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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hatchling Dragon" data-source="post: 756050" data-attributes="member: 580">As a fellow On-Line 'RPG' (to use the term very loosly) addict I can certainly understand what he's doing.  I've done the same thing on, thankfully rare, occatoins.  You will hopefully hold out for that time in the (if lucky) not-so-distant future when he'll realise that those games aren't nearly as much fun as a true RPG played with a real DM 'n players.The computer games have that immediacy thing going for them, they're always there and you can log in and play whenever you have the urge.  Real life is rarely so obliging.  With a little luck it won't be too much longer before he notices that the on-line games can't hold a candle to the flexability of true RPG'ing.  That's what dampened my urge to log in.  I've still got an account for Asheron's Call 2, but I play very little compared to what I once did.I've played Ultima Online; Asheron's Call, EverQuest, Earth & Beyond; and finaly Asheron's Call 2.  And of course I'll end up over in Star Wars: galaxise if/when it's been out a few months (ie: the BIG bugs are worked out, I hope <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />).  It's that 'new game' feel that still sucks me in I suppose.Hatchling Dragon</blockquote>