In "EVOKE," you're leveling up in world-changing superpowers like creativity and resourcefulness. You're unlocking achievements by completing real social innovation missions. Even though much of the game material is real and important and serious, you get the motivational push of game dynamics and the rewards and satisfactions of making real progress. Plus, it's a social network, and once you start making friends with other players, there's all the social stickiness that involves."
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I spent my whole Saturday morning working with 5 of the best educators I know. We're bringing gaming into the classroom. Once Suzie Boss pointed me to Jane McGonigal, I became a follower. So yeah, can I put follow McGonigal for Act1 in Evoke? Why not? After all she says things like this: "In "EVOKE," you're leveling up in world-changing superpowers like creativity and resourcefulness. You're unlocking achievements by completing real social innovation missions. Even though much of the game material is real and important and serious, you get the motivational push of game dynamics and the rewards and satisfactions of making real progress. Plus, it's a social network, and once you start making friends with other players, there's all the social stickiness that involves." In this quote, you can see that McGonigal is attempting to bring together the power connective powers of social network with the addictive and motivational mechanisms of games. Plus it's all about doing REAL missions, missions in real life. I'm still not sure that my students will see the connections between their addictions and the learning/doing/re-wiring that McGonigal is aiming for in Evoke. I'm not sure, but I've been VERY impressed so far with how Evoke feels, and I've been seeing that the gamers in my classroom are the first to "get" this game. I want to learn more about McGonigal now, because it gives me more confidence that she is up to something with Evoke, that it has the power of a massively multiplayer online game and the seriousness of a political action social network.
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its a massive multiplayer role playing in short mmorpg i love playing mmorpg :3 yeahh i jus wanna take up space :D
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In it, players design a character to play based on a number of starting options, such as the race of character and its type or class.
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There are many games similar to this.. such as maple story, flyff, ragnorak... its nothing new. The only thing good about WoW is the graphics and the fact that they update the game every single week. I'm rather tired of kinds of games because all you do is level and fight. It got pretty boring to me. -
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Why is it so important to have a character design? I mean I get it when a person picks what character they want to be, but why do you need to pick the color of their hair, or race?
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a player then has four to seven of the game's ten character classes to choose from
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Also it needs a minimum level in order to choose a hero class. This gives players motivation to keep playing until they reach the levels they need.
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How to make a character. Alliance or Horde? Different "races" available.
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The game has three roles, DPS (damage dealer), tank and healer, a member of any class can be customized for the DPS role, while members of some classes, known as hybrids, can also be customized as healers, tanks or any of the three roles.
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every game has different jobs so that there is a varaity in the gameplay and for obsesive people who wish to have all the classes to have a little more fun
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i think it is titled world of warcraft because this is an alternate world where people are learning the art of war, or how to make war/fight in wars. -
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Each character is assigned a role at your decision. Play in a group or individually.
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These are indicated by having yellow exclamation marks (!) above their heads, while yellow question marks (?) represent quests ready to hand back and complete.[26] Quests usually reward the player with experience points and in-game money
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Hmm the yellow questions I have seen in other games for quests and stuff....
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al and periodical events have also been added, such as Halloween, Midsummer and weekly fishing competitions
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Although it's in a fictional world, there are still realistic things, such as Halloween. This makes the game more attractive and interesting.
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i agree with you,the game will following the real holiday and create some activitly or quest about the holiday.
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Yea, I think when there's events like these, people get drawn in because they get rare items or whatever
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I think that this is giving people a excuse to be anti social and have no life why talk to real people or go outside when there is a whole vertual reality the mirrors the real world.
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I agree too. holidays always makes pepole happy and when there favorite holidays are in the game its more interesting.
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But isn't one of the main attractions of video games to put people in an alternate world? I, in fact, don't think the game is very realistic. The whole idea of fantasy is what is so different from real world. I think that's what is most appealing.
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Professions are different from roles. You can actually get useful skills fit for that profession.
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Characters can be resurrected by other characters that have the ability, or can self-resurrect by moving from the graveyard to the place where they died.
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To start, players select a game realm or server to play on.
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Each realm is in one of four different categories, depending on which set of combat rules it uses.
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The main goal of the game is to defeat monsters and complete the mission, which is very similar to the one that I used to be playing.
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players are mainly focused on defeating monsters and completing quests (Player versus environment)
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open combat between players is permitted (Player versus player)
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player verses enviorment what the hell is that I think it is more sane to do player verses player I won't go coocoo.
