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Nowadays, electronic commerce has grown flourishingly on the Internet. At the same time, the market of online games also increases dramatically. Online games successfully simulate virtual societies on the Internet and link up with fun of adventure, communication, trade, etc. Each player can play a role in a story and explore an imaginary world which can be romantic, fantastic, or even violent. Online games become so popular that not only attract teenagers but also office workers. Online games have already become an important business all over the world.

There many different kinds of online games; however, most online games are based on the knowledge and concept of RPG (Role Playing Game). I have been interesting in RPG for many years. Before the Internet was blooming in the late 20th century, RPG has been developed on paper which called D&D (Dungeon and Dragon) system since 25 years ago. People can play different jobs or races and go on an adventure in any place you can imagine which sometimes is a dense forest with many elves or sometimes is a deep caves with horror dragons. Some people also track the background of RPG to one of the most famous fantasy book, The Lord of the Rings, written by JRR Tolkien in 1949. Because of these strong backgrounds, popular stories and advanced computer techniques, online games were brought up to the Internet marketplace easily and rapidly.

The Internet rose abruptly in the late 20th century and gave people much more convenience than before. Since electronic commerce has already become part of people’s life, the entertainment on the Internet also became popular. Although some classic RPG online games like Baldur’s Gate, Ultima online do not have good servers, they give future games many design ideas and concepts. Other online games like Red Alert, StarCraft, Warcraft, Counter Strike, provide people tense and exciting virtual environments and give people different kind of fun as RPG online games.

Even though online games get more and more popular, sometimes they become scapegoats of the sources of crimes or violence. Most parents do not like their children spend too much time on playing online games. They think that their children will learn some bad attitudes or thinking on the Internet easily. Also, The Internet is being considered of a medium for crimes to grow such as stealing accounts, frauds, or illegal transactions. However, we can not sum up in a word of the negatives but ignore the positives of online games. Online games provide an absolutely good environment for learning and teaching.

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