare"},"images":{"prevImage":{"href":"//krcdn.plarium.com/throne/release/assets/vikings_icon_256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","inheritanceMenu":"games","compositeId":"77-2"},"repeaters":{}}],"categories":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/popular-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Popular Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/download-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Download Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/new-games/"},"strings":{"title":"New Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/free-to-play-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Free to Play Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/category/best-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Best Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"78-6"},"repeaters":{}}],"devices":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/device/iphone-games/"},"strings":{"title":"iPhone Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"79-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/device/ipad-games/"},"strings":{"title":"iPad Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"79-2"},"repeaters":{}}],"platforms":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/browser-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Browser Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/pc-games/"},"strings":{"title":"PC Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/mac-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Mac Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/mobile-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Mobile Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/flash-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Flash Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/platform/html5-games/"},"strings":{"title":"HTML5 Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"80-7"},"repeaters":{}}],"operationSystems":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/os/windows-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Windows Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"81-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/os/ios-games/"},"strings":{"title":"iOS Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"81-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/os/android-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Android Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"81-1"},"repeaters":{}}],"topGenres":[{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/casual-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Casual Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-7"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/"},"strings":{"title":"MMORPG Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-8"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/shooting-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Shooting Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-13"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/war-games/"},"strings":{"title":"War Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-14"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/adventure-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Adventure Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-15"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/match-3-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Match 3 Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/action-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Action Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/"},"strings":{"title":"MMO Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/multiplayer-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Multiplayer Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-6"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/pvp-games/"},"strings":{"title":"PvP Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-9"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/"},"strings":{"title":"RPG Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-10"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Strategy Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-11"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/solitaire-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Solitaire Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/genre/puzzle-games/"},"strings":{"title":"Puzzle Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"82-5"},"repeaters":{}}],"menu":[{"links":{"link":"/en/profile/"},"strings":{"title":"My Library"},"images":{},"template_options":{"submenu":"","isLink":"link","isLogin":"true","drop_down_type":"","compositeId":"87-1"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[]}},{"links":{"link":"/en/games/"},"strings":{"title":"Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"submenu":"submenu","isLink":"link","isLogin":"false","drop_down_type":"games","compositeId":"87-5"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"link":"https://plarium.com/forum/"},"strings":{"title":"Forum"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/forum.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"88-1"}}]}},{"links":{"link":"#link"},"strings":{"title":"Community"},"images":{},"template_options":{"submenu":"submenu","isLink":"","isLogin":"false","drop_down_type":"community","compositeId":"87-7"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[{"links":{"link":"https://plarium.com/forum/"},"strings":{"title":"Forum"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/forum.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_blank","compositeId":"88-1"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"title":"Blog"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/blog.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"88-2"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/support/"},"strings":{"title":"Support"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/icons/v3/support.svg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"target":"_self","compositeId":"88-3"}}]}},{"links":{"link":"#link"},"strings":{"title":"Resources"},"images":{},"template_options":{"submenu":"submenu","isLink":"","isLogin":"false","drop_down_type":"resources","compositeId":"87-8"},"repeaters":{"submenu":[]}}],"nicknamesGroup":[{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/nickname-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Nickname Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"2","compositeId":"137-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/fantasy-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Fantasy Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"6","compositeId":"137-6"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/elf-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Elf Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"7","compositeId":"137-7"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/gamertag-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Gamertag Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"4","compositeId":"137-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/dnd-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"DND Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"8","compositeId":"137-8"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/game-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Game Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"5","compositeId":"137-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/clan-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Clan Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"9","compositeId":"137-9"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/superhero-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"Superhero Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"3","compositeId":"137-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"url":"/en/resource/generator/rpg-name-generator/"},"strings":{"title":"RPG Name Generator"},"images":{},"template_options":{"value":"1","compositeId":"137-1"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-auth-menu-v3","type":"widget-auth-menu-v3","model":{"links":{"beta_feedback_link":"//plrm.me/feedbackbeta"},"strings":{"log_in":"Log In","sign_up":"Sign up","log_in_title":"log_in_title","log_in_fb":"log_in_fb","log_in_gp":"log_in_gp","logout_popup_title":"Are you sure you want to log out?","logout_popup_resolve":"Yes","logout_popup_reject":"No","notifications_title":"Notifications","friends_title":"Friend requests","mark_all_read":"Mark all as Read","no_notifications":"You're all caught up. Now you can wonder and wander!","loading_notifications":"Loading...","cookie_notification":"Be advised that cookies are used to ensure you get the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site, you consent to this use of cookies. Learn more about our <a href=\"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/\">Privacy and Cookie Policy</a>","cookie_button":"OK","friend_request_accepted":"Accepted","friend_request_declined":"Declined","no_requests":"Seems pretty quiet here. Let's go friend hunting!","accept_button":"Accept","decline_button":"decline_button","no_friend_string":"no_friend_string","friends_string":"friends_string","request_message":"request_message","accepted_message":"Accepted","profile":"My Profile","language":"Language","logout":"Log Out","beta_user":"Beta User","beta_feedback":"Beta Feedback","common_notifications_title":"Website Updates","continuePlay":"Continue Playing","see_all_notification":"See all Notifications","see_all_friends":"See all","friends_main_title_dropdown":"Friends"},"images":{},"template_options":{"authButtonsType":"single"},"repeaters":{"usermenu":[{"links":{"url":"/en/support/"},"strings":{"title":"Support","orderId":"3","label_new_game_text":null},"images":{"image":{"sizes":[]},"customIconLeft":{},"customIconRight":{}},"template_options":{"game_mode":"","dataJsElementId":"header_menu_item_support","drop_down_type":"","dataQaElementId":"","icon_left":"hidden","icon_right":"hidden","componentId":"","onlyShowOnMyProfile":"","target":"_self","state":"","submenu":""},"repeaters":{"submenu":[]}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-guest-modals","type":"widget-guest-modals","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"header_message":"$HEADER_MESSAGE$","done_message":"$DONE_MESSAGE$","done_title":"$DONE_TITLE$","loading":"Loading...","input_login_label":"Email:","input_login_placeholder":"Enter your email","input_firstname_label":"Nickname:","input_firstname_placeholder":"Enter your Nickname:","input_password_label":"Password:","input_password_placeholder":"Create Password","input_remember_label":"Remember me","notice":"Use only valid email address","button_submit_signup_text":"Play Now","text_confirm":"By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy","form_title":"In order to save your gaming progress, you must first register","form_subtitle":"","button_ok":"OK","sign_up_quickly":"Sign Up quickly with:","error_message_required":"This field is required","error_message_firstname":"Use 3-30 alphanumeric characters","error_message_email":"Invalid email address. Please verify your email address and try again","error_message_password":"Password must be between 3-30 alphanumeric characters and must contain at least 1 number","error_message_policy":"To proceed, you must accept the conditions of the Privacy and Cookie Policy and agree to our Terms of Use by ticking the checkbox above","forgot_password":"Forgot your password?","button_social_fb":"%button_social_fb%","button_social_gp":"%button_social_gp%","button_social_vk":"%button_social_vk%","button_social_mr":"%button_social_mr%","button_social_cm":"%button_social_cm%"},"images":{},"template_options":{"social_icons_state":"visible","socialNetworks":"fb,gp"},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-modal-select-game","type":"widget-modal-select-game","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Choose your game","profile_text":"or go to your","profile_link_text":"profile","last_game_text":"Continue Playing"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"games":[{"links":{"link":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/raid-desktop/logo/raid_sg.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Raid","compositeId":"46-8"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/vikings-war-of-clans/"},"strings":{"title":"Vikings: War of Clans"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/vikings/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Vikings","compositeId":"46-2"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/throne-kingdom-at-war/"},"strings":{"title":"Throne: Kingdom at War"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/throne-web/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[{"size":1,"ratio":"1","width":132,"height":132}]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Throne","compositeId":"46-4"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/sparta-war-of-empires/"},"strings":{"title":"Sparta: War of Empires"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/sparta/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Sparta","compositeId":"46-1"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/stormfall-age-of-war/"},"strings":{"title":"Stormfall: Age of War"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/stormfall/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Stormfall","compositeId":"46-5"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/pirates-tides-of-fortune/"},"strings":{"title":"Pirates: Tides of Fortune"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/pirates/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[{"size":1,"ratio":"1","width":132,"height":132}]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Pirates","compositeId":"46-3"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/soldiers-inc/"},"strings":{"title":"Soldiers Inc."},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/soldiers-inc/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Soldiers","compositeId":"46-6"},"repeaters":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/game/total-domination/"},"strings":{"title":"Total Domination"},"images":{"image":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/totaldomination/logotypes/select_game_en.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"dataJsElementId":"Total Domination","compositeId":"46-7"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-global-static-v3","type":"widget-global-static-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"latestArticles":"Latest Articles","downloadNow":"Download","readMore":"Read more","seeAll":"See all","share":"Follow us:","flashAlertContent":"On January 12, 2021, Adobe will stop supporting Flash Player, which means that Flash-based games will no longer be available on plarium.com. But, don't worry - you can still save your progress and keep playing using the <a href=\"/en/plarium-play/\" style=\"padding-left: 0\">Plarium Play Launcher</a>!","flashAlertModalMainText":"Attention! Flash has been disabled!","flashAlertModalSubText":"Flash no longer works on browsers, but we have preserved your progress, forces, and all your game purchases on Plarium Play. Click \"Download\" and continue playing!","flashAlertModalButtonLabel":"Download"},"images":{"appleStoreLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/buttons/App_Store_Badge_EN.svg","sizes":[]},"googlePlayLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/buttons/google-play-badge-en.svg","sizes":[]},"flashAlertModalLogo":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/plarium-play/favicon/android-chrome-256x256.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-logged-out-window-v3","type":"widget-logged-out-window-v3","model":{"links":{"buttonLink":"/"},"strings":{"titleHtml":"You have been logged out","textHtml":"Refresh to log back in and continue, or hit the button below to return to the Home page.","buttonLabel":"Home"},"images":{"background":{"sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}}],"children":[{"id":478,"widgets":[{"name":"widget-blog-category","type":"widget-blog-category","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"defaultAuthor":"PLARIUM STAFF","loading":"Loading...","more":"Load More","readMore":"Read more","read":"read","currentCategory":"0"},"images":{"defaultAuthorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{"pages":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/5/"},"strings":{"text":"←"},"images":{},"template_options":{"arrow":"prev"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"text":"1"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/2/"},"strings":{"text":"2"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/3/"},"strings":{"text":"3"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/4/"},"strings":{"text":"4"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/5/"},"strings":{"text":"5"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":null},"strings":{"text":"6"},"images":{},"template_options":{"current":"curr"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/7/"},"strings":{"text":"7"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/8/"},"strings":{"text":"8"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/9/"},"strings":{"text":"9"},"images":{}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/7/"},"strings":{"text":"→"},"images":{},"template_options":{"arrow":"next"}}],"articles":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/battle-royale/"},"strings":{"title":"How Battle Royale Is Changing Online Gaming","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>There is a new king of online games.</p>\n\n<p>Counter Strike, Dota 2, and League of Legends have all made way for the Battle Royale, a term now more popular on Google than “MMO”.</p>\n<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"https://ssl.gstatic.com/trends_nrtr/1308_RC02/embed_loader.js\"></script><script type=\"text/javascript\"> trends.embed.renderExploreWidget(\"TIMESERIES\", {\"comparisonItem\":[{\"keyword\":\"Battle Royale\",\"geo\":\"\",\"time\":\"2017-02-08 2018-02-08\"},{\"keyword\":\"MMO\",\"geo\":\"\",\"time\":\"2017-02-08 2018-02-08\"}],\"category\":0,\"property\":\"\"}, {\"exploreQuery\":\"q=Battle%20Royale,MMO&date=today 12-m,today 12-m\",\"guestPath\":\"https://trends.google.com:443/trends/embed/\"}); </script>\n\n<p>People all across the world are suddenly jumping into violent and explosively thrilling world of Battle Royale. But why?