Monsters and other supernatural creature I can take. Being broke? Definitely not. This is the worst thing that could happen to gamers, and I know a lot of them couldn't help but agree. We rely on our bread to keep continuing WoW, to keep enjoying it and to keep leveling up. My mom recently took off my playing privileges as our electric bill exceeded far and beyond high since I started playing WoW. I was exaggerating that but it was really beyond our normal bill. It was the saddest day in my life when I got that awfully bad news. How unlovely could that be right? Being taken out of my own world.
Being a gamer is hard, financially. I'd always have to worry that my prepaid card will run out anytime and that my Internet connection would suddenly go down and then I'd freak out! And then there's the fact that I don't always have the luxury of time. I'd have to consult the aid of an MMORPG service provider just to keep up with the game and the guild.
Rather than sulking myself to sleep that night, I decided that first thing tomorrow morning, I'd find myself a job. This is the only thing that made me get my ass of the couch and look for a job. Amazing what a virtual world could do to change a person's life! Haha! I told my mom I'd go look for a job and made a deal that if I found one, I'd pay for the part of the bill from now on, that I'd also be the one responsible for our internet account and all the level-up cards that I need to buy. She agreed and everything went smoothly as I got a job as a bagger and I was able to support my gaming habit.
I really hate being broke! I mean, as I've said before, I can take supernatural creatures but bankruptcy is beyond my control! MMORPG took a lot of part to result to me being broke but I enjoyed every part of it. I've said it before and I'll say it again, bankruptcy id the only real enemy in MMORPG. Well, in my case, that is.
Nerdy. That's what I am. People despise me despite my academically intellectual mind. Is it my fault that I'm socially incapacitated? I think not. I'm just too serious and focused to even think of popularity and parties that other teenagers my age are so obsessed with. In that world of hypocrites and fakes, I find myself alone, drinking in my misfortunes in the world of party-goers.
Sulking and moping around have been part of my daily routine as I've realized I'll never be given a chance to be accepted, respected, loved. Looking for the only thing that could accept me as I am without misjudgments and misconceptions, I found myself slowly attracted to the mystical world of MMORPG.
Supernatural beings awoke and befriended me and I can't help but accept that loving gesture that I have been deprived of in my real world. Seeking the comfort that I need, I found it in the company of cyber-supernatural creatures. Although academically gifted, I have not been once asked an opinion of things as I've always avoided joining groups, in fear of being mocked at again. WoW brought out the best in me. Conquering quests had me use my logical thinking I didn't know I have, has enhanced my analytical thinking, and surprisingly had given me a social life I've always longed for.
I was able to show them what I'm worth of without needing to boast for what I know and without my trying hard to impress them. The knowledge that wasn't recognized had been given credit here as I became a Guild Master. Popularity that I was never longing for had been given freely, of which I willingly accepted. A feeling of respect for myself washed over me. Again, I believed and I respected myself. I lost these two and never thought of gaining it back again. With WoW, everything became possible again.
I just received the saddest news of my life! I'm a candidate to be disbanded from my Guild! Lately, due to a lot of work in the office, I haven't been able to log in to WoW for me to play my character and be present in our daily raids and battles. This is the pits! I mean if it wasn't for WoW I'd be out of my mind right now, it's the only thing keeping me sane, really! And now, I'm going to be taken out of my league? That is too much for one person to take, well for gamers that is. This is probably the worst pet peeve that I have! Lol!
Anyway, I just want to vent out my anger, I've already taken cared of that annoying little pet peeve. In my utter frustration, I sought the help of emergency 911(I'd like to call it that way! They really saved my ass in the game!) in MMORPG – the service providers. I made an account with GamePal and ordered a Power Level service and I'm back in the game! After just three days, I was no longer a candidate to be fired from the Guild and I was even more powerful, with my character reaching 5 levels higher! I was really happy about the result and I wouldn't have a second thought of using it once a crisis strikes again! Haha!
Whoever said these service providers are illegal is really out of his mind! It's ridiculous to even think that way! They were especially made for workers like us who are just as addicted as every gamer yet cannot boast of a luxury in time. It helps us always be updated in the game even with other priorities in life. And we get to play the most thrilling parts in the game! Beat that!
“How do you cope when the one you love is with somebody else and there's nothing you could do about it?” So that famous song goes. Unfortunately, that would be the perfect theme song of how my relationship with my boyfriend is doing right now. Yeah, we're together but so far apart. So cliche! The only thing funny about this is that it's not a girl that I'm rivals with. I'm rivals with WoW! LoL! We are together but he's face and mind is glued to WoW. We've been drifting apart. Until, I told myself, “Halt!” This has got to stop.
I must have been nuts! To think I could take him away from his precious WoW. But I didn't give up. I joined him in his precious world. And I couldn't be happier. We get to always have fun playing WoW and he's given me more attention since he was giving me pointers on the game. We also had an online wedding and it was really fun! I never imagined that we'll rekindle our old flame playing WoW! We've been laughing a lot and having good times like before. This would never have happened if I hadn't played in his game.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. You can never go wrong with that.
