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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 5342395" data-attributes="member: 807">Based on personal experiences and observations:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Math: While it won't necessarily teach you new math skills (like calculus), it keeps you in practice for working with numbers.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Reading/Vocabulary: It does keep you reading, and probably increasing your vocabulary as well</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Exposure to historical, sociocultural, and/or mythological terms and concepts depending on their level of use in the game.&nbsp; Heck, I aced many mythology tests back in the day due to my familiarity with the terms and creatures from D&amp;D</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Social Skills: team building, group dynamics, etc</li>
</ul>Is it a replacement for school, etc. no, not by any stretch.&nbsp; but the idea here is that it keeps a person exposed to these things and practicing it as part of a recreation. (kind of like homework but without the work part)Violence ? yes, there is violence in the game, but, frankly, it isn't realistic violence and (if you compare it to movies or video games of today) it's really quite benign and no more damaging than kids playing with gijoes in the 80s or whatever the current boy-targeted action figures are.&nbsp; But it's also mostly for rallying people in a common goal against grotesque alien-like creatures with distinct evil intentions against humanity or communities and the purpose of doing things is more so with noble quests in mind to save the proverbial princess or town.anyway, that's my take on it based on personal experiences</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fba827, post: 5342395, member: 807"] Based on personal experiences and observations: [LIST] [*][B][U]Math[/U][/B]: While it won't necessarily teach you new math skills (like calculus), it keeps you in practice for working with numbers. [*][B][U]Reading/Vocabulary[/U][/B]: It does keep you reading, and probably increasing your vocabulary as well [*]Exposure to [B][U]historical, sociocultural, and/or mythological terms[/U][/B] and concepts depending on their level of use in the game. Heck, I aced many mythology tests back in the day due to my familiarity with the terms and creatures from D&D [*][B][U]Social Skills[/U][/B]: team building, group dynamics, etc [/LIST] Is it a replacement for school, etc. no, not by any stretch. but the idea here is that it keeps a person exposed to these things and practicing it as part of a recreation. (kind of like homework but without the work part) [B][U]Violence[/U][/B] ? yes, there is violence in the game, but, frankly, it isn't realistic violence and (if you compare it to movies or video games of today) it's really quite benign and no more damaging than kids playing with gijoes in the 80s or whatever the current boy-targeted action figures are. But it's also mostly for rallying people in a common goal against grotesque alien-like creatures with distinct evil intentions against humanity or communities and the purpose of doing things is more so with noble quests in mind to save the proverbial princess or town. anyway, that's my take on it based on personal experiences [/QUOTE]

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