View from the Top Episode 6 – Stargrace
Karen and I have been so excited lately to bring you more episodes of a View from the Top we’ve just been rocking them out! On episode 6 we have everyone’s favorite altaholic Stargrace and the show came out beautifully. In one of our most interesting interviews yet we pinned down our Canadian friend and asked her about everything from writing to MMOs to guilds and she really delivered. Won’t you take a moment to listen to what she has to say? I promise it will be worth it!
Show notes
- What are we up to? Karen, Adam and Stephanie discuss what they’ve been up to in the MMO sphere. Find out what Stephanie isn’t playing!
- EverQuest II Sentinel’s Fate releases on Tuesday. Are we excited?
- There is no snow in Canada?!
- Give an MMO a fair chance. We discuss going past the first 10 levels before making a snap judgment on a game.
- What games are guild friendly? Who is the most friendly company when it comes to player organizations? Stephanie tells all!
- What do hardcore and casual guilds share in common? Perhaps they’re not as different as people think!
- We couldn’t do VftT without talking about EverQuest II. We look at the state of guilds in that title!
- You make the call! How do you take a casual raid guild to the big time and become a bit more serious?
- Guest Topic time! General features that every MMO should have!
Acknowledgments
Thank you to our guest Stephanie “Stargrace” Morrow for being such an excellent conversationalist. You should check out her blog MMOQuests and her work for Beckett Massive Online Gamer!
We would also like to thank Adam for eating for the last 10 minutes of the show and for accidentally plugging Multiverse, his general MMO Podcast.
A big shout out to Syp, one of the finest bloggers around! Check out his work at Bio Break!
As always thank you to Vagary TV for providing both hosting and support for a View from the Top.
Stephanie would like to thank all of her readers and fans! We thank you too and want to send a line out to April Love! We hope you stay warm this winter.
Finally, thank you OT for submitting a question! We had a few come in this week and it made our month. Please submit your questions so we can answer them during the show! If you have a issue that needs solving with your guild why not Ask a Guild Leader? Your question might just appear on Epic Slant or on the A View from the Top Podcast!
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about 3 years ago
It was interesting to hear the guild leader’s take on the raid transition question.
I think the nightmare scenario that many players have seen is where about a third of the guild (often including the officers, since people who are less involved tend not to end up in leadership) is significantly more hardcore than the rest of the guild. I guess it’s the paradox of having an easier entry level raid experience – it brings more players into the raid game, but it also means fostering guilds that have a wider skill disparity, because the top half of your players actually CAN carry the raid through the first dungeon or two. Then everyone is stuck choosing between their friends and progress a few patches into the expansion, and that almost always ends painfully.
about 3 years ago
Great show as all ways.
I am so glad that Stargrace was on. I hope she does do a podcast, She sounds great, and as she has been around for a few years now. I tend and I am sure others will also. To feel that she has a grasp of what is going on in the MMO world.
By the way, This is the best sounding MMO Show out here right now. Great editing, great sound, great host’s. Thanks for all the work.
about 3 years ago
Thank you for the high praise Alik, we really do appreciate it. View from the Top is one of my favorite things to do these days and Karen is extremely passionate so I think that really comes through. We’re going to be taking a break next week but we’ll be doing our best to line up a lot of really interesting guests for coming shows.
Don’t forget to send in your questions!
about 3 years ago
Hey, thanks for the shoutout! That’s too kind!
about 3 years ago
You know what’s strange is that I’m not even in a guild in EQ2 but I thoroughly enjoy listening to your podcasts. Speaking of which, Stargrace made for an excellent guest. I’ve been reading her blog for quite some time now and it’s nice to be able to put a voice to it. She’s as well spoken in person as she is in her blog. I hope you’ll be able to twist her arm into coming back on the show again. Something tells me two seasoned guild leaders won’t have any trouble with that task.
Looking forward to more shows…
RC
about 3 years ago
This was my first time listening to the show and I really enjoyed it. Great job getting Stargrace to come on.
While it was only a small topic, I was amused at your comments about how EQ2 guild halls have blocked casual player contact in the world. There is the constant beating on Blizzard for not adding housing and their excuse is that they don’t want that very same thing happening to WoW. I guess they really do have a point.