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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Heroes of Mob Wars

Have you ever played the game of Mob Wars in Facebook? Are there Heroes in Mob Wars or ALL are villains? A hero by definition is someone who is rightful, safeguard moral values and does good to others. It is a perfect picture of someone who promotes justice, fights against any form of abuse and advances the protection of women and children. Are these present in the game of Mob Wars? If not, how can there heroes in Mob Wars. Before we can answer this fairly, let us explore the game. This game in Facebook is believed to be one of the most lucrative apps and most played online game. There are about 500,000 players a day. The number is huge because the game is relatively easy to play with simple mechanics and graphics. There was even a belief that it increases educational performance as the game trains you to learn to compute, strategize your moves to win the game and budget your resources like doing wise spending. It also helps one to build online friends around the world. Just like today, I got birthday greetings to people half away the globe and personally do not know but made friends through the game.

Going back to the game, a player starts off as a petty thief and must work his way to the top of the crime chain, earning points by fighting opposing gangsters, doing jobs, robbing stores, banks and casinos, exploiting underlings and doing all forms of smuggling. The player can improve his character by spending these points on better guns, real estate, loyalty and more, and while he could spend an eternity building up enough points to become a serious baller, he can also spend real cash to jumpstart the process. If this is the game all about,then there are no heroes in the game. But the game is not just about attacking and punching other gangsters nor robbing stores and bank. It is also building online friends, breaking international boundaries and bringing nations into one virtual community. It is through this premise that heroes are born in this game. A player becomes a hero when he opens the door to online friendship by creating communication lines like sharing of cultural experiences, welcoming a losing gangster into an alliance, building allies, sharing gaming techniques like doing more missions than fighting and above all for saying sorry for delivering provocative attacks and unreasonable punches after series of attacks to the same player. I remember a player wrote, "Hi, I'm sorry, but I just killed you on Mob Wars. You were on a hit list so if I hadn't done it, someone else would have. I just thought I'd message you to see if you wanted to join my Mob " Instead of feeling upset, I laughed and immediately shoot an email and joined her mob. Funny that a virtual killing can bring forth a flag of truce and make gaming more fun.

Heroes of Mob Wars then are those who go beyond the mere rules and mechanics of the game. They are those who make friends instead of reaping enemies. These heroes are those who purchase more properties, do more jobs than promote fighting. They level up by doing more missions. You can accomplish this by adding more to your energy than putting all your points in either attack, defense or health. Make the game your gateway to gaining and winning Friends and become heroes of MOB WARS.

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