</p>\n\n<p>What makes this new genre so popular, and more importantly - how will it change online games?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is Battle Royale?</h2>\n\n<p>A Battle Royale is a fight between many different people until only one fighter remains standing. A sort of free-for-all.</p>\n\n<p>There is no designated group, and the combatants can use everything in their disposable to achieve victory. Think Hunger Games, and you pretty much got it.</p>\n\n<p>The term Battle Royale became popular in the west with the publishing of a Japanese novel by the same name, written by Koushun Takami in 1999.</p>\n\n<p>The story follows a group of students that have been kidnapped and transported to a private island off the shore of the Japanese mainland. There, each student must survive until they are the last one left alive.</p>\n\n<p>The most widely known form of the Battle Royale story is, however, the 2000 film adaptation directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring the legendary Takeshi Kitano. The film would come to be the direct influence for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) - the <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/26/15697740/why-is-playerunknowns-battlegrounds-so-damn-good\">most famous Battle Royale game today</a>.</p>\n\n<h2>How Battle Royale Games Work</h2>\n\n<p>It was in 2012 that a proper Battle Royale concept was introduced to the phenomenally successful game Minecraft. by modders</p>\n\n<p>The talented modders AntVenom and SkyDoesMinecraft laid down the groundwork for the first successful and official Battle Royale game.</p>\n\n<p>From then on, modders in the ARMA community began bringing about varyingly successful Battle Royale mods. One such ARMA modder was Brendan Greene, who went by the online handle PlayerUnknown.</p>\n\n<p>Greene would join the Korean publisher Bluehole to develop and release PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, more commonly referred to by its <a href=\"http://steamcharts.com/app/578080\">3 million concurrent players</a> as “PUBG”.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds (PUBG)\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/pubg.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds (PUBG)\" /></p>\n\n<p>PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is the perfect lens through which to examine what makes a Battle Royale game.</p>\n\n<p>A typical round of PUBG commences with around 100 players parachuting down into a large island, which seems to be somewhere off the coast of Eastern Europe.</p>\n\n<p>Players can group up in teams of 4 or 2, or choose to play a pure, last man standing Battle Royale - with only a single victor emerging out of the 100 players.</p>\n\n<p>Once on the ground, players must continue to scavenge for weapons, armor, and healing items. They must also find vehicles - not only to get from one spot to the next - but to stay within the Safe Zone.</p>\n\n<p>The Safe Zone is contained within a gigantic circular blue cone of sizzling plasma, which continues to shrink as time progresses and more players are killed. As the battleground shrinks, players are herded closer and closer together until the explosive finale.</p>\n\n<p>The last team, duo, or individual left alive wins.</p>\n\n<p>This simple formula is the basis of Battle Royale games: a large group of equal players, a huge map that slowly shrinks over time, and scarce guns and ammo.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The Evolution of Battle Royale</h2>\n\n<p>Valve’s MOBA DotA 2 has held the previous record of the highest number of concurrent players with 1,291,328 in 2014. PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds managed to top that figure on September 16th, with a <a href=\"https://dotesports.com/pubg/news/pubg-steam-concurrent-players-all-time-record-17429\">concurrent player base of 1,348,374</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Since then, the game has reached over <a href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-hits-3-million-concurrent-players-and-15-million-cheater-bans/\">3 million concurrent players</a> in December 2017.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, when a hot new phenomenon appears, developers will often try to emulate it and improve upon it to become even bigger.</p>\n\n<p>PUBG has revolutionized the online gaming world to the point where other titans in the online gaming industry have begun emulating its current and modifying upcoming titles around the Battle Royale concept.</p>\n\n<p>Let’s look at the most successful adaptations of PUBG to see how Battle Royale games are taking the genre to the next level.</p>\n\n<h2>Fortnite: Building a Better Battle Royale</h2>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Fortnite Battle Royale\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/fortnite.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"Fortnite Battle Royale\" /></p>\n\n<p>Fortnite is <a href=\"https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/buy-now/battle-royale\">developed by Epic Games</a> and People Can Fly, and was released shortly after PUBG, in July 2017.</p>\n\n<p>Unlike PUBG, which does not really have a plot or actual setting, Fortnite presents a world where apocalyptic storms snatched away all but 2% of humanity. The survivors must now unite and survive against zombie-like monsters.</p>\n\n<p>The original title was relatively successful, hitting the 1 million player milestone about a month after its release. However, it was the standalone mode Fortnite Battle Royale, released in September 2017, that pushed Fortnite to the top, with <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-battle-royale-has-hit-10-million-players-/1100-6454008/\">10 million new players is just two weeks</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Although the mode is very clearly emulating PUBG, the addition of Fortnite’s ingenious crafting and building system introduces an intelligent and very creative spin on the traditional looting, surviving, and fighting formula of the Battle Royale.</p>\n\n<p>Remember that impressive 3 million concurrent players record PUBG holds? Well, Fortnite recently <a href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/fortnite-breaks-concurrent-player-record-w516510\">broke that record</a> with 3.4 million players, making it the biggest Battle Royale game to date.</p>\n\n<h2>Paladins: Keeping Up With the Times</h2>\n\n<p>Before the monumental success of the Battle Royale genre, “Hero Shooters” were the latest trend in online gaming.</p>\n\n<p>Games like Overwatch and Team Fortress 2 brought teams of specialist champions to face off against each other in objective-based rounds centered in arenas filled with health packs and power-ups. Each player had a role, and everyone had to work together intelligently and strategically to come out victorious.</p>\n\n<p>While such games are still hugely popular, many developers and publishers have realized that the lion’s share of consumer attention has indeed shifted towards the Battle Royale trend. As a result, they have begun incorporating the Battle Royale into their game modes. One such game is Paladins: Champions of the Realm.</p>\n\n<p>Paladins developer Hi-Rez Studios recently announced the latest addition to its free-to-play title: Paladins: Battlegrounds. As the name suggests, the traditional gameplay of Paladins will be receiving a <a href=\"https://www.paladins.com/paladins-battlegrounds-faq/\">Battle Royale makeover</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Paladins Battlegrounds\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/paladins.jpg\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"Paladins Battlegrounds\" /></p>\n\n<p>From what has been released so far the Battlegrounds mode seems to borrow very heavily from PUBG. We have seen the looting of various buildings, scrambling for rare gear dropped in care packages by zeppelins, not to mention the always-shrinking safe zone.</p>\n\n<p>As you can see - especially if you have been playing PUBG for a while - this new installation already sounds like PUBG with a Paladins skin and characters. The mode’s title, Battlegrounds, is also an unabashed reference to the flagship Battle Royale.</p>\n\n<p>That being said, it will be amazing to see how different heroes are pitted against one another in open survival combat. Since Paladins is a Hero Shooter, each hero has distinct abilities and weapons, and therefore plays differently than the others. That means players don’t start on equal footing, which shakes up the familiar Battle Royale formula.</p>\n\n<h2>Will MMO Games Join the Battle Royale Trend?</h2>\n\n<p>By now, it's clear to see how online games are changing and evolving in order to stay relevant in a world dominated by Battle Royale. But is the same true for <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">MMO games</a>?</p>\n\n<p>Expert analysts in the MMO world mostly agree that in early 2017, ingenuity and originality in the MMO realm seemed to be dwindling. While the titans like Counter-Strike, Dota 2 and World of Warcraft continued to produce marvelous content, it cannot be denied that many people were starting to feel that things were getting a little bit stale.</p>\n\n<p>In other words: The world of MMOs and online games has come to a creative standstill.</p>\n\n<p>But now, thanks to the interesting fusions of game mechanics and styles brought about by games like PUBG and Fortnite, MMO and MMORPG games are experiencing a curious phase of transition.</p>\n\n<p>Developers are enhancing their titles with new Battle Royale content, and new games with Battle Royale systems <a href=\"https://www.pcgamer.com/battle-royale-games-2018/\">keep coming out</a>. However, many popular MMOs seem to remain unaffected.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Battle royale is changing online gaming\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/Images-for-the-blog_Battle-Royale_fortnite_last2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 500px;\" title=\"Battle royale is changing online gaming\" /></p>\n\n<p>But when players demand originality and newfound thrills, these games risk being left behind. The Battle Royale formula is so easy to implement, and there’s still so much of this new genre to explore, MMO developers would be throwing away an almost surefire success if they choose to sit this one out.</p>\n\n<p>Will we finally see a proper Battle Royale MMO? Can this subgenre even work as an MMO?</p>\n\n<p>It’s easy to imagine Counter-Strike introducing larger maps with more players in order to facilitate a proper “PUBG experience”. But what about a game like World of Warcraft?</p>\n\n<p>Many MMOs already have epic “Player vs. Player” arenas that might be perfect for combat on a larger scale, but there are still plenty of issues to overcome. Most of them are the same issues that pop up when <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/esports/\">MMO games try to become Esport titles</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Statistically speaking, we can very easily tell what an overwhelming majority of players greatly enjoy - being the “last man standing”. Developers need to pay heed and do what they can to associate their games with this new trend if they hope to be a part of the new wave of online games in 2018.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"2/11/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_8/Images-for-the-blog_Battle-Royale_header_4.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13149"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/truple-a-games-microtransactions-loot-boxes/"},"strings":{"title":"Microtransactions and Loot Boxes in AAA Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>The freemium, free-to-play but pay-to-win (P2W) model has been around a long time, and it’s been hugely successful in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mobile-games/\">mobile games</a>. These <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">free-to-play games</a> are among the most lucrative and profitable games on the market.</p>\n\n<p>It makes sense - you get to play the game for free, and the developer gets money if you choose to invest through microtransactions. It’s a win-win.</p>\n\n<p>Big companies and AAA game developers don’t want to be left behind and are starting to take advantage of this model more and more. It’s both a tempting stream of revenue and a way to keep multiplayer games relevant for years. More money coming in means developers can continue to deliver new content.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"More money coming in means more new content\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"More money coming in means more new content\" /></p>\n\n<p>We’re already seeing games like Star Wars Battlefront 2, Evolve, and NBA 2K18 using this model, but in their own AAA way.</p>\n\n<p>The trouble with AAA games that include microtransactions is obvious: you purchase the game at a premium price, but then have to pay if you want to get ahead and keep up with the “big dogs”. Naturally, this is more of a problem in competitive multiplayer games, though we already starting to see single-player games with loot boxes and other in-game purchases.</p>\n\n<p>Are AAA developers getting too greedy by developing these premium P2W models? Will they have a negative and long-lasting impact on the gaming scene? Will the mobile industry adopt this new take in the freemium model?</p>\n\n<p>Maybe. Maybe not. As you know, each coin has two sides.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Star Wars Battlefront 2: Kicking Off the Controversy</h2>\n\n<p>Much of the controversy around loot boxes and microtransactions in premium games comes from the <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2s-loot-box-controversy-expl/1100-6455155/\">new system EA presented in Battlefront 2</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, the game required you to purchase loot boxes to get things that many felt should be included in the game’s $60 price tag - like the ability to level up your character.</p>\n\n<p>(Funny enough, players started resorting to using <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/24/16696870/star-wars-battlefront-2-economy-cheats\">rubber bands on their controllers</a> to bypass the ridiculously complex system.)</p>\n\n<p>You buy these loot boxes and get random Star Cards. These cards are used to level up your character’s stats and abilities. Because they’re random, you can buy a ton and get almost no upgrades.</p>\n\n<p>Within hours after the Battlefront 2 beta started, players were voicing their anger about how they are required to spend more and more money in order to achieve any meaningful progression. And they were voicing it very loudly.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Players are voicing their anger about having to spend more and more money.\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-header.jpg\" style=\"width: 1368px; height: 384px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>On the Star Wars Battlefront 2 Reddit page, a user expressed frustration after taking advantage of one of the microtransaction options, purchasing 12000 Crystals for $80 (with a 10% EA Access discount). Unbeknownst to the player, the Crystals couldn’t be used to buy the various hero characters, which are only available in exchange for Credits. This user wanted to unlock Darth Vader, <a href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/\">who at the time cost 60,000 credits</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Within this same thread, an EA spokesperson responded to the post, stating the following:</p>\n\n<p><em>“The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes.</em></p>\n\n<p><em>\"As for cost, we selected initial values based upon data from the Open Beta and other adjustments made to milestone rewards before launch. Among other things, we’re looking at average per-player credit earn rates on a daily basis, and we’ll be making constant adjustments to ensure that players have challenges that are compelling, rewarding, and of course attainable via gameplay.”</em></p>\n\n<p>This response soon became the <a href=\"https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-2-reddit-post-receives-over-/1100-6454919/\">most disliked comment in Reddit's history</a>, with over 675,000 downvotes.</p>\n\n<p>Players are concerned that if they can’t afford lots of loot boxes, they’ll need to spend a lot of time (hundreds of hours) grinding away at the game just to keep up with the whales who can afford the microtransactions. Even if you do buy these boxes, but get unlucky with your Star Cards, you might get left behind to face other players with much better stats than you. In competitive games, that is a huge and unfair disadvantage.</p>\n\n<p>In a nutshell, players are arguing that they shouldn’t have to pay money to level up. Many feel that the $60 price tag should unlock the full game, as it has in the past.</p>\n\n<p>Let’s look at both sides.</p>\n\n<h2>Arguments for Microtransactions in AAA Games</h2>\n\n<p>Despite the anger around the P2W model, there are actually some good things that can come of it.</p>\n\n<p>For example, <strong>microtransactions lower the barrier to entry for new publishers and indie developers</strong> to create games and get into an otherwise saturated market.</p>\n\n<p>The costs of developing and marketing a game have risen dramatically in the last 20 years. Salaries for developers are increasing, the cost of rent is getting higher, and it requires more people than ever to develop these games. Yet, games' prices have remained $60 for an average title since 2005! So developers need other ways to make money.</p>\n\n<p>Which means <strong><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_as_a_service\">games as a service</a> allow the publisher to continue to generate revenue for a game</strong>. And if they can continue to do that, they can keep paying their developers to continuously update the game and add new content.