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By The Maine Campus

Posted on Thursday, April 9th, 2009, 12:00 am

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Re: “Rite Aid workers mistreated by bosses”

This would really matter if Rite Aid was not on the verge of bankruptcy. The union truly wasted their time with Rite Aid. The union should focus on Wal-Mart.

-Chuck Mikaitis

Re: “RPGs: A special kind of escapism”

I used to play my fair share of Dungeons and Dragons and would still play World ofWarcraft if I had the money, but I’m going to have to take the side of the article. Yes, people can get sucked into sports, music, the stock market and Facebook. However, there is one major diference: reality.

I’ve seen hockey players hit the puck out of the air to score a goal. I’ve seen Devin Hester run back a missed Field Goal attempt for a touchdown. I’ve heard jazz artists play 9,000 notes a minute (not really but you get it). I’ve never seen a drow rogue sneak out of the woods and pickpocket the guy in front of me.

While pretending to be Gorak the Blood Elf Pally Off Tank can be tons of fun, what are you accomplishing in real life? Again, I’m not saying LARPing and DMing should be eradicated. In fact, I think they help expand imaginations, vocabulary and social networking. However, living real life as two diferent people or one person that isn’t you seems counterproductive.

- “Notsocloset Gamer”