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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>I bet you 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 what exactly are MMO games.</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\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"What is MMO?\" /></p>\n\n<h2>What is an MMORPG?</h2>\n\n<p><strong>MMORPG stands for “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>MMORPG is by definition a role-playing game, while an MMO can be anything from a <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/blog/battle-royale-games/\">Battle Royale</a> action title, a real-time <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/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\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 402px;\" 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=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/rpg-elements/\">RPG elements</a> whatsoever.</p>\n\n<p>I know it might sound a little trivial, but trust me - gamers can be pretty sensitive to this kind of mistakes.</p>\n\n<h2>How to Recognize an MMORPG</h2>\n\n<p>Let’s break 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>The best RPGs 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=\"width: 888px; 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\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 402px;\" 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>Oh, and one more 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 (RPG). 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\">RPG elements are now 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>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;\"><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 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 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<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><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<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>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\">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/\">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=\"https://plarium.com/en/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/smartphones-as-game-console/"},"strings":{"title":"Smartphone for Gamers: Do We Really Need One?","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"540000","description":"<p>Does it make sense to develop a smartphone specifically for gamers? Razer, a company best known for gaming computers and peripherals, seems to think so.</p>\n\n<p><iframe allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" height=\"351\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/3zSsIhOkMgo?rel=0\" width=\"624\"></iframe></p>\n\n<p>Now, I’m not going to lie to you, this gaming phone looks absolutely incredible. In fact, Razer is calling it a “gamer’s dream come true.”</p>\n\n<p>But do we really need a “gaming phone”?</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 the Razer Phone?</h2>\n\n<p>By now, you may be wondering what differentiates the Razer Phone from an <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/smartphone-tech-impacts-mobile-gaming/\">ordinary smartphone</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The Razer Phone is built with a 5.7-inch 1440p screen, has 64GB of expandable storage, and a whopping 8GB of RAM. Combine that with a 4,000mAh battery and you’ll be in gaming heaven for hours.</p>\n\n<p>This phone also comes with a dual 12-megapixel camera system, with both a wide-angle lens and 2x optical zoom. While this feature may not matter too much to gamers, it is pretty nifty.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The Razer Phone\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_45/RazerPhone.png\" style=\"width: 883px; height: 587px;\" title=\"The Razer Phone\" /></p>\n\n<p>The Razer Phone also has a one-of-a-kind built-in speaker system. These front-firing speakers and dual amplifiers are built with Dolby ATMOS. Not to mention that THX guarantees audiophile quality sound for your entertainment when using Bluetooth headphones.</p>\n\n<p>Though, there are some downfalls. One, there isn’t a headphone jack on the Razer Phone. This phone’s sound system is 100% Bluetooth operated. Bluetooth is great and all, but there are a <a href=\"https://www.techwalla.com/articles/the-disadvantages-of-bluetooth-technology\">few complications</a> you’ll notice when enabling Bluetooth for too long, such as:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Battery drain</li>\n\t<li>Slow data connection</li>\n\t<li>Poor security</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>No headphone jack also means no support for a lot of gaming headsets, which most pro gamers wear while gaming to cancel out background noise as well as enhance their gameplay experience.</p>\n\n<p>For Razer to build the first revolutionary “gaming phone,” you’d think they would include something as minor as a headphone jack. Don’t get me wrong here, the sound system they built into the phone is incredible in itself, but it doesn’t seem appropriate for gaming. You can always use Bluetooth headphones, but they’re <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/7/12109384/wireless-bluetooth-headphones-battery-life-video\">not exactly the best things in the world</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The Razer Phone is also not waterproof, has no HDMI connectivity, doesn’t have a removable battery, and lacks a dual SIM.</p>\n\n<p>Because you’re able to play games on nearly every phone in the market right now, we’ve got to wonder if the Razer Phone was made for show (and popularity). Then again, Razer has been making some pretty amazing products that we’d never thought to even use, such as a 3-screen laptop known as “<a href=\"https://www.razerzone.com/project-valerie\">Project Valerie</a>”.</p>\n\n<p>There comes a time when you have to wonder… “Why?”</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>Do We Need a Gaming Phone?</h2>\n\n<p>Since 2011, mobile gaming has gone up nearly 40%. In fact, <a href=\"//www.statista.com/statistics/234649/percentage-of-us-population-that-play-mobile-games/\">n</a><a href=\"https://www.statista.com/statistics/234649/percentage-of-us-population-that-play-mobile-games/\">early 56% of the US population was playing mobile games in 2016</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> </p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Percentage of US population that play mobile games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_45/phoneStats.png\" style=\"width: 1006px; height: 639px;\" title=\"Percentage of US population that play mobile games\" /></p>\n\n<p>By these stats alone, we can definitely see that mobile games are a serious market that’s constantly getting bigger and bigger.</p>\n\n<p>Think back to the year 2000. If you had a mobile phone, you probably played “Snake” daily. The objective was somewhat simple. You were to maneuver the snake around the screen to “eat” the mouse, while avoiding hitting the walls (or the snake itself).</p>\n\n<p>The first mobile game that really made a dent in the mobile gaming foundation was “Angry Birds” (which came out in 2009). Not to mention, the game was free!</p>\n\n<p>In 2015, Samsung completely changed the game (literally) with virtual reality, after releasing the Gear VR. This allowed you to experience an up close and personal 3D virtual environment. The only thing this VR headset is lacking is the walking-around experience more advanced headsets on PC are offering.</p>\n\n<p>All of a sudden, in 2016, augmented reality games quickly formed. When Pokémon Go first came out, millions of gamers emerged from their homes to catch their favorite Pokémon. Some even traveled abroad to “catch them all!”</p>\n\n<p>Pokémon Go developer Niantic Labs had so much success with their first augmented reality app that they’ve teamed up with Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling to create <a href=\"https://nianticlabs.com/blog/wizardsunite/\">Harry Potter: Wizard’s Unite</a>.</p>\n\n<p>So, to our original question – do we need a gaming phone?</p>\n\n<p>Based on what we’ve seen up to this point… probably. If we want mobile gaming to appeal to more \"hardcore\" gamers, we need hardware that’s strong enough to handle the best games the industry can offer.</p>\n\n<p>Unless smartphone manufacturers are given a reason to innovate and put that much power in our pockets, that may never happen. But with a serious interest in mobile gaming, and pioneering technology like the Razer phone, companies will be given a reason to invest more resources into creating a true gaming phone.</p>\n\n<p>But, that leads to another important question…</p>\n\n<h2>Can Mobile Phones Become the Ultimate Gaming Platform?</h2>\n\n<p>If you think about it, “mobile” games have always been a part of us. The only difference is that instead of a smartphone we had the Gameboy, Sony PSP, or Nintendo DS.</p>\n\n<p>Thanks to Android and iOS developers, we no longer have to insert the game we want to play into a cartridge. All we have to do is touch the icon of the game we’re interested in at the time and voila! Instant gameplay.</p>\n\n<p>There’s always been a disconnection between PC, console, and mobile gamers, however. Touch screens lack the physical feedback gamers need from a controller (or keyboard) with physical buttons, which makes delicate movements turn clumsy and frustrating.</p>\n\n<p>That said, there are some mobile game developers that have managed to surpass this challenge and have created highly-addictive games.</p>\n\n<h2>Mobile vs. Handheld</h2>\n\n<p>When Nintendo first released the Wii in 2006, their sales skyrocketed. They were able to rake in over 101 million dollars, which outsold all previous consoles made.</p>\n\n<p>After the Wii, however, Nintendo’s revenue nearly hit rock bottom. They had made less money in 2012 with a brand new system, the WiiU, than they had made with their previous entertainment systems.</p>\n\n<p>In 2017, they dug themselves out of this money pit by creating their first ever gaming console hybrid - the Nintendo Switch.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Nintendo rebounds with the Switch\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_45/NintendoGIF.gif\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 427px;\" title=\"Nintendo rebounds with the Switch\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since its introduction in March, the Nintendo Switch has sold over 4.7 million units (as well as 13.6 million games). In fact, the demand was so strong for the Switch in the beginning that Nintendo was unable to keep the console on shelves.</p>\n\n<p>Nintendo’s stock rose nearly 60% since March 3 and it’ll only continue to rise as new games for the Switch are made.</p>\n\n<p>While it is interesting, the Switch obviously isn’t a smart phone. So that brings the question – can mobile gaming and smartphone gaming live side by side? Or will one beat the other?</p>\n\n<p>Honestly? It’s hard to tell.</p>\n\n<p>The Switch, while an amazing console with 2 of the world most popular franchises (Zelda and Mario), otherwise hasn’t become a major platform for serious gamers. And so many people, gamers and non-gamers alike, have smartphones.</p>\n\n<p>This leads us to believe dedicated gaming smartphones may push out the competition and gain some serious traction. Especially if gaming accessories, mainly mobile controllers, are released alongside them.</p>\n\n<p>Then there’s the next piece of the puzzle…</p>\n\n<h2>Mobile Esports</h2>\n\n<p>In order for mobile gaming to become “serious,” there needs to be a shift in perception of what mobile games are.</p>\n\n<p>Historically, mobile gaming has been seen as a simple way to pass the time and no one took it seriously.</p>\n\n<p>I would argue, however, that in order to shift public perception of mobile gaming, <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/esports/\">mobile Esports need to become more prevalent</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For example, mobile-only game “Mad Skills Motocross 2” decided to integrate skills-based prizes in 2016, which allowed players to wager money on their race times versus other real players. After only 10 months, over $900,000 was awarded in prize money, with some of the top-ranking players earning as much as $6,000 a month. What’s more surprising is the fact that these players are not “pro-level” gamers.</p>\n\n<p>The top players on Mad Skills Motocross usually only play for 2-3 hours out of their day. Whereas “pro-level” PC gamers play nearly 8-10 hours daily to maintain their pro-level status.</p>\n\n<p>As mobile Esports become more popular, gamers will invest more time and begin to take these mobile games more seriously.</p>\n\n<h2>What’s Holding Back Mobile Gaming?</h2>\n\n<p>For years, mobile gaming has been on the cusp of becoming the go-to platform for various gaming developers. Which makes you wonder: “What’s the holdup?”</p>\n\n<p>For a while, game developers were worried that mobile games weren’t able to bring enough revenue in. However, <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/trends-online-gaming-2017/\">2017 has shown that mobile games are starting to kick-off</a>, raking in more money than console and PC.</p>\n\n<p>These stats hint at one thing: mobile gaming may be the future of gaming.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Mobile games are dominating the market\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/Newzoo_2017_Global_Games_Market_Per_Segment_April_2017.png\" style=\"width: 4000px; height: 2250px;\" title=\"Mobile games are dominating the market\" /></p>\n\n<p>Another problem with <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mobile-games/\">mobile games</a> are intellectual property rights, and just how easy it is to create copies of successful games.</p>\n\n<p>Take for example the popular (and very addictive) game, Flappy Bird. After Flappy Bird was released, thousands of competitors created “clones” in attempts to cash in on its success.</p>\n\n<p>In some cases, clones of Flappy Bird became more popular than the original game (Flappy Bieber, anyone?). This, in turn, caused the developers to take the original Flappy Bird game down.</p>\n\n<p>Promotion is also a huge issue when it comes to mobile games. Google Play often promotes the “Top-Ranking” games rather than promoting new games to users. Generally speaking, most users are more inclined to try a game if it’s free, which in turn, is what makes these games popular.</p>\n\n<p>Games like Hearthstone, however, are promoted by well-known companies with huge budgets, and are shared daily through their Twitter feed, Facebook, and even though it’s sister-game World of Warcraft.