Mark Wallace"This is a love story of a particular kind. It's a story of love in an online world, and of the ways it can bleed into the real world around it." Mark Wallace tells us the story of Diamond Hope and Unmitigated Gall.
Issue 32 - Love in the Time of Pixels
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Original Comment by: Guy
Online romance can be a blessing and a curse. On one hand, you have the opportunity to form a strong, meaningful relationship w/ an individual w/out phusical attractions getting in the way. On the other hand, superficiality is inescapable for some of us and online interactions can make one realize just how shallow they can truly be. When you can't make a connection w/ an individual, no matter how strong the urge, for no other reason than not knowing if the physical attraction will be there... Well, I'm sure there are those of us who will see ourselves in a whole new light (albeit a dim one).
I know I have...
Online romance can be a blessing and a curse. On one hand, you have the opportunity to form a strong, meaningful relationship w/ an individual w/out phusical attractions getting in the way. On the other hand, superficiality is inescapable for some of us and online interactions can make one realize just how shallow they can truly be. When you can't make a connection w/ an individual, no matter how strong the urge, for no other reason than not knowing if the physical attraction will be there... Well, I'm sure there are those of us who will see ourselves in a whole new light (albeit a dim one).
I know I have...
Original Comment by: Joanie
My fiance and I met while playing a MUD. After talking to eachother for more than a year, he decided to come visit me at my father's apartment more than 800 miles away (we were 18 and 19, I think). We had a lot of fun at the time, but because of RL and distance, decided not to pursue anything. After some mixed up feelings and drama over the course of the next few months, he invited me to visit him for Christmas. We started our official relationship that visit. And continued long distance and online and telephone for a year until I moved to be with him. I've been living and going to college with him for more than a year, we've been dating for more than two years and we got engaged in December. We still enjoy playing games online, but we do it together from computers in the same room. And, more importantly, we still have a lot of fun.
My fiance and I met while playing a MUD. After talking to eachother for more than a year, he decided to come visit me at my father's apartment more than 800 miles away (we were 18 and 19, I think). We had a lot of fun at the time, but because of RL and distance, decided not to pursue anything. After some mixed up feelings and drama over the course of the next few months, he invited me to visit him for Christmas. We started our official relationship that visit. And continued long distance and online and telephone for a year until I moved to be with him. I've been living and going to college with him for more than a year, we've been dating for more than two years and we got engaged in December. We still enjoy playing games online, but we do it together from computers in the same room. And, more importantly, we still have a lot of fun.
Original Comment by: Mark
No offense to Mark Wallace, who wrote an excellent piece, but if I read even one more article about MMOGs I'm going to... well, I'm not going to read even one more article about MMOGs for at least a month.
No offense to Mark Wallace, who wrote an excellent piece, but if I read even one more article about MMOGs I'm going to... well, I'm not going to read even one more article about MMOGs for at least a month.
Original Comment by: anonymous
Does pimping Second Life in your articles ever get tiresome?
II guess the money's good.
Does pimping Second Life in your articles ever get tiresome?
II guess the money's good.
Original Comment by: John Doh
http://praxis22.livejournal.com
I met my wife online, with ICQ. She lived on the other side of the world, 12 hours away by plane, with another 6 for timezones. Strange thing is that I'm actually not that attracted to Asians
The thing I've found is that in person, you live or die in the first 30 seconds. If you can get past the awkwardness, the "now it's for real" thoughts, you'll get a lot further. I'd also recommend not looking at photo's before hand, but that's just me.
"ther is somebody for everybody, even if you need a pick axe and night vision gogles to find them" I guess that's more appropriate on a farming run ingame than elsewhere
http://praxis22.livejournal.com
I met my wife online, with ICQ. She lived on the other side of the world, 12 hours away by plane, with another 6 for timezones. Strange thing is that I'm actually not that attracted to Asians
The thing I've found is that in person, you live or die in the first 30 seconds. If you can get past the awkwardness, the "now it's for real" thoughts, you'll get a lot further. I'd also recommend not looking at photo's before hand, but that's just me."ther is somebody for everybody, even if you need a pick axe and night vision gogles to find them" I guess that's more appropriate on a farming run ingame than elsewhere