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Enhancing a character's reputation can gain access to rare items, unique abilities and profession-based patterns and plans,[29] as well as lowering cost of items sold by NPCs belonging to that faction
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Players are also able to customize their character through the use of talents, which are further abilities related to their character class.[9][10]
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This sound fun, and very engaging becasue people can can create characters depending the person.
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roleplay versions of both these types, where players are encouraged to control their character as if they were an inhabitant of a fantasy world
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I can't imagine someone getting so in to the game... but I guess it's fairly normal also. How do you do that? o_o
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People get addicted to a game. And when they are playing their favorite video games they have no idea about whats going on around them.
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This does sound like Sims, however it is more fantasy. I guess it's what someone wants to get out of the game. I think that the idea of going on hunts and the whole monsters and dragons thing makes it very different than Sims.
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In one of the updates following the release of the Burning Crusade expansion, the rate at which characters gain experience from killing monsters was increased, along with reducing the amount of experience required to gain further skills and abilities.
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Race determines the character's appearance, starting location, and initial skill set, called "racial traits".
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"Racial traits" does not only determine the appearance of each charactor, but also affect their skills in combat. I like how this is designed.
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Characters are also able to learn two primary professions from a list of ten. These can be gathering professions, such as mining, herb gathering, or animal skinning. Characters can also choose from crafting professions, such as blacksmithing, leatherworking, or enhancement professions such as enchanting or inscription.
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Different areas added because of new editions. Objective is to earn experience points to level up and become better. There is communication through text chat. While traveling, one could ride a boat or a plane.
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language players are encouraged to use, offering in-game support in that language
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This allows players to explore areas and defeat quests without other players outside the group interfering.
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Gameplay of World of Warcraft
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this game iv heard of many times and it is suppose to be a good game however i find that it gets extremely tedious really fast and it gets boring after time which is good for a game that you piad for and have to keep paying for in order to play it
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World of Warcraft is a place where people can leave their everyday lives and live a "cooler" much perfered life to escape reality. It is here where a great world of interaction occurs and technology truely shines as we see it in action.
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I can see how people get addicted because they dont want to miss out on any extra priviledges so they buy all the extra game packs ot keep up to date with the game.
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Includes holiday-based events and uses weather effects. How sentimental.
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A typical dungeon will allow up to five characters to enter as part of a group.
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i agree. Teamwork makes everything a lot easier because 5 heads are better than 1 !
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General idea of questing. Awards and experience points are given after completing a quest.
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As well as banding together to form groups, players can also band together to form guilds. These structures allow players several benefits, such as easier communication and an identifying guild name and tabard. Guild members can also be given access to a central pool of resources known as a guild bank.[13] Guilds can also make use of an in-game calendar, allowing guild members to view scheduled events, and respond to them with whether they can attend or not. This calendar can also be accessed without need to log-in to the game, using the Armory feature.[14]
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Characters can only communicate and group with other characters of the same faction. Each faction has five races to choose from. Race determines the character's appearance, starting location, and initial skill set, called "racial traits".
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This paragraph explains the types of quests. Death happens but characters can be brought back to life.
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As well as dungeon-based raid challenges, several creatures exist in the normal game environment that are designed for raids to attack.
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Death Knights are a hero class, which means the player needs a level 55 (at least) and they start at level 55 with many skills, abilities, weapons and armor. While a character can be played on its own, players can also group up with others in order to tackle more challenging content. In this way, character classes are used in specific roles within a group
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different class character have different skill, if your lvl is higher,then the class will more high,and the you will hagve more skill
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The Alliance currently consists of Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes and Draenei; the Horde currently consists of Orcs, Tauren, Forsaken, Trolls and Blood Elves.
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most of the game have 2 different alliance,it will make the game more interest and fun.
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In common with many MMORPGs, World of Warcraft requires players to pay for a subscription, usually either by credit-card or by buying a card from a retailer to redeem for a pre-determined amount of subscription time.[15]
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This paragraph shows that one can improve "reputation." There are rare abilities available.
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Further options to customize the appearance, such as hairstyles, skin tones, etc are also available.
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REALLY? I thought that was just in games that "dress up" their characters as opposed to fictionous animated characters.
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Players can discover 'flight masters' in newly discovered locations and then use those NPCs in order to fly to previously discovered locations in other parts of the world.[19
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As well as banding together to form groups, players can also band together to form guilds.
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Players can interact with each other, which makes the game more fun. The players can also share experience with each other.
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Depending on the race chosen and the expansions installed, a player then has four to seven of the game's ten character classes to choose from.
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I'm a little confused... based on whatever they choose before, they then choose another character classes??
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the game only have 3 main character,after up lvl,it can upgrade to other character.