</p>\n\n<p>Last but not least, mobile games have become oversaturated. There are hundreds of thousands of games to choose from and <a href=\"http://www.pocketgamer.biz/metrics/app-store/submissions/\">hundreds more are being submitted each month</a>.</p>\n\n<p>It can be hard to get into a game when a new one comes out the very same day, especially when the new game promises to be “bigger and better than ever before!”</p>\n\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n\n<p>All-in-all, mobile gaming is indeed \"bigger and better than ever before\".</p>\n\n<p>Between making more money than any other gaming platform and huge advances in mobile technology, mobile is making a stand to shift public perception and becoming a serious gaming category.</p>\n\n<p>But are “gaming phones” required? Should smartphones become another dedicated gaming console?</p>\n\n<p>Well, it depends on how much power we need to play the latest and greatest games. If there’s a gap (and currently, there is), then we need to seriously consider the idea of a dedicated smartphone with enough power for gamers.</p>\n\n<p>And considering that mobile gaming is the biggest money maker in the industry right now, and nearly everyone has one, it's more than likely that the Razer Phone won't be the last \"gaming phone\" on the market.</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":"11/22/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_46/smartphones-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13072"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/command-clan-like-donald-trump/"},"strings":{"title":"How to Command a Clan Like Donald Trump","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">(and other world leaders)</h2>\n\n<p>How do you command the respect of a clan, lead your troops into battle and dominate your virtual world? Naturally, there are many ways to accomplish your mission.</p>\n\n<p>You could lead by example, you could rule with an iron fist or you could flash some cash and hope people follow you. As with everything in life, there isn’t one “right” answer when it comes to leading a group. However, if you cast your gaze towards the leaders of the world, you’ll see that there are some traits that make you more appealing to the average men and women.</p>\n\n<p>When you’re trying to organize your own clan, forge alliances and then execute a successful battle plan, you need to employ a range of skills. Fortunately, if you take look at the world’s leading leaders, the skills needed to inspire the masses are all on display. Yes, no single world leader is the complete package, but they do all have a particular trait that makes them successful. Being the strategy-minded gamers that we are, we’re keen to learn a thing or two from these famous faces and, in the process, make you a <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/be-a-clan-leader/\">better clan leader</a>.</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\n<h2>The Mindset of a Successful Leader</h2>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The mindset of a successful leader\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_43/leader-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The mindset of a successful leader\" /></p>\n\n<p>There has been debate about the <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/deeppatel/2017/03/22/11-powerful-traits-of-successful-leaders/\">best attributes</a> of a great leader since the dawn of time, and before we profile five political powers from around the world, let’s first outline four qualities that are generally considered to be desirable for someone stepping into battle (either figuratively or literally):</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Honesty:</u></strong> You can’t hide behind a veil of insincerity. Being honest enough to admit your weaknesses or mistakes is something that actually make a leader appear more authoritative. Although you probably shouldn’t give away all of your secrets, it’s wise to be transparent enough that people feel as though they know the real you.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Enterprise:</u></strong> Things change in the heat of battle, whether that’s in the boardroom or the battlefield, and you need to be able to use all the tools at your disposal to get where you need to be. Bad decision? Turn it into a good one; there are people depending on you, and it’s important that you are able to manipulate the world around you, no matter what state it’s in.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Focus:</u></strong> When the shrapnel is flying, do you have what it takes to keep marching forward, no matter what? Muddled thinking or a moment of indecision can cost lives, and keeping your ultimate goal at the forefront of your mind is paramount. Refuse to be distracted by the smaller issues at play and bounce back from every setback.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Toughness:</u></strong> Every leader has to show that they’re the boss from time to time, whether that’s by being big and macho, or quietly resilient. People will come at you from all angles when you’re making decisions, and letting both friend and foe know that you’re in charge will reassure those around you whilst deterring enemies from attacking.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Show them who's boss\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_27/2-success.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Show them who's boss\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Calculation:</u></strong> Leadership can quite often be about getting to the end goal one chess move at a time. Each move might seem minor to the outsider, but you know it’s all part of a much bigger picture, all meticulously put together with absolute precision. Life is unpredictable, of course, but less so if you’re the one pulling the strings.</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>Follow the Leaders</h2>\n\n<p>So that’s the theory, but you’re standing on the frontline with a thousand troops behind you and reality starts to bite. Having a head full of knowledge without some concrete examples to fall back on is a recipe for disaster in the throes of war. With this in mind, let’s take a look at five famous world leaders and how they’d command a clan in one of our MMORPGs.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Confident Like Donald Trump</h2>\n\n<p>A lifetime in the cutthroat world of business and a few billion in the bank has given President Trump a confidence that borders on arrogance. Despite being in the early stages of his tenure as US President, Trump has used his bombastic style to push through some ideas that may or may not be positive for the nation. How? Simple: because he delivered his manifesto with an unflinching gusto that almost forced people to believe it.</p>\n\n<p>If Trump was leading a clan, how would he do it? Well, it’s often a good strategy to protect your units in the early stages of the game and leave your castle undefended. This is where Trump would thrive. Because of his gung-ho attitude, he’d be more than willing to send every available unit out on a mission to build the strength of his army and only worry about threats when they happen. Indeed, because of his supreme confidence, he either wouldn’t consider that someone would attack him or he simply wouldn’t worry because he’d assume he’d win regardless.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Enterprising Like Vladimir Putin</h2>\n\n<p>Intelligence and hierarchy are two traits that have made Russia’s Vladimir Putin <a href=\"https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-career-within-you/201112/what-is-putin-s-personality-type\">a strong leader</a>. Thanks to his PhD in economics, Putin is someone that can assess a multitude of variables and use them to predict the potential outcome of a situation. Moreover, he’s someone who not only pushes the virtues of a rigid power structure, but understands how to use this structure to his advantage.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Always one step ahead\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_43/leader-3.png\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Always one step ahead\" /></p>\n\n<p>To put it another way, Putin is like a chess master that’s capable of making the best moves in any situation given the confines of the game he’s playing. Being able to control the right people in the right way is what’s kept him in power since 2011. Taking this quality into a game such as <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/vikings-war-of-clans/\">Vikings: War of Clans</a>, Putin would be an expert at working inside a clan. Naturally, clans have their own hierarchy with the older and larger members usually dominating. Putin would understand this and seek to become the most powerful unit inside a clan and, therefore, call the shots.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Focused Like Kim Jong-un</h2>\n\n<p>His political and military methods might be the subject of debate among Western leaders, but there’s no doubting Kim Jong-un’s understanding of the game he plays. With his <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/16/north-korea-kim-jong-il-birthday\">entire lineage</a> steeped in power, he’s naturally got an advantage over those that could be described as “newcomers” to political leadership. For example, before entering British politics, Theresa May worked in finance. She is also the daughter of a vicar and not a noted world leader.</p>\n\n<p>In contrast, Jong-un is the son of North Korea’s former leader Kim Jong-il who, in turn, was the son of the former leader, Kim Il-sung. If anything, Jong-un has politics and leadership bred into him and that’s a skill you can’t teach. Irrespective of his decisions, he’s someone that’s used to the pressure of leading a nation. Success in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">Strategy MMO games</a> can hinge on every decision and goal you complete. Juggling your responsibilities as a leader with your daily life can be stressful, but it’s something someone with a mindset like Jong-un’s could manage.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Tough Like Theresa May</h2>\n\n<p>During her Brexit negotiations, May has continuously stated that “no deal is better than a bad deal”. This kind of confidence and defiance may be a risky strategy in some commentator’s eyes, but it’s one that defines her personality.</p>\n\n<p>Although she’s not cast in quite the same mold as Margaret Thatcher, May has a certain unyielding determination that can play to her advantage. Indeed, if we look back to our list of traits you need to be a solid leader, confidence in your position, regardless of the potential outcome, is crucial if you believe you’re in the right.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Confidence is key\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_43/leader-4.png\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Confidence is key\" /></p>\n\n<p>May is a leader who can be inflexible at times, which is something you need if you’re going to forge relationships in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/throne-kingdom-at-war/\">Throne: Kingdom at War</a>. Joining an Order is essential, but you shouldn’t join the first one you find. You need to partner with a collective that compliments your interests and plays to your strengths. As May would say, if you’re not getting a good deal, then don’t agree a deal at all.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Calculated Like Angela Merkel</h2>\n\n<p>The final world leader worth learning from, is Germany’s Angela Merkel. A success in a variety of ways during a time of economic hardship across Europe, Merkel has shown that a cautious approach to politics, finance and foreign affairs can pay dividends in the long run. Indeed, as it stands, Germany now has the largest economy in Europe and the fourth largest in the world.</p>\n\n<p>Perhaps one of the most interesting qualities about Merkel is that she’s not the most charismatic or animated world leader. In fact, many would say she’s fairly robotic, but this is also her strength. By examining the small details and sticking to the facts, Merkel has been able to let things take care of themselves. Instead of pushing a particular agenda or issue, he’s simply present the strongest case and had faith in her calculations. Essentially, if you want to succeed, you need to take the emotion out of a situation and make the most strategically sound move.</p>\n\n<p>Regardless of the eventual outcome, you should always be looking to make the move that facts suggest is correct. Of course, there are times when you need to be as animated and confident as trump, as enterprising as Putin, focused like Jong-un and determined as May. But ultimately you need to be calculated and listen to the voice of reason.</p>\n\n<p>In the world of MMORPGs, things are going to go wrong but, as any great leader will tell you, you can’t let them get to you. If you can maintain an even keel and also do what you believe is right, you’ll not only inspire the masses, but achieve success in the long run.</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":"10/30/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_43/leader-header.png"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13052"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/black-markets-hacking-mmos/"},"strings":{"title":"How Do Black Markets Affect MMO Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"540000","description":"<p>The Internet intensifies all the flaws and security threats linked to information technologies. Nowadays, news of new threats, of hacked TV shows, banks or even governmental institutions are commonplace. And it would be wrong to think online games are an exception.</p>\n\n<p>On the contrary, an entire fringe group has found a calling in exploiting online games. The phenomenon was born a long time ago and is mostly present in the world of MMORPG. Since the finest hours of games like RuneScape or World of Warcraft, pople and even businesses have found ways to make money off of the game’s economy, and sometimes other players.</p>\n\n<p>Like the MMOs they depend on, these black markets never stop innovating, evolving and adapting.</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 Early Days of MMO Black Markets</h2>\n\n<p>The term “black market” is always used in a negative context. It’s almost impossible to imagine the people taking part in it as moral or someone you can trust. But this perception is somewhat false. To understand this point, let’s go back to the origins of the phenomenon.