Guild Wars has some noticeable differences from other MMOGs. First of all, it’s being referred to as a CORPG; or a Competitive Online Role-playing Game. Just what does that mean? If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck, right? I haven’t found any clear-cut reason for the new acronym from the developer (ArenaNet) other than pointing out some variations on the typical MMORPG theme. However after playing it, this does make sense because Guildwars is not a typical MMORPG but rather a hybrid of a MMORPG and a Multiplayer FPS like Counterstrike. Yes folks, the PvP part of Guildwars is Counterstrike in an RPG setting. Incidentally you can see a similar development within World of Warcraft which has just released the Honor System where players compete for kill points and soon to be followed by Battlegrounds which is a PvP area.