While I'm a gamer who has actually gone to the trouble to join a clan - and I've never physically met any of them either - I think it's more a different way of having more mates. What would be worrying is if everyone tended towards this type of online community to the detriment of actual "face to face friends" - kinda similar to that Asimov detective book ("The Naked Sky"?). That would be really scary if that's the future of the world.
IMHO gaming is a normal & healthy exercise - although people who live for it and play it 24-7 are possibly a tad unhinged. I keep a balance between gaming and going to the pub!
PS - does knowing how to use the HTML tags in this editor mean I'm a geek or not? I do have real mates with real names too - honest!
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While I'm a gamer who has actually gone to the trouble to join a clan - and I've never physically met any of them either - I think it's more a different way of having more mates. What would be worrying is if everyone tended towards this type of online community to the detriment of actual "face to face friends" - kinda similar to that Asimov detective book ("The Naked Sky"?). That would be really scary if that's the future of the world.
IMHO gaming is a normal & healthy exercise - although people who live for it and play it 24-7 are possibly a tad unhinged. I keep a balance between gaming and going to the pub!
PS - does knowing how to use the HTML tags in this editor mean I'm a geek or not? I do have real mates with real names too - honest!