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MMORPG = MASSIVE multiplayer ONLINE roleplaying game.
The words massive and online are problems here. It usually takes several years for a hired, skilled developer team to make a mmorpg, or any other game, and to run a mmorpg requires huge servers, dedicated supportteams and loads of other stuff, so I have problems imagining how fanmade freeware is compatible with the term mmorpg...  |
Not all MMORPGs have to be huge. Check out Maid Marian Online. That would have about 200-500 players I'd think. I would say the term 'massive' is supposed to mean it's available for the world to play together.
It could also mean there's a massive selection of features. It doesn't just have to mean the ammount of players.