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<blockquote data-quote="mkill" data-source="post: 5153071" data-attributes="member: 55985"><p>As an avid MMO player, I was a bit disappointed when so many blogs promised a true MMO experience with 4th edition, but what it delivered was still pretty much D&D. I'm looking for suggestions how this can be fixed.</p><p></p><p></p><p>01 Dungeon crawls are called raids now.</p><p></p><p>02 The DM freezes in place regularly to simulate network congestion and server lag.</p><p></p><p>03 Lol is a required sentence final particle in and out of character.</p><p></p><p>04 Invite the neighbor's kid with ADD over and let him play an overpowered and overequipped munchkin character.</p><p></p><p>05 Each battlemat will be outfitted with a small pond that you can click to improve your fishing skill.</p><p></p><p>06 For only 200 bucks, you can buy a leveled-up LFR character from a Chinese sweat shop on ebay.</p><p></p><p>07 You can always recrawl ... err ... reraid last week's dungeon for more loot.</p><p></p><p>08 Your PC can register in a guild in your FLGS.</p><p></p><p>09 To protect the children, DMs are handed a list of banned words. Players who wish to use the word "shi†" are required to hold up a sign reading "****" instead.</p><p></p><p>10 Mark a special area on the dinner table with a sharpie. This is the "PvP area" where intra party conflicts can be fought out.</p><p></p><p>11 Whenever WotC publishes new errata, take a 15 minutes break in your gaming session while the DM is updated.</p><p></p><p>12 WotC creates special costumes that players can wear at the table. These costumes are awarded for achievements such as "kill 1000 goblins", "whine to the DM until he lets you play a bugbear" and "drink 15 cans of mountain dew without taking a toilet break". The "take a shower before the session" achievement is as of yet unclaimed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mkill, post: 5153071, member: 55985"] As an avid MMO player, I was a bit disappointed when so many blogs promised a true MMO experience with 4th edition, but what it delivered was still pretty much D&D. I'm looking for suggestions how this can be fixed. 01 Dungeon crawls are called raids now. 02 The DM freezes in place regularly to simulate network congestion and server lag. 03 Lol is a required sentence final particle in and out of character. 04 Invite the neighbor's kid with ADD over and let him play an overpowered and overequipped munchkin character. 05 Each battlemat will be outfitted with a small pond that you can click to improve your fishing skill. 06 For only 200 bucks, you can buy a leveled-up LFR character from a Chinese sweat shop on ebay. 07 You can always recrawl ... err ... reraid last week's dungeon for more loot. 08 Your PC can register in a guild in your FLGS. 09 To protect the children, DMs are handed a list of banned words. Players who wish to use the word "shi†" are required to hold up a sign reading "****" instead. 10 Mark a special area on the dinner table with a sharpie. This is the "PvP area" where intra party conflicts can be fought out. 11 Whenever WotC publishes new errata, take a 15 minutes break in your gaming session while the DM is updated. 12 WotC creates special costumes that players can wear at the table. These costumes are awarded for achievements such as "kill 1000 goblins", "whine to the DM until he lets you play a bugbear" and "drink 15 cans of mountain dew without taking a toilet break". The "take a shower before the session" achievement is as of yet unclaimed. [/QUOTE]
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