The Virtual World

Hello all, Donut here and I've been anintense internet user for over eight years and tried many different things (IM, MMO, Etc.) and learned many are good escapes from reality or keep in touch (whatever the purpose of the device). I've played World of Warcraft for three years now as well a huge list of other MMO's including Guildwars,Maplestory, and even RuneScape. This is the way many people choose to spend their time and interact with friends people all around the world.
In World of Warcraft, ypu can quest with friends and enjoying vast landscapes while fighting against mystical creatures and beasts. Along with the adventuring world, there is an ingame auction house which allows players to interact in an econmic way, trading items of great value to useless trinkets and funny items. This can steal just as much time from people if they like the econmic value as much as adventuring. And in later levels, the options of everything opens up, you can join battlegrounds and arenas to fight other players and still have fun while interacting with other factions as well as your chosen faction. And if your not the PVP(player verus player) type, then you can join a guild in which many players join togethor to do things that one couldn't do alone. This helps promote interaction with other players to obtain goals that they share as well as make people take leadership/take orders and understand them.
Many MMO's are like World of Warcraft but not exactly like I shortly explained. Other online interaction decives like IM's(Instant Messagers) let you talk with someone who not present with you quickly and easily as if they were in the same room as you. It's perfect to keep in touch with friends, talk with family across the country, and sometimes talk when other interactive decives and programs are unavailable. I havn't used them too much over the years but I've recently been using an IM called Xfire, which is an average IM but can interact with a varily of games. I've used it for just keeping in touch with friends whom I left by moving away( which is a core reason for IMs).
With all the increasing tech and online interaction decive getting more and more powerful,interactive and better, we are subject to see the world become closer by online programs in the years such as these.