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The games as a service allow the publisher to continue to generate more revenue and more content\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The games as a service allow the publisher to continue to generate more revenue and more content\" /></p>\n\n<p>Finally, having <strong>microtransactions in AAA games allows players with less time for gaming to stay competitive</strong>. Even if you don’t have 20 hours a week to play a game, you can spend a little money to catch up with those who do, and level playing field with the more hardcore players.</p>\n\n<p>However, the gaming population also has some strong counterarguments to the pay to win model.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Arguments Against Microtransactions in AAA Games</h2>\n\n<p>Gamers are passionate people, and that passion comes out whenever game developers do something they don’t like.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, the BF2 controversy started, well, lots of other controversies. People spoke out about how they felt. Here’s what they said.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Microtransactions can prevent some people from playing the game</strong>. If you don’t have dozens of hours to dedicate to a game, and can’t afford to pay to win and remain competitive, you’re stuck. You either don’t play it at all, or you play it and don’t ever get the full experience.</p>\n\n<p>Sure, plenty of games require you to “grind” to get better gear and higher levels. Just look at the original version of World of Warcraft, which took the average player over 10 days (a full 240 hours) of actual play time to reach the max level, usually over the span of several months.</p>\n\n<p>The problem comes in when you’re playing with people who decided to spend the money for the in-game purchases, who are now at higher levels than you. Your gameplay experience immediately gets far worse than anyone who shelled out the cash.</p>\n\n<p>Again, this wasn't a problem if you didn't already spend $60 to get the game, and now you have to pay even more just to have a fair gaming experience.</p>\n\n<p>Secondly, <strong>not all paid in-game items are cosmetic</strong>. Cosmetic DLC doesn’t give a player any inherent advantage over another player. It’s purely for show. But when microtransactions are required to unlock the best gear, stats, and abilities? Well, that’s when players get unhappy.</p>\n\n<p>Finally, the most obvious argument is that <strong>you already paid full price for the game</strong>. Many players feel that paying the $60 price tag on a game should unlock the whole thing, and they shouldn’t have to spend any more on it.</p>\n\n<p>But ultimately, companies are created to make money. Even if a company starts as a small one-person studio built with love, passion, and a desire to change the world, it still has to make money. And that person’s business may one day grow big enough to be acquired - and investors are really all about the money.</p>\n\n<p>So now that you understand both sides of the coin, we are left a few questions.</p>\n\n<h2>Are Microtransactions Going Away Anytime Soon?</h2>\n\n<p>Microtransactions first gained large-scale visibility in 2006, when Bethesda released the highly anticipated and popular game: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Microtransactions are here to stay, in mobile games, casual games, and now in AAA games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>Soon after the release, they added the ability to buy a Horse Armor Pack for $2.50. Then came new dungeons, a player home, new spells, and more.</p>\n\n<p>When other companies saw the massive success of these mini DLCs, they jumped on the bandwagon, and it quickly became a universal phenomenon.</p>\n\n<p>Despite the controversy around recent titles and their microtransactions, publishers will inevitably continue to experiment with new business models.</p>\n\n<p>A recent report proves that <a href=\"http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-10-games-as-a-service-has-tripled-the-industrys-value\">games-as-a-service systems have tripled the industry's value</a>. In fact, EA made a whopping <a href=\"http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-03-02-eas-ultimate-team-earning-around-usd650-million-a-year\">$1.3 billion from add-on content</a> in the last year alone.</p>\n\n<p>Activision has recently filed a patent for a <a href=\"http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-18-patent-which-pushes-microtransactions-through-matchmaking-granted-to-activision\">matchmaking system designed to encourage more consumer spending</a>. The publisher stressed the system had not been implemented yet, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see it in future games.</p>\n\n<p>Microtransactions are here to stay, in mobile games, casual games, and now in AAA games as well. If anything, we’re going to see more of them.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"1/14/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/aaa-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13099"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/difference-between-mmo-and-mmorpgs/"},"strings":{"title":"What Is an MMO, What Is an MMORPG and the Difference Between Them","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"300000","description":"<p>What is the difference between <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO</a> and <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/\">MMORPG</a>?</p>\n\n<p>Are they the same thing? How do I tell them apart? Which one am I playing right now, and what does it have to do with Rocket-Propelled Grenades?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>You have probably asked yourself at least some of these questions at one point or another. Otherwise, you won’t be here.</p>\n\n<p>Surprisingly enough, the answers to all these questions are quite simple:</p>\n\n<p>An MMORPG is a type of MMO game.</p>\n\n<p>But to really understand this answer, you first need to know <a href=\"/en/blog/what-is-an-mmo/\">what exactly are MMO games</a>.</p>\n\n<h2>What is an MMO?</h2>\n\n<p>Let’s start with the basics: what does an MMO mean? <strong>An MMO game is a “Massively Multiplayer Online” game</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>To put it in simpler terms, an MMO is an online multiplayer game which a large number of people can play simultaneously. You don’t play with or against just a handful of players, but thousands, sometimes even millions of them at the same time.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"What is MMO?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-1.jpg\" title=\"What is MMO?\" /></p>\n\n<h2>What is an MMORPG?</h2>\n\n<p><strong>MMORPG means “Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.”</strong></p>\n\n<p>Another somewhat comical definition is “Many Men Online Role-Playing as Girls” (it’s funny because it's true).</p>\n\n<p>Some might say that all MMORPGs are easily recognizable by their fantasy settings, but that's not at all the case. Though the majority of RPGs do take place in the realm of elves, orcs, and dragons, a lot of them choose different worlds to explore, like far-away planets or post-apocalyptic wastelands.</p>\n\n<p>The keen observers among you may have noticed the two types of games have very similar definitions, but not quite the same. That leads us to the key difference between MMO and MMORPG.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is the Difference Between MMO and MMORPG?</h2>\n\n<p>When someone asks what a game is, they often refer to its genre or subgenre. A game “is” a first-person shooter, a survival game or a role-playing game. It’s the same thing with MMOs.</p>\n\n<p>No game is just an MMO game. It’s like saying a game is a “multiplayer game.” That’s well and good, but it doesn’t really tell you anything about the game itself, apart from the fact you can play it with (or against) other people. The game has to belong to a specific genre.</p>\n\n<p>Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, or MMORPGs, are MMO games that belong to the RPG genre.</p>\n\n<p>They are role-playing games that can be played online by a large number of players simultaneously.</p>\n\n<p>The difference between MMO and MMORPG is that all MMORPGs are MMOs, but not all MMOs are MMORPGs.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"/en/blog/what-is-an-mmorpg/\">MMORPG is by definition a role-playing game</a>, while an MMO can be anything from a <a href=\"/en/blog/battle-royale/\">Battle Royale</a> action title, a real-time <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">strategy game</a>, or even a new type of interactive experience that defies genres.</p>\n\n<p><strong>MMORPGs are a type of MMO games</strong>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"MMORPG is a type of MMO game\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-2.jpg\" title=\"MMORPG is a type of MMO game\" /></p>\n\n<p>It’s a subtle distinction, but an important one. It can be a bit embarrassing talking to a fellow gamer about the new MMORPG you’re playing, only for them to realize you’re actually playing a hardcore multiplayer Strategy title with a deep base-customization system and no <a href=\"/en/mmo-games/rpg-elements/\">RPG elements</a> whatsoever.</p>\n\n<p>It might sound a little trivial, but gamers can be pretty sensitive to this kind of mistakes.</p>\n\n<h2>How to Recognize an MMORPG</h2>\n\n<p>Breaking down the MMORPG genre to its core component - the MMO and the RPG. We’ve already covered what an MMO is, so let’s talk about what makes a good role-playing game.</p>\n\n<p>RPG video games, often referred to as CRPG (Computer Role-Playing Games) borrow a lot from their pen-and-paper ancestors. For example, they have the same level of character customization. Players can create and customize their characters, represented by a digital avatar.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/vcvK1oUszsA\" width=\"853\"></iframe></p>\n\n<p>They can control pretty much anything, from their appearance, race, and sex to their profession and skills. As the game progresses, players have a chance to improve and evolve their adventurer, making them more and more unique and powerful.</p>\n\n<p>Most modern RPGs give the player not only control over their character, but over the world they inhabit. Players’ actions have a direct impact on how the story progresses, and how the world changes around them. It can simply happen by advancing the plot and seeing the story unfolds, but it can also be because of player choice.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">The best RPGs</a> allow players to tackle problems and advance the plot in multiple ways, so each playstyle is respected.</p>\n\n<p>An elementary example would be getting past a guard guarding a door. The player can choose whether to distract the guard using magic, lie and pretend to be someone famous, or draw a sword and attack.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mobile-games/raid-shadow-legends/\"><img alt=\"Raid: Shadow Legends\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/raid/backgrounds/section-2.jpg\" style=\"height: 364px;\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>Afterward, there should be different consequences to each of these choices. Maybe you’ll get to meet the guard you deceived later on in the game - now out of work and begging on the street.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, there are plenty more elements that combine to create an RPG, but going over all of them will take a while.</p>\n\n<p>The key word to remember when talking about role-playing games is “agency.” The more impact the player has on the game’s world and characters - the better.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The key word in RPG and MMORPG games is agency\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-3.jpg\" title=\"The key word in RPG and MMORPG games is agency\" /></p>\n\n<p>Then you have all the technical stuff: quests, experience points, loot, skill, and combat. Each of these is tied directly to the core mechanics of character customization, player agency, and a rich narrative.</p>\n\n<p>Take all of this, and put in an environment where dozens if not hundreds of players interact at the same time, and you got yourself an MMORPG.</p>\n\n<p>Good examples of popular MMORPG games are World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, The Elder Scrolls Online, Star Wars: The Old Republic and EVE Online.</p>\n\n<p>Hopefully, now you know how to tell MMO and MMORPG games apart, and how to recognize an MMORPG when you play one.</p>\n\n<p>One important thing to remember - most MMORPGs don’t usually involve Rocket-Propelled Grenades. Unless, of course, you’re playing in a futuristic dystopia where magic has been replaced with high explosives, which are more or less the same thing, only way cooler.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"1/10/2018"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_4/mmo-mmorpg-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"10758"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/rpg-elements/"},"strings":{"title":"What Are RPG Elements and Why Are They in Every Game?","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>Survey the gaming scene today and it won’t take you long to find a role-playing video game (<a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">RPG</a>). The very definition of an RPG is often debated, since, if you look hard enough, you’ll find elements of the genre where you wouldn’t normally expect to find them.</p>\n\n<p>Whether you like it or not, <a href=\"http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/12/rpgs-took-over-every-video-game-genre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RPG elements are creeping into more and more games</a>. Whether it’s through characterization and customization or skill vs. luck elements such as loot, games across the board are becoming more RPG-like.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p>With this being the case, the natural question becomes: is this a good thing?</p>\n\n<p>In this piece, we’re going to try and answer that question. However, before we can dive into this new world of RPG hybrids, we need to try and define what exactly the basic elements of an RPG are.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Role-playing games are about characters and adventure\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/quest.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Role-playing games are about characters and adventure\" /></p>\n\n<h2>What are RPG Elements?</h2>\n\n<p><strong>Character progression and customization:</strong> Traditionally, a non-RPG game sees you take control of a relatively static character. In other words, you don’t have any influence over the character, and it does change or evolve over the course of the game.</p>\n\n<p>In contrast, role-playing games allow you to inhabit the role of your character/s (it’s right there in the genre’s name). Moreover, you’re responsible for the development of both their skills and personality through a process of customization and choice.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<p><strong>Deep narratives:</strong> When you’re playing a game, ask yourself whether the narrative is fixed, or can you influence it in any way. If the game leans more towards the latter, it will have a deeper story to tell and be much more like an RPG. In fact, it was the RPG that first introduced the idea of a character's moral alignment, one of the first tools for creating branching paths in a narrative.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Luck and random numbers:</strong> RPGs are all about statistics and random number generators that dictate almost everything. From determining your changes to successfully land an attack, to what loot and weapons are going to be in that hidden chest.</p>\n\n<p>Knowing what action to take when, and how to play the numbers in your favor. Or just grinding until you find that super-awesome gun you’ve been searching for. This interplay between making the right moves at the right time is where skill and luck intertwine.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Rich, interactive worlds:</strong> RPGs are known for having expensive environments that are open for you to explore and play around in. You are constantly interacting with the world around you, be it through quests or talking to characters and, in MMORPGs, other players you encounter.</p>\n\n<p>Furthermore, your actions have the potential to change the world you’re playing in. This, in turn, can make your experience within the game different from that experienced by another player. It’s another way role-playing games defy the linear nature of so many other video game genres.</p>\n\n<h2>When an RPG isn’t an RPG</h2>\n\n<p>OK, so now that we’ve given you a general overview of RPGs, you should be able to spot one at a hundred paces. However, what about games that have some of the elements we’ve described, but not all of them? Well, this is where things get tricky.</p>\n\n<p>Take as an example the recently released Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Depending on who you ask, this game may or may not be an RPG. According to developers Nintendo, it’s an “open-world RPG,” but <a href=\"https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/189707-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/75481876\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">gamers tend to disagree</a> with the second part of that definition, with many cataloging it as an “action-adventure”. After all, the Zelda series pretty much invented that genre.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Not everything with RPG elements is an RPG\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/rpg-action-adventure.