The Sword and Laser discussion

I enjoyed this book but i have some questions. If there is really nothing fun to do on the free world everyone starts out in why stay? How do homeless people afford to play? If most of the population is out of work how are there so many people in the game? Did anyone else expect to see a "H" and art3mis? Where she kept wondering where Wade had met H and then H said she had dated a girl for a year along with the part about the creators of oasis and how they had fought for a woman. I had expected to see a long triangle with the wade h and art3mis end with wade being left out. Happy to see i was wrong. Again i loved the book.