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Donor posts are posts or ideas donated by patrons of our Kickstarter campaign. They come in several flavors:
Donor Daily Grinds – Questions were supplied by Kickstarter donors
Donor Overthinkings – Questions were supplied by Kickstarter donors
Donor Soapboxes – Entire articles were supplied by Kickstarter donors
Donor Guests – Special guests include Kickstarter or Patreon donors
Donor Vidcasts – Vidcast questions were supplied by Kickstarter or Patreon donors
Donor Streams – Stream game was chosen by Kickstarter or Patreon donors

Massively Overthinking: Reconsidering the MMORPG daily quest

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Dailies. The word evokes pure hatred from some corners of the MMORPG world. And yet games without dailies are dinged for not having enough content...

Guest Interview: Lusternia, MUDs, and the evolution of MMOs

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This guest interview was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's 2015 Kickstarter campaign by donor Brett Richards, who interviewed Lusternia Producer Robb French in lieu of a Soapbox. Any opinions here...

Massively Overthinking: The best government for an MMO guild

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This week's question comes to us from Das Tal developer Alexander Zacherl, who says his team is in the process of implementing a direct...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick

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This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger. "If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...
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The Soapbox: Advertising, blacklisting, and critique – The broken incentives of gaming media

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This guest Soapbox was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's Kickstarter campaign and is authored by D. Emery Bunn. The opinions here represent the views of our guest...

The Daily Grind: How would you mix MMO features to create the best one ever?

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Today's Daily Grind question -- more like command! -- from Massively OP Kickstarter donor Tim is short and sweet: Mix features to create your perfect MMO. It...

The Daily Grind: What kind of physics-based gameplay do you expect in a next-gen superhero MMO?

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When I first read Massively OP Kickstarter donor MagmaFist's Daily Grind submission, I suspected him to be a big fan of Gravity/Force Fields Controllers in...

The Daily Grind: Are MMOTCGs really MMOs?

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We're coming down to the last few Kickstarter-submitted Daily Grind questions, and I admit I've been sitting on this particular one a while because...

Massively Opinionated: Which MMO would be the most innovative if launched today?

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In this episode, Larry, Troy, and Jason debate underrated games, MMO development cycles, and the most innovative MMOs.

The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios host their own forums and wikis?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor DPandaren wants to talk about something every MMO player likely uses but most of us take for granted: forums and wikis. "Do...

The Daily Grind: Would you play an MMO with antagonistic GMs?

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Whenever we're reminiscing about the glory days of MMOs, we invariably bring up the prevalence of events and GMs in those classic games. What...

Massively Overthinking: NCsoft’s western autumn

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This week's Massively Overthinking is brought to you by a guildie of mine named Onyx, who donated to our Kickstarter campaign in this tier...

Massively Overthinking: Building your dream MMORPG

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor xenaphex wants to hear about our dream MMOs. What really makes you tick? What would you build with a million-bajillion...
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The Daily Grind: How can MMOs create personal progression in a post-levels world?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor Craywulf wants us all to sit back in our armchair designer, er, armchairs and tackle a design problem some gamers are convinced...

Massively Overthinking: Making MMOs more social from the inside out

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This week's Massively Overthinking topic from an anonymous Kickstarter donor asks us to set aside our criticisms of the social environment of MMOs and...

Massively Opinionated: Which in-game system is most beneficial to an MMO?

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In this episode, Larry, Andrew, Troy, and Chuck debate MMO systems -- the neglected ones, the hated ones, and the ones an MMO just can't live without.

Massively Overthinking: MMOs that need VR

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Man, our Kickstarter backers are fixated on virtual reality. It's almost as if you guys are really tech-savvy and into gaming immersion or something! Today's Massively Overthinking question...

The Daily Grind: Do you play on private servers for dead MMOs?

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Massively OP Kickstarter donor Igor aka Slaith proposes we debate private servers for dead MMOs for today's Daily Grind -- specifically, he mentions Warhammer Online. This is...

Massively Overthinking: How seriously do you take MMO lore?

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Kickstarter donor Alien Legion has proposed an intriguing question about lore in MMORPGs. "Back in my World of Warcraft days, I mentioned to a friend that I would...

The Daily Grind: What would entice you back to WoW?

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While a number of our writers and many of our readers are fans of World of Warcraft, it's no secret that a lot of...

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