RvR stands for “realm vs. realm,” usually a reference to faction-based player-vs.-player warfare, and frequently (though not always) in the context of more than two realms.
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WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Legion
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 264: Don’t feel blue, MapleStory 2
Justin, Bree, Eliot, and Chris discuss the pandemic's positive impact on gaming, MapleStory 2, Guild Wars 2, EverQuest, and Warhammer Online, with adventures in Animal Crossing, Star Trek Online, GW2, SWG Legends, Dauntless, and FFXIV, and an epic lightning round mailbag.
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There was a playtest for PlanetSide 2 changes this past weekend, which ran a special Outfit Wars schedule on the test server to try...
Fight or Kite: Hackmud is more than a MUD – it’s a living cyberpunk world
As these words loaded into your browser, sending bits and bytes across a vast array of interconnected wires and tubes, someone is typing away...
EVE Online addresses cheaters, elaborates on tomorrow’s faction war updates
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WoW Factor: The World of Warcraft expansion tour – Warlords of Draenor
Oh barf.
Yes, folks, it... it had to happen. We had to get to this expansion. I know, none of us really want to. World of Warcraft...
Perfect Ten: Original MMOs that never came to be
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Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning WAAAGHs its way to success
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