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MercylessMercyless Member Posts: 23
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I am a Sociologist to pay the bills (and it doesn't pay that many, trust me) and I am trying to start a study on people who form relationships on WoW.  But I need some starting points.  And I figured this would be a good, fun little off-topic thing.

 

I am being completely serious with this, so I'd appreciate any help you guys could offer me.

 

Soooo...

 

If you (or someone you know) has started a relationship (either romantic or platonic) with someone you/they met on WoW then answer a few of these questions for me:

 

1.  How did you meet?  (PUG, Guild, Random, etc.)

 

2.  How long have you known each other?

 

3.  Have you met in real life?

     IF YES, How long after you met on WoW?

     IF NO, Do you plan to?

 

4.  What about this person did you find interesting?

 

5.   Why do you think the relationship has lasted as long as it has?

 

6.  What things (besides your obvious love of WoW) do you have in common?

 

7.  What activities do you engage in together?  (on and off-line)

 

8.  When compared to friendships or romantic relationships with people off-line, what would you say is different or similar about this relationship?

 

 

That's all for now, if you would like to help me some more, I'd really love to talk to anyone that'd be willing to do an actual interview at some point. 

 

If you're uncomfortable with public responses e-mail me at mercilessheart@hotmail.com.

 

 

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  • DraenorDraenor Member UncommonPosts: 7,918
    Originally posted by Mercyless




    If you (or someone you know) has started a relationship (either romantic or platonic) with someone you/they met on WoW then answer a few of these questions for me:
     
    1.  How did you meet?  (PUG, Guild, Random, etc.)
    We were in a guild together, we raided often and ventrilo was always a blast, her boyfriend was also in the guild, the three of us made up a good portion of the guild's leadership
     
    2.  How long have you known each other?
    Almost a year now I think
     
    3.  Have you met in real life?
    Nope, myspace friends only now that I have quit the game
         IF YES, How long after you met on WoW?
         IF NO, Do you plan to?
    No plans at all like that
     
    4.  What about this person did you find interesting?
    She and her boyfriend both have a good sense of humor about stupid stuff...like I said, ventrilo conversations were always funny as hell
     
    5.   Why do you think the relationship has lasted as long as it has?
    Well we don't communicate on a regular basis, but we've been in contact ever since I quit the game, she even borrowed my account for a brief time to raid with my warlock.
     
    6.  What things (besides your obvious love of WoW) do you have in common?
    Ehh, not much...we're both college students...
     
    7.  What activities do you engage in together?  (on and off-line)
    Myspace friends.
     
    8.  When compared to friendships or romantic relationships with people off-line, what would you say is different or similar about this relationship?
    Our relationship is platonic, I'd say that it's easier to maintain an online friendship because, oddly enough, it's easier to just be yourself when you're online...I know, weird.
     
     
    That's all for now, if you would like to help me some more, I'd really love to talk to anyone that'd be willing to do an actual interview at some point. 
    I can do an interview if you want, you can PM me and i'll give you my aim screenname.
     
     
     
     

    Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.

  • MercylessMercyless Member Posts: 23
    Thanks, that's exactly what I want.  And thank you for taking it seriously.
  • DuraheLLDuraheLL Member Posts: 2,951
    uhh why only WoW?

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  • MercylessMercyless Member Posts: 23
    Actually if you have a story and it's not related to WoW, I'd love to hear it too.
  • SpathotanSpathotan Member Posts: 3,928

    Originally posted by Mercyless

    I am a Sociologist to pay the bills (and it doesn't pay that many, trust me) and I am trying to start a study on people who form relationships on WoW.  But I need some starting points.  And I figured this would be a good, fun little off-topic thing.
     
    I am being completely serious with this, so I'd appreciate any help you guys could offer me.
     
    Soooo...
     
    If you (or someone you know) has started a relationship (either romantic or platonic) with someone you/they met on WoW then answer a few of these questions for me:
     
    1.  How did you meet?  (PUG, Guild, Random, etc.)
    We met in SWG in 2003, on Talus in a player city called Zero City.
     
    2.  How long have you known each other?
    3-4 years
     
    3.  Have you met in real life?
         IF YES, How long after you met on SWG? Yes, about a year and a half after we met ingame
         IF NO, Do you plan to?
     
    4.  What about this person did you find interesting?
    Everything
     
    5.   Why do you think the relationship has lasted as long as it has?
    Tons in-common
     
    6.  What things (besides your obvious former love of SWG) do you have in common?
    We both love StarWars, watching movies, talking about various religions, playing MMO's, and we both like basiaclly all the same foods.
     
    7.  What activities do you engage in together?  (on and off-line)
    playing games together, watching movies and what not
     
    8.  When compared to friendships or romantic relationships with people off-line, what would you say is different or similar about this relationship?
    We have an actual relationship, we are engaged.
     
     
    That's all for now, if you would like to help me some more, I'd really love to talk to anyone that'd be willing to do an actual interview at some point. 
     
    Let me know if you'd be willing, I'll let you know my e-mail or AIM.
     
     

    "There's no star system Slave I can't reach, and there's no planet I can't find. There's nowhere in the Galaxy for you to run. Might as well give up now."
    — Boba Fett

  • NierroNierro Member UncommonPosts: 1,755
    Originally posted by Mercyless

    Actually if you have a story and it's not related to WoW, I'd love to hear it too.
    WoW is the only mmorpg, just look left.

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  • MercylessMercyless Member Posts: 23

    Thank you to those who helpfully replied with answers to the survey.  Again, I ask for more of you to give me stories of your relationsips on WoW (or other MMOs, Everquest, etc.) 

    If you are uncomfortable giving a public response feel free to send me an e-mail.  I'll make that available in the original post.

