E-friends and E-memories.
This article is quite dated, but I discovered it while roaming WoW forums this morning in search of interesting reads. In memoria, the article was written in respects to a fallen comrade, a friend met in-game that passed away and was honored both outside and in the game as well.
I just find it funny [not the subject matter], when considering the idea of befriending a faceless person via a digital world. But in truth, I can relate to this, and quite honestly love reading stories about stuff like this, whether it be good, bad, upsetting, or what-have-you. It makes me realize that, though I've spent hours upon hours playing things like video games, and talking to faceless people, embodied in a pixilated avatar, I have met countless friends and have countless more memories of all the in-game times we've spent together.
In respect to the fallen [there is a more recent article that I read which spawned my want to read more, on www.wow.com], and in respect to all those that I've met in the World of Warcraft, I'm posting this dated but appropriate entry as a way of saying thank you, and as a way of showing others how much this game, or rather, the people IN this game, can impact the lives of others. It's unfortunate though, that it takes an event of extreme measure, such as the following, to imply to others just how important this digital world can be to some people. How real the escapism can feel and how there is no stereotypes or judging that goes on due to the fact that you cannot see faces. If you judge; you judge the players avatar, or the players method of speaking/typing. If you stereotype; you stereotype class, race, etc., but still in relation to the players digital character, not the player themselves. Fortunately for me, I've learned not to become offended by brash comments made towards me in-game, because these insults do not warrant reason. They know only what they see and hear in the game, and therefore have no reasoning beyond that to insult, or judge, or stereotype. The following article reminds me of this, and reminds me of all the people who have been globally accepting of all others they encounter in WoW and any other MMORPG.
/salute
http://www.wow.com/2008/03/01/farewell-my-friend/
I just find it funny [not the subject matter], when considering the idea of befriending a faceless person via a digital world. But in truth, I can relate to this, and quite honestly love reading stories about stuff like this, whether it be good, bad, upsetting, or what-have-you. It makes me realize that, though I've spent hours upon hours playing things like video games, and talking to faceless people, embodied in a pixilated avatar, I have met countless friends and have countless more memories of all the in-game times we've spent together.
In respect to the fallen [there is a more recent article that I read which spawned my want to read more, on www.wow.com], and in respect to all those that I've met in the World of Warcraft, I'm posting this dated but appropriate entry as a way of saying thank you, and as a way of showing others how much this game, or rather, the people IN this game, can impact the lives of others. It's unfortunate though, that it takes an event of extreme measure, such as the following, to imply to others just how important this digital world can be to some people. How real the escapism can feel and how there is no stereotypes or judging that goes on due to the fact that you cannot see faces. If you judge; you judge the players avatar, or the players method of speaking/typing. If you stereotype; you stereotype class, race, etc., but still in relation to the players digital character, not the player themselves. Fortunately for me, I've learned not to become offended by brash comments made towards me in-game, because these insults do not warrant reason. They know only what they see and hear in the game, and therefore have no reasoning beyond that to insult, or judge, or stereotype. The following article reminds me of this, and reminds me of all the people who have been globally accepting of all others they encounter in WoW and any other MMORPG.
/salute
http://www.wow.com/2008/03/01/farewell-my-friend/
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