Just a neglected ore mule

One of the things Stein said about MMORPGs I disagreed with, the mood is not always playful.
"The general mood in third places is playful and marked by frivolity, verbal word play, and wit."
Often times the conversations degrade to young horny men insulting each other with sexually explicit insults and poor grammar.


With almost complete anonymity online games can bring out the worst in people.


But I won't repeat the ones that actually drive my point home.

Other times however I must admit the online community can produce some amusing things, an example from bash.org, " There was a 23% drop in temperature.
That's almost 25%!
... That was one of the most worthless comments I've ever heard."

Or, " some girl on the street asked if i was saved yet
i told her i saved at the checkpoint a couple minutes back
and can reload from there if i die
she was confused"

That last one I kinda like.


But I must also admit there is something beautiful in two players helping each other out in the virtual world. A stranger whom you may never meet, taking the time to heal you out in the wild even though it is of no benefit to himself reminds me of the good Samaritan. I have heard of high level players stopping to help out beginners and giving them items just because it is the decent thing to do.

Maybe in the online world people are just that, people. The good and the bad and all the pent up sexual frustration that comes with it.