Gus Mustrapa, Contributor, Game|Life, Wired.com

World of Warcraft Players Tell Their Stories

September 18, 2009 at 12:05 am PT

The common perception of World of Warcraft is that the immensely popular online game is a haven for obsessive nerds–folks with no lives and little to contribute to society.

The new “Player Stories” section of the World of Warcraft community site aims to accentuate the positive. While most anecdotes about World of Warcraft lean to the juvenile and the negative–accounts of pranks, tales of addiction or public airings of shameful behavior–these user-contributed tales focus on the ways that World of Warcraft improved lives.

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