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Gold Farming\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/black-market-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Gold Farming\" /></p>\n\n<p>It would be almost impossible to identify who was the first player to realize some players were ready to spend real money to buy an item. One thing is certain - this didn’t go unnoticed.</p>\n\n<p>As soon as MMORPGs became mainstream and traffic went up, a need arose: gaining rare items without sacrificing a lot of time. Maybe it was the lack of micro-transactions and constant supervision contributed to real-world money becoming a part of the barter system. Nevertheless, Gold or any “hard currency” used in the game has become a product.</p>\n\n<h2>Gold Farming - the Abridged Version</h2>\n\n<p>It’s a simple concept: players wanting to sell in-game Gold through the black market had to be able to provide large quantities of it. In 2003, for example, 1 million of RuneScape 2’s Gold coins could be exchanged for 5-8 USD.</p>\n\n<p>Sellers had to find crafty ways to obtain millions of Gold coins as quick as possible. They started identifying resources relatively difficult to get. Then, they wrote scripts to create automated accounts in charge of gathering as much of these resources as possible.</p>\n\n<p>In the first MMOs, where sometimes there was no real limit to the amount of resources one could carry, this was a good solution. This process is still really profitable in lots of MMOs, even today. It got so common that developers had to start warning their players of the <a href=\"https://ncsoft.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/214959643-Buying-Gold-From-Gold-Farmers\">dangers inherent in buying Gold from Gold farmers</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For lots of Gold farmers, this was an easy way to make money. So It wasn’t really surprising when they quickly found easier, more lucrative alternatives. Even if those alternatives were illegal and sometimes downright harmful.</p>\n\n<h2>Gone Phishing</h2>\n\n<p>Why spend hours on farming precious resources or to program thousands of bots, when you can just hack other people’s accounts and steal their resources? That was the logic some unscrupulous companies and black market operators came up with. The same logic that gave the black market its bad reputation.</p>\n\n<p>As early as 2005, some websites started offering players help in developing their game accounts. The players just had to give over their accounts’ credentials. unsurprisingly, players who were sending their username and password to those websites got their accounts stolen. The stolen accounts were then resold or emptied of resources.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Account Phishing\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/black-market-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 349px;\" title=\"Account Phishing\" /></p>\n\n<p>This type of hacking is the most popular, but it’s also the easiest to prevent. It’s enough to simply not give away your login details to someone on the Internet. Likewise, it’s advised not to use any third party software noncertified by the game developers. Those softwares could, as promised, boost your resources, but nothing prevents them from stealing your login details when the time is right.</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>Hack ‘n’ Slash</h2>\n\n<p>But phishing is not the only tool of would-be MMO hackers. Some choose more straightforward or drastic methods. Sometimes, the easiest way to get millions of gold coins you can sell for real money is to just create them.</p>\n\n<p>Some players found ways to generate the rarest game resources by manipulating its code. In some cases it’s about creating fortunes, but sometimes they can generate rare items or even in-game houses. That’s what MANFRED - a hacker specializing in MMOs - told during the <a href=\"https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-25/dc-25-speakers.html#Manfred\">DEF-CON Conference of July 2017</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The hacker was explaining a few relatively simple methods he was using to achieve his dubious goals. For example, in Ultima Online, MANFRED noticed he could steal houses from players. He then began selling those houses on eBay for $2,000 on average. For more than 20 years, he managed to <a href=\"https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59p7qd/this-man-has-survived-by-hacking-mmo-online-games\">build a small fortune</a> exploiting the flaws in the code of some really <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">popular MMO games</a>.</p>\n\n<h2>Black Markets in Popular MMOs</h2>\n\n<h3><strong>World of Warcraft</strong></h3>\n\n<p>WoW is far from being the first MMO suffering from a parallel economy. But it has been one of the most popular online games  for a long time. It’s not surprising then, that its black market also got its fair share of media attention.</p>\n\n<p>Some might remember the documentaries about Chinese companies that were storming WoW’s servers just to get some gold? Just go on Google or YouTube and search “Gold Farming in WoW” to understand the scale of the problem. What is more surprising, though, is that this practice is not limited to players or companies. Sometimes <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoners-internet-gaming-scam\">prisoners are forced to play against their will</a>, occasionally in inhuman conditions.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>Counter Strike</strong></h3>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Counter Strike gambling\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/counterStrike.png\" style=\"width: 777px; height: 488px;\" title=\"Counter Strike gambling\" /></p>\n\n<p>Counter Strike is not an MMO in the conventional sense, but it was one of the largest parallel economies in an online game. This industry is way more aggressive than the ones you find on other online games, with an “anything goes” policy. You can find bets on games, sales of personalized equipments and even totally illegal online casinos.</p>\n\n<p>Developer Valve is trying to combat this phenomenon by punishing those it catches in the act. Unfortunately, this strategy doesn’t always pay off. To some extent, the parallel industry of Counter Strike Global Offensive actually helps propel the game’s popularity; and the money it’s making. Some even point the finger at the developers themselves for <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2016/7/7/12103022/counter-strike-gambling-valve\">allowing this to continue</a>.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>Entropia Universe</strong></h3>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Entropia Universe auction house\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/entropiaUniverse.jpg\" style=\"width: 580px; height: 330px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>This MMO is located at the other end of the black market’s spectrum. In an attempt to prevent the rise of a black market, game developers tried to introduce their own currency conversion system. Players can invest real money to advance their characters and account, and they can sell items in game and convert their “Gold” (referred to as PED) to US dollars. This concept is quite creative, and since the release of the game in 2003, this business model seems pretty solid.</p>\n\n<p>But this built-in convertibility made Entropia Universe accounts really attractive to informations hackers. Especially when you know the game entered the World Guinness Book of Records after <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2010/11/10/virtual-entropia-universe-property-sells-for-335k-real-dollars\">selling a space station for $330,000</a>.</p>\n\n<h2>But Is It Legal?</h2>\n\n<p>Obviously, one must wonder if it’s all legal. Aren’t those black market practices against the law? Or, at the least, don’t they breach the MMOs’ Terms of Use? Most of the time, the law isn’t interested in the economies of an MMO game. Except when gambling is involved, especially by minors.</p>\n\n<p>Gold farming or accounts reselling are not, strictly speaking, illegal. But developers tend to be against these practices, because they fear legal action. As a matter of fact, if two sides of a black market transaction decide to go to court, developers are immediately involved since their MMO is the financial medium.</p>\n\n<p>Theoretically, one solution to prevent real money transactions would be to place the entire economy in the hands of the developers. Players wouldn’t be able to affect supply and demand. This would be unfortunate and would hurt the game’s appeal and authenticity. Such a choice could discourage players from spending time on the game, and might lead to a total abandonment of the MMO.</p>\n\n<p>Few people are better positioned than Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, who was Lead Economist at Eve Online developer CCP. EVE Online is known for mixing real-world money and in-game finances. Gudmundsson summarized the <a href=\"http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/real-money-trading-the-black-market-of-online-gaming/14774\">effect of black markets on MMOs</a>: MMO black market that work with real money do not necessarily present a threat to the game’s economy. It is necessary, though, to set up some sturdy safeguards to regulate supply and demand, to adjust the inflation and to prevent market manipulation. Those ideas can seem really complex but you can find them in every MMO you ever played.</p>\n\n<h2>Fighting the Black Markets</h2>\n\n<p>No MMO can be totally free of black markets. Even when there are no practical ways for the players to exchange resources in-game, it’s always possible to sell accounts. Even browser games are no exception.</p>\n\n<p>You can be certain that the game community is not indifferent to the situation. Lots of players have been victims of unscrupulous gold farmers, which might explain the hostile attitude towards those players. Others are affected by the economic degradation they blame on those farmers.</p>\n\n<p>Sometimes, this hostile attitude appears in a global campaign to try and discourage or sabotage the work of farmers. One of the <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/10/16283926/venezuelan-gold-farming-runescape-targets\">most recent case happened in RuneScape</a>, where some players got very hostile towards players coming from Venezuela. To give you some context, Venezuelan players were trying to make extra money in RuneScape to try and survive the hyperinflation hitting their country.</p>\n\n<p>Finding solutions to that kind of situation is not always easy. Keeping track of the actions and interactions of all the players is not easy. And it’s not always possible (or wise) to ask others players to signal suspicious accounts. Not only would you need to check every report, but you would also have to be sure these reports are always made out of good faith.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Embracing the Black Markets\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/black-market-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Embracing the Black Markets\" /></p>\n\n<p>Anyway, in most cases, the only solution is to integrate the black markets into the game by using models like the one of Albion Online. In this game, precious items that could attract black market racketeers are not dropped by monsters or at the end of dungeons. You need to go see an NPC who is organizing the redistribution of those precious resources. To this day, there is no reliable solution to farm a specific resource. Albion Online’s solution is smart and seems to work for now, but it cannot be used in each and every MMO.</p>\n\n<p>All in all, MMOs’ parasitic markets are an extremely complex and problematic issue the developers cannot always overcome. Even for studios like Blizzard, with huge resources and lots of experience in this kind of situations, black markets are still a major issue.</p>\n\n<p>Developers cannot face it alone. Players need to play their role by not giving in to the temptation of cheap items and Gold. But, even then, one must admit this illicit industry still has a rosy future... Maybe the only practical solution is to include it as part of the MMO’s gameplay, and to fully regulate it. Then again, some claim black markets don’t do any real harm to a game, so we might was well just leave it alone...</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":"10/16/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/black-market-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13029"}},{"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 Strategy and MMO 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\"}\" <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>Fighting a Virtual War</h2>\n\n<p>Whatever battle you engage in, whether it's a medieval showdown in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/throne-kingdom-at-war/\">Throne: Kingdom at War</a> or a futuristic fight in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mobile-games/soldiers-inc-mobile-warfare/\">Soldiers Inc: Mobile Warfare</a>, war games require some serious thought.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, when you compete in one of our <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">Online Strategy Games</a>, you're not facing a potentially fatal situation. However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't act like you are. If you start to think like military men and women, you'll actually start to see some better results. In fact, there are 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\">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, and this is the important bit, 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 player inside our virtual worlds.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Like Water</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<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\">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\">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<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/trends-online-gaming-2017/"},"strings":{"title":"Trends In Online Gaming In 2017 And Beyond","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"600000","description":"<p><em>Check out our summary of the top <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/blog/video-game-trends-2018/\">video game trends of 2018</a></em></p>\n\n<p> </p>\n\n<p>The video game industry is getting bigger and bigger every year. Last year, in 2016, the industry raked in an all-time high revenue of $91 billion. The <a href=\"https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/the-global-games-market-will-reach-108-9-billion-in-2017-with-mobile-taking-42/\">predictions for this year</a> are even more optimistic - $108.9 billion in revenue. Whoa...