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<blockquote data-quote="Mournblade94" data-source="post: 4839119" data-attributes="member: 74608">There are plenty of video games I have played years ago that exist on the fringe of my memory.&nbsp; There are actually times I recall some scenes, and have to take several moments to remember if the memory was from a real situation or a video game.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And it will lead to all kind of societal problems.&nbsp; Are american schools graduating low quality students because the kids are dumber or because they don't focus their minds because information is given quickly and visually?&nbsp; I don't think there is any evidence to support that kids are not as able as previous generations.&nbsp; It is letting kids through school without stressing the importance of the written word that is the detriment.&nbsp;I don't think the visual alone leads to the same problem solving ability.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I think more effort has to be made in an MMO.&nbsp; I have a great roleplaying group with table top and larp.&nbsp; When they play MMO's their &quot;roleplaying&quot; involves words like DPS.&nbsp; My wife and friends play MMO's all the time.&nbsp; I gave it up because WOW is an adventure game not a roleplaying game (I recognize you can still get into character, but just hearing the gamist talk over vent completely breaks any immersion for me).&nbsp; Even on RP servers I have yet to see any true roleplaying.&nbsp; I beleive you have had those experiences, but I think your group had to REALLY break the mold.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am certainly not opposed to this ever happening<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mournblade94, post: 4839119, member: 74608"] There are plenty of video games I have played years ago that exist on the fringe of my memory. There are actually times I recall some scenes, and have to take several moments to remember if the memory was from a real situation or a video game. And it will lead to all kind of societal problems. Are american schools graduating low quality students because the kids are dumber or because they don't focus their minds because information is given quickly and visually? I don't think there is any evidence to support that kids are not as able as previous generations. It is letting kids through school without stressing the importance of the written word that is the detriment. I don't think the visual alone leads to the same problem solving ability. I think more effort has to be made in an MMO. I have a great roleplaying group with table top and larp. When they play MMO's their "roleplaying" involves words like DPS. My wife and friends play MMO's all the time. I gave it up because WOW is an adventure game not a roleplaying game (I recognize you can still get into character, but just hearing the gamist talk over vent completely breaks any immersion for me). Even on RP servers I have yet to see any true roleplaying. I beleive you have had those experiences, but I think your group had to REALLY break the mold. I am certainly not opposed to this ever happening:) [/QUOTE]

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