What has gotten into this world and MMORPGs?!

Perhaps what these people are paying for is an escape for their shitty real lives. They couldn't be bothered to fix--or don't know how to fix--the problems that make their lives painful to live in, so they just throw money at a fantasty world in which they can immerse themselves for hours and hours at a time being a character that posses all of the strengths these people desire and none of their weaknesses.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Cellius

^So are you advocating this form of escapism or decrying it?

I made no indication of advocation or denouncement; that wasn't the purpose of my post. I was simpy offering a possible explanation for this behaviour and an answer to the (implied) question:

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I don't understand how you can just send off your money, and not have anything physical in return to show for it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.