  • gpettgpett Member Posts: 1,105
    Over the years I have seen a lot of perverbial shite hit the fan in MMOs.



    I have seen guilds completely demolished because the guild leader boinked a member of the guild in real life.  I have even seen a guild leader boink a guild member that was the wife of a dude in the guild.



    I have used MMOs as a way of communicating with a long distance relationship girlfriend (I did know her in real life, she lived in so cal and I lived in nor cal)



    I have seen countless friends "Hook up", exchange photos, email, im addys, and who knows what else.



    I have read stories of women exchanging sex for online gear withing a computer game.



    Then there is always the:



    dude that scams people pretending to be a woman



    dude that scams people pretending to be a woman part 2




  • MercylessMercyless Member Posts: 23

     

     

    Originally posted by gpett

    Over the years I have seen a lot of perverbial shite hit the fan in MMOs.



    I have seen guilds completely demolished because the guild leader boinked a member of the guild in real life.  I have even seen a guild leader boink a guild member that was the wife of a dude in the guild.



    I have used MMOs as a way of communicating with a long distance relationship girlfriend (I did know her in real life, she lived in so cal and I lived in nor cal)



    I have seen countless friends "Hook up", exchange photos, email, im addys, and who knows what else.



    I have read stories of women exchanging sex for online gear withing a computer game.



    Then there is always the:



    dude that scams people pretending to be a woman



    dude that scams people pretending to be a woman part 2







    Those are great reads, especially on the graveyard shift.  Anyway, as I said on another post, I completely take into consideration scams and break ups.  However, that is a horse of a different color and deserves its own study.  My own guild has had dramatics caused by people "boinking" people they shouldn't have been. 

    But the same can be said of face-to-face relationships.  When it comes to love and sex, nothing is ever rose colored.  The Internet just adds flare.

  • xpowderxxpowderx Member UncommonPosts: 2,078
    Well unless you are talking a guild. In-particular a raid guildwww.lobsterbrood.com



    The best  information you can get that would define the general population of WOW would be found here lolrotwokiewoafapfawfwa.ytmnd.com/



    You may need quicktime to fully enjoy the sevond URL. But that basically covers it.



    Now if you are interested in a game that has  a very good community I would recommend Saga of Ryzom or Dark Age of Camelot.

    Alot of us who used to play WOW went back to Dark Age because of the RVR and the good community.



    Have a nice day!
  • MercylessMercyless Member Posts: 23
    Originally posted by xpowderx

    Well unless you are talking a guild. In-particular a raid guildwww.lobsterbrood.com



    The best  information you can get that would define the general population of WOW would be found here lolrotwokiewoafapfawfwa.ytmnd.com/



    You may need quicktime to fully enjoy the sevond URL. But that basically covers it.



    Now if you are interested in a game that has  a very good community I would recommend Saga of Ryzom or Dark Age of Camelot.

    Alot of us who used to play WOW went back to Dark Age because of the RVR and the good community.



    Have a nice day!
    I am not interested in the quality of the community, but the relationships between its members.
  • GameloadingGameloading Member UncommonPosts: 14,182
    Why just World of Warcraft? Its not like WoW is that massively different from other MMORPG's.
  • AshGUTZAshGUTZ Member Posts: 339

    I feel kind of pathetic knowing I can put my two cents into this in all seriousness. Then again, i've conducted a few similar studies when it comes to Game Development courses so i'm more than happy to help any way that I can.

    1. How did you meet?

    I believe we met through some Battlegrounds groups, then we began grouping for instances and just kind of stuck along side from that, due to being a pretty decent PvP team we didn't really like hunting with anyone else.

    2. How long have you known eachother?

    We knew eachother about, 1 1/2 years or so.

    3. Have you met in real life?

    Yes, we did. We knew eachother for about 5 months in game, and he bought a plane ticket from Eastern to Western USA to visit for about a month.

    4. What about the person did you find interesting?

    Well, online he seemed like an asshole. Just like me. That was all I really cared about, was a lack of care.

    5. Why do you think the relationship lasted as long as it did?

    Because we got along on most notes, except for the fact that he had things he needed to attend to back in Michigan and  I had a lack of interest in convincing him otherwise.

    6. What things did you guys have in common?

    Uhm, we both wear Tripp pants? We both enjoyed the FOODS network. We both hated Racheal Raye [sp?]. We both loved any and all MMORPG's/Console Games.

    7. What activities do you engage in together?

    Well, now I don't talk to him anymore really. We still played WoW together for a few months after that. We leveled another Priest/Mage duo from 1-60, but I think he got a life or something. [Lol?]

    8.  When compared to friendships or romantic relationships with people off-line, what would you say is different or similar about this relationship?

    I would say it was almost romantic, except that I just didn't give two craps about what happened so nothing did end up happening. It was still an experiance to know you can meet someone online and get to be their pal in person for a little while too.

     

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  • MercylessMercyless Member Posts: 23
    Originally posted by AshGUTZ 
    I feel kind of pathetic knowing I can put my two cents into this in all seriousness. Then again, i've conducted a few similar studies when it comes to Game Development courses so i'm more than happy to help any way that I can.


    I really appreciate it!  Thanks!





    As to the question of why I am focusing on WoW, it just makes the study easier for me to handle.  It does not mean that I think it is better than other MMOs or deserves more notoriety.  Similar studies have been done of Everquest.  And, as technology becomes a greater part of our lives, these studies may expand to include other games and on-line communities. 
  • upallnightupallnight Member Posts: 1,154
    I haven't made too many "friends" to this level in games.  I must be e-shy or something. 



    A lot of times when I'm playing online if someone comes up and talks to me I feel anxious or obligated to say something brilliantly witty.  But I don't ever know what to say back.  I mostly give a one word response and then run away. 

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