COMPUTERS - AN UNDISCOVERED PLUS POINT
The government in general is for computers. They are the new Must Have... every child must have a laptop reduced to the "cheap" pice of five hundred pounds (Oh yeah right, cheap... my dad has four children I can really see him managing to scrape two grand together for a laptop each. Keep dreaming Tony)
Despite that.. it is true, computers are a good thing (well I would hardly be doing this as a webpage if I didn`t believe that) and there is one advantage to them hat the world in general has not yet discovered.
Role Playing Games
What are they? Games where to put it simply, you are someone else. Something else. And as that other person you fight, live love... all in writing. It`s not real afterall... but it feels real... and it is terribly terribly addictive.
So what advantage does this have for the country?
Quite a few in fact. Here`s the list.
1. Anger management. Coming home after a bad day and rather than just wanting to kill someone, actually killing someone is terribly terribly therapeutic. Yes, you`re only writing it... but just use your imagination and go for the enjoyment of describing just exactly what you would like to do to them. Afterwards you feel... calmer, more sane. Can you imagine the fights it would cut down on? People no longer taking out their anger on each other but on a character that doesn`t really exist?
2. Typing abilities. When you`re on limited online time, and you just have to finish what you`re doing before you go believe you, me you learn to type fast. Think of it as having to put down a book or turn of the tv when a plots at it`s climax. So... we learn better typing skill... we attract more business to the country because we have more skilled workers.
3. Imagination. Sometimes it seems the adults in the world have forgotten how to dream. They are here and now, and that is all they are. This will teach them how to be someone else again - it`s like relearning Lets Pretend and in doing so unlease the creativity they forgot they had creating more authors, artists and the like as they try to show the world what exists in their head.
4. The devil makes work for idle hands. People break the law sometimes for no other reason than that they are bored. They lack something to get enthusistic about, something to cheer on - so when they do have something to cheer on like at a football match too much pent up enrgy and emotion and fights break out. But if fights break out on an rpg it doesn`t matter. People on rpgs enjoy fighting with you... and aftrwards there is no one really dead.
5. Literacy. Childrens rpgs exist, aimed espiecially at younger ages - for instance sending a blank mail to this address will subscribe you to a list moderated to keep it pg so no children are corrupted. A lot of children don`t like books because they are boring, or don`t relate to what they are interested in.. but there are rpgs about everything. You can be a football layer, a pokemon trainer, Sabrina, a member of the Babysitters Club... And they are not just reading the posts... they are writing them, learning grammer, spelling punctuation... and getting interested in the written word at the same time.
See what I mean?
RPGs are full of advantages... and it`s about time they were promoted by the government so people knew that.
Of course... you don`t have to wait for the government to promote them in order to join one. Have a look here for the website of an active Pernbased rpg, or just send a mail here to subscribe. Or if you want a different type of rpg - have a look at PBeM.com - they have millions!