I know one way EverQuest can regain its status as a Franchise

OldTimeEQ1 · Apr 13, 2024

Discord has killed reading chat skills in MMOs. I am playing DAoC Eden now (an amazing private server which brings back DAOC nostalgia from 2002 to 2005 for me) - and literally NOONE seems to read chat at all. This is with an aging population (like EQ)

But I do love this idea Vumad. EQ literally taught a lot of highschool kids in 99/2000 to read and write. Not kidding, many played on Nameless.

Vumad said: ↑

“Everyone always talks about EQ graphics as if MineCraft is not one of the largest franchises in the world. Graphics sell games. Content makes game successful.

My kids are begging to play EQ. They don't care about the graphics.

EQ is already free. EQ should launch educational servers with modified gameplay for age appropriate content. Keep it safe by regulating access code through the schools. Split typed chat into a separate log easily monitored by parents and school administrators. How cool it would have been if my typing class was playing EverQuest instead of "copy this nonsense into word".

Maybe it will fail, but maybe high schoolers will sign up when they head out to college. Maybe some of the parents will sign up. And maybe they will make absolutely no money beyond a tax write off but some kid will learn to read and type when otherwise they would not have.

Join EverQuest and help support educational servers that teach children to read and type. Your child can learn to type too. Click here to learn more!”

Iven · Apr 13, 2024

Brontus said: ↑

“A dislike button would not be a good idea in my opinion. It would most certainly increase the toxicity of the forums because it takes absolutely no effort to dislike a post and there is no guarantee that a person disliking a post has even read the full post they are disliking. If you don't like a post right now, you have to formulate some kind of reasoning and post it and that takes effort.

Disliking posts is not always done for the right reasons. There are people on these forums that hold grudges against other people. So if someone hold a grudge against you for whatever reason, it would be far too easy for them to give your post a dislike out of spite and not because your post lacked merit.

The forums are very factionalized and tribal right now. I've noticed that guild members tend to stick together too and like each other's posts. New ideas and outside the box thinking from new players or old returning players is discouraged on these forums because of a powerful hegemonic status quo on the forums.

Another thing to consider is that having a dislike button is an intrinsic expression of negativity like seeing a glass half empty instead of half full. Having the a dislike feature would encourage groupthink, discourage viewpoint diversity and increase polarization. Within a few months, the forums would be transformed into an ideological echochamber.

For the very same reasons I don't think the "like" feature is good thing either.

We do have a secret dislike button right now. Here's how it works: someone posts something. Another person replies and disagrees with that post, then people who also disagree come out of the woodwork to like the post that disagreed with the post. This happens all the time on these forums and we all know it.

Both liking and disliking posts can be abused because people can log on their other accounts and like their own posts and dislike posts they don't like

The best way to like or dislike a post is to reply to it and state your case in a polite, considerate, and constructive manner. While a dislike button seems like a cool idea, I believe the unintended consequences would be disastrous for the community. Be careful of what you wish for.”

For the sake of balance, either a "dislike button" should be added, or the "like button" being removed.

Most of your arguments against a "dislike button" would also apply to the "like button". I think that the like button is just a lazy fashion feature that got copied from FB or whoever started that fashion first. Using it can become an addictional reflex and does remind me to the classical conditioning. It could be usefull for (unreflected) behaviour programming, elsewhere.

JetZeppelin2h · Apr 15, 2024

Andarriel said: ↑

“When was the last time you heard someone say that D&D movie was great!”

Depends on what you consider a D&D movie but I consider 2006 Pan's Labyrinth as D&D movie that was great. Then I would still probably put all LoTR movies into D&D category as well and they may not have all been amazing but still decent movies.

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