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    Default What's the point of playing mmorpgs?

    For a long time I've been playing mmorpgs. I've played City of Heroes and WoW, Flyff, Maplestory, Rose Online, Ragnarok Online and many, many more. My topic title says exactly the question that I've begun to ask myself as I've grown up: What's the point of playing mmorpgs?

    To make friends ingame? Make friends in real life, it's 10 times as rewarding and unlike mmorpgs that you quit eventually you will theoretically have those friends you make for life. Of course, some people may make friends in games and actually meet them in real life, but those occurrences are few and far between. Just from being ingame and seeing how many people play what you do shows the amount of people with your same interests that you could befriend in real life.

    To escape from a harsh reality? Nothing will ever, ever change for you until you get off the computer and change it for yourself. In trying to escape life through games you only deny yourself a chance at a better life outside said games. No epic loot you get in game will ever change the fact that you have problems talking to a crowd and no level up will ever teach you a new language or how to play an instrument. You have to do these things for yourself.

    If you play mmo's to pass the time, as a time of relaxation in a stress free enviroment than it's likely you didn't read this far regardless. Even then, though, unlike console games mmorpgs are never entirely stress free. You meet people there and feel you must keep up with them in levels, in gear, what have you; when you reach the endgame what was the point? Regardless of how much you enjoyed the game you will eventually leave it and have nothing to show for it but wasted time, time that could have been better spent learning, reading, writing.

    You may tell yourself that it was time well spent, that playing these games was without a doubt how you wanted to spend your time. When the day comes that your asked to go abroad, will you not regret having spent that time to learn another language? Or when a girl you like owns a guitar, will you not regret having never learned to play so you could impress her?

    If you don't want to read this wall of text read this:

    Play games, if that's what truly makes you happy. Just play in moderation; on the side learn a skill, be it an instrument or how to draw, write, act or sing. Living life to it's fullest and experiencing as much as you can is hard to do when you spend hours playing games online.

    I've just recently been very inspired to accomplish as much as I could in this short life, and I wanted to share how I felt, regardless of the reception it receives. Cheers.

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    I'm pretty close to being a "Hikikomori" So I'm pretty sure I'm not really into much lmao.
    But I play games in my free time.
    In my other time, I hang out with the one firned I have since I effing moved my senoir year so I have no friends in this state.
    So I skipped school for like a month and blah blah, I was pretty down in the poo.
    But yeah.
    Life is short, but I don't care <-"Emo" me.
    But I say enjoy those days your friends invite you out.
    Don't cancel on them or say no because of a game.
    That's what REALLY bad. xD

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    what's the point in playing any video games? for entertainment don't lecture us about what we do either because it's our lives and we can waste our time if we want to

    theres no point in doing anything else either because after 80 or so years your gonna die anyway and what good is guitar playing when your dead 6 feet underground

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neutral View Post
    what's the point in playing any video games? for entertainment don't lecture us about what we do either because it's our lives and we can waste our time if we want to

    theres no point in doing anything else either because after 80 or so years your gonna die anyway and what good is guitar playing when your dead 6 feet underground
    In no way was I trying to lecture anyone. I was just sharing my opinion on the matter and how I now feel about it.

    To be honest, thinking there is no point in doing anything else is the worst possible thing you could do. The point of learning guitar is to express yourself through music. The point of learning to write is to express yourself in words. These things then define you as a person, separate from all the billions of other people in the world.

    If you honestly have the most fun in life playing games then please, continue to play games. All I know is I used to think that's where I had the most fun and i've come to realize that, while I dont regret the time I spent online, it made me who I am, I do wish I had spent more time learning more in preparation of real life.

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    I agree with you. but alot of things are just a big waste of time in the end.

    @Neutral

    He is only giving his opinion, no one says you need to follow it.

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    Because we are gamers and its fun, its like watching TV

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warlordrody View Post
    @Neutral

    He is only giving his opinion, no one says you need to follow it.
    yeah i know but it seems like everyone and their grandma is trying to get me off of gaming lately

    @Ranzell- the point i was making is that theres no point in expressing yourself or defining yourself or anything because eventually your gonna die

    even if you get famous and make a ton of money it wont matter because eventually you'll die and so will everyone else. i just dont see the point in doing something like that unless it's something you honestly like doing

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    Gaming is my hobby. MMO or otherwise. It's just what I like to do. That's all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ranzell View Post

    If you don't want to read this wall of text read this:

    on the side learn a skill, be it an instrument or how to draw, write, act or sing.
    That sounds worse then playing MMORPG's.

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