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MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO rumor we want to be true

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MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best MMO rumor we want to be true. (If you’re wondering what the heck...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO with the Stormiest Future

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for the MMO (or Studio) with the Stormiest Future, which was awarded to Daybreak...

The Game Archaeologist: Seven ways EverQuest reshaped MMO history

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To many veteran MMO players, the opening horns of EverQuest's score are enough to trigger vivid memories, violent hallucinations, and an unstoppable desire to...

The Daily Grind: What MMO gifts did you get (or give yourself) for Christmas?

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Happy Llama is happy! Happy Llama is sleeping in after a fun-filled day of gift opening, eggnog drinking, and overdosing on the ol' holly...

MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO troll

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MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for the best MMO troll of 2020. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden...

The definitive 2020 Battle Bards episode guide

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When you're a total geek for something, it's only natural to want to seek out other like-minded souls to talk about it. That's what...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Crafting

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Crafting, which was awarded jointly to Final Fantasy XIV and EverQuest...
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The Daily Grind: Which MMO had the best player community in 2020?

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So here's a fun Daily Grind we've been doing for the last few years, and it seems fitting to bring it back around today,...

Jukebox Heroes: Christmas MMO music to loot by!

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One of the many reasons that I love Christmas is that it's like everyone gives everyone else permission to just... stop for a day....

MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Weirdest thing that tried to be an MMO this year

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MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for weirdest thing that tried to be an MMO this year. (If you’re wondering what...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Music of 2020

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Best MMO Music of 2020, which last year wasn't directly awarded; instead, we...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2020

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Earlier this week, we named our biggest MMO story of the year and gave it an award, though we imagine it's hard for a...
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The Daily Grind: Does this holiday season affect your MMO time?

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Normally, the holidays are a time with stuff happening. There's traveling to be done usually as you see members of your family, there's stuff...

MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO post that is actually just song lyrics

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MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best MMO post that is actually just song lyrics. (If you’re wondering what the...

End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2020

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With so many delays, it's a wonder that anything released this year at all! And while new patches and expansions trickled rather than flowed...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Indie MMO of the Year

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Indie MMO of the Year, which was awarded jointly to Villagers & Heroes...

The Daily Grind: What MMO abilities make you feel like a rock star?

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I'll admit that there's a shade of vanity that prompts me to bust out my best and most noticeable skills whenever I'm in an...

MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best worst MMO bug

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MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best worst MMO bug. (If you’re wondering what the heck a Golden Yachtie is,...

Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2020

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It'd be spectacularly easy -- routine, even -- to look back at the year gone with derision, bitterness, and all sorts of acrid snark,...

Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: MMO Studio of the Year

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MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for MMO Studio of the Year, which was awarded to Grinding Gear Games last...

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