I have played many well-known MMOG. The one I want to tell about is Lineage 2. Lineage 2 is a fantasy MMORPG (mass multiplayer online role playing game)
I have played Lineage 2 for 8 years and my favorite actions were PvP actions. I had a lot of characters (heroes, avatars), but my first and favorite was Human Sorcerer. There are 6 races in Lineage – Humans, Elfs, Dark Elfs, Orcs, Dwarves and Kamael. My character was human, so he was look like natural human in robe and with the magic staff.
Lineage 2 if full of social aspect. The relationship between the players was released in many ways. According to R. Alioshi, “separately taken character factually cannot have a significant impact on the world. Therefore, at medium and high levels of players into groups for joint destruction monsters and PvP. Plays an important role as an individual player's skill and teamwork , as well as the level of the character and its equipment . In addition, from the variety of classes in PvP , some classes have a significant advantage over the others”. In the world of Lineage2 are about 3,000 different monsters and animals, a system of clans, castle sieges and possession of a large number of varied and beautiful weapons and armor. The high level content is released in siege battles and hero Olympiad. Once per months as a result of Olympic battles one player for each game class becomes a hero with unique skills and abilities.
I have met a lot of people while playing. I expected that different people have different attitude to this game. Some of them have living there (playing all the day around and do not pay attention on real world problems), some of them just logged in from time to time to have few hours of entertainment.
While playing this game I always tried to be gentle with other players, but there were many people who didn’t think as I. The virtual world relationship sometimes gives an illusion of impunity, total anonymity. That’s why many people (especially children) feel free to release their negative emotions on others, because they know that the punishment will not affect them most likely. Usually these actions appear to be verbal abuse or refusing to communicate with mates. Those, who are more cruel and revengeful, deceive fair players and try to steal their items or even game account. But I know several accidents, when the virtual relationships on that matter have very sad consequences in real world. Mutual insults between players sometimes crossed the border of a virtual world. The meetings have appointed, at which players are often sort things out with the help of a fight. The history knows several examples of murdering because of online games.
In conclusion I want to say what most important thing, when playing online games is. Try not to give out negative emotions. Remember that despite the fact that the game world is virtual, the relationships between the players (people) are always real. Rules of behavior in society should be applied in any society, including in the virtual. If you can’t control your emotions in games, you’d better find another hobby to entertain yourself.
Human Sorcerer Appearance
Sources
Aihoshi, Richard. "Lineage II Interview". Retrieved 2007-09-21.
"Lineage II: awesome views, rave reviews!". MCV. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
"Goddess of Destruction Has Launched!". 30 November 2011.
"Races, Classes, and Skills". www.lineage2.com. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
