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Will · 10-12-2012, 04:23 PM

What gets my attention:
• A website that covers game information. If I'm required to read in-game help files or do a tutorial to learn how to play, I'm likely gone.
• Intuitive paths to beginning. Situate everything I need to equip myself, start learning skills and generally play the game close to my entry point.
• Well-written everything. Few things turn me off more than bad writing in character creation.
• Friendly players and helpful but unobtrusive staff.
• Complex character creation with a quick gen option.
• An active IC channel
• Present role-play.

What holds my interest:
• Enforced RP.
• An engaging narrative.
• A community of mature role-players.
• A mutable world where live, staff-sponsored, player-driven events determine the course of history.
• Exciting combat, both PVP and PVE, and overall great game-play.
• Fun advancement mechanics.
• Interesting treasure.
• Long-term goals, both mechanics and RP-based.
• Opportunity for solo achievement as well as...
• ...compelling incentive to achieve in groups.

What turns me OFF:
• Bad writing.
• OOC chatter in-game.
• OOC channels.
• Snobby role-players.
• OOC drama.
• Necessary/forced tutorials.
• Built-in hatreds and biases.
• The necessity to eat, drink, etc.
• Permadeath.

Basically, I want web-based game info open beside my game client. I want to know how to play going in and be able to easily find what I need and where I need to go, without having to dig through a maze of online files or slog through an "in-character" in-game tutorial. I don't want to constantly be tripping over bad grammar in room descs or hearing folks gabbing about presidential politics, Lady Gaga or last night's ball game. And I darn sure don't want folks bagging on me because my prose isn't fancy enough.

10-12-2012, 04:23 PM	#11
Will Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 90	Re: The First Five What gets my attention: • A website that covers game information. If I'm required to read in-game help files or do a tutorial to learn how to play, I'm likely gone. • Intuitive paths to beginning. Situate everything I need to equip myself, start learning skills and generally play the game close to my entry point. • Well-written everything. Few things turn me off more than bad writing in character creation. • Friendly players and helpful but unobtrusive staff. • Complex character creation with a quick gen option. • An active IC channel • Present role-play. What holds my interest: • Enforced RP. • An engaging narrative. • A community of mature role-players. • A mutable world where live, staff-sponsored, player-driven events determine the course of history. • Exciting combat, both PVP and PVE, and overall great game-play. • Fun advancement mechanics. • Interesting treasure. • Long-term goals, both mechanics and RP-based. • Opportunity for solo achievement as well as... • ...compelling incentive to achieve in groups. What turns me OFF: • Bad writing. • OOC chatter in-game. • OOC channels. • Snobby role-players. • OOC drama. • Necessary/forced tutorials. • Built-in hatreds and biases. • The necessity to eat, drink, etc. • Permadeath. Basically, I want web-based game info open beside my game client. I want to know how to play going in and be able to easily find what I need and where I need to go, without having to dig through a maze of online files or slog through an "in-character" in-game tutorial. I don't want to constantly be tripping over bad grammar in room descs or hearing folks gabbing about presidential politics, Lady Gaga or last night's ball game. And I darn sure don't want folks bagging on me because my prose isn't fancy enough.