People obviously don't look like their characters, but their personalities show through. But the meetings could also go awry, creating surprises or even dashed expectations. They were perfect together online. So he flew out for a week, and we met in Las Vegas. Stoking players' expectations are the appearances of the avatars, the online embodiments of characters.
Female characters are buxom, young and impossibly thin.
Many start out scantily clad and acquire additional clothing and armor along the way. Gamers form alliances within the game, band together to hunt, schedule times to gather and chat or explore. In the process, romances and friendships bloom. Then comes the urge to meet. Douglas Thomas, associate professor at the University of California's Annenberg School of Communications in Los Angeles, believes that technology has long caused people who wouldn't otherwise meet to form relationships.