Like most of you, I've been playing mmorpgs for many moons. I've run the friendship gambit a bunch. What I've gathered is this...

Your friends in video games are just that, friends in a video game. They will never help you move, or come over and watch a movie. When the day is done, your entire friendship is centered around the game. If you quit the game, you quit the friendship. Now I'm sure there are exceptions to that rule, but for the most part, it's correct.

Recently, I asked myself about the importance of being "loyal" to a game. I remember running around a home city (pick any specific game) bored to death, then, after many years, it finally hit me. I'm paying this game manufacturer to entertain me, and it's failing. That's not my fault. So now, I'm basically a subscription hopper. I'll play what entertains me, I'll meet people, and be nice, and realize that I'll most likely never get to have a beer with them.

What I finally realized is (and don't kid yourself) no one misses you after your gone, but the experiences I get along the way, they make me a more 'worldly' person.

Cheers!

- EQ