A lot of people say they have.
Some even credit the games they played for teaching them organizational management, communication, thinking outside the box, and so on. So, I decided to make this my dissertation (my area is in Industrial and Organizational psychology) and attempt to validate and find actual support for all these claims.
Below is a survey that I hope will do that. Thanks in advance for participating !
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Denizens of Azeroth, the Blood Death Knight known as Carnage (Lightninghoof) and the Beast Mastery Hunter known as Nathanot (Medivh) humbly request your assistance. We are working on a study to examine what workplace relevant knowledge, skills and abilities might be gained through playing World of Warcraft.
To better serve our brothers and sisters of the Horde and Alliance, we require your aid in collecting preliminary data via a brief 15-20 minute survey. Players that participate in our survey will be (1) notified of our findings, and (2) entered in a raffle for an opportunity to win an Amazon gift card. For more details, please follow the link below and to be directed to our survey start page.
http://mst.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0xidxbZv8JKxnKJ