On the other hand, look at it this way... RPIs versus hack'n'slash... In an RPI, no global channels. That's going to hurt the ease with which people join the community, and the ease of gossip and so forth. I'm not saying that RPIs are bad, I love RPIs, and I'm not saying that this is going to kill a community, since RPIs have such thriving communities. I'm just saying, if an RPI can do it without a global channel, hack'n'slash can do it, even if there's some friendly competition going on. After all, I can play soccer and not try to murder my opponent in his sleep, I think I can get along with some fellow mudders.
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