Good morning, afternoon or evening! I am Cortyn and from now on you will read something from me here at more or less regular intervals, which may not directly relate to the latest patch notes or the newest raid bosses of a MMORPG.
Instead, I will try to highlight some aspects in this column that I personally find very interesting and, in my opinion, have been significantly underrepresented so far.
Of course, this cannot happen without your help, because although I have already prepared some topics, I am very dependent on your opinions and feedback, which you can share with me through the comment function – no, actually, you MUST do that. Let me know what you would like to read about, otherwise I will just imposingly force you to read my own topics!
I want to start with a conflict that most people in “our community” have probably encountered.
The everlasting discussion about whether friendships formed on the internet are less valuable than so-called “real” friendships in the immediate neighborhood.
I only speak for myself here and I am also curious about your opinions, but I consider these generalizations to be absolute nonsense.
Every time I had to listen to that the friends I made in World of Warcraft or back then “Silkroad” were less valuable and then “when it matters” wouldn’t be there for me, I felt really angry inside. The worst for me was when someone tried to make me believe that these friendships were supposedly only virtual.
To my counter-question about how a human feeling, a key aspect of human life, like friendship can be virtual, I never received a reasonable answer. And it should also be shown that these prejudices could not hold.
What began back in the “Valley of Northshire” is still today – almost 8 years later – my largest circle of friends and has developed so well that I even moved in with some of these people. Of course, not all friendships from back then have endured, some people have been lost from view, but that has also happened in my local area.
What I have learned from this is that friendship can never be virtual. It is real, whether it is the neighbor or my fellow player in the worlds of the internet.
I am curious about your opinions; put them in the comments and feel free to suggest topics you would like to read about!
What is your view on the whole thing?
