I haven’t had a chance to read blogs in MMOSite lately.  So, during past few days, I spent some times to read them.  I have to say you guys really done great jobs writing articles.  I really enjoyed them.  I also discovered some articles regarding cyber love (and an article with that exact title from cesarsuki).

It will be really sweet to found your soulmate during your gameplay.  The one who understand your other life, your cyberlife.  It is a life that not all of your relatives and your closest ones would understand.  So if your spouse can be found in an online game, I have to admit IT IS very very ideal.  You can spend your time together, knowing that she or he will understand your passion in that “other” world, eliminating the boring grinding because you found an excitement slaying monster together, and still many more things to do together.

HOWEVER, all things in this world usually come in the form of 2 side of balance.  Dark and Light, Yin and Yang, Good and Bad, The Forces and Dark Forces, and so on.  That’s why, I also understand that game (online or not) will bring 2 effects too, good and bad.  I just hate people who take only one side of effect and take blame everything on the other side.  Yes, game has some bad effects, but that doesn’t mean that you need to blame everything on game.  Game also has many positive effects.

Now back to the topic.  Cyber love has also came in 2 forms.  SO, IF you think that cyber love is sweet, please bear in mind that it can be poisonous too.  

Sure I am also a believer in cyber love.  There’s so many proofs that cyber love can be ended like all the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale.  Happily ever after.  I have a friend that waiting for his second child from his marriage with the woman that he met in an online game.  They are still gamer until now.  That is just one example.  I believe there are still many more out there that can be taken as a proof on how love can take place in the virtual world.

BUT, some times, it is not just a cyber love, it can be forbidden cyber love.  The following event takes place based on true story in my country:

A man asked his wife to accompany him to play in RO.

The wife agree to accompany him.

They hunt and levelling together.

They met new friends.

The wife getting closed with A NEW friend.

The wife and this new friend become MORE than just friend.

The wife want a divorce.

The wife suddenly gone with her NEW cyberlover leaving her husband.

And I said: OMG!!!

A life that should be ended as happily ever after become a happily never after for one side.

I can tell more stories about forbidden cyberlove: a man leaves his family (a wife with 2 little sons) because he think he found his true soulmate in an online game, a girl getting pregnant by a married man that she met in an online game, and so on!  BUT MY POINT IS: players need to be careful not to be seduced by the dark side of cyber love. 

The dark side of game can be avoided if you rely on your LOGIC and by being RATIONAL.  Playing without rest and eat is irrational.  Playing and try to imitate something from your gameplay is not being logical.  BUT we are talking about love!  Sometimes love can defeat your logic!  So the way you overcome this problem is to be careful not even try to enter the forbidden area.

Let’s enjoy a normal and cheerful gameplay.  This life is already full of problems.  Let’s try not to bring another sh*t in our cyber life or even bring it to our real life.