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Author: natpoor

IssueThreeStory
January 13, 2026 natpoor

These are not the roles you are looking for: The three facets of roles in RPGs.

The term “role”, as it relates to MMOs, bothers me because it has drifted from its original meaning in table-top

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IssueTwoStory
December 18, 2017 natpoor

Death of a Guild, Birth of a Child: Multi-Boxing and Self-Imposed Exile to the Prison Server in EQ2

I used to play Everquest 2 (EQ2), but like many MMOs it can be intense and tiring. People burn out.

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