Wow Gold -- EVERY GAME IS A RIP-OFF OF WOW!

World Of Warcraft... a name so many know, and many use in daily conversation. World Of Warhammer... something that had been announced by Games Workshop back in 2001, and then mysteriously disappeared. The license was dropped until EA Mythic picked it up, and by that time Blizzard had already copyrighted the "world of" title. This wasn't the first time Blizzard ripped off Games Workshop, either. In fact, the entire Warcraft franchise is supposed to originally be Warhammer.

Bringing me to my next point. I am an educated gamer, as many people who don't play WoW are. We seek out games that actually demand thought and interaction.

But, shock and horror, all of us "snobs" are suddenly slapped with the cold, hard reality that the WoW community constantly reminds us of: every other MMO in history and in production is a World Of Warcraft clone. Now, there are set criteria that must be met in order for a game to be considered a WoW clone or rip-off. First off, the game MUST have a point-based character leveling system. Then, it must be a fantasy universe (elves, dark elves, dwarves, etc). If those two criteria are met, then we have to see if the comparing game has anything like raids, instances, and mounts.

Does this sound familiar? I thought so. By these standards, every fantasy MMO in history is a rip-off of WoW. In fact, there are so many rip-offs of the game that they can not all fit into the present and future! After all, according to an avid WoW player, i was informed that EverQuest was nothing but "an ugly, cheap WoW rip-off". That's right, a game created in 1999 is actually a dirty, cheap imitation of another MMO released in 2004. I knew it!

Well here's a real head-scratcher for you fanboys out there. If other games are such huge imitations of "the greatest game of all time", why am i having fun playing Vanguard and Warhammer Online, whereas i never got a second of enjoyment out of my three months in Azeroth?

World Of Warcraft has managed to appeal to every demographic in the world with its bright colors, its easy social tools, and its general mass appeal. However, many people will pick up this game, play it for a month, and then toss it.

Just like they say that marijuana is a gateway drug, WoW is a gateway game. You learn the basics from this game, realize there is more out there, and then dump its brightly-colored backside for something with more meaning, more depth, and better overall gameplay.

Have fun, those of you playing WoW. Us real gamers prefer to play something more challenging and more fun.