General Discussion - Steam lists PoE as an MMO? - Forum

" skinnay wrote: " bhavv wrote: " AusterlitZ wrote: All the people saying PoE is an MMO are lucky stupidity doesn't hurt,otherwise i could hear you scream in agony from miles away Massively - check. Multiplayer - check. Online - check. = MMO. All the people saying PoE isn't an MMO have fail for brains. rofl, all the people saying PoE is an MMO have the exact same argument of an obliviously literal interpretation of the term MMO. " Espionage724 wrote: MMO = Massively Multiplayer Online. Path of Exile is an online multiplayer game with a massive amount of players. Therefore, Path of Exile = MMO. " bhavv wrote: Any game with a 'massive number of players playing online' is an MMO. " oldmanriver wrote: "MMO" has pretty much become an umbrella term for online pc games that have gameplay with more than 4v4 or so. they think it's that simple. so defining a mmo is NOT a simple task? Ok, please tell us the complicated definition of "mmo". what makes a game an mmo?	Posted by DexterousGecko#6463 on Oct 11, 2013, 6:22:17 PM Quote this Post
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=define+MMO (b) Personal abuse, foul language, inappropriate subject matter, obscene, harassing, threatening, hateful, or discriminatory or defamatory remarks of any nature ... are not permitted. - PoE TOS.	Posted by bhavv#7360 on Oct 11, 2013, 6:26:54 PM Quote this Post
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" skinnay wrote: " bhavv wrote: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=define+MMO well what do you know, it says "persistent world" right there. Steam advertises PoE also as such, which is quite funny.	Posted by Nightmare90#4217 on Oct 11, 2013, 8:05:57 PM Quote this Post
MMOARPG - Technically. Very small genre I bet steam doesn't have that specific classification.	Posted by WarlordClaw#7784 on Oct 11, 2013, 8:13:09 PM Quote this Post
Should be ARPG.	Posted by Ravenous0001#7687 on Oct 11, 2013, 8:20:49 PM Quote this Post
Ofcourse it's an MMO. Can anyone who disagree please explain why Dungeons and Dragons online is an MMO but PoE isn't?	Posted by Sickness#1007 on Oct 11, 2013, 8:40:41 PM Quote this Post
" Ravenous0001 wrote: Should be ARPG. Would only be Just ARPG if it wasn't multiplayer online. Since this game is multiplayer online it is MMOARPG and not just ARPG.	Posted by WarlordClaw#7784 on Oct 11, 2013, 8:44:05 PM Quote this Post
" Sickness wrote: Ofcourse it's an MMO. Can anyone who disagree please explain why Dungeons and Dragons online is an MMO but PoE isn't? I think me and you are the only two people in this thread that have actually played DDO. (b) Personal abuse, foul language, inappropriate subject matter, obscene, harassing, threatening, hateful, or discriminatory or defamatory remarks of any nature ... are not permitted. - PoE TOS.	Posted by bhavv#7360 on Oct 11, 2013, 10:18:10 PM Quote this Post
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