MMORPGs How they have changed for the better? or worse?

[Zabuza]

Games are to play, not to live in them.

MMORPGs may be romantic and all flowers when people used to hard work for anything to get in them, but on the other side of coin, these games were full of depressed, broken people who had no other purpose in life other than waste more time into their second world where they are able acheive something. It was really unhealthy and dangerous hobby, i am so glad we have gone into the casual direction.
Today sure you could spend a lot of time at the game, but it is no longer a "must", mmorpgs these days are at last the games like they supposed to be, like in good old days of 8-16 bit consoles.

I am glad you have decided for everyone what an MMORPG needs to be. Perhaps these 'depressed, broken people' you spoke of sought an escape. Perhaps their circumstances made it so that they couldn't go out into the real world(physical disability) or did not wish to(social issues). Or perhaps it was simply more stimulating them to play complex games that engaged their brain. Now, a place where those players could feel like they had a home has been taken away. Now, all that exists are casual MMOs really. People have made RL friends and even significant others from these second homes that you criticize. I guess what I'm trying to say is, who are you to decide how others should spend their time?