MMORPG's MMORPG's stands for either 'multi media online role playing games' or ''massive multiplayer online role playing games'. It comes to much the same thing anyway in fact. Massive multiplayer online role playing games have done a lot to popularize the Net. Indeed, some individuals only go online to play these games and chat with other people who play them as well. Originally, massive multiplayer online role playing games were usually text-based, but steadily images were added and then animated images and now we have a virtual reality, in which online, virtual villages and towns are created by players from all around the world, each player with the same purpose: to complete a quest and move up a level. However, the games are so complex that everyone can decide on their own tactics to complete their quests and so some individuals go through the levels quickly and others more slowly. It is unlikely that any two players will complete a complicated massive multiplayer online role playing game in the same manner. In a way, Flash, Java and high-speed broad band connections have played a large part in making these games more popular, because the graphic images are more lifelike and movement is more fluid. Before the advent of these attributes, there simply was not the technology to have anything but text-based games with a couple of (almost) static pictures. The majority of of these massive multiplayer online role playing games charge a monthly fee. Some offer trial accounts and these are a useful way to acquire the feel of a game. Guild Wars.com offers a free, playable trial version which is great fun to play. However, the download is colossal, which gives you an impression of the size of the whole game. For example, the download to enable you to play the free trial version of Guild Wars encompasses over 5,000 files and is more than 135 MB in size. This does not take long to come down, 10-15 mins on an average broad band connection of six or seven megabits and it is well worth the wait. However, once you have set up your character, there are another 30,000 files to download. Other providers of massive multiplayer online role playing games use promoting or a blend of promoting and payment to fund their games, while yet others might allow you to play free of charge but offer more options or levels of play if you do pay. The best approach is to play the free trial or whatever and see if you enjoy the game first. Being able to play massive multiplayer online role playing games has its pros and cons. The advantages are that you are in the safety and comfort of your own residence and it does not have to be costly to play a game that may have cost millions to create and maintain and the disadvantages include eye-strain from too| many late nights and procrastination of things that you should be doing.
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