Romance in the Sub-Etha; data on MMOers relationships
Nick Yee's Daedalus project, delving into the psychology of MMORPGs, has released data covering the relationship status of players. He writes, "About 80% of female players and 60% of male players are in a romantic relationship. On a tangential note, this gives rise to an interesting “singles” imbalance. If we assume an 85:15 gender ratio and the noted singles rate, then for every single woman in an MMO, there are 10 single men."
Other interesting bits of data include percentage of men and women in a relationship that play with or without their signigicant other. Of course, there is a whole group of people who find love gaming online.
