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8/4/2009 4:03:39 PM

Having an online social life mean something (more so than at the moment entertainment) means that you have to have it matter to you years after the fact.

I played EQ for 2 years or so. I have no contact with anyone I played with anymore. The only person who I do have contact with is a friend I have had all my life who played with me.

So it would seem that online gaming as a social device only matters in short term. In 10 years you will not know talk to 95% of anyone you meet.

And dont get me starts about guild breakups. Imagine putting all of your time into a circle of friends mostly through a guild and have that guild breakup and everyone transfers servers. Unless you follow someone you literally lost a significant chuck of your social life for bs reasons.

8/4/2009 8:19:27 PM

the reason for the online aspect is one of distance, 8-10 hours transit time at a minimum and several days at a maximum

8/5/2009 9:32:55 AM

My approach to online gaming has always been that I don't care about anyone else except myself. It works really well.

8/5/2009 11:39:34 AM

at risk of being judged, i have a friend that i speak to basically daily, and have for the last four years or so that i know soley from wow.

8/5/2009 11:52:54 AM

I cant imagine that sounds odd to most.

I mean online dating is huge and widely accepted. It seems pretty rational any kind of relationship can come from meeting online.

8/5/2009 12:50:07 PM

My friend and I had a few internet-only friends that we toured around with in WoW. Became myspace friends and talked non-WoW stuff, but that was the extent, and then the friendship died when we stopped playing. We also met some guild officers who lived in Raleigh, they were relatives of an IRL friend that got us into WoW.

My friend has definitely gotten a few crazy stories about when WoW crosses into real (internet) life though. He strained two marriages at least and had one of those chicks wanting to come to North Carolina to meet him . One of my bigger guilds used to have big grill outs and people who were in range would come and visit, but I was never in that long to care at all.

8/5/2009 1:21:39 PM

My problem with video games is that i generally watch http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation before i play them.

8/5/2009 1:23:26 PM

EQ was the only time i had "online friends", there were definately more chill people in that game than WoW (too many elitist little kids in wow who are just looking to "pwn noobz")

8/5/2009 1:24:28 PM

considering WoW's population numbers make it hard to even see that Everquest exists I am betting you will find far more chill people who play WoW.

You will have to sift through more crap, but there are more out there for sure.

8/5/2009 1:29:03 PM

^That's just taking numbers into account. EQ probably has a more serious and chill population overall due to the lower profile of the game

8/5/2009 1:48:38 PM

I still talk to friends from my EQ days(havent played in like 5 years) every now and then on vent and aim. I can't say the same for anyone I ever played wow with(played for 3 yr on and off, usually always high end raiding guilds).

[Edited on August 6, 2009 at 1:52 AM. Reason : fuck]

8/6/2009 1:51:22 AM