CoH ranks #7 on MMORGP.com
By
Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2009-11-19 15:37 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I don't know whether to be happy that we ranked above EVE Online, or to be sad that we ranked below Darkfall 
It is nice to this game recognised as a landmark in western MMOs though - and that list is obviously only covering MMOs made in the west.
I didn't play it (just trialled it) but I am surprised Anarchy Online doesn't get a nod for being the first major western sci-fi MMO. I also suppose they excluded Planetside as it was an MMOFPS and not MMORPG. DAoCs 3-side PvP was quite a big stride in the genre, but yeah not sure it classes as a landmark in the kind of company on that list - a great game, but not really one that influenced what followed (to the chagrin of many WAR players, no doubt).
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Unless you live in a different universe where books aren't considered a media form, the phrase is even more suspect than that |
Originally Posted by Justice Blues
I really enjoy it now also, especially with some of the improvements that have been made since it launched, but it really does not fit on that list. The best it could do would be "Successful transition of a non-media source to a MMO." And even that is sort of suspect since it definitely feeds off of the LOTR films as well as the books.
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Believe me, in SF/F fandom, media and books are two very different things. While I understand that most of the world doesn't see a difference, after enough years in fandom I think that way. So yes, I am in a different universe. |
Originally Posted by Lord Mayhem
Unless you live in a different universe where books aren't considered a media form, the phrase is even more suspect than that
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Must be a US thing - I'm fairly deeply mired in SF/F fandom on the other side of the Atlantic and I've not heard of that /shrug.|
Originally Posted by Justice Blues
Believe me, in SF/F fandom, media and books are two very different things. While I understand that most of the world doesn't see a difference, after enough years in fandom I think that way. So yes, I am in a different universe.
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Wouldn't be the first time we were divided by a common language
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You haven't missed much believe me. Readers complaining about how much time, space, and money conventions waste on stuff like movies, anime, and actors, while the media fans complain about the fuddy-duddies stuck in their books. And people that like all of it wanting both sides to shut up. Most folks I know are actually in the middle group, but the most vocal ones seem to be in one of the two more extreme sides.|
Originally Posted by Lord Mayhem
Must be a US thing - I'm fairly deeply mired in SF/F fandom on the other side of the Atlantic and I've not heard of that /shrug.
Wouldn't be the first time we were divided by a common language |
I have met people that hate the fact that the Hugos are given to movies and even ::shudder:: TV shows! Come to think of it, I had a conversation with someone like that at Interaction a couple of years ago. But he was from NA by his accent. For a genre that is supposed to be about expanding and exploring the universe, there are some very close-minded people that like it.
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Originally Posted by Lord Mayhem
Must be a US thing - I'm fairly deeply mired in SF/F fandom on the other side of the Atlantic and I've not heard of that /shrug.
Wouldn't be the first time we were divided by a common language |
Two words. Doctor Who. That is one srs fandom.
Is the Eighth doctor canon? Get some popcorn. And yep, I have seen people go all kinds of crazy over counting the novels and radio shows as part of the canon. I can kinda understand where they're coming from, but could they tone it down a notch?
TV Tropes had 'Fan Dumb' dead to rights.
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