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Gameplay primarily consists of completing quests and dungeon runs, and other in-game activities, in order to obtain rewards which will allow one to improve one's character and equipment in order to be able to complete the more difficult quests and dungeon runs.
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Overall, I am very bored of this lesson and feel that this is pointless because I really don't care about the history or explanation of the "Gameplay of World of Warcraft." Plus, this game is rather boring and makes me not want to play. Great.
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I agree. The game seems really confusing and pointless. I don't find it necessary to learn about a fantasy world that isn't really interesting or beneficial.
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A number of facilities are available to characters when in towns and cities. In each major city characters can access a bank in order to deposit items, such as treasure or crafted items.
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Characters can also choose from crafting professions, such as blacksmithing, leatherworking, or enhancement professions such as enchanting or inscription.
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Professions... part of the game... I like! It's gives me something to do when not battling :]
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most of the people doing for the game money,you make the own thing and sell it out.
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very similar to other mmorpgs where people can choose jobs for their characters.
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n this game world, players use their characters to explore locations, defeat creatures and complete quests.
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Players have to explore locations themselves. That means the plot is not determined by the game and it will leave the players more to imagine.
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Although the game world remains reasonably similar from day to day, changes have been made over time. Seasonal events that reflect on real world events such as Halloween (as Hallow's End),[23] Christmas (as Winter Veil), Children's Week,[24] Easter (as Noblegarden) and Midsummer run for a period of a day or two up to several weeks.
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Gameplay primarily consists of completing quests and dungeon runs, and other in-game activities, in order to obtain rewards which will allow one to improve one's character and equipment in order to be able to complete the more difficult quests and dungeon runs.
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The many quest can get boring if there is no one singular goal of enemy to defeat and you whined up giving up.
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this seems useful - like a timeling/schedule for when everyone is free to play
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First, some realms allow player versus player combat to take place almost anywhere in the game world outside of areas for new players.
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The system of players vs players makes the game in touch with the real world. Players vs. real players in the game.
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This calendar can also be accessed without need to log-in to the game, using the Armory feature.
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World of Warcraft requires players to pay for a subscription
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A large amount of World of Warcraft revolves around questing.
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These structures allow players several benefits, such as easier communication and an identifying guild name and tabard.
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When a player instructs their character to yell or say something, a chat bubble appears above their head containing the spoken words in a similar way to a comic book image.
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Each battleground has a set objective, such as capturing a flag or defeating an opposing general, that must be completed in order to win the battleground.
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inding a difficult to locate object, or delivering an item from one place to another.
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In each major city characters can access a bank in order to deposit items, such as treasure or crafted items.
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As well as gaining in-game money, items and experience points, many quests will also increase reputation with a faction.
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These matches are among a small number of characters (between 2 and 5 per side) in two teams.
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the rate at which characters gain experience from killing monsters was increased, along with reducing the amount of experience required to gain further skills and abilities.
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A mailbox can be used to collect items won at auction and also to send messages, items and even in-game money to other characters.
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You have to pay for everything the messages that are sent must be important
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These mods can help the player by automating simple tasks, grouping similar spells or abilities together and enhancing the way information about the game environment is presented to the player.
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Some of the harder challenges in World of Warcraft require players to group together to defeat them.
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lol, how did i know jessica highlighted this one? but anyways, not when it's like a big boss monster
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. Seasonal events that reflect on real world events such as Halloween (as Hallow's End),[23] Christmas (as Winter Veil), Children's Week,[24] Easter (as Noblegarden) and Midsummer run for a period of a day or two up to several weeks.
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yea those are fun because you get to celebrate it with people from all around the world
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These are indicated by having yellow exclamation marks (!) above their heads, while yellow question marks (?) represent quests ready to hand back and complete.[
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The ability for players to communicate with each other using voice chat was added some time after the release of the Burning Crusade expansion.
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In a change from the previous Warcraft games produced by Blizzard, World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) where thousands of players can interact with each other. Despite this change, the game draws many similarities with its predecessors.
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Sometimes, quests of this nature are linked together by a common theme. Where one quest ends, another starts, forming a quest chain.
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If you stop playing the game that you get experience points dont you have to play the game to get the points
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I know!! That's the worst. You just want to give up halfway but if you do complete it, you get something good out of it.
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Dont quests get boring after a period of time? The game designers or whatever you call them must come up with a lot of ideas if the quests are never ending.
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However, most players prefer to use Ventrilo or Teamspeak, as they come with more customizable features and provide better sound quality than the voice service in-game.
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i've used ventrillo back when I played a game called gunbound and it was great.
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Yea, and during guild wars but it's kinda weird when your teamates and you only chatted by texts and not hearing each other's voices.
