What do MMOPRGs teach us about real life?

An online-role dungeons and dragons role playing game has more in common with real life movie making than most people would imagine.

Film.

You put together the package. Each element a specialised factor in itself.

Script

director

Lead cast

Producer

Director of photography/Cameraman


Role Playing Raid Party

You put together the team. Each element a specialised factor in itself.

Put together core players in core classes:

Cleric,

fighters,

wizards,

Bard,

Paladin,

Rogue



Now - in both - if the team are all newbie skum then the project does not work and everybody dies/fails.

In both - If the team are all seasoned veterans then they might often be jaded and cannot be arsed to run at project 100% if undeed then run project at all.

The best blend in either a movie making project or a group raid, IS a blend of ENTHUSIASM and EXPERIENCE.

The experience GUIDES whilst the enthusiasm DRIVES.

So, as part of this movie I am trying to bring together I am gonna have to pull together a team of veterans to balance out my newbie-skum-ness.

But I won't talk much about it for now, be assured however, that the Lord of Doom has cards to play not yet revealed.