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Not everything with RPG elements is an RPG\" /></p>\n\n<p>In reality, it might not be a “pure RPG” like the modern Mass Effect series or classic Final Fantasy games. Mostly because there’s no emphasis on character progression and stats. However, when you play the game, you do encounter many RPG-like features. For example, the open-world structure means you can go anywhere and interactive with anything you want. Additionally, the main character, Link, can be enhanced through runes and items. There’s certainly some crossover with typical RPG features such as gearing, loot and achievements.</p>\n\n<p>Another game that seems to leak into the RPG world is Call of Duty: WWII. Now, Call of Duty is clearly a first-person shooter, but the game does check a few items in the RPG elements checklist:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Customization:</strong> Check. There are a perk system, different outfits and the ability to improve your shooting proficiency.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Progression:</strong> Check. You rise in levels and unlock better items and weapons the more you play.</li>\n\t<li><strong>Stats and numbers</strong>: Check. Different classes (or Divisions, as the game calls them) have different stats and strengths.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>However, that’s not nearly enough to categorize a game as an RPG. Call the game an RPG in front of a CoD fan or an RPG fan, and they’ll give you a weird look and slowly back away. And with good reason. Apart from the different classes, most other RPG elements in this game are a little more than a fancy way of giving you more guns to play with.</p>\n\n<p>Perhaps the most contentious hybrid in recent times is Assassin’s Creed: Origins. <a href=\"http://www.pcgamer.com/for-better-or-worse-assassins-creed-origins-is-an-rpg-now/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">According to PC Gamer’s Tom Senior</a>, Assassin’s Creed went into a two-year hibernation as an action series and emerged in 2017 as an RPG. The fact that your character’s level and equipment determine how easily you can kill different enemies is indicative of an RPG.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, you have to complete side missions to progress the story and gain the necessary components to upgrade your gear. Only by improving your level do you have any shot at killing certain enemies. Indeed, if you try to move too far ahead too soon (i.e. without the necessary weapons), you won’t have enough power to kill the enemies (because you need to upgrade your gear and skills). Frankly, the game does tick quite a lot of items on our list, and that’s why fans are still arguing among themselves where this new entry in the series stands.</p>\n\n<h2>Why Does Every Game Have RPG Elements?</h2>\n\n<p>Depending on your perspective, adding RPG elements to a game like Assassin’s Creed is either positive or negative. In many ways, these new features bring more to the game. By forcing you to choose the appropriate battle garb, the new outfits have a purpose rather than being nothing more than skin changes. Similarly, you can choose the type of warrior you want to be. You can unlock everything and go crazy or travel light and really test your stealth skills.</p>\n\n<p>On the flipside, some could argue that RPG elements make the combat element of the game too difficult. Because you can’t kill an enemy with one shot or without the right equipment, it forces you into an RPG narrative that you might not want. Action-adventure games are, unsurprisingly, all about action and adventure. Sometimes, you just want to load up the game and dive into some fights without having to worry about your level or gear.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Developers keep adding more and more RPG elements into their games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/rpg-elements.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 402px;\" title=\"Developers keep adding more and more RPG elements into their games\" /></p>\n\n<p>Of course, your opinion comes back to personal preference, but developers seem to have good reasons to add RPG elements to other genres:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Connection:</strong> RPG elements help create a greater connection between players and their character. Super Mario could have easily been any purple dragon, as he simply served as a medium to guide you through the game, a way for you to experience the gameplay and the game world.</p>\n\n<p>In contrast, when you look at Vikings: War of Clans, a <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">strategy game</a> that recently added new RPG elements, there’s no separation between the characters and their environment. Each is integral to the other and this means you have to engage more with the character.</p>\n\n<p><strong>A personal experience:</strong> When RPG elements are introduced into a game, your decisions have a bigger potential to impact your character and the world. This allows for a greater level of both personalization and immersion that, ultimately, creates a more engaging experience.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Complexity:</strong> Instead of linear progression through a game, RPG elements open up new possibilities. As we’ve said, AC Origins forces you to upgrade your character to a certain level before you can tackle certain areas, otherwise, it’s too tough to survive. While that might frustrate some players, it’s something that does make you invest more and, therefore, makes the game more complex.</p>\n\n<h2>Should Games Keep Adding RPG Elements?</h2>\n\n<p>So, is every game better with RPG elements? The obvious answer is no. As we’ve discussed, some RPG features can actually spoil the core appeal of a game. For example, Assassin’s Creed: Origins might be a great game. However, your fighting skills restrict you from freely exploring the world, which is a pretty big part of the series. As a counter to this, the latest incarnation of The Legend of Zelda and its open-world system does make things more intricate, immersive and, therefore, entertaining.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Is every game better with RPG elements?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/header-resize.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 402px;\" title=\"Is every game better with RPG elements?\" /></p>\n\n<p>In reality, it all comes down to the experience you want to have. There’s no doubt that RPGs allow for a more personal experience where players can, to some extent, determine their own fate. However, there’s also a place in the market for games with linear progression and fixed patterns. Too many RPG elements can spoil a “cinematic” experience, which some players love.</p>\n\n<p>RPG elements are great, but not in all situations. Yes, RPG elements can make the gaming experience more immersive, but not all players enjoy having to deal with some of the most intricate ones. A great hybrid game finds the right balance between RPG and it's core genre to keep all players happy.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"12/24/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2018/week_2/header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13096"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/social-gamer-guide/"},"strings":{"title":"The Social Gamer Guide: How to Play Well With Others","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"540000","description":"<p>Ever wondered what type of gamer you are? Well, there’s actually a way to find out and, if you stick with us for the next few minutes, we’ll help you do just that.</p>\n\n<p>Thanks to something known as the Bartle taxonomy of player types, you can find out what sort of personality you have and how it manifests itself in the gaming world. The classification he came up is a bit rudimentary these days, and there are a lot more complicated and <a href=\"https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134842/personality_and_play_styles\">interesting ways to split up player types</a>.</p>\n\n<p>However, Bartle’s taxonomy is still a fun, helpful way to look at your playstyle and figure out where you fall into 4 distinct personality types: Achievers, Explorers, Socializers, and Killers.</p>\n\n<p>In this piece, we’re going to focus on the <strong>Socializers</strong> and how they fit into the gaming spectrum. Players in this category are more likely to interact with others and form relationships in a bid to progress in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">MMO games</a>. Does that sound like you? And if so, how can this knowledge improve your game?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The Socializer Quiz: Are You the Social Type?</h2>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Are You the Social Type?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/image-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Are You the Social Type?\" /></p>\n\n<p>OK, so the full Bartle test involves a series of 30 questions and aims to cover all 4 personality types. But you don't need to go through it all, as we only want to see whether you the definition of a Socializer apply to you.</p>\n\n<p>With this being the case, we’ve come up with our own selection of questions that will help you understand what it means to be the social sort in the online gaming arena:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Do you enjoy playing with others or alone?</strong> Socializers by definition prefer to play with other people. Although all MMORPG players are social to some extent, simply because they’re not playing alone, not all MMORPG players are necessarily social. A killer, for example, likes playing with others because it gives them a chance to sabotage their experiences. In contrast, a Socializer likes to play alongside others rather than against them.<br />\n\t </li>\n\t<li><strong>Is winning more important to you than having fun?</strong> Socializers don’t typically care about winning or losing, as the social aspect of the game is enough for them. In reality, everyone enjoys winning, but a Socializer would often prefer to lose as part of a collective than win in isolation.<br />\n\t<br />\n\tPart of the experience is to help and to receive help - to form relationships. If this leads to a win, fair enough. If not, then as long as everyone had fun, that’s just as good.<br />\n\t </li>\n\t<li><strong>Would you rather play an offline game or an online game?</strong> Online games, such as Plarium’s MMO games, PUBG or Destiny 2, take place over the internet which is, by definition, a network. Like all networks, being social is an integral part of the system.<br />\n\t<br />\n\tIn contrast, offline games such as Assassin’s Creed or Horizon Zero Dawn are more focused on the individual’s experience. In offline games, the player is really only challenging themselves, and it’s this internal quest that drives non-Socializers.<br />\n\t </li>\n\t<li><strong>Do you often get along with all types of players?</strong> Socializers usually get on with all personality types, including killers. On the other side of the coin, killers don’t get along with anyone. In fact, they’re actively trying to upset everyone. When it comes to achievers, there is a certain level of respect towards other players. However, achievers only really form relationships so they can better understand opponent’s weakness or the game's intrinsic mechanisms. In simple terms, a Socializer is willing to get on and play with anyone.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"How often do you play with others?\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/1-positive-factors.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 494px;\" title=\"How often do you play with others?\" /></p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Would you rather dispense information or receive it?</strong> Socializers are helpful by nature and would rather spread knowledge than receive it for their own personal gain. In a Socializer’s world, the key to a successful gaming environment is collaboration. If they can help someone, then maybe they’ll receive the same sort of help from someone else in the future.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Playing MMO Games as a Social Gamer</h2>\n\n<p>Whichever Plarium world you enter, the question you should be asking is: What type of personality do you and your opponents have? By using the questions we’ve outlined in the section above, you should be able to spot those with a social side to their strategies.</p>\n\n<p>However, on a more practical level, you should look for the following clues to see if you can spot a Socializer. Naturally, depending on your overall plan, you might want to work alongside one (or be one yourself) or exploit them. Regardless of your intentions, a good way to spot one is to look out for the following:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Allies:</strong> If a player has a lot of allies i.e. more than the average, there’s a strong chance they’re gamer type is a Socializer.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Level and Achievements:</strong> We know that Socializers don’t care too much about winning or losing. With this in mind, this type of player is likely to have a low-to-average achievement level. If possible, cross-reference the time someone has been in the game with their level. The greater the time and the lower their level, the more social they are likely to be.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Contact:</strong> Any player that pops up with a warm greeting could be a Socializer. Even though everyone will need to contact others at some point, you can get a feeling for the way someone is by how long their introduction is, the tone of their messages and what they’re actually saying (i.e. small talk or all business).</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Give a helping hand\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/image-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Give a helping hand\" /></p>\n\n<h2>How to Play Like a Social Gamer</h2>\n\n<p>If you feel like you fall into the category of a Socializer, how can you play like one? Well, the first thing you need to acknowledge is that your greatest strength is forming relationships. Of course, a true Socializer will be forming relationships to enhance their own enjoyment and that of those around them, but they will also want to up their game in this way.</p>\n\n<p>However, it’s rare that anyone is 100% one personality type. With this being the case, you may want to form alliances to progress further in a game, level up quicker, protect your assets or more. If this is the case, then you need to understand how your dominant personality trait can be both an advantage and a disadvantage.</p>\n\n<h2>Where Are the Advantages of the Social Gamer</h2>\n\n<p>Depending on the online games you play, being a Socializer can work in your favor if you know where to look. Being able to link up with other players, give and receive help and generally get on with everyone is your greatest strength as a Socializer. When you put this in context, this gives you a huge advantage when it comes to forming crucial alliances that offer vital protection and support.</p>\n\n<p>For example, let’s say you’ve taken a look through our selection of games and decided you want to play <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/vikings-war-of-clans/\">Vikings: War of Clans</a>. In this game, forming alliances is crucial. Stepping into the game and trying to conquer the kingdom on your own is virtually impossible. Indeed, if even one clan decides to attack your fortress, the chances of surviving with a single army are slim. In this situation, it pays to be a Socializer and form a large network of contacts. Whenever you need help, a single call to your team can save your bacon and keep your subjects alive.</p>\n\n<h2>Where Are You the Weakest?</h2>\n\n<p>This gamer type’s greatest strength is also their greatest weakness. By seeing the value in every player and trying to work alongside them, you’re at risk of being exploited by a killer or an achiever.</p>\n\n<p>For example, if you were to play <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/stormfall-age-of-war/\">Stormfall: Age of War</a>, the ability to communicate and build strong relationships can help you learn new skills in a short space of time. When a League Marshal sets up an academy, they’re giving low-ranked players the chance to participate in activities they wouldn’t otherwise have access to.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Blindly trusting other players can be dangerous\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/image-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Blindly trusting other players can be dangerous\" /></p>\n\n<p>As a Socializer, you’d be championing the communal spirit of an Academy. However, for those looking to leverage their position, this attitude can be exploited. For instances, a killer would look to join an Academy so that they can find a way to break it from the inside. Of course, this isn’t easy, but it illustrates the point that those with ulterior motives will use their compassion against them.</p>\n\n<p>Because social players will let others into an otherwise closed circle, they run the risk of letting enemies get close to them. Similarly, an achiever could use the Socializer as a way to accelerate their training by absorbing all the knowledge they’re willing to give away. Once the achiever has gotten everything useful from them, they can break away and use their newfound knowledge against those that helped them.</p>\n\n<h2>Should You Keep Being Social?</h2>\n\n<p>If you’re happy to play without any ambitions, there’s nothing wrong with embracing your social side. However, it’s important to realize that these types of gamers rarely progress very far or very quickly in an MMORPG. Again, if that doesn’t matter, you’ll be fine.</p>\n\n<p>If you do have a certain amount of ambition, however, you may want to borrow some of the tactics that achievers and killers use. Whether that’s occasionally exploiting someone or taking without giving, you can give yourself an edge if you use your friendly image to thwart an opponent’s perception of you. At the very least, you should be aware that not everyone else plays like you, and see if you can figure out their motives before you help them.