Why people are so attached to the virtual world?

Couple weeks ago, a “friend” of mine met me in a dungeon.  And the conversation was went like this:

H             : Hi…

L              : Hi, long time no c man…

H             : How r u?

L              : Fine man, how bout u?

H             : So so… hey btw, do u have a pistol for lv 44?

L              : Yeah, the one I’m using is lv 44.  It’s unique ^^.

H             : Aah, it’s shining!  Is it +5 or +6?

L              : It’s just +5.

H             : Can I borrow it?  I just need another pistol to kill that captain more quickly.

L              : Oh, sure.

And there goes the transaction with my “friend”.  And “he” went to kill the mini boss of that area… if what ‘he’ said was true,… which I doubt.  Because: half an hour later, the real friend of mine login, and whisp me telling me that his older account has been hacked (or keylogged, whatever the terms is), and warn me about it and also not to trust ‘him’.  And it was too late.  OMG, I’ve been hacked.  I repeteadly say to myself that I should have noticed it from the beginning.  Because ‘he’ spoke in English, while usually, we rather use our mother language.  But since we play in International se

This game is a 2D MMORPG developed by CDC.  The game has just started their open beta in my country yesterday.  I still don’t know about the background story yet.  However, it is set on a magical academy where your character building his or her ability through series of mini quest.  The characters are evolving by age, so their appearance will also be changed during the gameplay.  4 type of characters are currently available.  Fighter, Archer, Mage, and Cleric.

As far as I know: Warriors can use daggers, 1h sword, 2h sword, 2h axe, 1h mace, dual blades, spears, shields.  Archers can use daggers, bows, crossbows, guns.  Mages can use daggers, books(range), staffs.  Clerics can use clubs, staffs, cross.

There will be Alchemy Magical skill available for every character, and with this skill we can produce our own equipment using certain recipe.  I like the way they provide the character pic when you change your equipment.

When I looked at the screenshot, it’s kinda remind me of Talesweaver, a great 2D game from Ne

Couple weeks ago, I watch David Archuleta from American Idols show singing Imagine from John Lennon.  And I really get touched by the way he sing.  Couple days after that, I have my own version of that song in this lyric:

Imagine there’s no scammers

Everyone just playing

No spammers among us

Just enjoy the gaming

Imagine all the people

Playing just for fun

Imagine there’s no phishing

Everyone is so nice too

No worries when playing

And no beggars too

Imagine all the people

Playing in harmony

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the game world will be as one

Imagine there’s no killing

Just because of a game

No need for stupid slaying

Instead a friendship in game

Imagine all the people

Sharing joy in game

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And the game players will live as one

(This lyric is made just for non commercial discussion, Imagine song copyright own by John Lennon)

I can still remember, my first day entering the world of Ragnarok Online, and an assassin was coming to me asking if I am new in there.   And I say yes.  He was then, giving me some red potions, giving advice on how to level up, and remind me

Hell yeah, grinding is BORING!  But I have seen and getting amazed on how people ACTUALLY REALLY can handle it!  There’s time when I felt, “Nobody can stand this!” during my hunting on certain level.  But the next day I login to the game, my fellow guildmate is already pass the same level when the day before we were at the same level!  What really more amazed me is a few days later, he is way beyond my current level!  That left me with a really big question: how the hell did he handle that grinding???

One of my friend did a little research.  Although it’s just for fun (not for published research), but he really test it statistically.  For those of you who don’t need any scientific facts, just skip to the next paragraph.  My friend did this to his friends as a sample for his non parametrical Factor Analysis method.  The dependent variable is grinding durability, while the independent variables are shown in the order below according to their factor load.  He used a 10% alpha.  So the result displayed here is not in random order but rather in hierarchical order.  For those of you who want to discuss the statistic fact, please PM me.  It’s not my research and this is just for fun, but

MMOSG (Massive Multiplayer Online Sex Game) as a

I really hate to have a bad review of a game.  But seriously, if I have to compare the game with the pioneer of 2D side scrolling MMORPG, Maple Stor