</p>\n\n<p>But what is causing this surge in revenue? The easy answer is just two words - Mobile 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 Hottest Video Game Trends of 2017</h2>\n\n<p>Mobile games currently hold the largest segment of the industry’s revenue. By the end of 2017, they are expected to have generated $46B, which makes up 42% of the global market for game products. For comparison, console games will make up 31%, and PC games only 27%.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"2017 video games market\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/Newzoo_2017_Global_Games_Market_Per_Segment_April_2017.png\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"2017 video games market\" /></p>\n\n<p>However, mobile games are not the only rising trend in the industry. Virtual Reality is another promising stream of revenue, with analysts predicting a growth of 104% from 2016 to 2017. In fact, by the year 2020, the annual worldwide revenue for VR is expected to reach $28B, which is 6 times more than what it’s expected to be this year. Granted, only about $4.5B will come from actual VR games, but that’s still more than 20 times what gamers spent by the end of 2016.</p>\n\n<p>VR is indeed growing in popularity, but I think we can attribute that to mobile as well. Mobile devices and smartphones are getting more powerful with every generation. They already support VR and AR games, and as their <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/smartphone-tech-impacts-mobile-gaming/\">tech gets better</a>, we’ll see more affordable, fun and unique experiences. Using your phone with a wireless VR headset is much easier and comfortable than using the more expensive PC and console ones. It’s cheaper, doesn’t involve messy cables, and is accessible to everyone with a smartphone.</p>\n\n<p>I’m not saying VR is exclusively the domain of the mobile device, but I do believe the rise in its popularity can be attributed to the rise of mobile gaming more than to hardcore gamers buying an expensive PSVR or HTC Vive.</p>\n\n<p>If we do want to talk about the contribution of the “hardocre” crowd to the growing success of the video game industry, there are two segments we can examine: esports and online gaming.</p>\n\n<p>When talking about video games, esports is one of the fastest-growing markets, second only to VR. Between 2016 and 2017, esports revenue shot up 26%. Granted, the numbers themselves are still relatively low, with $892 million in 2016 and an estimated $1.1B in 2017. What is more impressive is the esports scene’s reach. From highly competitive console games to collectible card games and <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">free-to-play MMOs</a>, almost every video game genre is trying to dominate the esport scene, with varying levels of success.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The video game market: revenue and growth\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/esports-revenue.JPG\" style=\"width: 1539px; height: 872px;\" title=\"The video game market: revenue and growth\" /></p>\n\n<p>Mobile, VR and esports are the hottest trends right now. But the backbone of the industry is, and will always be, the games. So that’s what I want to focus on - games. More specifically, online games.</p>\n\n<h2>Most Popular Online Games of 2017</h2>\n\n<p>Playing games online has never been so popular. In 2017, there are <a href=\"https://www.statista.com/outlook/212/100/online-games/worldwide#\">575 million people playing online games</a> around the world, and that’s excluding free-to-play browser games. That’s an increase of 3% over 2016, and the number is expected to steadily rise to 645 million players by the year 2021. Furthermore, a quick look at the official <a href=\"http://store.steampowered.com/stats/\">Steam statistics</a> page reveals that the top 5 games on the platform are all online games. Not to mention games that aren’t on Steam, like Overwatch and Hearthstone that have around 100M players between them across all platforms.</p>\n\n<p>So people play a lot of online games, but the more interesting question is “what exactly are they playing?” There are too many genres and subgenres to count, so let's look at what type of games people are playing, both online and off.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Best selling video game genres in 2016\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/BestSelling.JPG\" style=\"width: 908px; height: 595px;\" title=\"Best selling video game genres in 2016\" /></p>\n\n<p>It seems like action, shooter and role-playing games pretty much dominate the PC and console markets. If we look at the <a href=\"http://www.vertoanalytics.com/the-most-popular-mobile-game-genres-who-plays-what-when/\">popular mobile game genres</a>, the breakdown is completely different, with puzzles, strategy and gambling taking the first spots.</p>\n\n<p>With this information in mind, let’s focus on 5 of the most popular genres for online games:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>MOBA</li>\n\t<li>Role-playing, or MMORPG</li>\n\t<li>Shooter</li>\n\t<li>Strategy</li>\n\t<li>Gambling</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>MOBA</h2>\n\n<p>MOBA, or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, is a relatively new genre. It took the gaming world by storm with big titles like League of Legends, Dota 2, and Heroes of the Storm. Some also claim that this genre is responsible for the rise of esports of we know them today.</p>\n\n<p>While it’s difficult to determine exactly which MOBA is more successful overall, we can easily see which is the most popular in 2017. According to online viewership numbers and numbers of active players, LoL is by far the winner, even 8 years after its initial release date. This time last year, developer Riot Games claimed LoL had <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2016/9/13/12891656/the-past-present-and-future-of-league-of-legends-studio-riot-games\">100M monthly active players</a>. Just to compare, Dota 2, the game’s biggest competitor, reported 13 million unique monthly players. LoL is also the most played PC game of the year so far, and is the most-viewed game on Twitch.</p>\n\n<p>The biggest proof that the MOBA genre is still the undisputed king of online gaming is, as always, in the money. Not only is LoL bringing in more revenue than any other MOBA title this year, but it’s the highest-grossing of all PC games in 2017. That’s impressive, to say the least.</p>\n\n<p>On mobile, the situation is almost identical. Honor of Kings, known as Arena of Valor in the west, is 2017’s biggest mobile game, and it’s a 5v5 battle arena. The game has gathered 55 million active players since it was first released in 2015, and generates <a href=\"https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/07/tencent-honor-of-kings-us-europe/\">$435 million in revenue every month</a>. It’s so popular in China that the biggest newspaper there called it a “poison” and a “drug”. So people seem to really, really like it.</p>\n\n<p>However, there’s one other type of game that threatens the MOBA genre’s reign over the online gaming scene, and that’s the shooter.</p>\n\n<h2>Shooters</h2>\n\n<p>MOBAs are still considered to be the most popular genre for online play, but the shooter is catching up. Fast.</p>\n\n<p>Popular games like Overwatch, Counter-strike: Global Offensive and GTA Online give the top MOBAs a run for their money. In fact, CS:GO is now the most popular esport game on Twitch, ending League of Legends’ streak. With the recent release of Destiny 2, shooters are more popular than ever; they could soon overtake MOBA as the most popular online game genre.</p>\n\n<p>No other game is a better example of that coming shift than PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a multiplayer only game by Bluehole Studio. Right now, PUBG is the most played game on Steam. Around 1M people play this game every day, and the funny thing is that it hasn’t even been released yet - not officially, anyway.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Most popular games on PC\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/PUBG.JPG\" style=\"width: 1025px; height: 769px;\" title=\"Most popular games on PC\" /></p>\n\n<p>According to a study by Newzoo, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is the <a href=\"https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-battle-royale-simulator-now-the-sixth-most-popular-pc-game-in-the-market/\">6th most popular game on PC</a> right now. In May 2017, only 2.73% of PC gamers played the game; in July, the number spiked to 10.81%. It’s actually number 1 in the Japanese market, number 3 in China, and number 4 in the US. With numbers like these, it’s well on its way to conquering the top spots all across the world.</p>\n\n<h2>MMO and MMORPG</h2>\n\n<p>Massive Multiplayer Online games, especially Massive Multiplayer Online Role-playing games, are still a staple of online gaming.</p>\n\n<p>As one of the charts above shows, free-to-play MMO games are estimated to bring in around $20B in revenue this year, which is 13% more than in 2016. Pay-to-play MMOs are still doing well, with around $5B - an increase of 1% over last year.</p>\n\n<p>The most popular MMORPGs of 2017 won’t surprise anyone who has been playing these kinds of games for the last few years. World of Warcraft still holds the top spot, with Guild Wars 2, The Elder Scrolls Online and Final Fantasy XIV picking up the slack.</p>\n\n<p>However, it’s difficult to determine whether the genre is doing well or not. Most MMORPGs refuse to publish the number of active players, instead showing off the number of total subscribers (which doesn’t tend to go down in F2P games). If you check the numbers, you do see a small but steady decline in the leading games’ popularity, but whenever new major content is released, the numbers go back up again. We can safely say that MMORPGs aren’t going away anytime soon, but they don’t seem to be as popular as they once were.</p>\n\n<p>The genre’s biggest obstacle on its way back to mainstream popularity is definitely esports. Many believe that MMOs are simply not built for esports, though that isn’t really the case.</p>\n\n<h2>Online Strategy Games</h2>\n\n<p>Strategy games were always kind of a niche market, but one that has performed consistently well since the mid 1990s. In recent years, the genre has enjoyed a new surge in popularity thanks to the return of the classic StarCraft and XCOM, and a bunch of new city-building and space-sims.</p>\n\n<p>But this new “golden age” of strategy is mostly felt in the mobile market. On PC and consoles, strategy games are often ignored by mainstream audiences. Only 4.3% of the best-selling games in 2016 were strategy games. On mobile, however, online strategy is booming, with these titles constantly taking the top spots of the most popular and <a href=\"https://thinkgaming.com/app-sales-data/\">highest grossing mobile games</a> lists.</p>\n\n<p>Games like Clash of Clans, Game of War and Vikings: War of Clans are incredibly popular, even more so than a lot of the big casual or puzzle games on the platform. It could be thanks to the rise of the free-to-play or “freemium” business models that work so well with resource- and time- based games.</p>\n\n<p>Whichever the case may be, It seems like the real-time strategy genre is slowly moving to mobile, while genres like MOBA are taking over on PC and consoles.</p>\n\n<h2>Online Gambling</h2>\n\n<p>While the online gambling market is technically not part of the video game industry, it is definitely part of the online gaming market. And a pretty big part, especially on mobile. Running through the numbers, it’s pretty easy to understand why.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The online gambling market is constantly growing\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/2016_global_gaming_gambling_markets_overview_3.png\" style=\"width: 648px; height: 422px;\" title=\"The online gambling market is constantly growing\" /></p>\n\n<p>In 2016, the online gambling market revenue was $45.86 billion, and in 2017 it is expected to reach $50.68B. If we look even further into the future, we’re talking about $66.59 billion by 2020, and $96.89 billion by the end of 2024. These numbers are staggering. Just as reminder - mobile games will pull in around $46B by the end of the year, and they are the lucrative segment of the video game industry.</p>\n\n<p>So while some gaming purists may choose to ignore it, pioneers in the field, like <a href=\"https://www.888casino.com/\">888casino</a>, have already proven online gambling can be just as popular, and sometimes more so, than most other game genres.</p>\n\n<h2>The Future of Online Gaming</h2>\n\n<p>So what does the future hold for online gaming?</p>\n\n<p>As mobile devices continue to become more and more powerful, will they completely replace PCs and gaming consoles? I doubt it, although the success of the Nintendo Switch, a hybrid between a home console and a portable gaming device, might be a sign of things to come. But let’s stick to what we can say with a little more certainty.</p>\n\n<p>Virtual and Augmented Reality is on the rise, and as headsets become less expensive and more comfortable, we will start to see new experiences that appeal to wider audiences. One of these audiences could be the causal online gambler. Instead of booking a flight to Las Vegas, gamers could slip on a VR headset and step into a <a href=\"https://venturebeat.com/2015/11/13/gambling-on-virtual-reality-the-online-casinos-of-the-future/\">virtual casino</a>.</p>\n\n<p>And finally, gaming will finish its evolution into a legitimate spectator sport. With the number of people watching gaming tournaments and events online growing with each year, the gap between “real” sports and virtual sports is getting smaller. We’re not far from the day the FIFA World Cups will take place online instead of on the pitch.</p>\n\n<p>These are just some of the possibilities. We’ll have to wait and see what the gaming public demands, and what game developers come up with.</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":"9/11/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/old/blog/en/2014/06/4-do-s-of-online-gaming.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13016"}},{"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. 