Goodbye WoW
If online gamers in the World of Warcraft (Wow)are any indication of what youths today are like, then the real world is in serious trouble. Aside from having to teach a bunch of bratty school kids once, I’m fortunate enough to say that my only other experience with rude youths is in the World of Warcraft.
In any one of the general chats, you’ll easily find players either putting someone else down with insults or bragging about how they are better than everyone else or both.
It almost seems that the only way to feel better about themselves is by name calling, belittling or bullying.
I’m guessing the majority of these rude types are between the ages of 13 and 19, and maybe a couple of twenty-somethings whom Mother Nature thought a good idea to leave in their childhood. I’m also guessing they are male. I’m not saying that they aren’t capable of being mature, it’s just that I haven’t seen enough examples of maturity in-game.
Why the need to prove oneself so badly? Why are they so easily provoked, quick to judge and unwilling to forgive? Should the fact that it’s an online game mean that grace or remorse shouldn’t exist?
I know this entry is but a little cry out to the huge world out there. But I’ve said my piece and I quit!
