From Life on the Screen:
A 33-year-old teacher describes her relationship to Internet Relay Chat:
"On IRC, I'm very popular. I have three handles I use a lot. . . So one [handle] is serious about the war in Yugoslavia, [another is] a bit of a nut about Melrose Place, and (a third is) very active on sexual channels; always looking for a good time. . . Maybe I can only relax if I see life as one more IRC channel."
A software designer who says he is "never not playing a MUD" describes his day this way:
"I like to put myself in the role of a hero, usually one with magical powers, on a MUD, start a few conversations going, put out a question or two about MUD matters, and ask people to drop off replies to me in a special in-box I have built in my MUD 'office.' Then I'll put my character to sleep and go off and do some work. Particularly if I'm in some conflict with someone at work it helps to be MUDding, because I know that when I get back to the MUD I'll probably have some appreciative mail waiting for me. Or sometimes I use a few rounds of MUD triumphs to psych myself up to deal with my boss.
