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    Quote Originally Posted by Untamed1337 View Post
    Hi. I have noticed that moderators have been getting upset at people posting B2P games in the F2P section - pointing them towards the P2P section instead.

    It is arguable that B2P games are more F2P than P2P, and in the end, it is somewhat of a bias.

    I am not here to argue what a B2P/F2P/P2P game is. I am here to simply suggest that the "P2P MMO" forum be renamed to "P2P & B2P MMO" forum to lessen confusion for everyone, as well as to slightly ease the amount of wrongly placed topics in the F2P MMO section.

    This way, there should be little confusion as to what goes where in terms of B2P games, as B2P is not exactly a F2P game, nor is it exactly a P2P game.

    Thanks for your time.
    B2P games should be put in the General Gaming forum imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by olaph View Post
    B2P games should be put in the General Gaming forum imo.
    Would that really apply to full blown MMOGs that have adapted the B2P style of payment?

    Yes, a lot of B2P games are more single player than multiplayer, but there are a few full blown MMOGs out there that use B2P over F2P or P2P.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Untamed1337 View Post
    Would that really apply to full blown MMOGs that have adapted the B2P style of payment?

    Yes, a lot of B2P games are more single player than multiplayer, but there are a few full blown MMOGs out there that use B2P over F2P or P2P.
    Anything in the past that use to be B2P or P2P and is now F2P should be considered a F2P game now.

    Alternatively a P2P and a B2P MMO (say Guild Wars and WoW) are still considered under the same category because they still cost real money to play them at all in any respect. A B2P FPS or something along those lines should be considered under General Gaming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spunkify View Post
    Anything in the past that use to be B2P or P2P and is now F2P should be considered a F2P game now.

    Alternatively a P2P and a B2P MMO (say Guild Wars and WoW) are still considered under the same category because they still cost real money to play them at all in any respect. A B2P FPS or something along those lines should be considered under General Gaming.
    Nonetheless, a B2P MMO, and P2P MMO, while perhaps being under the same umbrella, are two completely different payment models. The forum section is currently called "P2P MMO", not "Real Money MMO" or "P2P & B2P MMO". My suggestion is only to help lessen confusion as well as the amount of misplaced threads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xenonight2 View Post
    P2P in this case equally means "Pay to play" and "Purchase to play."

    Easy, isn't it?
    Perhaps, but "Purchase to play" isn't a widely accepted/known term, and therefore your statement does little to nothing to help with lowering confusion ;p.

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