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Be the best player you want to be\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/image-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Be the best player you want to be\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Are You Just a Socializer?</h2>\n\n<p>Now, before you go putting on your new Socializer label and start searching for ways to utilize your new role in your MMO community, it’s important to note that very few people are 100% one player type. It’s entirely possible for you to share traits with all four gaming personalities. In practice, you will probably have a few more layers to you than just one personality type.</p>\n\n<p>However, all likelihood is that you tend to lean more towards one category than another. So, if you feel as though you prefer to communicate with others, help those around you and have fun rather than win, you may very well be a Socializer in the gaming world. If not, check out the rest of our gamer guides on personality types to see what sort of player you are.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"12/7/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_49/header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13085"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/become-a-strategy-games-expert/"},"strings":{"title":"Want to Get Better at Strategy Games? Join the Military!","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>ATTENTION! Fall in line recruit and stand up straight. This isn't a game!</p>\n\n<p>OK, we might actually be talking about games, but if you want to become a better <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">Strategy</a> and <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO</a> player you need to take things seriously. How seriously? How about joining the army?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Getting Better at Games by Fighting a Virtual War</h2>\n\n<p>Whatever battle you engage in, whether it's a medieval showdown i or a futuristic fight, <a href=\"/en/games/genre/war-games/\">war games</a> require some serious thought.</p>\n\n<p>In fact, there is mounting evidence that military training can not only help people achieve success in war games but that war games offer a <a href=\"http://www.complex.com/life/2016/11/veterans-day-millennials-video-games-ptsd\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">form of therapy to those with PTSD</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"If you start to think like military men and women, you'll start seeing better results.\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-1.jpg\" title=\"If you start to think like military men and women, you'll start seeing better results.\" /></p>\n\n<p>According to former US platoon leader Bryant Chambers, war games provide the \"same operate conditioning\" as a real battle scenario. Although he adds the caveat that games can't truly recreate the emotions of battle, he suggests that the stimuli and response mechanisms are similar. From this, Chambers has found that games allow ex-military personnel to satisfy the \"cognitive and behavioral\" responses they've been conditioned to think and feel.</p>\n\n<p>However, they can deal with these ingrained behaviors of war without having to deal with the real emotions of conflict.</p>\n\n<p>In this respect, games can be an outlet for veterans. For our purposes, that shows the common links between real war and virtual war. Indeed, it's hardly surprising that those from a military background enjoy gaming and, moreover, have a knack for it.</p>\n\n<p>Naturally, you can't just spend a few weeks training with a military unit and then go AWOL to satisfy your gaming urges. However, if you learn to think like a veteran and use the skills of a military mind, you can become a better game player inside our virtual worlds.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Like Water: Improve Your Strategy Game</h2>\n\n<p>Before you can fall in line, stand to attention, and embrace the mindset of the military, you first need to leave your assumptions at the door. In many respects, a soldier has to be extremely rigid in the way they operate in battle. Sticking to their post and following a set strategy is crucial, but the overall way of thinking about war is not and cannot be rigid.</p>\n\n<p>As Sun Tzu teaches us in the Art of War, \"<em>blindly following a set of doctrines, something an infantry soldier may be programmed to do, does not engage with the art of war, it does not win the battle. To become a leader, someone capable of leading an army to victory, you have to adapt.</em>\"</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless.\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 464px;\" title=\"Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless.\" /></p>\n\n<p>Only by taking a set of established rules, and then melding them to fit the situation, can you hope to thrive in battle. As Bruce Lee famously put it, a greater fighter is not one that lives by a fixed set of moves but one that learns to \"<em>absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is specifically [their] own.</em>\"</p>\n\n<p>Essentially, while it may seem like a military mindset sits in contrast to the traditional assumption that gamers are \"creative\", the reality is rather different.</p>\n\n<h3>Get Better at Strategy Games by Adapting to Change</h3>\n\n<p>Let's assume you've been thrust into virtual battle, and it's up to you to lead an army to victory. Although there are certain \"strategies\" that might work, you still need to ebb with the flow of the game. This is something Navy SEALs understand better than most. As <a href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/3016115/7-tough-leadership-lessons-from-a-navy-seal-commander\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Navy SEAL Commander Shawn Parr has said</a>, \"survival is not about who's the strongest or fastest but who can best adapt to change.\"</p>\n\n<p>Being a master of adaptation is something a SEAL must master and, moreover, a trait you should develop as well. Yes, while it might be a good idea to send your units to the Catacombs and only use them to defend the castle when you suspect trouble is on the way, this isn't a hard and fast rule. What if you can't see a potential attack coming? What if you have to fight on multiple fronts? There are going to be times when it's best to leave some units at the castle and it's your job to ascertain when these times are.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Everything Starts With a Plan</h2>\n\n<p>Beyond the art of adaptation, the idea of communication is crucial in a war situation. If you were to become a SEAL, one of the first battle lessons you'd learn is that you should always try to ambush the enemy and disable their radioman. In doing this, you'll not only sever the line of communication from the base to the field but, in most scenarios, take out a unit's leader. This strategy takes us back to the idea that a military mind is not a set of predefined moves.</p>\n\n<p>When you take out the person in charge of devising a plan and adapting to the situation, you effectively disable an entire unit. Soldiers on the ground are pushed into fixed patterns and can only deviate when given the command. Based on this, if you eliminate the \"brain\" of the operation, the body (i.e. the soldiers on the ground) will stop. Why? Because those on the frontline are zoned in on a single task and don't have the ability to zoom out, take a broad view of the situation, and adapt accordingly.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Take out the one in charge, and disable an entire unit.\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 464px;\" title=\"Take out the one in charge, and disable an entire unit.\" /></p>\n\n<p>Again, this is something you should remember when you're playing war games. Just as you have to be able to adapt your own strategies, you need to find a way to disable the enemy's ability to do the same. Follow the chain of command and take out the mouthpiece at the top and, in turn, you'll render your opponent virtually powerless.</p>\n\n<h2>Think Before You Act</h2>\n\n<p>Perhaps the most important lesson we can learn from the military is the idea that you should think before you act. Although a phrase now used in the common parlance of parents and teachers, the saying actually has a strong connection to military theory. According to English soldier and military theorist Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart, those with the most influence spend time pondering their thoughts <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/herbert-lui/military-strategy-business_b_4942508.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">rather than making rash decisions</a>.</p>\n\n<p>\"<em>A life spent in sowing a few grains of fruitful thought is a life spent more effectively than in hasty action that produces a crop of weeds. That leads us to see the difference, truly a vital difference, between influence and power.</em>\" - B.H. Liddell</p>\n\n<p>Making a 'power' move based solely on your rank isn't conducive to becoming an effective leader in the military. Only through careful thought and planning can you hope to make successful moves and, in doing so, win the trust of your troops. Commanding someone to do something often leads them to the question \"why\" and, if you can't provide a solid answer, no one will listen.</p>\n\n<p>If we extrapolate this to our world of MMO games, we know that communicating with players around you is crucial. However, even before you start to talk, you need to plan your own strategy. Consider the size of your army, the expanse of your base, where your allies are, and the location of your enemies. Only by thinking through every variable can you devise the most effective strategy - a strategy you can then disseminate through your network of allies. When it comes down to it, the idea that success in war is a product of rigid thinking and blindly following a set of predefined \"moves\" is flawed.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The Art of War\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_39/war-general-illustration-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 464px;\" title=\"The Art of War\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Embrace the Art and Science of War</h2>\n\n<p>Although there are skills you need to know in order to avoid certain death, Tzu was 50% correct when he described the act of war as an \"art\". Once you have the tools of the trade, you then need to paint a picture to suit your surroundings. It may be somewhat clichéd to see war as one part science and one part art but this is the way a skilled military mind will view the situation. This way of thinking is one you, as a strategy games player, must also adopt if you want to triumph.</p>\n\n<p>If you want to become a strategy games general, you need to join the military. Even if you only sign-up metaphorically and take on the basic tenets of being a soldier, there are a ton of benefits to thinking like a veteran of war.</p>\n\n<h3>Flexibility is Key to Improve in Games</h3>\n\n<p>While there is a certain rigidity to serving on the frontline, a true military expert knows that this is only one facet of a much broader mindset. Flexibility, communication, and having the ability to think through each specific situation are the only ways to thrive in a battle situation.</p>\n\n<p>If you can think this way and, as Bruce Lee said, fuse your own skills with only that which is useful, success in the virtual theatre of conflict can be yours.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"9/25/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/old/blog/en/2014/07/rise-of-samer.png"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13023"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/gamers-net-neutrality/"},"strings":{"title":"Why Gamers Need to Care About Net Neutrality","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>The internet is a wonderful thing, but you might lose access to it. Unrestricted access, that is.</p>\n\n<p>On April 26, the <a href=\"http://www.pcgamer.com/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-sets-course-to-dismantle-net-neutrality-rules/\">FCC announced a new plan</a> to reverse the net neutrality rules it enacted under the leadership of Obama-era chairman Tom Wheeler. In other words: dark times might be ahead.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is Net Neutrality?</h2>\n\n<p>You see, net neutrality essentially protects you, the internet user, from internet service providers (ISPs). Under net neutrality, ISPs are not allowed to “throttle” speeds of certain content (also referred to as internet \"fast lanes”), among other things.</p>\n\n<p>It might look like this:</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Paywall\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_37/image1.jpg\" style=\"width: 1440px; height: 1023px;\" title=\"Paywall\" /></p>\n\n<p>Or this:</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Site blocked\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_37/image3.jpg\" style=\"width: 1440px; height: 1318px;\" title=\"Site blocked\" /></p>\n\n<p>As an example of what could happen, let’s say Comcast’s CEO wants a democratic president to win. Without net neutrality regulations, Comcast could slow down <em>all</em> content that promotes a republican agenda - essentially stopping millions of Americans from seeing anything that doesn’t benefit the democrats.</p>\n\n<p>But, political stances aside, you shouldn’t want this. It’s essentially stealing your free access to information. This rule, which the FCC is calling \"Restoring Internet Freedom,\" will change or remove the \"common carrier\" regulations the FCC enforced on Internet Service Providers, which were introduced in 2015.</p>\n\n<p>While “restoring internet freedom” sounds great, it brings the question…</p>\n\n<p><em>Who’s internet freedom is being restored?</em></p>\n\n<p>Corporations, that’s who. Comcast, Verizon, and all the other ISPs are the ones who get their freedom back; and their freedom means limited access to the internet and the information on it for the rest of us.</p>\n\n<p>The new \"Restoring Internet Freedom\" proposal is about freeing those corporations from regulation, calling net neutrality protections \"a massive and unprecedented shift in favor of government control of the internet.\"</p>\n\n<h2>How Net Neutrality Affects Gamers</h2>\n\n<p>Revoking net neutrality won’t stop you from playing Call of Duty or instill restrictive bandwidth caps overnight that make it harder to download games from Steam. In the short term, it probably won't affect your day-to-day gaming at all.</p>\n\n<p><strong>But net neutrality isn’t something you, as a gamer or as a member of the human population, should ignore.</strong></p>\n\n<p>It may not affect us this month or this year, but being a gamer means we’re intertwined with the internet. Any massive change to the internet and net neutrality is likely to eventually affect our hobby and interfere with streaming and downloading games.</p>\n\n<p>And this isn’t just something net neutrality activists care about. Massive companies like <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/how-facebook-google-netflix-and-others-supported-net-neutrality-today/\">Google and Facebook are both supporting net neutrality</a>, and free and unrestricted use of the internet.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg supports net neutrality\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_37/image2.png\" style=\"width: 551px; height: 460px;\" title=\"Mark Zuckerberg supports net neutrality\" /></p>\n\n<p>In other words, it’s a strong cause. Net neutrality can affect so much of what we do on a day-to-day basis that it’s actually difficult to understand everything it covers.</p>\n\n<p>To understand fully how it will impact you as someone who plays online games, you need to understand a bit more of the legislature. Stick with me now - I’ll try to make this an easy read.</p>\n\n<p>Here’s what you need to know about how net neutrality may affect you.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What These Regulations Actually Mean</h2>\n\n<p>In 2015, the FCC implemented new rules that regulated Internet Service Providers as \"common carriers\" under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, ISPs used to be referred to and regulated as “information services”. But, under Title II, they're now considered telecommunications services.</p>\n\n<p>Why does that matter?</p>\n\n<p>Because common carriers are regulated like utilities and must operate in favor of the public good. The FCC enacted the \"<a href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/13/2015-07841/protecting-and-promoting-the-open-internet\">Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet</a>\" rules in 2015, applying some (but not all) of the Title II regulations to ISPs. \"This is Title II tailored for the 21st Century,” the FCC wrote. “Unlike the application of Title II to incumbent wireline companies in the 20th Century, a swath of utility-style provisions (including tariffing) will not be applied.\"</p>\n\n<p>Here’s the key line in this legislature:</p>\n\n<p>They made it \"unlawful for any common carrier to make any unjust or unreasonable discrimination in charges, practices, classifications, regulations, facilities, or services for or in connection with like communication service, directly or indirectly, by any means or device, or to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, class of persons, or locality, or to subject any particular person, class of persons, or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.\"</p>\n\n<p><strong>In plain English, that means broadband providers can’t discriminate. They must treat all customers - and data - equally.</strong></p>\n\n<p>There are a few other big rules these regulations enforce:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>No Blocking</strong>. Anyone who pays for the internet must get full access to their subscription. ISPs can’t block any (legal) sites.</li>\n\t<li><strong>No Throttling</strong>. We already talked about this - ISPs can’t reduce speeds to certain content, regardless of how they feel about that content.