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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Project One Ideas
When I first heard of the topics we were going to cover in this class, I immediately began considering my role in online gaming and overall the role I had in digital culture. Since fall of 2004, I've been a subscribing member to World of Warcraft. For as long as I can remember, I've always played online games and associated with those people. While I was younger I was only interested in the games themselves and what I could get accomplished with other players. As I've gotten older I've begun to realize that some of these people are much cooler behind their online avatars. There are always different types of people to meet and play with when you're playing an online game that supports hundreds of players on one server. My girlfriend and I enjoy playing World of Warcraft together and have friendships we've built with other players inside the game. These relationships and settings for online interaction are the foundation for my first project.
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Sounds really interesting, Bryan.
Being out of the loop on online communities I'm interested in knowing if and how it has any impact on your face to face relationship. Also, is there an interesting connection in how it alters relationships, writing or even other interests. All of our experiences are building blocks. How is this a support of someother aspect in your life?
Lydia
I also am interested in this juxtoposition between an online relationship and a face to face relationship. Is it sometimes easier to keep relationships online, are some people disappointing in real life? I have found with some people that I know that they are not very good in social situations face to face, they get nervous and would be considered weird mby most people. But their online persona is all that they can not be. I think that online relationships mau help them with face to face time. But other times I wonder if some people use online personas as a way to avoid the face to face world. This sounds like an interesting topic!
I can tell you firsthand, being an avid online gamer that MMORPGs like World or Warcraft are not only a form of escapism, but an extension of your personality. Whether that portion of your personality is known by anyone else is different from case to case I'm certain. The race, class, and gender of your avatar are all revealing in their own way of how you view yourself or how you'd like to be. I posted about how my girlfriend and I met online in a game, but I did not reveal to you that we both play the same class (healer). It gave us something to talk about in and out of game. RPG talk is a staple conversation in our house and comes up every single day. Not only is it entertaining, but it provides and interest and hobby that we both share.
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