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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>I bet you 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 what exactly are MMO games.</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\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"What is MMO?\" /></p>\n\n<h2>What is an MMORPG?</h2>\n\n<p><strong>MMORPG stands for “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>MMORPG is by definition a role-playing game, while an MMO can be anything from a <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/blog/battle-royale-games/\">Battle Royale</a> action title, a real-time <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/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\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 402px;\" 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=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/rpg-elements/\">RPG elements</a> whatsoever.</p>\n\n<p>I know it might sound a little trivial, but trust me - gamers can be pretty sensitive to this kind of mistakes.</p>\n\n<h2>How to Recognize an MMORPG</h2>\n\n<p>Let’s break 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>The best RPGs 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=\"width: 888px; 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\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 402px;\" 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>Oh, and one more 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 (RPG). 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\">RPG elements are now 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>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;\"><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 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 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<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><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<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>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\">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/\">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=\"https://plarium.com/en/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/smartphones-as-game-console/"},"strings":{"title":"Smartphone for Gamers: Do We Really Need One?","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"540000","description":"<p>Does it make sense to develop a smartphone specifically for gamers? Razer, a company best known for gaming computers and peripherals, seems to think so.</p>\n\n<p><iframe allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" height=\"351\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/3zSsIhOkMgo?rel=0\" width=\"624\"></iframe></p>\n\n<p>Now, I’m not going to lie to you, this gaming phone looks absolutely incredible. In fact, Razer is calling it a “gamer’s dream come true.”</p>\n\n<p>But do we really need a “gaming phone”?</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 the Razer Phone?</h2>\n\n<p>By now, you may be wondering what differentiates the Razer Phone from an <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/smartphone-tech-impacts-mobile-gaming/\">ordinary smartphone</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The Razer Phone is built with a 5.7-inch 1440p screen, has 64GB of expandable storage, and a whopping 8GB of RAM. Combine that with a 4,000mAh battery and you’ll be in gaming heaven for hours.</p>\n\n<p>This phone also comes with a dual 12-megapixel camera system, with both a wide-angle lens and 2x optical zoom. While this feature may not matter too much to gamers, it is pretty nifty.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The Razer Phone\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_45/RazerPhone.png\" style=\"width: 883px; height: 587px;\" title=\"The Razer Phone\" /></p>\n\n<p>The Razer Phone also has a one-of-a-kind built-in speaker system. These front-firing speakers and dual amplifiers are built with Dolby ATMOS. Not to mention that THX guarantees audiophile quality sound for your entertainment when using Bluetooth headphones.</p>\n\n<p>Though, there are some downfalls. One, there isn’t a headphone jack on the Razer Phone. This phone’s sound system is 100% Bluetooth operated. Bluetooth is great and all, but there are a <a href=\"https://www.techwalla.com/articles/the-disadvantages-of-bluetooth-technology\">few complications</a> you’ll notice when enabling Bluetooth for too long, such as:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Battery drain</li>\n\t<li>Slow data connection</li>\n\t<li>Poor security</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>No headphone jack also means no support for a lot of gaming headsets, which most pro gamers wear while gaming to cancel out background noise as well as enhance their gameplay experience.</p>\n\n<p>For Razer to build the first revolutionary “gaming phone,” you’d think they would include something as minor as a headphone jack. Don’t get me wrong here, the sound system they built into the phone is incredible in itself, but it doesn’t seem appropriate for gaming. You can always use Bluetooth headphones, but they’re <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/7/12109384/wireless-bluetooth-headphones-battery-life-video\">not exactly the best things in the world</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The Razer Phone is also not waterproof, has no HDMI connectivity, doesn’t have a removable battery, and lacks a dual SIM.</p>\n\n<p>Because you’re able to play games on nearly every phone in the market right now, we’ve got to wonder if the Razer Phone was made for show (and popularity). Then again, Razer has been making some pretty amazing products that we’d never thought to even use, such as a 3-screen laptop known as “<a href=\"https://www.razerzone.com/project-valerie\">Project Valerie</a>”.</p>\n\n<p>There comes a time when you have to wonder… “Why?”</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>Do We Need a Gaming Phone?</h2>\n\n<p>Since 2011, mobile gaming has gone up nearly 40%. In fact, <a href=\"//www.statista.com/statistics/234649/percentage-of-us-population-that-play-mobile-games/\">n</a><a href=\"https://www.statista.com/statistics/234649/percentage-of-us-population-that-play-mobile-games/\">early 56% of the US population was playing mobile games in 2016</a>.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> </p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Percentage of US population that play mobile games\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_45/phoneStats.png\" style=\"width: 1006px; height: 639px;\" title=\"Percentage of US population that play mobile games\" /></p>\n\n<p>By these stats alone, we can definitely see that mobile games are a serious market that’s constantly getting bigger and bigger.</p>\n\n<p>Think back to the year 2000. If you had a mobile phone, you probably played “Snake” daily. The objective was somewhat simple. You were to maneuver the snake around the screen to “eat” the mouse, while avoiding hitting the walls (or the snake itself).</p>\n\n<p>The first mobile game that really made a dent in the mobile gaming foundation was “Angry Birds” (which came out in 2009). Not to mention, the game was free!</p>\n\n<p>In 2015, Samsung completely changed the game (literally) with virtual reality, after releasing the Gear VR. This allowed you to experience an up close and personal 3D virtual environment. The only thing this VR headset is lacking is the walking-around experience more advanced headsets on PC are offering.</p>\n\n<p>All of a sudden, in 2016, augmented reality games quickly formed. When Pokémon Go first came out, millions of gamers emerged from their homes to catch their favorite Pokémon. Some even traveled abroad to “catch them all!”</p>\n\n<p>Pokémon Go developer Niantic Labs had so much success with their first augmented reality app that they’ve teamed up with Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling to create <a href=\"https://nianticlabs.com/blog/wizardsunite/\">Harry Potter: Wizard’s Unite</a>.</p>\n\n<p>So, to our original question – do we need a gaming phone?</p>\n\n<p>Based on what we’ve seen up to this point… probably. If we want mobile gaming to appeal to more \"hardcore\" gamers, we need hardware that’s strong enough to handle the best games the industry can offer.</p>\n\n<p>Unless smartphone manufacturers are given a reason to innovate and put that much power in our pockets, that may never happen. But with a serious interest in mobile gaming, and pioneering technology like the Razer phone, companies will be given a reason to invest more resources into creating a true gaming phone.</p>\n\n<p>But, that leads to another important question…</p>\n\n<h2>Can Mobile Phones Become the Ultimate Gaming Platform?</h2>\n\n<p>If you think about it, “mobile” games have always been a part of us. The only difference is that instead of a smartphone we had the Gameboy, Sony PSP, or Nintendo DS.</p>\n\n<p>Thanks to Android and iOS developers, we no longer have to insert the game we want to play into a cartridge. All we have to do is touch the icon of the game we’re interested in at the time and voila! Instant gameplay.</p>\n\n<p>There’s always been a disconnection between PC, console, and mobile gamers, however. Touch screens lack the physical feedback gamers need from a controller (or keyboard) with physical buttons, which makes delicate movements turn clumsy and frustrating.</p>\n\n<p>That said, there are some mobile game developers that have managed to surpass this challenge and have created highly-addictive games.</p>\n\n<h2>Mobile vs. Handheld</h2>\n\n<p>When Nintendo first released the Wii in 2006, their sales skyrocketed. They were able to rake in over 101 million dollars, which outsold all previous consoles made.</p>\n\n<p>After the Wii, however, Nintendo’s revenue nearly hit rock bottom. They had made less money in 2012 with a brand new system, the WiiU, than they had made with their previous entertainment systems.</p>\n\n<p>In 2017, they dug themselves out of this money pit by creating their first ever gaming console hybrid - the Nintendo Switch.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Nintendo rebounds with the Switch\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_45/NintendoGIF.gif\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 427px;\" title=\"Nintendo rebounds with the Switch\" /></p>\n\n<p>Since its introduction in March, the Nintendo Switch has sold over 4.7 million units (as well as 13.6 million games). In fact, the demand was so strong for the Switch in the beginning that Nintendo was unable to keep the console on shelves.</p>\n\n<p>Nintendo’s stock rose nearly 60% since March 3 and it’ll only continue to rise as new games for the Switch are made.</p>\n\n<p>While it is interesting, the Switch obviously isn’t a smart phone. So that brings the question – can mobile gaming and smartphone gaming live side by side? Or will one beat the other?</p>\n\n<p>Honestly? It’s hard to tell.</p>\n\n<p>The Switch, while an amazing console with 2 of the world most popular franchises (Zelda and Mario), otherwise hasn’t become a major platform for serious gamers. And so many people, gamers and non-gamers alike, have smartphones.</p>\n\n<p>This leads us to believe dedicated gaming smartphones may push out the competition and gain some serious traction. Especially if gaming accessories, mainly mobile controllers, are released alongside them.</p>\n\n<p>Then there’s the next piece of the puzzle…</p>\n\n<h2>Mobile Esports</h2>\n\n<p>In order for mobile gaming to become “serious,” there needs to be a shift in perception of what mobile games are.</p>\n\n<p>Historically, mobile gaming has been seen as a simple way to pass the time and no one took it seriously.</p>\n\n<p>I would argue, however, that in order to shift public perception of mobile gaming, <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/esports/\">mobile Esports need to become more prevalent</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For example, mobile-only game “Mad Skills Motocross 2” decided to integrate skills-based prizes in 2016, which allowed players to wager money on their race times versus other real players. After only 10 months, over $900,000 was awarded in prize money, with some of the top-ranking players earning as much as $6,000 a month. What’s more surprising is the fact that these players are not “pro-level” gamers.</p>\n\n<p>The top players on Mad Skills Motocross usually only play for 2-3 hours out of their day. Whereas “pro-level” PC gamers play nearly 8-10 hours daily to maintain their pro-level status.</p>\n\n<p>As mobile Esports become more popular, gamers will invest more time and begin to take these mobile games more seriously.</p>\n\n<h2>What’s Holding Back Mobile Gaming?</h2>\n\n<p>For years, mobile gaming has been on the cusp of becoming the go-to platform for various gaming developers. Which makes you wonder: “What’s the holdup?”</p>\n\n<p>For a while, game developers were worried that mobile games weren’t able to bring enough revenue in. However, <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/trends-online-gaming-2017/\">2017 has shown that mobile games are starting to kick-off</a>, raking in more money than console and PC.</p>\n\n<p>These stats hint at one thing: mobile gaming may be the future of gaming.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Mobile games are dominating the market\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/Newzoo_2017_Global_Games_Market_Per_Segment_April_2017.png\" style=\"width: 4000px; height: 2250px;\" title=\"Mobile games are dominating the market\" /></p>\n\n<p>Another problem with <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mobile-games/\">mobile games</a> are intellectual property rights, and just how easy it is to create copies of successful games.</p>\n\n<p>Take for example the popular (and very addictive) game, Flappy Bird. After Flappy Bird was released, thousands of competitors created “clones” in attempts to cash in on its success.</p>\n\n<p>In some cases, clones of Flappy Bird became more popular than the original game (Flappy Bieber, anyone?). This, in turn, caused the developers to take the original Flappy Bird game down.</p>\n\n<p>Promotion is also a huge issue when it comes to mobile games. Google Play often promotes the “Top-Ranking” games rather than promoting new games to users. Generally speaking, most users are more inclined to try a game if it’s free, which in turn, is what makes these games popular.</p>\n\n<p>Games like Hearthstone, however, are promoted by well-known companies with huge budgets, and are shared daily through their Twitter feed, Facebook, and even though it’s sister-game World of Warcraft.