You have WoW, I have Guild Wars. It's the same basic concept. We both waste our lives in front of a computer for power, money, and most importantly fame. None of which exists int he real world. Well I mean yeah you could get money, but that's called scamming, and it's illegal...and I'd hate you. Anyway the point is MMOs need to stop being addictive. Well then I guess these companies wouldn't make any money...damnit. See it's a cycle. MMO come out, people play, people get hooked, people invite more people, company makes money, company puts out expansions, people are hooked again and play more, people are slowly driven insane into thinking they are level 70 orcs. It's basically like fishing...except without that last part. Well I guess it depends, but that's a whole other blog post. The point is, these MMOs are all based on chance instead of actual player input. Don't believe me? Then I dare you to go out and find every MMO on the Internet and tell me half of them are decent. Sadly you will fail, and owe me fifty bucks. I don't care if we didn't make a bet, cause we did now. See this is why I like Guild Wars though. Arena Net, more commonly known as A-net, actually goes on major forums and hold events in game to determine how people are playing and what they want more of. Heck there isn't even a monthly fee. Here's an example. The Underworld is a high level end game type area in Guild Wars in which your country must have favor of the gods, which is earned in a PvP Area called Heroes Ascent, to enter here. People didn't like that. Now there are rumors A-Net will make it so you only have to pay a higher price if you don't have favor which is great for countries that aren't America or Europe since they are the only ones that ever get it. Another example is Pre-Searing, a tutorial area of the first game. You don't ever have to leave Pre-Searing and many people don't. It's one of the most beautiful areas in the game. So what did A-Net do? They gave them two exclusive titles and special holding bags for items since they don't have access to storage. They care, We know we are not just customers, but gamers. We get bored with monotonous grinding and the same areas. We don't like monthly fees, we don't like blah blah blah. We as gamers complain a lot, but that is why Guild Wars has become so great. Because we voice our opinions and A-Net listens. So next time you decide to pick up sword and fight some baddies, maybe you should take a detour from Azeroth and give Tyria a try.