Im Confused.

For six years now I lived in a verity of 'online worlds' ( I prefer the term Metaverse), and I still dont really understand why im there. There are so many different elements to the reasons why I feel the need to exsist in the Metaversa. Most of them make no sence, and some of them are down right unhealthly. This blog is my attempt to unravel my thoughts and feeling so i can finally decide what im doing.



These six years has been an amazing Journey. I think there are two main featues of virtual world content. Firstly there are the game elements that have been designed and put in by the creators. Secondly there is the real game - the societies and social mechanisms that are created by the players, and this I think is the were the real attraction lies. I have soared through the skys, taking part in great space battles, but after a short while that just becomes boring. Interacting with my friends, learning from them and sharing with them, both my virtual experiance and RL encounters is where the real sweet spot lies.



Through all this, I have fiercy preserved my RL anonimity. I think this is some what unsual as may people I have know have gone on to build good strong, interactive real time freindships. However i've always maintaind the seperation between one world and the next, this is becoming more difficult as new 'voice chat' mechanism are creeping into games, and I have noticed there is a growing expectations that these should be used. I must admit to feeling a little threatened by this.