[Question] Communication habits in online games

Based on my online experiences, online chatter is pretty harmless, despite what other people say about it.

In RPGs, people tend to be helpful when new people ask questions in chat, or at least, are pointed in the right direction. Some people are pretty generous too, offering free goods to anyone, not just new people.

In other non-RPG online games, chatter is usually kept to a minimum, as people are too busy concentrating on the game itself. I never see anyone talk about real life things, just directly related to the game itself. For example, things like, "Aw crap! I didn't even see you kill me!"

It's pretty rare that I get bad experiences with online chat. Maybe I'm just not playing the right games.

Jam it back in, in the dark.