I think that many of you will accept this as plausible. That this would have inevitable consequences for EQ is clearly outlined by Bartle and whilst many say that EQ has by far the best community, I say that those people are simply mistaking heavy loads of socialising for community. So thank heavens for the Other, and thank heavens for the playerkillers. For without them these places would not have acquired the sense of cultural identity that they now have. Bonds have been formed by struggling against a common Other that would otherwise have been cheaper, and easily earned.
Cultures define and refine themselves through conflict.
What's more, you can measure the strength of a culture by people's willingness to fight for its survival. To go from difficult ethical choices on paper to difficult ethical choices in reality. The question to ask is whether the players it attracted were ready. Most of those people, however, are those who play EQ and AC and are no longer in UO . Asherons Call is regarded by many as the middle ground between UO and EQ , but this is not really the case.