Well, I've not played this game for years, like some of you, so I only have my limited, about 6 months POV, but throwing in my 2¢ nevertheless. If "emotionally invested" means that one does not want to hurt other people (and not be hurt yourself), then yes, I'm very much such a player. Even though games like this one tend to attract loads of sociopaths, I think the level of drama I've experienced in here is not worse that it is in RL, maybe only more visible. But if emotionally invested means that you become over cautious (or even somehow "paranoid", as you call it), then I'm sure you'll loose a lot of opportunity. Not interacting with people because you are afraid that they might harm you, seems like a very bad idea to me. Reminds me of this quote by Annie Dillard, one of my fav authors: If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business because we’d be too cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. I understand that the longer you play this game, or maybe not even the game, but take part in a social experiment like this one, that the longer you participate, the less "interested" you are in drama and all the shortcomings of human interaction. But still, your life wont get better if you don't open your doors for new people, because it's them that bring new colors to your life (a bit overblown, yes