</li>\n\t<li><strong>No Paid Prioritization</strong>. ISPs aren’t allowed to accept payment to boost the speed of certain sites or give certain users better access.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>I hope you’re starting to see how this could have an affect on gaming. Imagine if the big game developers didn’t want competition, so they paid ISPs to throttle or block their competitor’s sites. And it could get so much worse than that!</p>\n\n<p>With all this talk about the negatives, it brings the question...</p>\n\n<h2>Why Would Anyone Want to Remove Net Neutrality?</h2>\n\n<p>If net neutrality is so great for consumers, why would anyone stand behind removing it?</p>\n\n<p>There are, of course, two sides to every argument. Let’s take a look at the stance of Ajit Pai, the current Chairman of the FCC, who believes that “the rules are paranoid, adding unnecessary governmental red tape just to guard against potential issues.”</p>\n\n<p>“What was the problem that Title II was supposed to address? We were warned that without it, the internet would suddenly devolve into a digital dystopia of fast lanes and slow lanes… Did these fast lanes and slow lanes exist? No,” says Pai.</p>\n\n<p>“The truth of the matter is that we decided to abandon successful policies solely because of hypothetical harms and hysterical prophecies of doom. It’s almost as if the special interests pushing Title II weren’t trying to solve a real problem but instead looking for an excuse to achieve their longstanding goal of forcing the internet under the federal government’s control.\"</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Ajit Pai\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_37/image4.jpg\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 687px;\" title=\"Ajit Pai\" /></p>\n\n<p>While Pai is technically correct that we never lived in a world of fast/slow lane internet, he of all people should know that ISPs have implemented anti-consumer policies in the past that violate some of the net neutrality rules.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/29/13774648/fcc-att-zero-rating-directv-net-neutrality-vs-tmobile\">Zero rating</a>, where carriers favor services they provide by excluding them from bandwidth caps, is similar to internet fast lanes. AT&T called data plans \"unlimited\" but <a href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/atts-unlimited-data-throttling-to-be-punished-with-100-million-fine/\">began throttling customers after an unspecified amount of data usage</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Imagine being in the middle of a game of League of Legends or Vikings: War of Clans, when suddenly your framerate slows to a crawl and you can’t control your character. They could potentially even do this on purpose to favor one team over another without net neutrality.</p>\n\n<p>Oh, and get this: <a href=\"https://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2013/09/18/verizons-plan-break-internet\">A Verizon lawyer literally said</a> the company would be pursuing tiered internet plans if it weren't for FCC regulations.</p>\n\n<p>Obviously, these actions are all bad for consumers. It’s not within the common good for ISPs to throttle, block, or accept payment from any site.</p>\n\n<h2>What’s Going on With Net Neutrality Now?</h2>\n\n<p>On July 12th, an “Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality” occurred. Thousands of companies and some big tech celebrities spoke against the FCC’s attempt to remove net neutrality.</p>\n\n<p>People had until mid-August to submit comments to the FCC. Here’s how things have turned out so far:</p>\n\n<p>The FCC received a record-breaking 22 million comments. However, around 7 million are believed to have been submitted by bots or fake accounts, almost all are against repeal.</p>\n\n<p>But here’s the good news:</p>\n\n<p>There are 1.77 million physical letters from unique addresses sent in that are against the repeal, and just 24,000 going for the repeal. In other words - the public is winning.</p>\n\n<p>However, Broadband for America, who favors repeal and <a href=\"http://www.emprata.com/reports/fcc-restoring-internet-freedom-docket/\">conducted the study</a>, touted another finding: When accounting for “obviously fake email domains” and “unverifiable international comments,” rolling back Title II is favored by 69.9% to 29.5%.</p>\n\n<p>Evan Greer, the campaign director for Fight for the Future, said in a statement that “the telecom industry’s own study essentially shows what nearly all other polling on this issue has shown: <strong>that they are getting trounced when it comes to public opinion, and people from across the political spectrum overwhelmingly agree that they don’t want their ISPs to have control over what they can see and do on the internet</strong>.”</p>\n\n<p>So, as of now, the public is overwhelmingly in favor of keeping net neutrality. We’re pushing back against the FCC. Ajit has the votes to push the repeal to court, but we can continue to fight it there, and odds are strong that we’ll win.</p>\n\n<h2>What Can You Do?</h2>\n\n<p>While the deadline for submitting comments to the FCC has passed, there is still more you can do to hold onto your rights…</p>\n\n<p>Stay up to date on the happenings. Educate yourself on what net neutrality means and how you can fight it.</p>\n\n<p>Ignorance may be bliss, but that ends when the laws change and you see your favorite online game is unplayable thanks to internet fast laning.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"9/18/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/old/blog/en/2014/06/Why-You-Should-Work-Together-In-MMOs.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13021"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/competition-cooperation-toxicity-mmos/"},"strings":{"title":"Competition, Cooperation and Their Effect on Toxicity in MMOs","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"660000","description":"<p>“Competition” and “Cooperation” are terms that often oppose one another, and many people don’t believe the two can be reconciled.</p>\n\n<p>But the reality is that competition and cooperation are not in conflict with one another at all. One might even say that they’re two sides of the same coin, but that would be too simplistic.</p>\n\n<p>In fact, cooperation and competition are two social interactions belonging to two separate categories. For example, it’s possible to be competitive, to try your best to outperform people, while still cooperating with them. It’s also possible to help and assist someone even when only one of you will end up with the reward.</p>\n\n<p>Some may have trouble reconciling this point of view with their everyday life experiences, but gamers, and especially MMO players, are sure to have come across proof of this in their experiences. In the social microcosm of MMOs, it’s easy to put your finger on interactions that are linked to cooperation and those linked to competition, and then prove that those two concepts share the same roots.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Cooperation in MMO games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-friendly.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Cooperation in MMO games\" /></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>The First MMOs Are to Blame</h2>\n\n<p>This doesn’t mean that each and every gamer thinks this way. Many gamers believe that cooperation and competition are incompatible. This opinion is not innate but has been shaped over many years thanks to the social structures of the first MMOs.</p>\n\n<p>Initially, very few games had well developed social mechanisms. Developers - whether lacking the means or the inspiration - placed players in situations of confrontation or mutual aid. This revealed their rather extreme views on the ways that humans interact, essentially a “you’re either with me or against me” viewpoint.</p>\n\n<p>First generation MMOs also lacked balance. It was possible to harass players, to harm other players’ characters, and even to sabotage other players’ progress. This antisocial behavior was classified as “competition” since there was no better categorization at that time.</p>\n\n<p>Over time, and with the development of the social dimension in MMO games, it became necessary for developers to create interaction menus. Today, we’re no longer limited to only sharing resources or attacking other players. It’s now possible to discuss ideas and strategies, to collaborate on missions, to create alliances and guilds, to share different interests, to progress together, and to act as rivals without becoming enemies.</p>\n\n<p>Competition does not contribute to antisocial behavior, but popular opinion on the topic is still divided.</p>\n\n<h2>Social Players Aren't the Only Players</h2>\n\n<p>While it is clear that many people still imagine social interaction to be made up of cooperative players on one side and competitive players on the other, others classify these players differently. Some players might be classified as “anti-social” or “solo” players. These players prefer, for a variety of reasons, to play on their own.</p>\n\n<p>Solo players don’t try to interact with other players, even when these interactions could be beneficial to them. They don’t try to block other players’ progress either. They are antisocial because their preference is to avoid the social dynamics of MMOs.</p>\n\n<p>On the other side of the spectrum are the social players. This group is composed of both competitive and cooperative players since these kinds of players all enjoy interacting socially.</p>\n\n<p>Game researcher <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Bartle\">Richard Bartle</a> classifies players differently. In his taxonomy, Bartle places players into one of two major axes. The first: action and interaction. The second: players and environment.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The Bartle Diagram\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-diagram.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The Bartle Diagram\" /></p>\n\n<p>In this categorization, players are organized according to their interactions with the environment and to other players, then according to the actions they take. Four groups soon emerge:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Killers</strong> - act against other players</li>\n\t<li><strong>Socializers</strong> - interact with other players</li>\n\t<li><strong>Explorers</strong> - interact with the environment</li>\n\t<li><strong>Achievers</strong> - try to tick all the quest boxes</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>This typology was born after Bartle studied a 1978 MUD (Multi-User Dungeon). After all this time, this categorization has been supplemented and expanded by other researchers like <a href=\"http://amyjokim.com/blog/2014/02/28/beyond-player-types-kims-social-action-matrix/\">Amy Jo Kim</a> and <a href=\"https://elearningindustry.com/marczewski-gamification-user-types\">Andrzej Marczewski</a>.</p>\n\n<p>This categorization was really useful when Bartle’s questionnaire was created, as it intended to place players into one of these groups. The issue with his test is that it works on the assumption that a player cannot belong to more than one group. Here’s an example of what the questions are like.</p>\n\n<p><em><u>Would you prefer:</u></em></p>\n\n<p><em>A. To win a duel against another player</em></p>\n\n<p><em>B. To be accepted into a clan (or another group of players)</em></p>\n\n<p>As you can see, It’s not possible for a player to express that he would like to do both. If you want, you can take a look at <a href=\"http://matthewbarr.co.uk/bartle/\">Bartle’s questionnaire</a> and see where do you fit in. It’s important to note that Richard Bartle didn’t create this renowned test. He just created the taxonomy above.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>It's All About Motivation</h2>\n\n<p>Bartle’s typology isn’t wrong, far from it. But it’s difficult to use as is and needs to be updated to meet the realities of a world that is not restricted to MUDs. That’s the mission of the Quantic Foundry’s group and Nick Yee. These researchers specialize in video games and, specifically, MMOs.</p>\n\n<p>Using modern technological tools, this group created a more comprehensive model of players’ profiles. And instead of restricting player motivations to a total of four, this new model takes dozens of motivations into account for each player. To date, more than 270,000 players from all over the world have taken part in this massive study. You can add your own data by visiting the <a href=\"https://apps.quanticfoundry.com/surveys/start/gamerprofile/\">study’s website</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Players working togeher\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-work-together.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>Here are 12 of the motivations offered: fantasy, storytelling, design, discovery, destruction, excitement, community, competition, challenge, strategy, completion, power.</p>\n\n<p>These represent different reasons for why a player would want to join an MMO. People taking part in the study are free to choose different motivations. </p>\n\n<p>After studying the data they compiled, researchers realized that data about competition and community are not contradictory. On the contrary, players who like competition and those who enjoy community have a strong relationship. To check that their data wasn’t skewed, researchers filtered the results by gender and age. The strong correlation was still evident after introducing these new settings.</p>\n\n<h2>The Social Space Isn't Always a Safe Space</h2>\n\n<p>If competition and cooperation are not opposed, how should we view social interactions between players? The first thing to understand is that a social interaction isn’t always positive. Duels, ambushes, encounters, exchanges, support, rivalries, sabotage, negotiations are all types of social interactions between players. Some are positive, others negative, and some don’t even fit into either category.</p>\n\n<p>Not all types of cooperation are positive and not all types of competition are negative. Competition is even used as an excuse to improve and try even harder. Inside of remaining content by just belonging to a guild or an alliance, players are often happiest when in competition with other players. These rivalries are healthy and, more often than not, give everybody a boost.</p>\n\n<p>Cooperation can also reach goals that are not always commendable. This is all dependant on the circumstances. In modern MMOs, players have a lot of freedom and it’s not usually possible to keep cooperation and competition apart. Paradoxically, it’s not unusual to find groups of players collaborating or cooperating to sabotage or bully other players. This kind of behavior is objectionable for sure, but it demonstrates that these two concepts are not opposed to one another. </p>\n\n<p>In some games, player behavior is easier to examine. Some MMOs clearly encourage players to act more aggressively with one another while others encourage friendlier competition.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>PvP in Sandbox Games</strong></h3>\n\n<p>PvP and “sandbox” are two terms that, when they appear together in an MMO description, hint that the game is likely to turn into a real quagmire. In these type of games, players are often exposed to “ganking”, a word describing powerful players turning on and attacking weaker ones.</p>\n\n<p>Developers of this kind of game have to take steps to prevent this toxicity from becoming the norm. Games like Neverwinter Nights or even Albion Online come to mind.</p>\n\n<p>It seems that most PvP games that give players freedom of choice fall into this trap. Even Minecraft had to deal with the notorious anarchy of <a href=\"http://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/23/minecraft-anarchy-server-2b2t-will-kill-you-498946.html\">server 2b2t</a>.</p>\n\n<p>But it would be wrong to think that this lack of supervision is detrimental to cooperation. On the contrary, in these games alliances and guilds are often bound tightly together, and this association can sometimes even manage to overcome a toxic atmosphere and regulate players’ behavior.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Competition can go bad real quick\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-competition.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Competition can go bad real quick\" /></p>\n\n<h3><strong>Social games</strong></h3>\n\n<p>Social games encompass a wide array of games on the market today, including simulators, exploration games, management games, and much more. Cooperation is usually featured front and center in social games and there are generally rules in place to prevent things from going too far. Club Penguin or Mabinogi are two of the games that come immediately to mind.</p>\n\n<p>These games put so much emphasis on cooperation and community that antagonism is rarely seen. But it’s still possible to be competitive, even in these games. One of the reasons why is that most of these games feature contests or various ranking systems. Naturally, every player is trying to rank first in the categories they’re interested in.</p>\n\n<p>This provides proof that it is almost impossible to produce an MMO without our two social dimensions: competition and cooperation.</p>\n\n<h2>The Idea of Conflict</h2>\n\n<p>One question that arises is why do some game environments tend to become toxic if a sense of competition isn’t to blame? Here arises the idea of conflict. In itself, competition is just another social interaction, but it can spiral out of control when the following two conditions are met:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>No supervision or rules supervising interactions</li>\n\t<li>The introduction of a high conflict factor</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>To better understand, let’s see how the following games are categorized according to the level of competition and conflict included.</p>\n\n<p>The problem arises when a game puts players in a particular situation where conflict is bound to arise, thus manifesting toxicity. In games without any conflict and with low stakes, competition works as a way to engage players.