1.1 Million Players Flee WoW

Article posted via http://furiousfanboys.com/2011/11/1-1-million-players-flee-wow/?utm_source=scribol&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=scribol

"Has World of Warcraft finally begun that downhill descent that all large MMOs do? It probably has finally hit critical mass and has seriously started to bleed players as today Blizzard announced that their global subscriber numbers have dropped from 11.4 million to 10.3 million. Blizzard did stress that most of these lost subscriptions have come from the Asian market, and not North America; so people who will point to The Old Republic for this drop will be wrong.

Still, it happens to every big MMO. EverQuest was once the biggest MMO on the market, and although it only maxxed out at about 500,000 players; it was king of the hill for nearly five years. WoW is going to celebrate its seventh anniversary at the end of this month, so it went for two years longer than EQ before beginning a big decline in subscriber numbers. And even then, 10.3 million players is a number that all other MMOs can only dream of reaching"

Could we finally be seeing the downfall of the MMO Giant? What do you think?

The Elitest Jerk

No, I'm not talking about the website Elitist Jerks, where they give greats guides to follow to maximize your potential in World of Warcraft. I'm talking about the actual people who act like the name of this blog. If you've played a MMO before, than you know who exactly I am referring to.

The people who zone into an instance or dungeon, inspect the other 4 member of the party, and leaves. I'd almost prefer them to do this every time rather than the ones that stay in the group and complain at every turn, 'your heals suck, your dps sucks, your gear is not enchanted GTFO!' You know, those guys?

Its a video game people, makes it hard to enjoy if your always raining on every ones parade. Maybe the person is new to the game, or just hit level cap. Instead of berating them because they are not up to your expectations, why not coach them. Take that extra minute and explain the fight to them, or teach them a proper rotation. Not everyone has time to sit there and research their class. Many people just don't bother to because then your crossing that line from it being a fun video game, to being a job.

If you don't have enough time to explain things to people and coach them, then maybe you should not be playing a MMO! Go back to MW3!