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
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Massively Overthinking: The MMO annoyances that provoke ragequits
I'm going to do something I don't do a lot in Massively Overthinking -- or anywhere, really.
I'm going to ask you to whine.
MOP Kickstarter...
The Daily Grind: Is truly dynamic content still possible in MMOs?
This morning's Daily Grind comes to us from a Kickstarter donor at fivefingerdiscount.org (who by the way is still linking to Old Massively! Gasp!). The donor...
Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...
The Daily Grind: How would you run an ethical MMO cash shop?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us in a roundabout way from Kickstarter donor Le Entrepreneur, who asks,
Why do MMOs use cash shops they know...
Massively Overthinking: When IPs are wasted on mediocre MMOs
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Aldranis, whose query neatly dovetails with the IP-related question we answered on the...
The Daily Grind: How can MMOs design for both vets and newbies?
This morning's Daily Grind question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Specus, who asks,
I've seen many games where new players have trouble joining a...
The Daily Grind: Does mid-game character customization matter in MMOs?
This morning's Daily Grind question is brought to us by Kickstarter donor Tracergeek, who wants to talk about customization in MMOs -- specifically, the type...
Massively Overthinking: What would persuade you to play a classic MMO?
For this edition of Massively Overthinking, Kickstarter donor Sargon wants us think back to 1997, when Ultima Online launched and parted MMOs from graphical MUDs forever....
The Daily Grind: Are modern console MMO communities worthwhile?
This morning's Daily Grind hurtles through space and time to us from Kickstarter donor Kenneth "Fizwocket" Gonsalves, who wonders about the console community potential in...
Massively Overthinking: The return of ‘consequences’ to MMOs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from Kickstarter donor Antonia "Toni" Phillips aka ToniLyran, who's hit on a sore point with our writers, it...
The Daily Grind: What would the MMO world look like without WoW?
Here's a fun question from an anonymous Kickstarter donor to kick off the morning:
What do you think the MMO world would look like if Blizzard...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 12
Justin, Bree, and Eliot from Cards Against Humanity discuss SWTOR's Ziost update, Daybreak's emu deal, the Guild Wars saga, ArcheAge's patch, and Darkfall's retcon, plus mail on MMO mistakes and replacing CoH. Bonus: Justin's Kickstarter tribute song!
Massively Overthinking: Are boutique MMOs the future?
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Taemys, who just so happens to be a guildie of mine. He's clever,...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 11
Justin, Bree, and guest John discuss Anarchy Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns, Neverwinter, Meridian 59, Ultima Online, classic Guild Wars, WildStar, Elder Scrolls Online, and Elite: Dangerous, with mailbag questions on making your own MMO.
The Soapbox: Making your own fun in MMORPGs
This guest Soapbox was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's Kickstarter campaign and is authored by Chris "Warcabbit" Hare, a developer at Missing Worlds Media. The opinions here...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs eliminate ‘soulbound’ mechanics?
This morning's Daily Grind arrives from Kickstarter donor jackfrost, who phrases his question in the form of a rant:
Why do almost all rewards in current...
Massively Overthinking: Overcoming ‘Barrens chat’ culture
Tonight's Massively Overthinking aims to address a core problem facing the whole internet, not just games: antisocial behavior. Our question comes from Kickstarter donor Katie...
The Daily Grind: Where do you go to relax in MMOs?
This morning's Daily Grind comes to us from an anonymous Kickstarter donor with a deceptively simple question:
Which MMO zone is the most relaxing?
A lot...
Massively Overthinking: The pure PvE ‘niche’ of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking question is posed by Kickstarter donor Winterskorn, who wants to talk about something getting less and less love in MMORPGs lately: PvE.
"There...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 10
Justin, Bree, and guests Ben and Tyler discuss WoW tokens, DCUO, Neverwinter's Minsc & Boo patch, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, Wurm Online, and WildStar.
