Another Pointless Blog

Around half a month ago I got PMOG and it didn’t work for some strange reason. Then all of a sudden 2 days ago I decided to see if there was an update and give it a whirl. Unfortunately  there was no update but for some reason the toolbar started working. So far its been quite ‘fun’ and is a great idea. So what is PMOG you’re asking and what does it mean? Well it stands for Passively Multiplayer Online Game. Basically the concept is you play an MMO whilst going about your daily activities on the net. You earn points, lay down mines, give crates, attach saint nicks and even make paths (or ‘missions’) for other players to do.

The hard part was learning what to do, there are no real great guides around on the net so this is a nice little guide of what I have learnt so far from reading the site and forums.

To Start…

First you install the toolbar add-on which is your ‘control panel’ for the game. From here you deploy mines, crates, light posts and even portals.

Explanation of the toolbar

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You will notice a few things on the toolbar.

•  The first is a “P” this is a mini menu on the toolbar to navigate around.
• The Eye can pause your session so you no longer accumulate points, are at risk of mines or see crates.
• Next is your username. Click this to go to your page on PMOG.
• After that is the experience bar. It shows from what level you are to what level you are going to.
• The next item is your 3 associations. (I will explain more about them later). You have a Primary, Secondary and Tertiary association.
• Next is your light posts. You drop these on sites to create mission links out of.
• The circle looking thing are portals. Drop these on a site so when another PMOG player goes to that site a pop-up comes up showing your portal.
• Next is crates, you can gift items to people using crates and build a nice reputation.
• Here is the dangerous stuff. Mines. Drop these on websites so when someone visits them they get blown up by a mine they lose armor or Datapoints.
• This is your armor, it can protect you from mines. Each piece can sustain 5 hits from mines.
• Next, your datapoints. You accumulate these from visiting other websites. You get 2 per each website you visit.
• Lastly, an IM service. You can send a message to another PMOG player however it costs 1 DP.

Associations

Every player is assigned to an association after a while of playing the game. You get 3. A primary, secondary or tertiary. Once you reach level 5 you can only buy things that apply to each of those associations from the shop so they become important at a higher level. There are currently 7 associations with 2 more coming.

• Shoat - The ‘noob’ class which you are assigned to when you sign up. Use your tools to get into a more specific association
• Benefactors - These guys are the kind crate droppers who leave crates all over the web filled with goodies for other PMOGions to find.
• Seers - These leave portals all over the web to transport you to other wonderful sites.
• Destroyers - The mean ones, these guys leave mines everywhere, your only source of protection currently is armor!
• Pathmakers - These guys drop light posts around the web and create missions for others to do.
• Vigilantes - The arch enemy of destroyers. These guys attach St Nicks to destroyers so when they try deploy a mine it fails.
• Bedouins - These guys specialize in armor. They can take some blasts and still survive!
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• Riverters - This is a still in devlopment class. These guys create walls on websites so they cannot be mine’d by others.
• Granadiers - The exact opposite of Riverters, these guys blow holes through the walls of sites.

Badges

There are a range of badges that you can qualify for from playing the game and visiting certain websites. Attaining badges are another sub objective of PMOG and add that little bit more of fun to it. Here is a list of all the badges and how to get them.

Final Note

This is a quick final note because no where says this! You don’t have to save the points you earn to level up, you can spend them and your point requirement to level does not go up!

So this is my little guide! If anyone thinks I have left out something (I probably have ) please leave a comment or email me so I can add it. If there are any typos or wrong information again, please email me or leave a comment. Also if you would like an invite to PMOG email or comment here!

Thanks, hoped this helped!
Matt.

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