Blaze said:
Really? Is there a reason a person who plays a MMO is any more likely to have less of a social life then a person to who plays other types of games? I would think on a site dedicated to video games people could discuss any type of game and not hear the stereotypes that we all know to not be true. i dunno i guess i like to think that while on a gaming site we shouldnt be judgeing people about their gaming habits or choices. There is enough negitive feed back from the public, we dont need it on the fourms. |
Blame Amazon, they're the ones who sell it and had it on their page. All stereotypes are based on reality, they're like social carricatures if you will. And besides, with the amount of people actually getting clinically hooked on MMO's and needing treatment while going thorugh tough periods of abstinence there seems to be evidence to support that people who play MMO's are more likely to spend more time on it and as such just might have a more reduced social life. Thing with MMO's for many is that its a perfect arena to actually maintain your social life as well, through guilds and other groups. (One can argue that you can get hooked on other types of games as well but MMO's suck you in like nothing else on the market, as is its intention).
PS: If we were to never judge anyone on their gaming habits and choices, this very thread and most of the others (indeed, the very site itself) would not exist, at least not in its current form. I'm sorry if you feel personally offended by my post or something but I hardly think my short tidbit from browsing Amazon will drastically change our standings with the public, to be honest.
