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Thursday, February 02, 2006
The Se7en Samurai
One of the dangers of the internet is repeatedly visiting the same circuit of known sites, and missing out on interesting sites you don't know yet. One thing I do to find sites that are relevant to my blog is looking up which sites linked to me, in the assumption that if somebody links to me, he is probably talking about games. One site I found today that way is the guild site of The Se7en Samurai, a guild for mature casual players on the US servers. Very nice vision statement for casual gamers.
I don't quite get why their game news section links to nearly every one of my blog entries, which are often not really "news". But of course everybody is welcome here. /wave Se7en Samurai
- posted by Tobold @ 3:20 PM Permanent Link
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Whoah! That was a shocker seeing this post this morning! I have a big list of sites I make the rounds on every day and Tobold's is one of them.
The core vision of The Se7en Samurai, beyond meeting the needs of adults and casual gamers, is that it's not just a WoW guild - it's a MMORPG guild. Guild rank is based on participation over time, and twice a year (January and July) the guild officers hold a formal discussion on the game we're playing, and have the ability to vote to switch to another game if we want to.
That being said it's important for us to stay educated on the topic. It's in our best long term interest to know what to look for in the games that are available to us.
I cover Tobold's, Play On, Walkerings, Terra Nova, and Darniaq (those are the one's I know of anyway). Not everything is "News", a lot of it is opinion. But some of it is news, and some of the opinion is important.
Play On is news. They present hardcore scientific data. Their recent character class studies have given hard evidence to what, up until now, has been common speculation - namely that healer classes tend to be the most social, and the foundation of most grouping experiences, and Farmers, er, uh, I mean Rogues tend to do more solo-oriented power leveling.
This isn't news in the traditonal sense (such as new game features or screenshots), but it proves that Blizzards game design is working as intended and provides a standard for other MMO designers to live up to. It also gives us a gamers a clue that the designers who build upon Blizzard's work - to improve it and help evolve it - are very likely a good bet to produce quality games in the future.
Other blog entries, while totally opinion, are the ideas that would be (should be) implemented in the games of tomorrow. The recent 'WoW Keys' post here at Tobold's is an example of that. The more we know about how MMO's could be made better the more we know what to look for in future games that are released.
Following the blogs helps us prepare for the long term by staying educated on the subject. We don't need to rely on market hype or famous names.
Keep up the great work!
~
Stormgaard
http://www.se7ensamurai.com
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The core vision of The Se7en Samurai, beyond meeting the needs of adults and casual gamers, is that it's not just a WoW guild - it's a MMORPG guild. Guild rank is based on participation over time, and twice a year (January and July) the guild officers hold a formal discussion on the game we're playing, and have the ability to vote to switch to another game if we want to.
That being said it's important for us to stay educated on the topic. It's in our best long term interest to know what to look for in the games that are available to us.
I cover Tobold's, Play On, Walkerings, Terra Nova, and Darniaq (those are the one's I know of anyway). Not everything is "News", a lot of it is opinion. But some of it is news, and some of the opinion is important.
Play On is news. They present hardcore scientific data. Their recent character class studies have given hard evidence to what, up until now, has been common speculation - namely that healer classes tend to be the most social, and the foundation of most grouping experiences, and Farmers, er, uh, I mean Rogues tend to do more solo-oriented power leveling.
This isn't news in the traditonal sense (such as new game features or screenshots), but it proves that Blizzards game design is working as intended and provides a standard for other MMO designers to live up to. It also gives us a gamers a clue that the designers who build upon Blizzard's work - to improve it and help evolve it - are very likely a good bet to produce quality games in the future.
Other blog entries, while totally opinion, are the ideas that would be (should be) implemented in the games of tomorrow. The recent 'WoW Keys' post here at Tobold's is an example of that. The more we know about how MMO's could be made better the more we know what to look for in future games that are released.
Following the blogs helps us prepare for the long term by staying educated on the subject. We don't need to rely on market hype or famous names.
Keep up the great work!
~
Stormgaard
http://www.se7ensamurai.com
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