</p>\n\n<p>Last but not least, mobile games have become oversaturated. There are hundreds of thousands of games to choose from and <a href=\"http://www.pocketgamer.biz/metrics/app-store/submissions/\">hundreds more are being submitted each month</a>.</p>\n\n<p>It can be hard to get into a game when a new one comes out the very same day, especially when the new game promises to be “bigger and better than ever before!”</p>\n\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n\n<p>All-in-all, mobile gaming is indeed \"bigger and better than ever before\".</p>\n\n<p>Between making more money than any other gaming platform and huge advances in mobile technology, mobile is making a stand to shift public perception and becoming a serious gaming category.</p>\n\n<p>But are “gaming phones” required? Should smartphones become another dedicated gaming console?</p>\n\n<p>Well, it depends on how much power we need to play the latest and greatest games. If there’s a gap (and currently, there is), then we need to seriously consider the idea of a dedicated smartphone with enough power for gamers.</p>\n\n<p>And considering that mobile gaming is the biggest money maker in the industry right now, and nearly everyone has one, it's more than likely that the Razer Phone won't be the last \"gaming phone\" on the market.</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":"11/22/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_46/smartphones-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13072"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/command-clan-like-donald-trump/"},"strings":{"title":"How to Command a Clan Like Donald Trump","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"480000","description":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">(and other world leaders)</h2>\n\n<p>How do you command the respect of a clan, lead your troops into battle and dominate your virtual world? Naturally, there are many ways to accomplish your mission.</p>\n\n<p>You could lead by example, you could rule with an iron fist or you could flash some cash and hope people follow you. As with everything in life, there isn’t one “right” answer when it comes to leading a group. However, if you cast your gaze towards the leaders of the world, you’ll see that there are some traits that make you more appealing to the average men and women.</p>\n\n<p>When you’re trying to organize your own clan, forge alliances and then execute a successful battle plan, you need to employ a range of skills. Fortunately, if you take look at the world’s leading leaders, the skills needed to inspire the masses are all on display. Yes, no single world leader is the complete package, but they do all have a particular trait that makes them successful. Being the strategy-minded gamers that we are, we’re keen to learn a thing or two from these famous faces and, in the process, make you a <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/be-a-clan-leader/\">better clan leader</a>.</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\n<h2>The Mindset of a Successful Leader</h2>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The mindset of a successful leader\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_43/leader-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The mindset of a successful leader\" /></p>\n\n<p>There has been debate about the <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/deeppatel/2017/03/22/11-powerful-traits-of-successful-leaders/\">best attributes</a> of a great leader since the dawn of time, and before we profile five political powers from around the world, let’s first outline four qualities that are generally considered to be desirable for someone stepping into battle (either figuratively or literally):</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Honesty:</u></strong> You can’t hide behind a veil of insincerity. Being honest enough to admit your weaknesses or mistakes is something that actually make a leader appear more authoritative. Although you probably shouldn’t give away all of your secrets, it’s wise to be transparent enough that people feel as though they know the real you.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Enterprise:</u></strong> Things change in the heat of battle, whether that’s in the boardroom or the battlefield, and you need to be able to use all the tools at your disposal to get where you need to be. Bad decision? Turn it into a good one; there are people depending on you, and it’s important that you are able to manipulate the world around you, no matter what state it’s in.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Focus:</u></strong> When the shrapnel is flying, do you have what it takes to keep marching forward, no matter what? Muddled thinking or a moment of indecision can cost lives, and keeping your ultimate goal at the forefront of your mind is paramount. Refuse to be distracted by the smaller issues at play and bounce back from every setback.</p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Toughness:</u></strong> Every leader has to show that they’re the boss from time to time, whether that’s by being big and macho, or quietly resilient. People will come at you from all angles when you’re making decisions, and letting both friend and foe know that you’re in charge will reassure those around you whilst deterring enemies from attacking.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Show them who's boss\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_27/2-success.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Show them who's boss\" /></p>\n\n<p><strong><u>Calculation:</u></strong> Leadership can quite often be about getting to the end goal one chess move at a time. Each move might seem minor to the outsider, but you know it’s all part of a much bigger picture, all meticulously put together with absolute precision. Life is unpredictable, of course, but less so if you’re the one pulling the strings.</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>Follow the Leaders</h2>\n\n<p>So that’s the theory, but you’re standing on the frontline with a thousand troops behind you and reality starts to bite. Having a head full of knowledge without some concrete examples to fall back on is a recipe for disaster in the throes of war. With this in mind, let’s take a look at five famous world leaders and how they’d command a clan in one of our MMORPGs.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Confident Like Donald Trump</h2>\n\n<p>A lifetime in the cutthroat world of business and a few billion in the bank has given President Trump a confidence that borders on arrogance. Despite being in the early stages of his tenure as US President, Trump has used his bombastic style to push through some ideas that may or may not be positive for the nation. How? Simple: because he delivered his manifesto with an unflinching gusto that almost forced people to believe it.</p>\n\n<p>If Trump was leading a clan, how would he do it? Well, it’s often a good strategy to protect your units in the early stages of the game and leave your castle undefended. This is where Trump would thrive. Because of his gung-ho attitude, he’d be more than willing to send every available unit out on a mission to build the strength of his army and only worry about threats when they happen. Indeed, because of his supreme confidence, he either wouldn’t consider that someone would attack him or he simply wouldn’t worry because he’d assume he’d win regardless.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Enterprising Like Vladimir Putin</h2>\n\n<p>Intelligence and hierarchy are two traits that have made Russia’s Vladimir Putin <a href=\"https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-career-within-you/201112/what-is-putin-s-personality-type\">a strong leader</a>. Thanks to his PhD in economics, Putin is someone that can assess a multitude of variables and use them to predict the potential outcome of a situation. Moreover, he’s someone who not only pushes the virtues of a rigid power structure, but understands how to use this structure to his advantage.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Always one step ahead\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_43/leader-3.png\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Always one step ahead\" /></p>\n\n<p>To put it another way, Putin is like a chess master that’s capable of making the best moves in any situation given the confines of the game he’s playing. Being able to control the right people in the right way is what’s kept him in power since 2011. Taking this quality into a game such as <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/vikings-war-of-clans/\">Vikings: War of Clans</a>, Putin would be an expert at working inside a clan. Naturally, clans have their own hierarchy with the older and larger members usually dominating. Putin would understand this and seek to become the most powerful unit inside a clan and, therefore, call the shots.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Focused Like Kim Jong-un</h2>\n\n<p>His political and military methods might be the subject of debate among Western leaders, but there’s no doubting Kim Jong-un’s understanding of the game he plays. With his <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/16/north-korea-kim-jong-il-birthday\">entire lineage</a> steeped in power, he’s naturally got an advantage over those that could be described as “newcomers” to political leadership. For example, before entering British politics, Theresa May worked in finance. She is also the daughter of a vicar and not a noted world leader.</p>\n\n<p>In contrast, Jong-un is the son of North Korea’s former leader Kim Jong-il who, in turn, was the son of the former leader, Kim Il-sung. If anything, Jong-un has politics and leadership bred into him and that’s a skill you can’t teach. Irrespective of his decisions, he’s someone that’s used to the pressure of leading a nation. Success in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">Strategy MMO games</a> can hinge on every decision and goal you complete. Juggling your responsibilities as a leader with your daily life can be stressful, but it’s something someone with a mindset like Jong-un’s could manage.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Tough Like Theresa May</h2>\n\n<p>During her Brexit negotiations, May has continuously stated that “no deal is better than a bad deal”. This kind of confidence and defiance may be a risky strategy in some commentator’s eyes, but it’s one that defines her personality.</p>\n\n<p>Although she’s not cast in quite the same mold as Margaret Thatcher, May has a certain unyielding determination that can play to her advantage. Indeed, if we look back to our list of traits you need to be a solid leader, confidence in your position, regardless of the potential outcome, is crucial if you believe you’re in the right.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Confidence is key\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_43/leader-4.png\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Confidence is key\" /></p>\n\n<p>May is a leader who can be inflexible at times, which is something you need if you’re going to forge relationships in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/throne-kingdom-at-war/\">Throne: Kingdom at War</a>. Joining an Order is essential, but you shouldn’t join the first one you find. You need to partner with a collective that compliments your interests and plays to your strengths. As May would say, if you’re not getting a good deal, then don’t agree a deal at all.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Calculated Like Angela Merkel</h2>\n\n<p>The final world leader worth learning from, is Germany’s Angela Merkel. A success in a variety of ways during a time of economic hardship across Europe, Merkel has shown that a cautious approach to politics, finance and foreign affairs can pay dividends in the long run. Indeed, as it stands, Germany now has the largest economy in Europe and the fourth largest in the world.</p>\n\n<p>Perhaps one of the most interesting qualities about Merkel is that she’s not the most charismatic or animated world leader. In fact, many would say she’s fairly robotic, but this is also her strength. By examining the small details and sticking to the facts, Merkel has been able to let things take care of themselves. Instead of pushing a particular agenda or issue, he’s simply present the strongest case and had faith in her calculations. Essentially, if you want to succeed, you need to take the emotion out of a situation and make the most strategically sound move.</p>\n\n<p>Regardless of the eventual outcome, you should always be looking to make the move that facts suggest is correct. Of course, there are times when you need to be as animated and confident as trump, as enterprising as Putin, focused like Jong-un and determined as May. But ultimately you need to be calculated and listen to the voice of reason.</p>\n\n<p>In the world of MMORPGs, things are going to go wrong but, as any great leader will tell you, you can’t let them get to you. If you can maintain an even keel and also do what you believe is right, you’ll not only inspire the masses, but achieve success in the long run.</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":"10/30/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_43/leader-header.png"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13052"}},{"links":{"link":"/en/blog/black-markets-hacking-mmos/"},"strings":{"title":"How Do Black Markets Affect MMO Games","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"540000","description":"<p>The Internet intensifies all the flaws and security threats linked to information technologies. Nowadays, news of new threats, of hacked TV shows, banks or even governmental institutions are commonplace. And it would be wrong to think online games are an exception.</p>\n\n<p>On the contrary, an entire fringe group has found a calling in exploiting online games. The phenomenon was born a long time ago and is mostly present in the world of MMORPG. Since the finest hours of games like RuneScape or World of Warcraft, pople and even businesses have found ways to make money off of the game’s economy, and sometimes other players.</p>\n\n<p>Like the MMOs they depend on, these black markets never stop innovating, evolving and adapting.</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 Early Days of MMO Black Markets</h2>\n\n<p>The term “black market” is always used in a negative context. It’s almost impossible to imagine the people taking part in it as moral or someone you can trust. But this perception is somewhat false. To understand this point, let’s go back to the origins of the phenomenon.