Gamer

Well, I'm suspicious to talk about online games, specifically RPG's. I started playing RPGs still in High School, and that was my outlet. I'd just change schools, I came from a public school on the outskirts of my town and was going to a private school of high level with a scholarship. No one accepted me, I sat alone in the back of the class, no college girls wanted to be my friends, and few people spoke to me. One day I saw the boys who also sat in the back talking about a game, and I asked to play. At first they did not accept, "girls can not play this game" was what they said, I insisted and I started playing. RPGs have changed my life, I became powerful in the game and more confident in real life, and plus, I made friends for my entire life.

I have read some studies a while ago that said people who play RPGs become more creative, besides these games most often require skills like strategy and intelligence. I know people who have learned English or even learn to read to play, since we don't have good games in Portuguese, and we play it in English.

However sometimes the influences that games have in your life may not be as good as they seem. With this I mean that I learned a lot from the games, I created a new world, where everything is possible inside my mind, and I began to take refuge in it when things in the real world were not going as I wanted, remember dream about the games that I played as if I were actually the character, and I remember how my character was worth more than my life to me. Furthermore, some people hide within the games, as they can hide in any other social network or through online social interaction, and confuse your head, that part go virtual friendships. I made great friends and good friends playing RPGs, and met several people who were not so nice as well, but just like in real life, in the game you also choose with whom you will relate.

I saw a movie that is truly inspiring about it, is about a boy who had a perfect life, until he started being a victim of prejudice and locked within a game of another life, and that as soon as I found this another life an escape to the problems of real life, however, he began to relate to the wrong people, and his life became hell. I will not spoil the movie, but I'll let the trailer down here, so if you get curious, you can watch it. Finally, whether in real life or virtual life, there are bad people everywhere, is a matter of being aware, moreover, their real life problems will not be solved with a new life, because when you disconnect the game, they will still be there.