Well...gg MTV on sticking up for the one true form of entertainment, TV (cough) and trashing everything that might compete for viewer attention. GG on starting to be more like organized religion and politics, both of which COULD be totally good and are instead corrupt and fake due to the fact that they focus competitively rather than cooperatively. I really expected better from MTV…I love rock and roll…as does a good percent of the WoW population and in keeping with the true spirit of Rock and Roll we should be positive and supportive of each others choices. Is there any way you can understand that? I hope so.. If you can there is still some essence of good and truth left in you which is what Rock is really all about.

My family has several persons in it that play WoW as do many of our friends. I work out, read, garden, help run a business (computers are not free you know :P) and in my spare time, some of it , I play WoW. Do I have an alternate identity online...actually 10 of em :D As there are over 200 servers...if I wanted to...I could have over 2000 characters!!! I have TONS of fun...WoW is intellectually stimulating, I have friends from all over the world and we have fun together. It does not matter how you look; if you are different or special in person, beautiful or not, big, small, old, young, any color of the rainbow…it is all the same in Azeroth. In WoW it is all about character; are you smart, decent and fair-minded? Then you will do well in this game. We battle together and against one another in a healthy fun way. We enjoy helping each other with quests, work together to achieve wonderful things. It is GOOD for the environment too. I am not burning fossil fuel to drive somewhere to have fun. I am doing crafts and trade skills without using any real resources yet having just as much fun. I would say this...if you would like to really know what WoW is all about...play. Most of the people that do like it...if you do great...if not...great too. One thing that you learn when you play in WoW is that you have to live and let live...After all, when you can chill with the wild assortment of magical and alien characters that exist in this wild and magical world…you damned well bet you are one open minded soul. Peace out, The Bear

P.S. As for my family and I that play WoW ~ we are quite fit and healthy please do not portray gamers in the negative light that is commonly used, most of us are very active and healthy.

Here was my reply to MTV when they e-mailed me about this.

I hate to lecture, but you are just perpetuating an incorrect stereotype, and remaking a program that has been done dozens of times already. If you want to look at a fascinating effect of online gaming that has not been covered over and over again, look into all of the handicapped people who play these games who have managed to find a life online and can walk and interact in a virtual world in ways that are otherwise denied them in life. Otherwise, you will find that most people who play WoW and other MMORPGs live perfectly normal lives and are very similar to yourself. WoW is just a hobby that they take up instead of golf, watching TV, or any of the more generically accepted hobbies in the world. Sure if you look hard enough you will find that stereotype you are looking for. With 10 million people, you can find just about anything. But is that really good TV?

I'll gladly post something for you, but please rethink the thrust of your program.

But alas, they seem to want to just cover the same old crap every other network has covered with MMOs. I'd actually think MTV would know better.