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Gold Farming\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/black-market-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Gold Farming\" /></p>\n\n<p>It would be almost impossible to identify who was the first player to realize some players were ready to spend real money to buy an item. One thing is certain - this didn’t go unnoticed.</p>\n\n<p>As soon as MMORPGs became mainstream and traffic went up, a need arose: gaining rare items without sacrificing a lot of time. Maybe it was the lack of micro-transactions and constant supervision contributed to real-world money becoming a part of the barter system. Nevertheless, Gold or any “hard currency” used in the game has become a product.</p>\n\n<h2>Gold Farming - the Abridged Version</h2>\n\n<p>It’s a simple concept: players wanting to sell in-game Gold through the black market had to be able to provide large quantities of it. In 2003, for example, 1 million of RuneScape 2’s Gold coins could be exchanged for 5-8 USD.</p>\n\n<p>Sellers had to find crafty ways to obtain millions of Gold coins as quick as possible. They started identifying resources relatively difficult to get. Then, they wrote scripts to create automated accounts in charge of gathering as much of these resources as possible.</p>\n\n<p>In the first MMOs, where sometimes there was no real limit to the amount of resources one could carry, this was a good solution. This process is still really profitable in lots of MMOs, even today. It got so common that developers had to start warning their players of the <a href=\"https://ncsoft.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/214959643-Buying-Gold-From-Gold-Farmers\">dangers inherent in buying Gold from Gold farmers</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For lots of Gold farmers, this was an easy way to make money. So It wasn’t really surprising when they quickly found easier, more lucrative alternatives. Even if those alternatives were illegal and sometimes downright harmful.</p>\n\n<h2>Gone Phishing</h2>\n\n<p>Why spend hours on farming precious resources or to program thousands of bots, when you can just hack other people’s accounts and steal their resources? That was the logic some unscrupulous companies and black market operators came up with. The same logic that gave the black market its bad reputation.</p>\n\n<p>As early as 2005, some websites started offering players help in developing their game accounts. The players just had to give over their accounts’ credentials. unsurprisingly, players who were sending their username and password to those websites got their accounts stolen. The stolen accounts were then resold or emptied of resources.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Account Phishing\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/black-market-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 349px;\" title=\"Account Phishing\" /></p>\n\n<p>This type of hacking is the most popular, but it’s also the easiest to prevent. It’s enough to simply not give away your login details to someone on the Internet. Likewise, it’s advised not to use any third party software noncertified by the game developers. Those softwares could, as promised, boost your resources, but nothing prevents them from stealing your login details when the time is right.</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>Hack ‘n’ Slash</h2>\n\n<p>But phishing is not the only tool of would-be MMO hackers. Some choose more straightforward or drastic methods. Sometimes, the easiest way to get millions of gold coins you can sell for real money is to just create them.</p>\n\n<p>Some players found ways to generate the rarest game resources by manipulating its code. In some cases it’s about creating fortunes, but sometimes they can generate rare items or even in-game houses. That’s what MANFRED - a hacker specializing in MMOs - told during the <a href=\"https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-25/dc-25-speakers.html#Manfred\">DEF-CON Conference of July 2017</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The hacker was explaining a few relatively simple methods he was using to achieve his dubious goals. For example, in Ultima Online, MANFRED noticed he could steal houses from players. He then began selling those houses on eBay for $2,000 on average. For more than 20 years, he managed to <a href=\"https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59p7qd/this-man-has-survived-by-hacking-mmo-online-games\">build a small fortune</a> exploiting the flaws in the code of some really <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">popular MMO games</a>.</p>\n\n<h2>Black Markets in Popular MMOs</h2>\n\n<h3><strong>World of Warcraft</strong></h3>\n\n<p>WoW is far from being the first MMO suffering from a parallel economy. But it has been one of the most popular online games  for a long time. It’s not surprising then, that its black market also got its fair share of media attention.</p>\n\n<p>Some might remember the documentaries about Chinese companies that were storming WoW’s servers just to get some gold? Just go on Google or YouTube and search “Gold Farming in WoW” to understand the scale of the problem. What is more surprising, though, is that this practice is not limited to players or companies. Sometimes <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/25/china-prisoners-internet-gaming-scam\">prisoners are forced to play against their will</a>, occasionally in inhuman conditions.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>Counter Strike</strong></h3>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Counter Strike gambling\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/counterStrike.png\" style=\"width: 777px; height: 488px;\" title=\"Counter Strike gambling\" /></p>\n\n<p>Counter Strike is not an MMO in the conventional sense, but it was one of the largest parallel economies in an online game. This industry is way more aggressive than the ones you find on other online games, with an “anything goes” policy. You can find bets on games, sales of personalized equipments and even totally illegal online casinos.</p>\n\n<p>Developer Valve is trying to combat this phenomenon by punishing those it catches in the act. Unfortunately, this strategy doesn’t always pay off. To some extent, the parallel industry of Counter Strike Global Offensive actually helps propel the game’s popularity; and the money it’s making. Some even point the finger at the developers themselves for <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2016/7/7/12103022/counter-strike-gambling-valve\">allowing this to continue</a>.</p>\n\n<h3><strong>Entropia Universe</strong></h3>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Entropia Universe auction house\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/entropiaUniverse.jpg\" style=\"width: 580px; height: 330px;\" /></p>\n\n<p>This MMO is located at the other end of the black market’s spectrum. In an attempt to prevent the rise of a black market, game developers tried to introduce their own currency conversion system. Players can invest real money to advance their characters and account, and they can sell items in game and convert their “Gold” (referred to as PED) to US dollars. This concept is quite creative, and since the release of the game in 2003, this business model seems pretty solid.</p>\n\n<p>But this built-in convertibility made Entropia Universe accounts really attractive to informations hackers. Especially when you know the game entered the World Guinness Book of Records after <a href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2010/11/10/virtual-entropia-universe-property-sells-for-335k-real-dollars\">selling a space station for $330,000</a>.</p>\n\n<h2>But Is It Legal?</h2>\n\n<p>Obviously, one must wonder if it’s all legal. Aren’t those black market practices against the law? Or, at the least, don’t they breach the MMOs’ Terms of Use? Most of the time, the law isn’t interested in the economies of an MMO game. Except when gambling is involved, especially by minors.</p>\n\n<p>Gold farming or accounts reselling are not, strictly speaking, illegal. But developers tend to be against these practices, because they fear legal action. As a matter of fact, if two sides of a black market transaction decide to go to court, developers are immediately involved since their MMO is the financial medium.</p>\n\n<p>Theoretically, one solution to prevent real money transactions would be to place the entire economy in the hands of the developers. Players wouldn’t be able to affect supply and demand. This would be unfortunate and would hurt the game’s appeal and authenticity. Such a choice could discourage players from spending time on the game, and might lead to a total abandonment of the MMO.</p>\n\n<p>Few people are better positioned than Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, who was Lead Economist at Eve Online developer CCP. EVE Online is known for mixing real-world money and in-game finances. Gudmundsson summarized the <a href=\"http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/real-money-trading-the-black-market-of-online-gaming/14774\">effect of black markets on MMOs</a>: MMO black market that work with real money do not necessarily present a threat to the game’s economy. It is necessary, though, to set up some sturdy safeguards to regulate supply and demand, to adjust the inflation and to prevent market manipulation. Those ideas can seem really complex but you can find them in every MMO you ever played.</p>\n\n<h2>Fighting the Black Markets</h2>\n\n<p>No MMO can be totally free of black markets. Even when there are no practical ways for the players to exchange resources in-game, it’s always possible to sell accounts. Even browser games are no exception.</p>\n\n<p>You can be certain that the game community is not indifferent to the situation. Lots of players have been victims of unscrupulous gold farmers, which might explain the hostile attitude towards those players. Others are affected by the economic degradation they blame on those farmers.</p>\n\n<p>Sometimes, this hostile attitude appears in a global campaign to try and discourage or sabotage the work of farmers. One of the <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/10/16283926/venezuelan-gold-farming-runescape-targets\">most recent case happened in RuneScape</a>, where some players got very hostile towards players coming from Venezuela. To give you some context, Venezuelan players were trying to make extra money in RuneScape to try and survive the hyperinflation hitting their country.</p>\n\n<p>Finding solutions to that kind of situation is not always easy. Keeping track of the actions and interactions of all the players is not easy. And it’s not always possible (or wise) to ask others players to signal suspicious accounts. Not only would you need to check every report, but you would also have to be sure these reports are always made out of good faith.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Embracing the Black Markets\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/black-market-4.jpg\" style=\"width: 888px; height: 400px;\" title=\"Embracing the Black Markets\" /></p>\n\n<p>Anyway, in most cases, the only solution is to integrate the black markets into the game by using models like the one of Albion Online. In this game, precious items that could attract black market racketeers are not dropped by monsters or at the end of dungeons. You need to go see an NPC who is organizing the redistribution of those precious resources. To this day, there is no reliable solution to farm a specific resource. Albion Online’s solution is smart and seems to work for now, but it cannot be used in each and every MMO.</p>\n\n<p>All in all, MMOs’ parasitic markets are an extremely complex and problematic issue the developers cannot always overcome. Even for studios like Blizzard, with huge resources and lots of experience in this kind of situations, black markets are still a major issue.</p>\n\n<p>Developers cannot face it alone. Players need to play their role by not giving in to the temptation of cheap items and Gold. But, even then, one must admit this illicit industry still has a rosy future... Maybe the only practical solution is to include it as part of the MMO’s gameplay, and to fully regulate it. Then again, some claim black markets don’t do any real harm to a game, so we might was well just leave it alone...</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":"10/16/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_41/black-market-header.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13029"}},{"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 Strategy and MMO 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\"}\" <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>Fighting a Virtual War</h2>\n\n<p>Whatever battle you engage in, whether it's a medieval showdown in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/strategy-games/throne-kingdom-at-war/\">Throne: Kingdom at War</a> or a futuristic fight in <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mobile-games/soldiers-inc-mobile-warfare/\">Soldiers Inc: Mobile Warfare</a>, war games require some serious thought.</p>\n\n<p>Of course, when you compete in one of our <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">Online Strategy Games</a>, you're not facing a potentially fatal situation. However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't act like you are. If you start to think like military men and women, you'll actually start to see some better results. In fact, there are 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\">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, and this is the important bit, 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 player inside our virtual worlds.</p>\n\n<h2>Be Like Water</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<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\">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\">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<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/trends-online-gaming-2017/"},"strings":{"title":"Trends In Online Gaming In 2017 And Beyond","category":"MMO Games Blog","author":"PLARIUM STAFF","readTime":"600000","description":"<p><em>Check out our summary of the top <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/blog/video-game-trends-2018/\">video game trends of 2018</a></em></p>\n\n<p> </p>\n\n<p>The video game industry is getting bigger and bigger every year. Last year, in 2016, the industry raked in an all-time high revenue of $91 billion. The <a href=\"https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/the-global-games-market-will-reach-108-9-billion-in-2017-with-mobile-taking-42/\">predictions for this year</a> are even more optimistic - $108.9 billion in revenue. Whoa...