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How has MMO roleplay fallen so far?

>WoW RP
sucks
>XIV RP
sucks
>GW2 RP
sucks
>ESO RP
sucks
>COH RP
sucks
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Matrix Online is the only good MMO still running
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>>732336936
No — The Matrix Online is not still active as an official game server. It was a licensed MMORPG that ran from 2005 until its servers were permanently shut down on July 31, 2009 due to low subscriptions and commercial factors.

That said, there are community-run emulation projects like MxOemu where people can technically launch the old client and explore parts of the world, but these are unofficial, partial, and missing core systems (combat, quests, NPC logic).

So in strict operational terms: the original officially hosted game is defunct, its servers went dark over a decade ago, and anything you might find running today is a fan-built echo rather than a living MMO.
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>>732336639
>sweat
Vanilla
>rape
Vanilla
>furry
Mostly vanilla
>femboy/lolicon
Vanilla/mostly vanilla
>futa
Vanilla
>hypertits
Vanilla
>smegma
Niche
>farts
Niche
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>>732337121
Why'd you think of farts?
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>>732337159
Why would you NOT think of farts?
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>>732336995
Write me an an essay on why The Matrix Online was the best MMO
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I'm not a wow player, roleplayer or wow roleplayer and I have 6 of these
>>732337159
>>732337198
I thought of smell
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>>732337397
The claim that The Matrix Online was the best MMO can be supported when one evaluates the medium through the lenses of narrative integration, player agency, and systemic ambition rather than population metrics or longevity. Unlike most MMORPGs, The Matrix Online was not merely set in its franchise’s universe; it was canonically continuous with it. Events that occurred in-game were treated as “real” within The Matrix timeline, including live-run story arcs and the permanent death of major characters.

From a design perspective, the game prioritized ideological conflict over loot acquisition. Players did not simply grind content; they aligned with philosophies, factions, and interpretations of reality itself. This created emergent social structures that functioned as narrative engines rather than background noise.

While its mechanics were imperfect and its lifespan finite, The Matrix Online demonstrated what MMOs could be when they privilege meaning over optimization. In retrospect, its failure was not conceptual but temporal: it arrived before the industry was ready to sustain a world where players were not heroes collecting gear, but participants inside a living fiction.
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I really miss rp servers man. I wouldn't really roleplay but I really enjoyed the atmosphere of walking around and seeing people doing it in public. Makes games feel way more alive than everyone just spamming trades in global channels
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>>732336639
Zoomers killed roleplaying btw
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>>732338365
I've run 60 RP events in MMOs what have you done?
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For me it's bestiality, so I feel super represented right now.
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>>732339548
For me its feet, mommies, goths, and futas with small or average cocks
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>>732340060
Also what MMO is this RP good for?
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>>732336639
>futa
>hyper
but you repeat yourself
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>>732341075
>he doesn't have a 6 foot long dick
EVERYONE POINT AND LAUGH
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>>732341075
Kill yourself discord tranny



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