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902/PE Gaming’s Dual Universe FAQ

Post Views: 573 Howdy, folx! I’ve been really enjoying Novaquark‘s new MMO/RPG “Dual Universe” for the past couple of months. In that time, I often see the same questions from new players. Frankly, the new player experience is a bit thin and needs some serious reconsideration. If anyone at Novaquark wants to hire me, I’d be happy to lay the whole thing out for you. 😉 The Power of Search Engines being what it is, it makes sense to put this up where it can be found by newer and even older players. I’m going to be roughly grouping the Q&A of the FAQ by subject, which is how I keep it organized myself. This will be a semi-document, that I’ll periodically update. It’s accurate (to my knowledge…

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“My Team Sucked” — Denying Good Play In MMOs

Post Views: 1,311 The other evening I was playing one of my favourite MMOs (Massively Multiplayer Online game), “World of Warships“.  Over the dozen or so matches I played, there were three really outstanding games.  Everything on my team went well — good communication, skillful play, good sportsmanship and smart tactics. In all three matches, someone on the other team made a statement like along the lines of VBG.  My team sucked.  They played about as well as a bunch of potatoes. “VBG” is online short hand for “very bad game“;  it’s the polar opposite of the ubiquitous “GG”, or “Good Game“.  “GG” is like shaking hands with the other team at the end of a bowling match or a hockey game.  It’s being a gracious winner and…

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