Dating from April 1st, but most likely not an April Fool’s Prank: Gamasutra features a piece in which Julien Wera, former MMO community liaison of Flyff and Rappelz talks about the art and science of game community management:
“Some people in our industry say, “Players come for the game, and stay for the people”. That’s not totally true. Indeed, some players may begin playing a game simply because it’s attractive to them, but very often they just go from a game to the other to follow the people they play with—their friends, their community. We can call it “community migration”, and it’s a very common fact in multiplayer gaming.“
Read the full in-depth article at Gamasutra.
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