It’s an odd proposition. I wrote an article that alluded to this fact about a year ago. With the advent of MySpace, Second Life and World of Warcraft, social communities are a thriving place. If you listened to the Philocast last week, you heard TJ and I talk about how incredible the group of World of Warcraft players are.
As we all well know, there are bad seeds. Upper level kids that ride around killing lower level characters out of spite exist. In all honesty, that is a very small part of the community and hardly worth mentioning.
I can’t count the amount of times I have had random players walk up to me and give me special abilities, help me kill someone or something that was killing me, or just simply offer to help with the quest I am on. It sounds simple, but think about that for just a moment.
When is the last time you dropped something and a stranger walked up and helped you out? When is the last time that a random person walked by and took the time to do something nice for you for no reason at all? In my opinion it does not happen much these days.
Sure, there are still good people out there, but think about it. I will toss out MySpace because it’s become a sexual hookup site, and I will dismiss Second Life because it’s becoming too commerce and politics related, but World of Warcraft, what a world it is these days.
Of course the game is a lot of fun, but there really is more. There are thousands of guilds were like players play together, work together towards common goals, and even a sort of “help out everyone” mentality where the group works to get each member the best gear by fighting together.
The game has really taken on a life of it’s own and by it’s millions of members, is doing something very well. I probably do not play as much as I could, life gets in the way, but you can find me easily. I am Philoking on Kel’Thuzad. I am a level 40 Undead Warlock and am always up for friends so add me if you want.
If you play WoW and have a similar, or dissimilar view, leave a comment and tell me what you like or don’t like about it.
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