Thought for the day

[cmdr_zoom]

EverQuest's contributions to our society, in no particular order:

• Established the first truly viable online currency (the "plat") complete with an exchange rate pegged to the dollar, despite official denials and attempts to suppress it.
  
• Created a class of workers who are able to earn a living solely through the production and sale of virtual goods (see above).
  
• Enabled a much larger segment of the population to experience the phenomenon of flunking out of college due to playing MUD.
  
• Caused a significant uptick in the divorce rate in certain demographics.
  
• Reaffirmed the right of the service provider to ban your ass for any reason whatsoever.
  
• Allowed an entire barely-literate generation to believe that trash talk, camping spawns, and begging incessantly for "buffs" and "lewts" constitutes role-playing.
  

(additions to this list are welcome)

Comments

Evercrack....

[sinapus.livejournal.com]

I guess I should ask my brother (tef) since he seems a bit addicted to the game.

[z-gryphon.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting interpretation of "contribution" you've got going on there, Kel.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

I didn't say they were necessarily positive... but they are additions to the culture.
:)

[techmav.livejournal.com]

I can vouch for point 4. She met her current boyfriend via EQ, and left.

[z-gryphon.livejournal.com]

dude. file self under 'better off'

--G.
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[gwyd.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I can verify #4 too, judging from my friends....