One of the incredibly keen things about MMORPGs is that people from across the country, across the world, can play them together.
\nI mean, really. I knew Avo in high school, and we shared cuneiform clay tablets and everything. How cool is it that we can actually now, separated by half a continent, play CoH together?
\nOr there are the folks I’ve never, or would have never, met — Mal, Noelle, Ulric, many more — Sean, Ted, etc. — people with whom I can interact In Character and Out of Character, roleplay and chit-chat and discuss any number of surprisingly intense subjects (especially if they have to do with super-group and coalition politics). How neat is it that there are these keen people out there that I’m pleased as punch that I’ve met online, let alone the folks I’ve met in person — and how incredibly spiffy is it that I can just sign in any evening and interact with them virtually.
\nAnd, all that said and done, there is something even more rewarding about having the opportunity — solicited\/intended or not — to actually sit in a room with some of these folks and game with them live. Engage in witty banter, hear the LOLs and LMAOs and ROTFLs from one’s bon mots, coordinate tactics (or take a break) with an unambigious tightness that only physical presence can allow.
\nIt’s something I get to do with Margie, and it’s something I’ve been privileged to do with both some of the local Denver crew and with a couple of visitors over the past months. And it’s been really neat, and I count myself blessed for having had that opportunity.
\nY’know, I;d pay $20\/month just for the solo or PUG availability. To actually meet up with and interact with these folks, virtualy, and even moreso live, is worth a hell of a lot more than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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