Video games and the Law of One

[BrownEye]

I've been playing first person shooters for about 7 or 8 years online. I've never imagined that I was inside the game or that the person I shoot at is a real object. I have always looked at it as out-thinking the opponent. Like as in getting my butt shot off by a particular person and figuring out his habits and using them against him. I never got any enjoyment out of playing against a computer. Only real people. I get enjoyment from out-thinking the person based on understanding or figuring out how they think. I have always been an unpredictable player and use the name VibratingPickle because of complaints about how hard it is to hit me. The last game I have played is Call of Duty 4 and kind of left the scene because the sense of community has kind of disappeared for me. I would hate to find out that all the years of virtual enjoyment were damaging.