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I lost track of the player yet again. Used to play pack alphas Valka and Nikolaj (City of Hope and Oathcircle respectively), Commander Eisley on Cold Space. Anyone know how I can contact the player?

Four reasons for me: Escapism, creativity, and collaboration. Plus laziness.

The first three are pretty self-explanatory; laziness factors in because it takes a lot of time and effort to be socializing in real life. I have to clear out schedules for a social event, get prepared, it costs money... and if I end up being bored or simply tired, I can't just turn it off and go watch TV or just go to bed.

And honestly, even in my college days I never understood the appeal of getting uproariously drunk together as a social event, which seems to be the most common party option available. I just feel it's better to do something creative with people with similar interests.

That being said I have mostly moved on to MMORPGs. Why? Again with the laziness -- MMORPGs require less effort than Mushing, and they're much prettier to look at -- but also there is a lot less drama going on, and at this point in my life I don't need online dramaz to add to my RL stress. MMORPGs also fulfill the Escapism requirement, and to a lesser degree Collaboration (the first M does stand for Multiplayer, after all!). I do find I am missing out on the Creativity side though; I have tried to inject background stories and such into my MMORPG characters, and there are RP communities active in most major MMOs, but... it's just not the same. Because of the medium's limitations, it is virtually impossible to develop the same level of rapport with other players as Mushing allows.

Maybe if some low maintenance Mush game pops up, and I find myself in need of a creative outlet, I might jump back in at some point.

Updated for Savage Skies!

@Ganymede I have no clue about BSG (except everyone's girlfriend is a Cylon), but since it's YOU who recommended it, I'll go take a look soon.