</p>\n\n<p>That’s why games that put an emphasis on conflict almost always remove the other social dimensions of a MMO. They will become MOBA, or even MMOFPS, where players are always in confrontational situations.</p>\n\n<p>A recipe to guarantee that MMOs remain commendable social experiences is to bring the right amount of competition, cooperation, and conflict together. Players can then freely choose what mode they want to play in. But situations where conflict is likely to arise require constant supervision to assure no toxicity enters the MMO.</p>\n\n<p>While this is true for almost all MMOs, there are, of course, exceptions.</p>\n\n<h2>Griefers and Trolls</h2>\n\n<p>When you think about toxic PvP and antisocial interactions, it’s impossible not to talk about griefers. Griefers are players who ignore quests, steer clear of positive social interactions, and dislike even the competitive dimension of a game. Their main goal is to sabotage the game experience of the newcomers.</p>\n\n<p>In short, griefers will insult, destroy other players’ buildings, use hacking software, create inner conflicts between alliances, waste resources, die deliberately during team missions, and do other things that vastly escalate tensions. The arsenal griefers have to work with is, unfortunately, quite extensive. And they always discover new ways of using it.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Trolls are bad, but griefers are worse\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-troll.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Trolls are bad, but griefers are worse\" /></p>\n\n<p>The griefer must be distinguished from the troll, though the latter often uses the same tactics to annoy and aggravate other players. But unlike the griefer, the troll generally wants to be a part of the community.</p>\n\n<p>His pranks are usually mitigated so he won’t be reported and banned by moderators. He often needs to show off his bad jokes to other players.</p>\n\n<p>The tendency is to put griefers and trolls in absolute antagonistic dynamics towards other players, but this isn’t correct.Trolls thrive in communities, but griefers only exist thanks to other players. In fact, most griefers don’t show any interest for the game’s content. What matters to them is the capacity to which they can harm others.</p>\n\n<h2>Competition and Cooperation Are Just Tools</h2>\n\n<p>MMO games contain a rich assortment of social tools. Whatever the type - MMORPG, MMORTS, simulation games, etc. - MMO games are built to supplement social interactions between players.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, not all of these interactions will be positive. It would be unrealistic to think so. But developers should realize that competition does not necessarily equate to antisocial behavior. Realizing this will allow developers to set parameters where players try to outdo each other without doing things that will contribute to a toxic environment.</p>\n\n<p>Developers need to rethink the social dynamics of MMOs by offering players worlds that feature the right amount of cooperation, competition and conflict. In such worlds, players will be able to express themselves in a way that will benefit everybody.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"8/30/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_35/toxicity-in-mmo-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13005"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/video-games-help-education/"},"strings":{"title":"How Video Games Help With Education","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"600000","description":"<p>Humans spend <a href=\"https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world\">3 billion hours playing video games</a>…</p>\n\n<p>Per week.</p>\n\n<p>That’s a lot of time. But is that time wasted or is there more to gaming than meets the eye?</p>\n\n<p>I’d argue the latter. The role that games plays in educating is becoming increasingly obvious now that gaming is quickly taking over as the preferred pastime for many people around the world.</p>\n\n<p>But before we talk about education we need to understand the reason behind gaming’s surge in popularity.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Why are video games so popular?</h2>\n\n<p>Let’s pull back the curtain on why people like you and I love spending so much time behind a screen… using science.</p>\n\n<p>Video games hit on a lot of our psychological needs. So much so that gamification, the application of game elements, like earning points and achievements, to non-game settings, is now a science with a lot of psychology to back it up.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Gamification is now a science with a lot of psychology to back it up\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/1-positive-factors.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 494px;\" title=\"Gamification is now a science with a lot of psychology to back it up\" /></p>\n\n<p>People are essentially drawn to games for the following reasons:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>They give us a clearly <strong>defined goal</strong>. In the real world the decision to pursue a goal, and deciding which goals to pursue, is left entirely up to us, but in the game world we don’t need to decide - the game tells us which goals to pursue.</li>\n\t<li>They hit on a <strong>deep-seated need to feel productive</strong>. They make us feel like we’re making progress towards our goals even if these goals exist in a purely digital world.</li>\n\t<li>They shoot <strong>bursts of dopamine</strong> through our brains by rewarding us with badges, achievements, or new gear every time we achieve a goal.</li>\n\t<li>They typically start off simple and get progressively harder. This makes it easier for us to dive into a <strong>state of flow</strong>. Flow is when we’re so intensely focused on a task that time seems to melt away.</li>\n\t<li>Some games also have a <strong>social aspect</strong>, which can draw people in and keep them around to spend time with their new online friends.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>The glue that holds all the above things together is the simple fact that <strong>gaming is fun</strong>. It’s challenging, rewarding, and entertaining all at the same time.</p>\n\n<p>But games are also <strong>educational</strong>.</p>\n\n<h2>Using games to teach kids</h2>\n\n<p>As a college grad and passionate gamer, I can tell you something shocking:</p>\n\n<p>School isn’t inherently fun.</p>\n\n<p>I know, Earth-shattering information. But I’m bringing this up because school should be fun. We learn best when we’re fully engaged; when it doesn’t feel like we’re learning, but simply enjoying ourselves. Think about it.</p>\n\n<p>Playing is the natural way children learn. We use song and dance to teach the alphabet, and fun noises to teach kids that the cow says “moo”. We let kids play with arts and crafts to learn colors, basic physics, and to better their hand-eye coordination.</p>\n\n<p>Then, somewhere along the way, education becomes lecturing. You’re talked at for eight hours a day, five days a week, then expected to regurgitate the information on a page. To make matters worse, you’re pressured to get a good grade, and if you don’t you’re forced to stay behind while your friends move on without you.</p>\n\n<p>Can you imagine the effect that must have on a person?</p>\n\n<p>But I digress. We’re not here to talk about faults in the educational system, but about gaming’s role in education.</p>\n\n<p>Gaming - being inherently fun and engaging - has the ability to teach a great deal of skills. Video games have the ability to teach math, English, history, humanities, problem solving, physics… the list goes on.</p>\n\n<p>To help explain my point, here’s a TED talk with Jane McGonigal talking about how gaming can make the world a better place:</p>\n<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/dE1DuBesGYM\" width=\"640\"></iframe>\n\n<p>In a nutshell, Jane created games to prove they work to foster collaboration and build real-world skills. She believes that video games can help us solve global problems like hunger, poverty, climate change, conflict, and obesity. This is because <strong>games make it easy for us to focus intensely on extremely complex and challenging problems</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>Furthermore, video games - and games in general - are poised to be the solution to problems we all confront when pursuing a higher education and entering the job market.</p>\n\n<p>The educational system that we grew up in was created to train people to become workers who would stay at one company for the majority of their lives, then retire. The world simply isn’t like that anymore.</p>\n\n<p>It’s estimated that the average American worker will have had over <a href=\"http://www.careers-advice-online.com/career-change-statistics.html\">10 different jobs by the time they turn 45</a>, and I see that number likely to rise as new and different kinds of jobs are created and people increasingly struggle to figure out what they want to do in life.</p>\n\n<p>Additionally, there will be an entirely different set of jobs available in the future, as advances in AI, robotics, and technology kick old jobs to the curb and bring new challenges. Video games, being naturally engaging and complex, can teach a future generation how to hold jobs where they’ll be required to work with and on the robots of the future.</p>\n\n<p>So now you understand how video games work as an educational tool. But how can they help us in the real world? Let’s take a look at some of the ways video games are already being implemented in education.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>How video games are used in education</h2>\n\n<p>I’ll start off with a game almost everyone knows about: Minecraft.</p>\n\n<p>Minecraft is a game where you build a world around you by mining, combining, and placing resources. The world is set on a square grid, so it takes planning and basic mathematics to create what gamers call “builds”.</p>\n\n<p>The game has long been used in classrooms to help teach coding, math, and collaboration. However, it was recently taken to the next level. In 2016, Mojang partnered with Microsoft to create a version of Minecraft designed specifically for use in schools: <a href=\"https://education.minecraft.net/\">Minecraft Education Edition</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, it was built with certain modifications that make it easier to learn to code and collaborate with classmates. What’s really exciting is the price - it costs a mere $5 per student per year, and schools get the first year free when they upgrade their systems to Windows 10. Which means it’s affordable and practical to use - a major concern for the budgeters behind the schools.</p>\n\n<p>Here’s a quick 2-minute introductory video if you’re curious about how this new version of Minecraft works:</p>\n\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/3rKuSlgqePo\" width=\"640\"></iframe></p>\n\n<p>But Minecraft isn’t the only game tackling education. There are others, like <a href=\"https://www.glasslabgames.org/games/SC\">SimCityEdu</a>, that teach students skills relevant to life in the 21st century. For example, a recent update to SimCity added the “pollution challenge”, which teaches about science and its complex relationship with the environment.</p>\n\n<p>The game also teaches about urban planning, resource management, and a great deal of other things. However, there’s something even more exciting that’s evolving the role gaming plays in education...</p>\n\n<p>There are entire schools being built around the concept of using videogames to teach students.</p>\n\n<h2>Gamifying the classroom</h2>\n\n<p>A non-profit called the <a href=\"https://www.instituteofplay.org/about\">Institute of Play</a> was founded in 2007 by a group of game designers in New York City. They design schools, educator training programs, curriculum, and even corporate training seminars - all with the goal of creating learning experiences rooted in the principles of game design.</p>\n\n<p>They don’t just use video games - they use games of all kinds. They call these schools their “Quest to Learn”.</p>\n\n<p>There’s even better news: The Institute of Play isn’t the only institution using gaming for education. <a href=\"https://www.codecademy.com/\">Codecademy</a> uses gamification to teach students how to code. And there are others like them as well. Duolingo uses gamification to teach new languages.</p>\n\n<p>One final example: Video games have the potential to be used to train surgeons.</p>\n\n<p>Robotic surgery is the practice of using robotics and machinery to help surgeons with complex tasks, like cutting a tumor out of a brain. As you can imagine, this requires a high level of precision and hand-eye coordination, along with a steady hand and nerves of steel.</p>\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https://www.utmb.edu/newsroom/article8061.aspx\">study by Kilic and others</a> at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, shooting a character in the head while wall-running in first-person-shooter games might help the next generation of surgeons save lives in the real world.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Video games have the potential to be used to train surgeons\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/2-games-as-teachers.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Video games have the potential to be used to train surgeons\" /></p>\n\n<p>Much like videogames, robotic surgery controls require the use of both hands, and requires operators to monitor their activities on a screen. Surgeons are trained to operate these machines on simulators.</p>\n\n<p>Another study in 2007 also found that <a href=\"http://drdouglas.org/drdpdfs/Rosser_etal_2007.pdf\">playing videogames right before surgical drills improved doctors’ skills</a>. Apparently, this stuff really works.</p>\n\n<p>So why isn’t gaming more widely accepted?</p>\n\n<h2>Setbacks to gaming in education</h2>\n\n<p>Everything we’ve talked about so far has left gaming poised to lead the next major shift in education. It seems like it can solve many inherent flaws in the system... but that’s only one side of the argument.</p>\n\n<p>The major problem with using games to facilitate the learning process is our sheer lack of understanding. There just isn’t a lot of strong research suggesting the benefits (yet).</p>\n\n<p>“For all of the enthusiasm around games and learning, very few studies have examined whether video games improve classroom performance and academic achievement,” <a href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-video-games-are-the-future-of-education/\">says Emma Blakey</a>, a PhD researcher in developmental psychology at the University of Sheffield in England.</p>\n\n<p>“Because we know memory is a crucial cognitive skill for school learning, practice at playing games that challenge memory should, in theory, lead to improvements in classroom behavior and academic skills,” she says. “But only additional research can say if that notion is correct.”</p>\n\n<p>Besides that, there’s the sheer amount of training that must be done to bring teachers up to speed. And if you’ve ever taught your grandparents how to use a smartphone, you understand the difficulties of teaching something new to someone who’s been doing things the same way for a long time.</p>\n\n<p>“Digital games cannot be treated like the latest quick fix to the education system,” says Brian Waniewski, former managing director of the Institute of Play. “They can seem like a godsend, a next-generation digital textbook that further reduces the need for human resources,” he notes. “Yet games alone will not make schools more efficient, replace teachers, or serve as an educational resource that can reach an infinite number of students.”</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"There are still a lot of obstacles to overcome\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/3-obstacles.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 494px;\" title=\"There are still a lot of obstacles to overcome\" /></p>\n\n<p>There’s also the problem of cost. Video games require expensive tools, like tablets, computers, access to strong wifi, and the cost of the games themselves. Affordable games like Minecraft Education Edition, along with the lowering cost of technology, is working to fix this issue, but it is still a problem.</p>\n\n<p>Finally, there’s the argument that games are a distraction. That is a valid argument - games can be distracting if students are allowed to do as they please. But this problem ties back into getting the curriculum right and teaching teachers how to do things properly. With the proper guidance, this concern can be avoided entirely.</p>\n\n<h2>Can video games help kids in school?</h2>\n\n<p>Gaming has a major role in education and it’s only going to grow. Having gone through and finished school before games were even considered a good thing for students, I have to admit I’m a little sad the research and effort weren’t there earlier.</p>\n\n<p>However, the future for kids in school now and for future generations is looking promising. Video games like Minecraft Education Edition and SimCityEdu are paving the way for a new genre of educational games. Funding from major companies like Microsoft, along with a general acceptance of the idea of using games in the classroom, promises an exciting future.</p>\n\n<p>I think we’ll see some major innovations in educational videogames in the coming years, and I’m excited to see how things evolve and adapt as more research comes out.</p>\n\n<p>If nothing else, at least MMOs can teach you <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/mmo-survive-post-apocalypse/\">how to survive a post-apocalyptic world</a>.</p>\n\n<p>If you like this post, share it with your fellow gamers so we can spread the word and speed up the process of getting video games in the curriculum.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"7/17/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_28/games-help-education.