</p>\n\n<p>But what is causing this surge in revenue? The easy answer is just two words - Mobile 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 Hottest Video Game Trends of 2017</h2>\n\n<p>Mobile games currently hold the largest segment of the industry’s revenue. By the end of 2017, they are expected to have generated $46B, which makes up 42% of the global market for game products. For comparison, console games will make up 31%, and PC games only 27%.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"2017 video games market\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/Newzoo_2017_Global_Games_Market_Per_Segment_April_2017.png\" style=\"width: 1920px; height: 1080px;\" title=\"2017 video games market\" /></p>\n\n<p>However, mobile games are not the only rising trend in the industry. Virtual Reality is another promising stream of revenue, with analysts predicting a growth of 104% from 2016 to 2017. In fact, by the year 2020, the annual worldwide revenue for VR is expected to reach $28B, which is 6 times more than what it’s expected to be this year. Granted, only about $4.5B will come from actual VR games, but that’s still more than 20 times what gamers spent by the end of 2016.</p>\n\n<p>VR is indeed growing in popularity, but I think we can attribute that to mobile as well. Mobile devices and smartphones are getting more powerful with every generation. They already support VR and AR games, and as their <a href=\"https://plarium.com/en/mmo-games/smartphone-tech-impacts-mobile-gaming/\">tech gets better</a>, we’ll see more affordable, fun and unique experiences. Using your phone with a wireless VR headset is much easier and comfortable than using the more expensive PC and console ones. It’s cheaper, doesn’t involve messy cables, and is accessible to everyone with a smartphone.</p>\n\n<p>I’m not saying VR is exclusively the domain of the mobile device, but I do believe the rise in its popularity can be attributed to the rise of mobile gaming more than to hardcore gamers buying an expensive PSVR or HTC Vive.</p>\n\n<p>If we do want to talk about the contribution of the “hardocre” crowd to the growing success of the video game industry, there are two segments we can examine: esports and online gaming.</p>\n\n<p>When talking about video games, esports is one of the fastest-growing markets, second only to VR. Between 2016 and 2017, esports revenue shot up 26%. Granted, the numbers themselves are still relatively low, with $892 million in 2016 and an estimated $1.1B in 2017. What is more impressive is the esports scene’s reach. From highly competitive console games to collectible card games and <a href=\"https://plarium.com/\">free-to-play MMOs</a>, almost every video game genre is trying to dominate the esport scene, with varying levels of success.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The video game market: revenue and growth\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/esports-revenue.JPG\" style=\"width: 1539px; height: 872px;\" title=\"The video game market: revenue and growth\" /></p>\n\n<p>Mobile, VR and esports are the hottest trends right now. But the backbone of the industry is, and will always be, the games. So that’s what I want to focus on - games. More specifically, online games.</p>\n\n<h2>Most Popular Online Games of 2017</h2>\n\n<p>Playing games online has never been so popular. In 2017, there are <a href=\"https://www.statista.com/outlook/212/100/online-games/worldwide#\">575 million people playing online games</a> around the world, and that’s excluding free-to-play browser games. That’s an increase of 3% over 2016, and the number is expected to steadily rise to 645 million players by the year 2021. Furthermore, a quick look at the official <a href=\"http://store.steampowered.com/stats/\">Steam statistics</a> page reveals that the top 5 games on the platform are all online games. Not to mention games that aren’t on Steam, like Overwatch and Hearthstone that have around 100M players between them across all platforms.</p>\n\n<p>So people play a lot of online games, but the more interesting question is “what exactly are they playing?” There are too many genres and subgenres to count, so let's look at what type of games people are playing, both online and off.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Best selling video game genres in 2016\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/BestSelling.JPG\" style=\"width: 908px; height: 595px;\" title=\"Best selling video game genres in 2016\" /></p>\n\n<p>It seems like action, shooter and role-playing games pretty much dominate the PC and console markets. If we look at the <a href=\"http://www.vertoanalytics.com/the-most-popular-mobile-game-genres-who-plays-what-when/\">popular mobile game genres</a>, the breakdown is completely different, with puzzles, strategy and gambling taking the first spots.</p>\n\n<p>With this information in mind, let’s focus on 5 of the most popular genres for online games:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>MOBA</li>\n\t<li>Role-playing, or MMORPG</li>\n\t<li>Shooter</li>\n\t<li>Strategy</li>\n\t<li>Gambling</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>MOBA</h2>\n\n<p>MOBA, or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, is a relatively new genre. It took the gaming world by storm with big titles like League of Legends, Dota 2, and Heroes of the Storm. Some also claim that this genre is responsible for the rise of esports of we know them today.</p>\n\n<p>While it’s difficult to determine exactly which MOBA is more successful overall, we can easily see which is the most popular in 2017. According to online viewership numbers and numbers of active players, LoL is by far the winner, even 8 years after its initial release date. This time last year, developer Riot Games claimed LoL had <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/2016/9/13/12891656/the-past-present-and-future-of-league-of-legends-studio-riot-games\">100M monthly active players</a>. Just to compare, Dota 2, the game’s biggest competitor, reported 13 million unique monthly players. LoL is also the most played PC game of the year so far, and is the most-viewed game on Twitch.</p>\n\n<p>The biggest proof that the MOBA genre is still the undisputed king of online gaming is, as always, in the money. Not only is LoL bringing in more revenue than any other MOBA title this year, but it’s the highest-grossing of all PC games in 2017. That’s impressive, to say the least.</p>\n\n<p>On mobile, the situation is almost identical. Honor of Kings, known as Arena of Valor in the west, is 2017’s biggest mobile game, and it’s a 5v5 battle arena. The game has gathered 55 million active players since it was first released in 2015, and generates <a href=\"https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/07/tencent-honor-of-kings-us-europe/\">$435 million in revenue every month</a>. It’s so popular in China that the biggest newspaper there called it a “poison” and a “drug”. So people seem to really, really like it.</p>\n\n<p>However, there’s one other type of game that threatens the MOBA genre’s reign over the online gaming scene, and that’s the shooter.</p>\n\n<h2>Shooters</h2>\n\n<p>MOBAs are still considered to be the most popular genre for online play, but the shooter is catching up. Fast.</p>\n\n<p>Popular games like Overwatch, Counter-strike: Global Offensive and GTA Online give the top MOBAs a run for their money. In fact, CS:GO is now the most popular esport game on Twitch, ending League of Legends’ streak. With the recent release of Destiny 2, shooters are more popular than ever; they could soon overtake MOBA as the most popular online game genre.</p>\n\n<p>No other game is a better example of that coming shift than PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a multiplayer only game by Bluehole Studio. Right now, PUBG is the most played game on Steam. Around 1M people play this game every day, and the funny thing is that it hasn’t even been released yet - not officially, anyway.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"Most popular games on PC\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/PUBG.JPG\" style=\"width: 1025px; height: 769px;\" title=\"Most popular games on PC\" /></p>\n\n<p>According to a study by Newzoo, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is the <a href=\"https://newzoo.com/insights/articles/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-battle-royale-simulator-now-the-sixth-most-popular-pc-game-in-the-market/\">6th most popular game on PC</a> right now. In May 2017, only 2.73% of PC gamers played the game; in July, the number spiked to 10.81%. It’s actually number 1 in the Japanese market, number 3 in China, and number 4 in the US. With numbers like these, it’s well on its way to conquering the top spots all across the world.</p>\n\n<h2>MMO and MMORPG</h2>\n\n<p>Massive Multiplayer Online games, especially Massive Multiplayer Online Role-playing games, are still a staple of online gaming.</p>\n\n<p>As one of the charts above shows, free-to-play MMO games are estimated to bring in around $20B in revenue this year, which is 13% more than in 2016. Pay-to-play MMOs are still doing well, with around $5B - an increase of 1% over last year.</p>\n\n<p>The most popular MMORPGs of 2017 won’t surprise anyone who has been playing these kinds of games for the last few years. World of Warcraft still holds the top spot, with Guild Wars 2, The Elder Scrolls Online and Final Fantasy XIV picking up the slack.</p>\n\n<p>However, it’s difficult to determine whether the genre is doing well or not. Most MMORPGs refuse to publish the number of active players, instead showing off the number of total subscribers (which doesn’t tend to go down in F2P games). If you check the numbers, you do see a small but steady decline in the leading games’ popularity, but whenever new major content is released, the numbers go back up again. We can safely say that MMORPGs aren’t going away anytime soon, but they don’t seem to be as popular as they once were.</p>\n\n<p>The genre’s biggest obstacle on its way back to mainstream popularity is definitely esports. Many believe that MMOs are simply not built for esports, though that isn’t really the case.</p>\n\n<h2>Online Strategy Games</h2>\n\n<p>Strategy games were always kind of a niche market, but one that has performed consistently well since the mid 1990s. In recent years, the genre has enjoyed a new surge in popularity thanks to the return of the classic StarCraft and XCOM, and a bunch of new city-building and space-sims.</p>\n\n<p>But this new “golden age” of strategy is mostly felt in the mobile market. On PC and consoles, strategy games are often ignored by mainstream audiences. Only 4.3% of the best-selling games in 2016 were strategy games. On mobile, however, online strategy is booming, with these titles constantly taking the top spots of the most popular and <a href=\"https://thinkgaming.com/app-sales-data/\">highest grossing mobile games</a> lists.</p>\n\n<p>Games like Clash of Clans, Game of War and Vikings: War of Clans are incredibly popular, even more so than a lot of the big casual or puzzle games on the platform. It could be thanks to the rise of the free-to-play or “freemium” business models that work so well with resource- and time- based games.</p>\n\n<p>Whichever the case may be, It seems like the real-time strategy genre is slowly moving to mobile, while genres like MOBA are taking over on PC and consoles.</p>\n\n<h2>Online Gambling</h2>\n\n<p>While the online gambling market is technically not part of the video game industry, it is definitely part of the online gaming market. And a pretty big part, especially on mobile. Running through the numbers, it’s pretty easy to understand why.</p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img alt=\"The online gambling market is constantly growing\" src=\"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/blog/images/2017/week_36/2016_global_gaming_gambling_markets_overview_3.png\" style=\"width: 648px; height: 422px;\" title=\"The online gambling market is constantly growing\" /></p>\n\n<p>In 2016, the online gambling market revenue was $45.86 billion, and in 2017 it is expected to reach $50.68B. If we look even further into the future, we’re talking about $66.59 billion by 2020, and $96.89 billion by the end of 2024. These numbers are staggering. Just as reminder - mobile games will pull in around $46B by the end of the year, and they are the lucrative segment of the video game industry.</p>\n\n<p>So while some gaming purists may choose to ignore it, pioneers in the field, like <a href=\"https://www.888casino.com/\">888casino</a>, have already proven online gambling can be just as popular, and sometimes more so, than most other game genres.</p>\n\n<h2>The Future of Online Gaming</h2>\n\n<p>So what does the future hold for online gaming?</p>\n\n<p>As mobile devices continue to become more and more powerful, will they completely replace PCs and gaming consoles? I doubt it, although the success of the Nintendo Switch, a hybrid between a home console and a portable gaming device, might be a sign of things to come. But let’s stick to what we can say with a little more certainty.</p>\n\n<p>Virtual and Augmented Reality is on the rise, and as headsets become less expensive and more comfortable, we will start to see new experiences that appeal to wider audiences. One of these audiences could be the causal online gambler. Instead of booking a flight to Las Vegas, gamers could slip on a VR headset and step into a <a href=\"https://venturebeat.com/2015/11/13/gambling-on-virtual-reality-the-online-casinos-of-the-future/\">virtual casino</a>.</p>\n\n<p>And finally, gaming will finish its evolution into a legitimate spectator sport. With the number of people watching gaming tournaments and events online growing with each year, the gap between “real” sports and virtual sports is getting smaller. We’re not far from the day the FIFA World Cups will take place online instead of on the pitch.</p>\n\n<p>These are just some of the possibilities. We’ll have to wait and see what the gaming public demands, and what game developers come up with.</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":"9/11/2017"},"images":{"preview":{"href":"https://cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/old/blog/en/2014/06/4-do-s-of-online-gaming.jpg"},"authorAvatar":{"href":"//cdn01.x-plarium.com/browser/content/portal/common/avatars/default_avatar.jpg","sizes":[]}},"template_options":{"compositeId":"13016"}},{"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. 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