by Dreamtwister » Wed 07 Feb 2007, 16:03:27
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TommyJefferson', 'O')h. I thought it was a game where people banded together and practiced the Craft of engaging in War, thus the name.
Not really. Sure, people band together to fight, but it's not anything like the name might lead you to believe. There's lots of slaying monsters and casting spells and whatnot. About the only useful skill your kids might be learning is how to STFU and listen to whomever is in charge. Not that it's a bad skill to learn, but 9 times out of 10, that person in charge is a 15 year old kid himself who's only goal is to steal all of the treasure and sell it on eBay.
At least Counterstrike can teach useful skills like small-unit tactics and at least a cursory familiarity with weapons that
actually exist. None of that +99 sword of demonslaying crap.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TommyJefferson', 'I') would sit down and look at it sometime, but they hiss at me when I approach the computer while they are playing. Someone is menstrating at my house every day of the month, so I go sit in the yard and look at trees.

You should take a hard look some time. Not that there's anything wrong with the game itself, but it's certainly not what the name implies to us "old folks".