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Protests, Politics And Parties In MMORPGs

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 21, 2003 @03:02PM from the william-shatner-said-it-best dept.

The Importance of writes "LawMeme's James Grimmelmann has written an interesting piece on protests, politics and parties in MMORPGs. In particular, he talks about the 'tax revolt' in Second Life."

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my favourite online protest.... by wo1verin3 · 2003-09-21 15:06 · Score: 5, Interesting

The naked riot of 1997 in Ultima Online:

From AlterNet:
History has shown gamers that online protest can result in positive change, as exemplified in Ultima Online's 1997 naked riot demanding bug fixes and server upgrades. Not only were some of the rioters' issues addressed by the game publisher following the incident, but the event was widely reported, and gamers worldwide have been inspired to acts of virtual civil disobedience ever since. Remember that your worst enemy, aside from integrated branding, is inaction. Electronic Arts clearly wants players of The Sims Online to be wildly imaginative, and has already recognized that the online world is unpredictable.