Online multiplayer is also a great way to meet new people and show off your mad skills. Also, some games like Call of Duty Black Ops for example allow you to level up and earn bonus items like new weapons and such. So, it's totally worth it. I don't do much online gaming either, but when I do, I have fun, that is when someone else isn't making me do all the work and getting me killed causing us to lose the game. Had a bad experience on A4O once, setup an online game to get someone to help me out and they kept either throwing me off the edge with the Vac-U's, or committing suicide throughout the entire thing. Or I would join someone elses game in Duke Nukem Forever for another example and they would kick me out just because they wanted to make room for one of their friends instead of just changing the settings to invitation only. Other that those experiences, totally worth it. Also, sorry for the long post.