BabyShambles said:
Worst thing you could do.
I couldn't agree more (although for slightly different reasons). Any interaction is illusory; you are escaping from the meaningful face to face communication that you need. There is also the issue of the types of people who play these games. I'm willing to wager that there is a higher concentration of individuals with emotional problems/disorders playing MMOGs than any other activity (save group therapy
. Of course I have no data to support that, but if you were to examine the conversations that take place, the arguments, and what the main emphasis of playing is usually placed on (namely acquiring P}{47 |007 ), you would quickly see how very detrimental it is to someone with a fragile sense of person.
All that being said, I play MMOGs to escape as well. I realise how they affect me, yet I continue to play them. They are my soma, what I use to block all the thoughts of failure and anxiety out.
And Horatio, those "elven chicks", as you probably know how the old stereotype goes (and is mostly true...with integrated voice chat in DDO i'd say 90%+ of female characters are male IRL) are usually played by a fat guy named [insert common male name here].
