The RL Myth
December 25, 2007 at 7:40 am (Meta) (Balance, false dichotomies, game, gaming, priorities, real life, role-playing)
This post is only tangentially related to the mission of this blog in that it deals with attitudes toward ‘being’ online and the worth of online activities.
“RL comes first.” RL meaning ‘real life.’
I hear this in various forms a frequently, but it seems to be a particularly common mantra on MUSHes. I have a number of problems with this statement.