Anyone who does really well and creates a very successful character can look forward to a glorious career at Mikelgard University, where they study Epic, and a place on the powerful Central Allocations committee. It makes the difference between, say, having your own farm and labouring in the salt pans. Any wealth that their character acquires contributes to their own status in real life. In school the children each create their own character and learn to play the game. So they manage their conflicts by playing the game. They also brought a single rule: there is never any reason for violence. The first settlers brought with them a few materials and resources such as solar panels which are now past their best, the sum of human knowledge in the library, their own ingenuity -oh! and a computer game called Epic. Erik lives in a colony on a planet a long way from earth. If it's homework, fair enough, but what if it's just a game? Perhaps you think playing a computer game can develop valuable life skills? Perhaps it can. And, is it time wasted, do you think? Of course, it depends what you are doing at the keyboard. How long do you spend sitting at a keyboard every day? Be honest.
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