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Interesting. What are the thoughts of you and your partners on the collaboration aspects? That is, it is very likely that things like guilds (WoW) or corporatio
by scott_s 11y ago
Interesting. What are the thoughts of you and your partners on the collaboration aspects? That is, it is very likely that things like guilds (WoW) or corporations (Eve Online) will develop, even if they're not a concept inside the game. I have no first-hand experience with MMORPGs, but my understanding is that it's possible to spend all of one's time managing these organizations, and none actually "playing" the game. That is, for them, the game has become the organizational meta-game. (There's some famous Eve "player" who says he has not logged in for some length of time measured in years, despite being high-up in one of the largest corporations.)
What I'm getting at is the desired side-effect is for people to have something they use to show employers in the real world to say, "I am employable for doing this super hard technical work". But I can imagine that for some people, that part of the game would become the minority of it. What are your all thoughts on this? Maybe a way to show experience with technical project management? (I'm not being glib.)
- kasey_junk 11y agoIf you read Patrick's bio on their web page he explicitly likens managing an mmorpg gruop to management. I suspect they would view the evolution of that sort of culture as hugely successful & the incentives are setup such that they capture and try to place those people who are leading those groups. CTO placement also pays out at a pretty good rate I imagine...