One of the perks of being in a Sociology of Cyberspace class is that you are expected to go on a handful of “field trips” throughout the semester. Tuesday’s fieldtrip - RuneScape.
Definitely not my cup of tea as far as MMORPG’s go, but we’re there to not only play - we have to observe the in-game society and its quirks.
Maybe I’ll post a follow-up on Wednesday but somehow I have a feeling this isn’t going to work out too well. Our class has a… penchant… for getting involved in awkward situations on field trips. (I’m basing that only on their first trip to Achaea, but they effectively ostracized themselves from the community. So maybe it will be fun after all.)