MMOs and effects

I'm here to talk about mmorpgs and the effects they have on the people who play them. What is an mmorpg? MMORPG stands for massive multiplayer online role playing game. Some of which i'm sure many of you have heard of are world of warcraft. Runescape, guildwars, everquest, starwars: the old republic. These are games that you play online with a multitude of other players from all over the world where you interact in a world together. These often require the people who play these games much more time than most games because you cant pause them like a game on your playstation or xbox. They dont stop. And as a result, you have to set up times where you can play with your friends, online or real, to achieve the goals of these games. These games are not meant to be played by a single person.

According to Brighthub.com

Associate Professor of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science of Syracuse University, Joshua Smyth has conducted one of these studies to try to determine the negative and positive effects on gaming. In the study Smyth studied 4 groups of gamers. 3 of the groups consisted of single player type gamers. And the last group was mmorpg gamers.

MMORPG gamers had a significantly lower level of health, often not getting enough sleep or food as they often lost track of time or simply forgot to eat.

The major benefit to playing mmo's is that players of these games often valued friendships to a higher level than other gamers and most importantly were able to communicate and socialize with other gamers that were of other ethnicity or religions as them. This also translated to being able to socialize with members different races and ethnicity outside of games better than other gamers.

Talk mmo's and effects on ppl who play.
What is mmorpg? MMORPG stands for.
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Play online with multitude all over world.
Require more time cant pause. They dont stop
Must set up time to play with friend.

Games not meant played single