One of the great things about the internet to me is the community. People with all sorts of interests and whatnot can get together regardless of location and be able to communicate. MUDs are only one of those methods. There are also online message boards, chatrooms, and video games. However, one of the problems of this is that quite often, people tend to get caught up in their online personas and tend to lose themselves. Most of the time, when people lose themselves, it is socially harmless. Occasionally, though, there are those who like to break the rules when they lose themselves. Mainly, it's the medium's rules, but when there aren't any written rules, it is the unwritten rules that are broken.
I believe that the only reason a lot of these personas seem to come out in video games is because gaming is one of the few mediums that allows you to actually become a different person.
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