It never fails. A thread in a forum gets 4 replies deep and people start throwing words around like they were jello grenades, i.e. sloppy and none too accurate.
For my own sanity, here are some definitions.  

First - Go read J.D.'s dev blog. Go on, and take notes. You will be tested on this later

So, I'm not a fanboy. I'm too old and frankly wasted too much time on crappy games to ever gush and blindly follow any company singing their praises.

I thought I'd post my perceptions of Alganon and MyAlganon from the moment I started.
It's been my opinion, based on all the other MMOs I've played, that a good game is more than just good code. The dev's design philosophy, the community relations team, and the way customer service is handled really determines where I'm gonna plunk my money these days. I've played too many games that were the equivalent of a pretty girl with sneer, fun to look at, but once you got to know them....