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a character may get attacked and killed by a creature, becoming a ghost at a nearby graveyard.
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LOL helen. You can die. You just respawn at the nearest respawning point. And you also lose exp which is a total ...
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As well as being able to complete quests and enter dungeons, players can also fight against other players in the game.
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When a character dies the items being carried degrade, requiring in-game money and a specialist NPC to repair them. Items that degrade heavily can become unusable until they are repaired.
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These locations act in a similar way to dungeons or instances in that only a set number of characters can enter a single battleground, but additional copies of the battleground can be made to accommodate additional players.[34]
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As well as banding together to form groups, players can also band together to form guilds. These structures allow players several benefits, such as easier communication and an identifying guild name and tabard. Guild members can also be given access to a central pool of resources known as a guild bank.[13] Guilds can also make use of an in-game calendar, allowing guild members to view scheduled events, and respond to them with whether they can attend or not. This calendar can also be accessed without need to log-in to the game, using the Armory feature.[14]
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The ability for players to communicate with each other using voice chat was added some time after the release of the Burning Crusade expansion.
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This added function brought the players more fun from making people network with each other. People can share their experience or ask others question while playing through this voice chat.
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I think voice chat is awesome because you can continue to walk around without having ot stop and type. Its much easier to talk while you're hunting. many games have this feature right now which is awesome.
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High end dungeons allow more players to group together and form a raid. These dungeons allow up to forty players to enter at a time in order to face some of the most difficult challenges.[33] In the Burning Crusade expansion the most common group sizes are ten and twenty-five,[32] based on the idea that these groups would be easier to fill and coordinate.[32] As well as dungeon-based raid challenges, several creatures exist in the normal game environment that are designed for raids to attack.[20][23] [edit]
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3D-representation of the Warcraft universe that players can interact with through their characters. The game features two continents on the world of Azeroth. A second world, known as Outland, was later added in the expansion World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.[16] The second expansion, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, added a third continent, Northrend, to Azeroth
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Open world serves as a great way to roam and complete quests, tasks, meet new people and in a way get lost into a massive world away from your ordinary life
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Things can be used within the world and can be interacted with. Communicating with players can bring a more interesting experience to the gameplay to form alliances and discovering enemies.
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I think that this makes the game more appealing because users always want updates
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Players are able to transfer their established characters between realms in the same territory (North America, Europe, etc) for a fee.
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There is a great variety of classes. I will be dizzy choosing from all of them just like choosing from the game Neverwinter Night
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This game was actually the first of this type I had known or heard of. Although I have never played this game, I think I would have enjoyed the setting and the interplay between players.
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combat, either in large groups or small team matches.
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These include using the same setting of the world of Azeroth as well as following a similar art direction.
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people who like warcraft in general would like this world, so it is no wonder it remained there
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These re-tune a set of dungeons in the Outland area for high-end characters, improving their replay value.[32] This feature is also available in Wrath of the Lich King for players who have reached the new level cap. A "looking for group" option allows players to passively find other players interested in doing the same instance
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Victory rewards the character with tokens and honor points that can be used to buy armour and weapons.
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"Palestinians dressed as the Na'vi from the film Avatar stage a protest against Israel's separation barrier Protesters dressed as characters from the movie Avatar marchs in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah Protesters dressed as Na'vi characters from the movie Avatar march in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah"
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"Earthquakes alone do not create disasters of the scale now experienced in Haiti. The wealthy nations have for too long exploited Haiti, denying it the right to develop in a secure, sovereign, sustainable way. The global outpouring of support for Haitians must be matched by long-term, unrestricted grants of aid, and immediate forgiveness of all that country's debt. Given their role in Haiti's plight, the United States, France and other industrialized nations should be the ones seeking forgiveness."
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Worldchanging: Bright Green: Jane McGonigal on Gaming for Good - 0 views
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two big distinctions. First, alternate reality games are not in a virtual environment. They’re built on top of social networks, so we use ordinary online tools like online video, blogs, wikis, and being part of a network. It’s not about graphics and avatars. Second, it’s real play and not role play. You don’t adopt a fictional personality. You play as yourself.
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This feels like exactly what I hoped gaming could be in schools. And it makes the step from working with something like Youth Voices to Alternate Reality Gaming much easier to envision and integrate into core subjects.
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Don't know how much has been put here about this gentleman whom McGonigal cites.
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AvantGame by Jane McGonigal - 4 views
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This is pretty amazing. I'm just trying to figure out how and when to enter this world.
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This is a great resource. New Yorker conference lecture is an eye-opener to why gaming is engaging and what games can accomplish in the real world.
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