Runescape

(My Avatar a few months ago on Runescape)

Runescape, now, what comes to your mind when you think of it? A smaller version of World Of Warcraft or something like that? Yes, probably. Runescape is a online MMO or a Massive Multiplayer Online Game which basically means that you play with real people. Now, so that you don't stop reading this, this post isn't exactly about the game, as more it is how I feel about it.

Many people, feel that people get addicted to online games, such as Runescape, which is true about many people. But I do not feel that I am personally. My parents think differently though, they keep telling me how bad computer games are and limit my time on the computer (I find my ways around =D.)

There is one thing, that many people do not know about my relation to Runescape. I do not just play for the heck of it, or for fun. Ok... Sure I do, do some fun things in the game, but that is not the part that I really like.

The real reason I play Runescape, is to learn a few things (believe it or not.) Runescape has so many people playing it, from so many places in the world, it is cool to talk to people in places like Brazil and hear about what they think on things. I have befriended (never met in person, but met in things outside of Runescape and voice chat) some very nice people, that I would have never met outside of Runescape. I find it really fun, talking to people from other places, like a "Pen-Pal" and learning their opinions.

On Runescape, there are many groups, or "clans" which are groups of people that do things together. More rarely, there are companies. They help a huge scale of people, sometimes up to over 10,000! Since I joined one of the largest companies on Runescape, I have learned to manage people, and how to tell them what and where to go. Also to have a job and have people rely on me.

Even though I love playing Runescape, and helping people, my parents think differently. They say "It is just a computer game, you don't have to help them right now, get off and read!" I don't think they understand the point. Sure, it is just a computer game, but it is giving me more and more pointers for what to do in real life.

So, think twice when you start blaming all your problems on video games. They could be helping you more than you think.