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The Daily Grind: How do you introduce friends to old MMORPGs?
Whoever said that teachers teach because they can't do has never tried to teach someone new how to play an old MMORPG. Holy crap,...
The Daily Grind: What convinces you that an MMO ‘leak’ is the real deal?
So let's talk about the alleged Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons "leak" that's been floating around Reddit the last few days. An anonymous leaker...
The Daily Grind: Do you roll MMO alts that you never actually level?
Roger at Contains Moderate Peril penned a fun piece a while back about the lost alts - the alts that get left behind, the...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs when you’re on vacation?
As I type this, MOP's Justin is on vacation, though he'll be back by the time you're reading it. And dammit, he deserved it....
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest gameplay myth that persists in your favorite MMO?
My husband is an avid Overwatch player, and the other day he pointed out to me that Blizzard has, in spite of its foibles,...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you’ve dramatically changed your mind about?
I will never forget that when I first started playing City of Heroes back in 2004, my guild an I didn't last but a...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever given up sleep for MMOs?
There's a saying I always try to remind myself of when it comes to staying up late to do anything (but especially to play...
The Daily Grind: Do you skip annoying content in MMOs?
A while back, there was a thread on the MMORPG subreddit that... OK, it was a bit mean, but there's a question to be...
The Daily Grind: Should MMO companies host influencer programs?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes to us by way of commenter Rndomuser, who thought it would be fun to riff on Ashes of Creation's...
The Daily Grind: What’s your oldest memory of epic MMO guild drama?
Let me tell you a story about my first real experience with guild drama. It was back in the days of yore, when I...
The Daily Grind: When should MMO companies intervene in borky MMO economies?
On this week's MassivelyOP podcast, Justin and I answered a question about whether MMO studios have a responsibility to monitor and nudge the player...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs as the designers intended, or do you go your own way?
Today's Daily Grind topic comes courtesy of MOP's resident meme-maker, Schlag Sweetleaf, who urged me to write about this after the piece we did...
The Daily Grind: How do you manage your frustration with MMO griefers?
I was hanging out in an MMO's Discord channel a while back when I skimmed through a convo where some folks were grumping about...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you watch but don’t play?
I've seen a few folks in our comments and Reddit lately mention that they like MMOs - but that they're more interested in watching...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best age-agnostic MMO?
A while back, GamesIndustry.biz ran a piece from game dev Raj Pathmanathan discussing age-agnostic games. While the littlest kids are still happy in fluffy...
The Daily Grind: Do you even like classless MMOs, bro
Let's talk about classlessness. A few years after World of Warcraft took off, there was a push in the MMO industry to revive earlier...
The Daily Grind: What’s the shadiest thing you’ve seen an MMO do lately?
A while back, a prominent MMO studio replied to one of our tweets about its game with a tweet that referred to the game...
The Daily Grind: Can we please nuke the term ‘filthy casual’ into the sun
A while back, MOP reader Aldristavan tweeted a joke about being a "filthy casual" that leaped out at me so hard I had to...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time you were super hyped for an MMO expansion?
I have two different modes for getting MMO-expansion-hyped. The first, and more common, is when it's a big game for the genre, whether or...
The Daily Grind: Are you concerned about Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons?
The Guild Wars 2 community has been a jumble this week. While half of the discussion has centered on the brewing hype machine for...
