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Yesterday, something curious happened.
The Guild Wars server encountered a problem that had an impact on the game economy. For nearly an hour, in-game traders were selling items at unrealistically low prices. To solve the problem, the ArenaNet people decided to roll back the server before the problem began.
As you may understand, it was impossible for us to play.
And as a consequence, all the online Guild Wars forums were invaded by worried players, who wanted to know what was going on. Those servers were at turn overloaded leading to some discontented people.
On my side, to be honest, I missed playing yesterday and also missed chatting with my friends. But I was also wondering: what were the other people doing during all that unexpected free time?
Were they bored? Did they miss the game only? Did some of them realize how addicted they are?
The good surprise for me is that when I logged on to one of those forums there was a thread dedicated to what people did during the rollback! What a gold mine of information! Well, maybe not a mine, but it gave me some insights into the situation. Most of the people played another game (very surprising!) or spent their time catching up with homework (which in my opinion is a very good thing). But some of them (a minority) admitted that they were extremely bored and had the feeling that they had no life. The fact that they couldn't get access to the game left them with a feeling of emptiness.
So does it mean that the game represents the whole life of this person? It seems to be the case... It is very sad to see that.
It reinforces that idea that some people use the game to live a virtual life...
Technorati Tags: Guild Wars Blackout, virtual life.
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