The problem with the term "MMOFPS", is people think "RPG"

[MooK]

I believe the real problem is that people associate "MMO" with "single player, but with about 12-14 other people maybe." PlanetSide is currently establishing that MMOFPS means thousands of people playing (shooting) in a first-person perspective. Maintain that, and the rest will follow.

[Crator]

Originally Posted by Sirisian

Then again since "MMO" has no definition it's easy to say it is which makes my comment 100% subjective.

Definition of MMOG

A massively multiplayer online game (also called MMO and MMOG) is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on personal computers. Most of the newer game consoles, including the PSP, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and Wii can access the Internet and may therefore run MMO games. Additionally, mobile devices and smartphones based on such operating systems as Android, iOS and Windows Phone are seeing an increase in the number of MMO games available.

MMOGs can enable players to cooperate and compete with each other on a large scale, and sometimes to interact meaningfully with people around the world. They include a variety of gameplay types, representing many video game genres.

History

The most popular type of MMOG, and the sub-genre that pioneered the category, is the massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), which descended from university mainframe computer MUD and adventure games such as Rogue and Dungeon on the PDP-10. These games predate the commercial gaming industry and the Internet, but still featured persistent worlds and other elements of MMOGs still used today.

Pretty sure a big majority of people only know about MMOs because of WoW, which is a MMORPG. A large sub-set of those people might know about a few more MMOs but most likely only MMORPGs because they came from WoW and got bored of it and wanted to try another MMORPG...

[SgtMAD]

Sky, the answer is to stage a fight and have SOE record it,then edit it and put it on the web or cut a commercial,
we have helped them out before and could probably send a couple e-mails and do it during the beta,altho that is too late,the spots need to run during the beta to drive interest.

I have a whole IRC channel ready to go LOL.

[SKYeXile]

Originally Posted by HtSgtMAD

Sky, the answer is to stage a fight and have SOE record it,then edit it and put it on the web or cut a commercial,
we have helped them out before and could probably send a couple e-mails and do it during the beta,altho that is too late,the spots need to run during the beta to drive interest.

I have a whole IRC channel ready to go LOL.

Oh yea for sure, i know 666 mega zerg i think it was helped them out.

[Gwartham]

What you fail to realize is the this game will draw a lot of "rpg" players to it.

I play MMORPGS because I am hooked on larger battles then I can get from the average FPS shootemup right now.

I remember a few years back I got a deal on a case of planetside copies, so I handed them out to my rpg buddies, who fell in love with the game.

Remember a lot of us play those rpgs not to bake bread, but to kill on a larger scale

Also remember these people will also be far more comfortable shelling out cash for this type of game.

I see the MMO crowd being the vanguard of this game, with the twitchers following after, much like the wow phenomenon.

[SgtMAD]

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

Oh yea for sure, i know 666 mega zerg i think it was helped them out.

Yea, I am not eating friggin pancakes with anyone.

[Tasorin]

I prefer the term MMOFPS because it let's people know that it is a persistent FPS and not another instanced ladder fps. How do you not see "MMO" + "FPS" having never played one, and not go "I wonder what the fuck that is?" Quite frankly the MMO persistent aspect is one of the major things that sets PlanetSide apart from the other shooters. Don't even get me started with the quasi-sandbox nature of a MMOFPS vs. a matched based shooter or fantasy.

Minor note. Some of us are pushing protected citizen status and beyond, and "MMO" does not = WoW. While WoW was an MMO, and very popular, more then likely it was not our first. For me personally it was Tanrus, followed by UO, PlanetSide and EQ.

Less I forget Comp-U-Serv and the old ChainMail BBS.

[Brusi]

Originally Posted by HtSgtMAD

Yea, I am not eating friggin pancakes with anyone.

LOL!

[Nephilimuk]

I don't see the problem. It is an MMOFPS and if you wanted to rebrand an acronym which has been around for 10 years then you will just spend all your time expaining why it is not an MMOFPS when it is.

I would rather the time be spent promoting the game rather than creating a new acronym which may or may not stick. Education and advertising is key anything else detracts from the message and dilutes the overall impact.

Keep on message stay on target and develop mind space before launch, its all you can do and hats off to SOE they seem to be doing it rather well.

That being said it would be really nice to see something polished and juicy put out in the wild to keep the gaming sites / journo's attention. The small releases are cool (no complaints keep them coming) but they are not attracting massive attention other than in estabilished supporting sites.

[XPquant]

Was UO for me too taurin, those were the day's.

I just say massive online first person shooter and lead directly into the 3 empires fighting over persistent continent's.

[Crator]

Meh, just tell them about the 3 factions and how many people can be in the same area at one time fighting each other. Always gets people interested... And now, with F2P for PS2, people won't be hesitant to try it out...