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Your comment is vely insightful. I first played runescape in 2001 I think (and then I came back later), and I had never thought about it the way you describe it
by peterlk 6y ago
Your comment is vely insightful. I first played runescape in 2001 I think (and then I came back later), and I had never thought about it the way you describe it. I too learned a lot of life skills: scamming, bartering, arbitrage, and quite a few social interaction skills despite being online. My best friend had some weird pubescent (text-based) sexual things with weirdos claiming to also be 13, or whatever we were at the time. It was a precursor to AIM for my small group of friends. Scripting/botting that game taught me a lot of basic skills in computers.
I wonder what today's version is. Maybe Fortnite?
- chrisandchips 6y agoMaybe. Although I think it really takes a multiplayer open world (possibly an RPG?) to even get close. I wonder if people who use to play WOW back in the hayday of its popularity feel this sort of nostalgia too Also, hahahaha, nothing better than walking about and seeing the text “selling GF 10k” wave around in raindbow text