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"12978"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/be-a-clan-leader/"},"strings":{"title":"Want to Be an MMO Clan Leader? Here's How","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<p>A good leader is arguably the most important part of any video game clan; someone who can take responsibility for the clan’s future, organize in-game events, run a website (or at least a dedicated forum), and basically act as any other real-life manager in any other real-life place of business would.</p>\n\n<p>Some might say that being a clan leader equates to a full-time job, and they wouldn’t be completely wrong. But if acting as a clan leader is akin to having a full-time job, what exactly are the qualifications you need to lead a gaming clan as best as you can?</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"top\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_RAID_EN_1920x1080_Serj_2018-0507_01Id5209_B74904_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSO.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>What is a Gaming Clan?</h2>\n\n<p>Before we start talking about clan leaders, let's cover the basics. According to <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_gaming_clan\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia</a>, a video game clan, guild, or faction is “an organized group of players that regularly plays together in one or more multiplayer games”. These groups range in size from a few good friends playing together on the weekends, to an organization numbering in the thousands.</p>\n\n<p>With such a lax definition, the number of active clans at any given time is staggering, especially considering the popularity of <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmo-games/\">MMO</a> & <a href=\"/en/games/genre/rpg-games/\">RPG</a> games. There are more video game clans than can ever be tracked, in every game genre and subgenre.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Being a part of an MMO clan is great\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 571px;\" title=\"Being a part of an MMO clan is great\" /></p>\n\n<p>Gamers can expect to find clans in <a href=\"/en/games/genre/mmorpg-games/\">MMORPGs</a>, multiplayer first-person shooters, and <a href=\"/en/games/genre/strategy-games/\">online strategy games</a>. MMORPG and strategy games are where clans have the most impact. Back in 2017, Bungie created immense excitement by <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/18/15659280/destiny-2-how-to-join-clans-guided-games\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">announcing clan support</a> for their upcoming “Destiny 2”, the sequel to their acclaimed RPG/shooter hybrid.</p>\n\n<p>In role-playing games, clans (sometimes called guilds) allow players to raid dungeons and take on difficult bosses together with individuals whose skills they trust. However, in <a href=\"/en/games/genre/multiplayer-games/\">multiplayer strategy games</a>, the importance of clans is tenfold.</p>\n\n<h3>The Importance of Gaming Clans</h3>\n\n<p>Strategy games are focused on conquest and the fight for resources and territory. Since one player cannot hope to defeat multiple adversaries and gain control over the entire map, clans are formed to unite like-minded players under one banner. These clans fight each other for supremacy, and this is exactly where the leader steps in. Without proper guidance, a clan has no compass - no individual able to organize players towards a common purpose and goal.</p>\n\n<p>After conferring with a few notable clan leaders from our own games, we came up with a list of what a good clan leader needs to have, what they need to be, and what they need to do.</p>\n\n<h2>Make Your Vision a Reality</h2>\n\n<p>First and foremost, a leader needs to have vision, and an ability to clearly define the purpose of their gaming clan. What is their clan’s purpose? Is it to expand and gain more territory? Dominate all other clans in combat? Offer a safe space for people to socialize? It is important that the clan has a mission, otherwise it is just floating along rudderless, waiting to be picked off by a clan that does. This includes day-to-day plans as well. If a clan wants to “become the best”, whatever would make them “the best” must first be defined, and a plan to execute this goal needs to be established.</p>\n\n<p>It is a leader's job to make sure every member (or potential member) of their gaming clan is aware of their mission statement and will work towards making that vision a reality. Hence, it’s a leader’s responsibility to see to it that every decision made, either by themselves or by others, upholds the clan’s values, vision, and mission.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Lead your clan into battle!\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 571px;\" title=\"Lead your clan into battle!\" /></p>\n\n<p>There’s also the managerial angle. A leader must always consider the good of the clan, while making sure every member is treated fairly and with respect. “Fair” is a tricky word, since not everyone shares the same point of view. What one player considers as just might not sit well with another - this is just the nature of things. The leader must make the tough calls that have the potential to ruffle a few feathers, whether it’s granting a promotion, awarding loot or resources, delegating control over a territory, or even rejecting a potential member.</p>\n\n<p>Since a clan consists of many different people with their own unique ideas and styles of play, there is bound to be conflict within the ranks. A good leader knows when to let arguments run their course and when to step in to break things up and deal swift justice. Rewarding good behavior is easy, but punishing unwanted behavior can be quite difficult and unpleasant. Make sure to explain decisions clearly and in a way that shows everyone they were made with the clan’s best interests at heart.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"middle\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/11/RAD_RedGirl_B76234_970x66_Android_iOS_English&IMG=1MTM.jpg\" /></a></p>\n\n<h2>Know Your Gaming Clan</h2>\n\n<p>In order to lead a gaming clan, you must know the people you are leading. Keeping an open line of communication with as many members as possible will give you insight into their gaming habits, goals, and personality. It’s imperative to assign players to roles they will be both comfortable in and good at:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>“Killers”, those only interested in <a href=\"/en/games/genre/pvp-games/\">PvP</a>, should always be included in big attacks against other clans.</li>\n\t<li>“Achievers” will gladly spend time and money making sure the clan keeps its large territory and high ranking.</li>\n\t<li>“Socializers” who aren’t very active on the fighting front are a valuable asset, as they tend to have useful insight and a deep understanding of the inner workings of rival clans.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Different players play in different ways\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-3.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 600px;\" title=\"Different players play in different ways\" /></p>\n\n<p>Most games have built-in tournaments that offer leaders the opportunity to play alongside members of the clan and find out more about them. These events allow you to set short-term goals for the clan and learn its overall strengths and weaknesses, and which players stand out. Then, a leader can adjust the long-term goals accordingly.</p>\n\n<p>Knowing which realistic in-game goals to set can lead to more frequent victories and an overall boost to morale. Every victory, no matter how small, can push players to spend more time playing and contributing to the clan. As a result, it’s very important that you play alongside your members, get to know their style, preferences, and capabilities, and focus on the activities that would be right for them.</p>\n\n<h2>Psychological Elements of Leading a Clan</h2>\n\n<p>Keeping morale high is crucial in order to keep a clan active. However, a leader must also understand that people have a life outside both the clan and the game. Some players don’t want to play as part of a group all the time and it isn’t possible for others to dedicate every waking hour to improving their characters or reinforcing their bases. Push players to invest more time and money into the clan than they want and they’ll end up abandoning the game. Instead, help players to find the perfect balance between their everyday life and their clan duties.</p>\n\n<p>This is where familiarizing yourself with the clan’s makeup is paramount. The ratio of men and women, the player’s personal background, etc. These are all powerful tools in the hands of an involved clan leader. Knowing how your members balance between their personal life and their commitment to the clan, as well as understanding their spending habits, can impact the way you make many important decisions, including the entire structure of your clan.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Mobile players are younger, while web players tend to be actual veterans with combat experience\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 571px;\" title=\"Mobile players are younger, while web players tend to be actual veterans with combat experience\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Rally the Troops</h2>\n\n<p>No clan leader should bear all the responsibility alone. Running a clan is simply too much work for just one person, so one of the most important things a leader needs to do is delegate. Find a few players you trust, who have proven themselves, and deputize them - give them authority to decide certain matters. Their roles can be as small as moderating the clan’s forums, to as big as being in charge of the clan’s PvP activity.</p>\n\n<p>Clan leaders who don’t spread their responsibilities out among several lieutenants and who try to do everything on their own can very quickly burn out. We’ve seen top clans tumbling down the leaderboards just because their leader disappeared in a moment of crisis. No gaming clan leader has all the right answers, and the best ones know to let some of their power go for the good of the clan. If nothing else, heed this advice: clans who share and delegate tasks tend to last much, much longer.</p>\n\n<h2>Delegating Clan Responsibilities</h2>\n\n<p>The importance of a strong second-in-command is true for all clans regardless of size. Getting a group of 5-6 players to do anything together can be challenging. Nothing gets done without someone stepping forward and dragging everyone in the right direction. That is essentially what a clan leader does every day, and having one or two people to take on some of the minor responsibilities can help to ensure that everything keeps going smoothly.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Clan leaders are only as good as their second-in-command\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-5.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 571px;\" title=\"Clan leaders are only as good as their second-in-command\" /></p>\n\n<h2>Clan Leadership 101</h2>\n\n<p>To summarize, here are the main takeaways for amibitious clan leaders:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Define a clear purpose and pass it along to your fellow clan members</li>\n\t<li>Get to know and understand your clan and its makeup</li>\n\t<li>Listen to your clan members</li>\n\t<li>Delegate authority</li>\n\t<li>Have a good time</li>\n\t<li>Make sure everybody else is also having a good time</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Sure, being a clan leader may be a highly-demanding job, but if it’s done right it can be one of the most rewarding experiences you can have in any online game!</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-analytics-id=\"blog.banner.test\" data-analytics-payload=\"{\"position\":\"bottom\"}\" href=\"https://plarium.com/en/how-to-download-unauthorized/?plid=147426&pxl=seo\"><img alt=\"Raid Shadow Legends On PC\" src=\"https://gallery-pl.go-game.io/uploads/2019/10/RAD_Team_B74910_970x250_NoOS_English&IMG=1LSU.jpg\" /></a></p>\n","date":"6/4/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_20/clan-leader-2.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"12942"}}],"listArticles":[{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/navi-partnership/"},"strings":{"title":"When Your Hometown Heroes Become Your Teammates: RAID: Shadow Legends Partners with Natus Vincere"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/company/Blog/Articles/2021/january/partnership/navi.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13356"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/game-vs-meta-game/"},"strings":{"title":"Game vs Meta-game: What Makes You Keep Playing?"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/casual/blog/illustrations/family-zoo.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13355"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/the-rise-in-popularity-of-retro-games/"},"strings":{"title":"The Rise in Popularity of Retro Games"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/covers/general/5_b.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13353"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/mxr-plays-henry-and-jeannie/"},"strings":{"title":"Henry and Jeannie from MxR Plays on Navigating YouTube Stardom as a Couple"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2020/posts/week_7/influencers/06.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13338"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/joerg-sprave-interview/"},"strings":{"title":"The Slingshot Channel's Joerg Sprave's Unconventional Journey to YouTube Stardom"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2020/posts/week_7/influencers/04.jpg"}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13337"}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-blog-social","type":"widget-blog-social","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Social Media","shareNetworks":"facebook;twitter","shareText":"Follow us:"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-blog-aside-promoted-game-v3","type":"widget-blog-aside-promoted-game-v3","model":{"links":{"url":"/en/plarium-play/download-user/?plid=147426&pxl=seo&appId=27","urlForGamePage":"/en/game/raid-shadow-legends/","googlePlayUrl":"https://app.adjust.com/ay7sjpk?campaign=129426&adgroup=GamePage","appStoreUrl":"https://app.adjust.com/k41dm9d?campaign=129425&adgroup=GamePage"},"strings":{"title":"Raid: Shadow Legends","subtitle":"Collect 400+ Champions & Fight For Glory","label":"Download","analyticsGameName":"raid"},"images":{"promoImg":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/plarium-play/games/Raid/promo.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"authGameTheme":"default","isRedirectDownload":"true"},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-breadcrumbs-v3","type":"widget-breadcrumbs-v3","model":{"links":{"home_link":"/"},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{"theme":"transparent","compositeId":"108-56"},"repeaters":{"items":[{"links":{"breadcrumbs_link":""},"strings":{"breadcrumbs_title":"","breadcrumbs_current":"Blog"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"92-58"},"repeaters":{}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-page-header-v3","type":"widget-page-header-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Official Plarium Blog"},"images":{"backgroundImage":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/common/article_back.png","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-blog-categories-list-v3","type":"widget-blog-categories-list-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"categoryAll":"All Articles","mobileTitle":"Categories","currentCategory":"0"},"images":{},"template_options":{"IsNews":"false"},"repeaters":{"categories":[{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/"},"strings":{"id":"0","name":"All Articles"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"0"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/mmo-guide/"},"strings":{"id":"13272","name":"The Ultimate Guide to MMO Games"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13272"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/mmo-games/"},"strings":{"id":"106","name":"MMO Games Blog"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"106"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/insights/"},"strings":{"id":"60","name":"Insights"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"60"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/behind-the-scenes/"},"strings":{"id":"58","name":"Plarium- Behind the Scenes"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"58"}},{"links":{"category":"/en/blog/mmo-tips/"},"strings":{"id":"57","name":"MMO Gaming Tips"},"images":{},"template_options":{"compositeId":"57"}}]},"components":{}}},{"name":"widget-blog-subscribe","type":"widget-blog-subscribe","model":{"links":{},"strings":{"title":"Subscribe to the Blog","errorInvalid":"Invalid email address. Please verify your email address and try again","errorRequired":"This field is required","button":"Subscribe","placeholder":"Enter your email","success_message":"You have successfully subscribed to our newsletter"},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}}],"type":"scene-blog-v3","model":{"links":{},"strings":{},"images":{},"template_options":{},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}}],"type":"scene-master-v3","model":{"links":{"header_logo":"/","privacy":"/en/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy/","terms":"/en/legal/terms-of-use/"},"strings":{"offlineMessage":"Connection lost"},"images":{},"template_options":{"footer_state":"visible","header_state":"visible","breadcrumbs_markup_state":"visible","auth_forms_theme":"dark","playGameTheme":"with-modal","headerVideoBackground":"with-video","isPrivacyAgreementEnabled":"true"},"repeaters":{},"components":{}}}],"themeName":"common"}

{"custom":{"validation_key":"d781a100-1d6d-4479-9152-4670fc93b744","eud":"Xg98blcSpW6Dw6rfrzgjbeItiSfwQ7Fdl8GUbzy7lifo0o8HDrhMu9hWr8MAfoCzk4tn5poattnBO+bazVcVDw=="},"isPrivacyAgreementRequired":false,"enableRecaptcha":false}