A. Absolutely! It's the other people in the game that make playing worthwhile.

A. Yes! I found out that one of my guildmates in EQ2 lived in the same city, so I invited him &amp; his wife to come to our holiday party. It was a little odd meeting face-to-face the first time, but his wife and my partner hit it off right away, talking about our weird online &quot;addiction&quot;!</p><p >They've become great friends of ours now, and we often meet up for dinner or a backyard BBQ, even though he's moved on to a different mmorpg.

A. I like messing around with language and word meanings, and I like a &quot;high fantasy&quot; feel. I often look around for Celtic or Norse names and words that fit in to my idea of the character's history &amp; background.</p><p >Brandl Stoutleaf is a dwarf and Fae-friend. He's a Warden living in Kelethin, home of the Fae.</p><p >Fasci is a Fae gone... a little mental. He likes order, and he likes people to do things HIS way. A bit of a &quot;fascist&quot;, and that suits his role as a Coercer just fine.

A. Yes, but only when absolutely needed

A. Lord of the Rings! Oh, wait. They did that already!

A. I do a lot of reading, from scifi &amp; fantasy novels to classics to self-help and books on spirituality. I also enjoy watching some TV (mostly &quot;on demand&quot; shows. I hate commercials.), going to (classical-type) concerts &amp; plays or readings, and just hanging out. And I've recently started doing more with Facebook &amp; MySpace, both for work &amp; fun.

A. I think mods are great and useful for players, as long as they don't break the game for others. Auto miners &amp; that sort of thing are just an abuse of the system, but different UI's are fine.

A. Oh, I have several! Though not mmorpg's, my friends and I used to play &quot;The Oregon Trail&quot; for hours... not the &quot;new&quot; one, but the old TRS-80 version! I also had a great love for playing the ZORK games, which I bought (from Radio Shack, of course) on cassette tape (since the computer didn't have a disk drive!).</p><p >Video games... Yes, I remember Pong. And I remember playing PacMan all night long when my cousins got their brand new Atari system!