Gamers live a double life

[StattlichPassat]

Friday, August 09, 2002
By Michael Y. Park [FOXNews.com]

NEW YORK ? Every day, millions of people go to work, hang out with friends, cuddle with loved ones and go through all the motions of life.
Technically, none of these people are real -- they're computerized characters people use to represent themselves in ongoing virtual worlds.

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[Hooligan]

I'm addicted to counter-crack!

 

[Nefrodite]

never going to touch that stuff

 

[Calundronius]

I have no doubt they could be as big as TV and the movies. But they have to get beyond the geek ghetto.

Geek ghetto, eh? I don't think "geek" and "ghetto" mix that well.

Don't you just love alliteration?

 

[diskop]

Why does every friggin article or mention of everquest need to note that it's called evercrack. nobody playing ACTUALLY calls it evercrack. (i gave it up a year ago. If you're thinking about starting, don't.)

 

[Spagina]

Originally posted by: diskop
Why does every friggin article or mention of everquest need to note that it's called evercrack. nobody playing ACTUALLY calls it evercrack. (i gave it up a year ago. If you're thinking about starting, don't.)

When I played it three years ago, I jokingly called it evercrack. I played that game with every free minute that I had for a year until I figured out how much I hated people in that game, then like a switch I just stopped one minute and never looked back.

 

[xirtam]

...and get double vision to match double life...

 

[Alphathree33]

Originally posted by: diskop
Why does every friggin article or mention of everquest need to note that it's called evercrack. nobody playing ACTUALLY calls it evercrack. (i gave it up a year ago. If you're thinking about starting, don't.)

Although lots of times people refer to it as just 'crack' in game as in "yeah, I had to get my fix today"

I quit EQ after having a level 60 monk, level 55 enchanter, level 50 cleric, level 36 necromancer, level 30 rogue and more than six level 20 characters and no life for two years...

 

[alareau]

i'm still hooked on eq. that game wastes so much time