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EP. REVIEW: Recovery of an MMO Junkie

As someone who has played there share of mmo, I can't say that I really feel like this is a good representation of what mmo player are like and how they spend there time. The lack of voice communication seems weird and only in place to keep the suspense alive, but maybe that's just a japan thing. But the way people spend there time in game is very different in the show. Most mmo are about giving people stuff to do so that they can naturally gather around one activity, so when you're just hanging out with an mmo friend, you're not going to go sit on a tree and stare at your screen, you'll just do some very repetitive activity to grind for something, say mine or kill low level enemy. Also if you see someone just staring at something motionless, you just assume that there AFK, not being in deep though.

I wonder which one of them will realize the truth first, or if it will be a simultaneous revelation? Or will the store clerk (I'm not sure which of the guild members he is) figure it out first?

Does she still consider herself to be superior to other NEETs because she has chosen this lifestyle as opposed to those who have social and/or mental disorders that end up as NEETs?

It depends what MMO you are playing. I know quite a few people, myself included, who don't hop on the mic for a number of reasons (it interferes with gameplay, you don't want to draw out trolls, you don't want people to know your gender, etc.)

Since this game appeared to have an active "AFK" message system, it's safe to say Lily knew he wasn't "AFK" because his avatar didn't say he was. That being said, I can't really justify the sitting in the tree thing. It's cute, but it doesn't make a ton of sense to do from a roleplaying perspective.

As someone who has played there share of mmo, I can't say that I really feel like this is a good representation of what mmo player are like and how they spend there time. The lack of voice communication seems weird and only in place to keep the suspense alive, but maybe that's just a japan thing. But the way people spend there time in game is very different in the show. Most mmo are about giving people stuff to do so that they can naturally gather around one activity, so when you're just hanging out with an mmo friend, you're not going to go sit on a tree and stare at your screen, you'll just do some very repetitive activity to grind for something, say mine or kill low level enemy. Also if you see someone just staring at something motionless, you just assume that there AFK, not being in deep though.

Whenever we encountered people who didn't use mic during gameplay we pretty much always assumed they were women, and at higher content level it's pretty much a requirement, they mention that there guild was max level and such, it would be hard to believe they'd do end game content without voice chat.

Megiddo: I think you don't understand the mental health issues behind the NEET problem in Japan. Their mental health services are very bad in Japan, so you have people that have severe depression and just basically give up on society and collect unemployment and sequester themselves in their room/apartment for years.

aereus wrote:

Megiddo: I think you don't understand the mental health issues behind the NEET problem in Japan. Their mental health services are very bad in Japan, so you have people that have severe depression and just basically give up on society and collect unemployment and sequester themselves in their room/apartment for years.

Yes, and it angered me a good deal when the main character said something like "I'm not like those people". No, she's not like those people. They actually have a reason for enclosing themselves inside their apartments. Whereas she by her own admission has chosen to do nothing but play computer games.