Another thoughtful Blog Post

http://blacksen.com/archives/588


I especially like this "MMORPG’s are unique in that your performance as a player can impact your social accountability. If you’re a terrible gamer who constantly makes errors, players are less likely to group or socialize with you, which forces you to have a lower social standing.within the bigger picture. If you’re a complete asshole in every communication element of the game, people will just throw you on ignore. Now, however, more and more of your actions are taking place on the battlegroup level rather than the server level. For the same reason that there is no real community within Modern Warfare 2 or Starcraft 2, players are willing to do stupid things and say mean stuff because they know that they can get away with it (especially with Blizzard’s aggressive monitoring of their official forums)."