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• • The Epic Journey: All Great Things Must End

  •    I started my journey in an Electronics Boutique Store on my 13th birthday.  I came to buy a game and my mom was paying so i looked for what seemed like at least an hour.  Then i saw it, Everquest, an mmorpg "Whatever that means?" i said to myself.  As i read the box and what the game was about one of the workers came up and started to talk to me about it.  The more he said the more excited i became.  I ran to my mom asking for the game and she looked at it then back to me and smiled.  "Sure, lets pay for it and go home" she said.  We paid and left and in the car i read the handbook all the way home.  The install took what seemed like ages, but after eating dinner i came downstairs to find the game ready to play.  I jumped into my chair and started up the game.  Made a dwarven paladin named Thorvan and entered the majestic world that would soon consume my every thought 24/7.  After a year of epic journeys and many nights staying up late my parents decide that i need to quit the game.  I had missed dinner with my family for the last time.  I begged for them to let me continue to play, but they refused.

    
       One year later my friends tell me i should play a game called ultima online and say it's an MMO.  My eyes light up and go out and get the game the next day.  I begin playing and this time i have friends to play with.  It opens a whole new world and once again i am hooked.  Being older now my parents no longer say anything about me playing games as long as my grades are up.  I play all the time and luckily it's summer and i have all the time in the world since i didn't have to work at this time in my life.  The game consumed my every moment and I had some of my greatest moments while playing the game.  Soon though my friends leave the game and we move to FFXI.  I must say now i did not play this game as long due to the deleveling feature which completely ruined the game for me, but regardless i still played a lot.  A year goes by and i am playing off and on, basically wishing i had another game better to play. 

    
       This is when the bombshell came crashing down into my gaming life.  I first see it in a magazine and don't really thing about it, but then I get a chance to play the closed beta and I feel like i am 13 all over playing Thorvan the dwarven paladin.  The game is, as you may have guessed, World of Warcraft.  As soon as it comes out I was at the store ready to buy it and race it home to play.  This is my first time starting a game with a fairly large group of friends and also from the very begging of the game.  Before i sit here telling you my whole story of wow let's just sum it up.  I play for 6 months and get to level 46 at which point i pretty much stop.  This "no playing period" goes on until The Burning Crusade comes out at which point i begin playing like crazy.  In the end i have 2 70s a rogue and a mage.  I play the rogue more than anything and do nothing but PvP.  By the way if you have read this far i think you, i promise i am going somewhere with this.  Anyways, i start to become serious with the game and it becomes more of a sport and competitive game than a fun pass time for me.  I don't remember exactly when it happened, but suddenly i just started to hate the game.  I left playing basically every game out there, but eventually found myself always back at WoW.  Then Warhammer Online comes out and i love it.  I got into closed beta and played as much as possible.  The game is a lot of fun for me but slowly i just lose interest. 

     

       So here i am playing Fable 2 on my 360, mind you, having a great time. I don't know what really is happening, but I think i can't play MMOs anymore.  I love the concept and the feel of the MMOs out there, but i just can't stay logged into any of the games more than a few minutes.  Maybe it's because I am going to college and i just got a pretty high standing job as an IT Intern for a great company, but I just don't feel like playing MMOs anymore.  I am having more fun playing on my console than playing with my friends on MMOs.  Maybe it's just the process of getting older(no offense to the older gamers) or maybe mmos are just not for me anymore, but i just find it sad.  I had a lot of great times and i am going to miss those, but i just wish i had that old experience i used to have all over again.  I just want that one time again when i was totally immersed into the game.  Anyways, i am done with this story, but i would like to know if any other people are going through this.  Thanks for reading all this too, late night confessions are always fun.

     

  • Posted: 11/02/08 1:26 AM
    General Discussion
• • Warhammer or WoW...yes i know, but humor me

  •     So the title says it all.  I am at this time at a crossroads.  I personally have had a renewed interest in raiding, but still loving my pvp so what is WAR going to bring me on both ends?  I have been in closed beta for War and Open Beta...currently in head start and i must say i do like the game, but I'm still worried about raids and instances.  I want to be able to get a group and go run a small dungeon, but have yet to find anything like that.  Sure the PQs are great, but not satisfying my thirst at this time. 

       Warhammer has so much to it that i like and WoW now going on 4 years for me is just lackluster.  WoW to me is moving too much toward the casual and could be played decently by a brain dead person imo (sarcasm). Anyways,  that's about all i have to say on my issue, i am going to place a poll for those of you who are too lazy to post lol.  Thanks.

  • Posted: 9/16/08 4:04 PM
    General Discussion
• • So got a new computer and looking for...

  • Hey, I have gotten my new computer...well actually had it for a little bit...lately i am just really wanting a nice pve experience that is not WoW.  I've found WAR to be my game for my pvp, but i really want to get into a really nice and deep pve game and i heard that LOTRO was my game to go to.

    I have come here to ask for a buddy key if anyone has one.  I really want to try the game out and have no restrictions, which the trial will give me.  If anyone out there is willing to give out their buddy key i would greatly appreiciate it.  You can email it to leach_tyler@yahoo.com or just PM me.  Thanks!

  • Posted: 8/31/08 3:07 AM
    Lord of the Rings Online
• • Well, I'm in

  • Hey i thought WAR hated me too...subscriber since day one, have CE pre-order etc and just never made it in until now.

    93% done woot lol

  • Posted: 7/26/08 1:05 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Well, I'm in

  • Originally posted by Jaga-TAO
    

     

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    Originally posted by Vladarion
    why would you not play it?  That's the point of getting in lol!  I know i will be once this download is finally over

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    Not to point out the obvious, but the point of playing a closed beta, is to help the developers find bugs, fine-tune things, test systems, etc. That's what you implicitly agree to when you go into a closed phase of software testing. It isn't a test drive at all. If you look, you will probably find a set of private forums just for that purpose.
    

     

    And yes i do know this i have beta tested many games before, but the fact still remains that you are playing the game.

  • Posted: 7/25/08 11:00 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)