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Originally Posted by Etadanik Not sure who you're responding to, but my argument is the opposite: that game companies are dumbing down their content to target the *older* audience, who have shorter attention spans. |
I think they are trying to appeal to a broader audience, not an older or younger one. The only people EQ1 appealed to were (a) the borderline retarded and (b) people so desperate for a fantasy MMO that they were willing to debase themselves to the level of a borderline retard just to play one. Staring at one spot for 17 hours waiting for a spawn to pop isn't the sign of a healthy, patient adult attention span. It's a sign that you have a level of tolerance to boredom that only fanatics and retards have.
For your average Vanguard forum poster, the most hardcore MMO player in the history of the universe is that severely autistic guy who stares at one spot, banging his head against the wall all day every day for ten months. That guy is their hero. He's HARDCORE unlike those ADD WoW kiddies.
For the rest of us, we fit under category "b" in EQ. Now that we've seen that you can have a fantasy MMO that does not force us to debase ourselves to the level of a borderline retard just to play the game, we won't go back to one that does.
