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Originally Posted by MrSparkle001
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I do, I really do. I guess now that I'm older I see games in a whole different way: I'm not at all serious about them, not at all interested in being a hardcore gamer or raider, and really just want to enjoy myself with others in a large world. It doesn't become my life (I will never, ever schedule my life around MMO raid times or anything like that) and I don't play them to make friends or be social. There's not too many other players my age to be social with anyway.
See I've never once formed a last bond over a videogame. The entire idea is alien to me. Videogames are where I go to get away from the world, including friends and family. I'm not saying I don't make friendly acquaintances in MMOs but I don't form bonds or actual friendships. I actually prefer to keep real life out of MMOs, not knowing a person's real name or anything. Once real life creeps into a game immersion and illusion are lost for me, and that avatar I'm killing undead with is now no longer Legolas Drizt the elf archer but Jack Thompson the 19 year old kid from St. Louis Missouri.
(and yes I don't like to be reminded that I'm playing games with kids [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I know I am but so long as real life never invades the game I can maintain the illusion) |
Sir, I agree with you that I don't schedule my life around video games, nor am I "hardcore". I can't get away with the 16 hour days my brother pulls because he has no girlfriend, job, or real life engagement except part time work, and if they are between jobs they only take naps and continue to game. I can't fathom that. I do however not want my hand held in game, I enjoy the downtime of medding and regenerating hp because I've had great conversations with people during those times. The fact that you might spend 5 hours together at the wall in Crushbone means that you have a significant time to learn the way eachother play and to even have a few laughs or close calls. I have made many lasting friendships throughout the years of gamers I met online and continue to talk to even though we have moved on from our games.
What Pantheon is preaching and what this Project 1999 server shows me is that I enjoy this older mentality of MMOs. Nothing has compared to EQ not just because it's EQ, but because it challenges me and delights me in all the right ways. If Pantheon can save that mentality while making a new game with new people I am sold 100%.
We are just very different people. i don't play a massively multiplayer online game to solo, although you can find me soloing if I only have a short amount of time to be online between tasks or something.