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by Fortinbras 12/12/2008, 2:24pm PST |
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My username was LOSER
It was wolves that drove Timothy Kensington to start a Second Life account. Looking for a new way to make friends on the Internet, his first foray into virtual worlds saw him log on to World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer on-line role-playing game. The trouble was, he kept getting killed by the creatures.
“I'd spend all my time hanging around Stormwind,” Kensington, a resident of Syracuse, New York, told the Georgia Straight by phone, referring to one of the cities where players congregate within the game. Since he didn't like leaving the safety of the city, his character never reached higher levels. Thus, when the friends he had made in the game left Stormwind to seek out new adventures, Kensington was left behind.
“Anytime I tried to go places with people, I'd end up getting eaten by a wolf,” he said. “The game part of it just wasn't for me.” |
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