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Wow. i find this completely hilarious. don't know if it is true, don't really care. it is funny.

Nerdboy wants a life

BBSpot is often funny, but never true.

It should be called "Nerdboy gets an RPG Life".

It was funny =D

The Onion sometimes has some really great (mostly not true) articles. Many have made it onto the walls in the building. Statshot is one of my favorite parts.

BBSpot has a section called "Believers" in the mailbag. The majority of them are people looking for contact information for Esenam Ayele.

I don't get it. This news item is supposed to be funny? :scratches head:

I used to be a "gamer/computer nerd" myself. I still play a game sometimes but it used to be the only thing I did, but I was 14 back then so don't blame me. Anyways I never got to the point of being afraid of "real" social contact and I think people who DO get to that point have some serious psychological problems apart from the fact that they seem to have a "fictional" purpose in their life. I'd think a normal person should realise (at least in some point of his life) that a game is a way of entertaining yourself and an unhealthy world to live in for the rest of your life. :P

The article is pretty funny and even though it probably isn't true I know there are people who are not far from this state and the numbers are increasing; think about the Korean guy who killed his best friend. The guy lend his virtual possession (a sword in an mmorpg) to a friend who sold it shortly afterwards. As retaliation for this the guy stabbed the friend to death. Pretty out of context if you ask me...

For anyone who doesn't know that story, take a look:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8143073/

Just as a point of note - it absolutely isn't true. BBSpot is a satire site. Of course, as you point out, there are people like this, which is the target of the satire.

A good start would be to stay far, far away from anything relating to RPG, and possibly 16 hour days in The Cellar. ;)