Engage Everything and Everyone
Don’t be afraid to say your piece, seriously. Many people find it difficult to engage due to the social anxiety associated with possibly meeting new people.. I have ignored people who’ve tried to engage me, which usually ends in me being called a bot, and it detracts from the over all experience. What do you lose? You either make a new friend or argue with some one over the internet, so if you are a grumpy bastard like me, it’s a win-win. Any modicum of multiplayer thrives on organic interaction between two, or more, living, breathing players. It is in that situation that stories are made and is not what the be-all and end-all of gaming is? Stories? So go and create some.
We live in a world that at the tip of your fingers lies the power to connect to millions of other humans, learn anything and everything, experience things that would have been considered witch craft a hundred years ago. Do not waste this opportunity by being to shy to socialize. The internet is in many ways similar to 1600’s America. A land of opportunity.