Not really, im generally the exact same person I would have turned out to be if I hadn't started playing Runescape. I think when people look at RuneScape from the outside, and see how long it takes to get a level up, then couple that with stories they've heard about teenagers commiting suicide over games, they picture the people who play this game as anti-social people who have no lives because they must spend "soo much time" to get their levels up, they don't think for a second that we might perhaps enjoy the game for its meticulous nature. This view of the average RuneScape gamer is compeltely false, because, although I am for sure there are some out there that RuneScape has changed their lives for the worse, there are still a larger number of people for which RuneScape has had a positive influence on, such as faster typing skills as many people have mentioned. For me, Runescape has helped with my typing skills, and I think it helps me control my anger better. I think I can link the time that I stopped being a nuisance to teachers and a troublemaker to the year that I started RuneScape. Instead of yelling at someone who ticked me off in real life, I would just call some random person a noob (on runescape of course), and it made me feel better, even though I know that sounds sappy and impractical. It was also a learning expeirience for me, I remember that I amazed my mom when I was (I beleive) 10 or 11 years old by telling her exactly how to make bread, from complete scratch. (From my nooby days of makin' & bakin' bread in Lumbridge. \