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Andrew Phelps Andrew Phelps is an assistant professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, NY. He is the founding faculty member of the Game Programming Concentration within the Department of Information Technology and his work in games programming education has been featured in The New York Times, CNN.com, USA Today, National Public Radio, and other publications. Email: amp-at-it.rit.edu

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1. Kunst on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
There are many useful informations in this article. Thanks and greetings from Thuringia! ›››
January 10, 2008 5:08 AM

2. nutcase on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Death and decay... obviously writer has really fantasy version of reality... should Best pvp players slay your families? or genocide entire race based on outlook? oh btw all these "horde exp+levels+eq for years" games actually require no Skills in pvp just longer play time than others its like conservatives in real-life saying that everything is possible if you work hard enough and yet they themselves limit noobs to rise in power becouse they just can and are afraid of real competition. seri ›››
January 6, 2008 5:24 AM

3. Jeff on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
nice ›››
January 5, 2008 3:17 PM

4. Idetrorce on New Years Resolution
very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce ›››
December 15, 2007 9:44 PM

5. Vlad on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Nice ›››
December 7, 2007 7:35 AM

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November 28, 2007 4:14 PM

7. yellowpages on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Wonderful Article i enjoyed reading it, thanks for sharing with us! ›››
November 12, 2007 10:13 PM

8. Deceth on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Very excellent and well written article! Im definitely a fan of PvP but agree that some consequence of action is important if the game is to be meaningful. ›››
November 12, 2007 12:14 PM

9. osram sparlampe on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Thank You for another very interesting article. So please try to keep up the great work all the time. ›››
October 28, 2007 7:43 PM

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October 4, 2007 9:22 PM

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October 2, 2007 4:07 AM

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14. Passivhaus on Microsoft Academic Days for Gaming
Alright then - have fun! :-) ›››
September 26, 2007 1:43 PM

15. vlad on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Very useful article Thank you ›››
September 18, 2007 6:50 AM

16. Artikelverzeichnis on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings. ›››
August 24, 2007 9:16 AM

17. canvas oil paintings on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
You are right about Star Wars. Just like EverQuest, it uses one kind of PvP called flagging. This system involves a Player Killing (PK) flag, where a character has their PK flag set to "off" by default. When this flag is turned on, this allows a PvP combat with other people who have also turned on their flag. In Everquest, there is no way to turn the flag off once it has been turned on. In Star Wars Galaxies, the flag may be turned off by interacting with faction specific NPCs located througho ›››
August 16, 2007 4:25 AM

18. Luggage on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Great article, even just from a philosophical point. I enjoyed your take on star wars, and your interesting look at the history of war. I was always amazed to see that even in WWII – I mean, where things were really bad, people still did play by certain rules of engagement. It always struck me as strange... but in the real world even evil people have a conscience, and becoming 'truly evil' takes a lot of brainwashing and destruction of the conscience. In truth, a game like WOW is supposed to re ›››
July 16, 2007 1:03 PM

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24. Warcraft blog on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
I like to mix pvp and pve and write about it on my warcraft blog. I am good pve but not yet quite mastered pvp, although I dont suck at it there is room for improvement. Yes, some people do ruin others gaming experiences, I've had a lot of friends come and go in wow for a long time, but some have stuck around. ›››
June 16, 2007 12:17 PM

25. on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Ganking low levles on my 70 rogue is so much fun. ›››
June 11, 2007 4:36 PM

26. Ben on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
ok, my view. blizz created various servers for different reasons. pvp- so people can corpse camp and gank the crap out of eachother for the hell of it.. and pve where everyone gets along and only fights in battle grounds. it is up to the player to choose which style of relm they play on and thus the play experience.. so realy honour has little to do with anything.. besides. no one is honourable these days... ›››
June 6, 2007 8:20 PM

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28. Video Game Rentals on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
see the details about honor from shakespears henry the 4th. ›››
April 10, 2007 11:03 AM

29. david on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Great article - Honor is was best summed up by Shakespeares "Hotspur" - there is no nobleness in losing life to a meaningless battle... ›››
April 10, 2007 1:28 AM

30. TeesMyBody.com T-Shirts on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
I'm in the minority too when I say I don't care for PVP at all. I quit Guild Wars when all of my fellow guild members left pve for it. ›››
February 18, 2007 4:24 PM

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38. Eric on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
I like your concepts and I think they can work in an mmo. WoW might not be the right game though. WoW seems to be more of a gamey-game, a game that puts fun mechanics before immersion/reality mechanics. Their version of PVP stays true to this. What you're describing could have immediate application in a more "sandbox" type game, such as Eve Online. The upcoming Darkfall looks like it will also be an open PVP, sandbox-type world where players make the rules of engagement, AND it has a fantasy s ›››
October 1, 2006 10:45 AM

39. Jeremy on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Great article ›››
September 25, 2006 12:50 AM

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43. Nerdian on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
Alot of good points but a few good counter points. Rouges can be "honourable" if a assassin is sent to kill tyrant he is praised. A knife in the back is not brave but let them know your there your dead. I play dozens of games from fps to rs and muds. In fps dishonourable is considered camping hacking and aim boting. In one game called MUME stripping corpses of allies and selling the items is dishonourable. In rs members act as if they are untouchable and god like till I attack with my rubber chi ›››
September 3, 2006 11:11 PM

44. runescape money on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
I dont play wow for my limited time, but my friends do. They have been farming golds since they are level 60, besides the guild activity. It gets boring. Something suggested here for rs gamer to buy the runescape money, uh, there are guys who do need& get it in this way, although the RS dont like it at all. ›››
August 7, 2006 3:29 AM

45. Aaron on Homebrew. YaRLY.
An interesting point Andrew. I think it is interesting that in this time where we are seeing succesful technologies be onces that center around the concept of community: MySpace, YouTube, etc, that a company would try to close the valve on a community being created around its product. In relation to matts point about the console makers slitting their own throats, I think it would be safe for both game manufacutres and console makers that games which did not include royalties to Sony, Microso ›››
July 28, 2006 10:48 AM

46. Magus on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
sorry about the spelling in the post above. ›››
July 1, 2006 6:25 PM

47. Magus on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
I agree with the fact that dishonour should have consequence ( npc faction and equipment restriction) but the problem is that you respawn in like 3 seconds after you die! A level 60 character will kill a couple level 20's before going down, but when he goes down he should have to wait an hour or so to respawn. (they are trying for fantasy realism. Like you died! coming back should be enough of a gift!) People need to band together to bring down the giants there's nothing like being the one to ›››
July 1, 2006 6:23 PM

48. Matt Houston on Homebrew. YaRLY.
As fost said the money for companies like sony, nintendo and microsoft doesn't come form console sales, they are sold at a loss, sometimes by a fair margin. By opening the gates for homebrew they would be cutting their own throats with royalties not coming in. This would increase the price of the console hardware by a LOT, and i can tell you, most people can't afford, or at least can't justify the FULL price of the hardware for a PS3 or XBOX360. ›››
June 27, 2006 9:41 PM

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50. DS-Fallen Angel on PVP and the Honorable Enemy
There is also class consistancy to think of take the point you made about waiting in the closet and shooting someone in the toe you say thats sneaky but not honourable. then think of that frmo teh persoective of a rogue, thats what rogues do take a look at their skills and wepons and techniques they should realy be renamed assassins not rogues, and what is honourable among assassins? quick, no mess, untracable. that earns the "honour among theifs" theifs being a loose term here as is Rogue. so ›››
June 9, 2006 1:50 AM