Without gratefulness and appreciation. That's what I mostly feel being a leader of a successful Guild, that I'm proud of and at times, enjoy leading. It would have been the best experience I could cherish if it weren't for the few people who ruin it for you, constantly questioning what you could do. It takes a lot of control to not just break down after logging off in the game. Doing the very best you can is always never enough. And only a few people of the lot you helped in the game know how to extend their appreciation. As in customer service, if there is one you weren't able to help the way they wanted to, they'd tell it to 20 people more. And those you help, though appreciative, only tells it to 10 people. How big the number is in the gap, that it would really be a loss if you fail to help just one of your members. The latter would never be able to keep up.
Efforts are always never enough and trying to please all is everyone's mistake. Imagine trying to please 200 people under you. Welcome to my world. Functioning as a leader, a mother, a confidant, an authority, and an enemy. It is just too much for me to take. Having to set ground rules, forums, message boards, strategies for quests, answering questions, working on the website, and befriending everyone so that we are one happy Guild, which cannot always happen. It is such a sad thing that I found out about this fact when I was already at my point of breaking down.
Leading my Guild has taken its toll, not just in my playing, but sadly also in my being. Guilding made me forget to function as who I am in real life. It has taken out the fun in gaming, with all the pressure in planning and quite interestingly, in-game politics. People in all walks of life, there's no better way in meeting them than in the game. This what I've come to conclude after retiring as a Guild Leader. In reality, this is already a second job, one that requires you more than what you need to have in your real-time job. But this time, you're left alone to deal with your funds, as this is with no paycheck.
Emotionally drained and exhausted I am after leaving that position. I have friends and people I treasure in the game as they helped me a lot. It is such a hard thing to do to act as a middleman between arguing members. Favoritism isn't something that you're allowed to do, as with reality. Acting as a friend or a ruler, this is one thing which leaves me indecisive. Either way, you hurt yourself and someone. Much more cold-hearted you have to be to kick a friend out of a Guild. As with rules, no one is ever above it, even me. This is something that all of you have set up and agreed to abide by. Loot and ethics rules are the god's word in game, never to be broken, and those who dare are punished accordingly.
Though it seems that I had never once a good experience in my three years of leading(not just in WoW but in Ever Quest 2 as well), as with yin yang, there's also a good side to it. This balance was what made me last that long. Though it took a toll in me as a person, what it mostly contributed was my growth as a leader. Managing that much number of people had me always polishing my managing and people skills. Dealing with different kinds of people gave me that extra skill - to predict what individuals with a certain personality would most likely do next and what they're really interested in. In here, I learned to be a credible authority and how to handle conflicts, if not well, then good enough. To give credit to those who deserve it is just as important as kicking out rebellious members.
I never regret being a Guild leader as it took out all the worst and best in me. With it, I cried, I laughed, it's one hell of a roller coaster ride! I can't say I enjoyed every part of it, but it passed being an enjoyable experience. A ride that took me everywhere and taught me mostly everything about life, but which I'll never ride again.
I have this friendly neighbor named Bob. He was always seen gardening and tending to his precious plants while his wife tends to her flower beds. He was always ready to give you his warmest greeting as you pass by and is ready to buy cookies from little children house-to-house selling for their fund raising. He always welcomes his guests with a hug and the food he serves is the best. He would always smile like there is so little to worry about in the world. At his great age of 46, he is retired and enjoying life to the fullest.
Yet, it suddenly dawned on me that for quite a while now, i still haven't seen him. Days seem gloomy as he's not there to give you his smile, which I have grown accustomed to. His plants would have withered if his wife had not patiently tended to it. Afraid that the saddest news would just welcome us, we never dared to ask his wife how he is doing and why he hasn't come out for a long time.
It came as a really big surprise when one day he went out, saw me and asked, “Are you by any chance playing World of Warcraft?” I was stunned. And then laughed so hard! I asked him if that was why he was not coming out the past few days. He said yes. And I continued laughing so hard again! It was just so unlike him. He said that he was just eager to try it out since he saw an ad in the net about it. Once he started playing it, he couldn't stop. And he wanted me to be in the Guild that he's in. I told him that I'm not playing and he insisted that I play in his house and he would assist me. He just wanted to talk to someone who share his passion for WoW. Really funny guy. LoL! Anyway, I ended up playing and loving it too! I have never thought he'd be the one to influence me into playing that! Haha!
Living the life of a professional gamer! Indeed I am professional! I have found an exciting and adventurous way to spend my time and get paid for it later on! LoL! Taking gaming to a professional level, as I'd like to call it!
Gamers have been clearly misjudged and misunderstood by people, and I speak for a lot of us. It has been established since the birth of video games that those who find it amusingly comforting to play it are bums(for lack of a better word). Playing MMOs have been my passion since I've learned of its existence and to be called such a harsh word decreases my self-esteem and dignity. But still I hold my head up high as I know that this is what I enjoy doing. At least I'm not into illegal drugs and that kind of stuff.
Anyway, it was really a good thing that I found out about this website that is willing to buy accounts from gamers. My playing MMOs is like a blessing in disguise since I've already made a lot of accounts with characters that are already strong and highly-skilled, if I may say so. The newly opened industry of MMORPG service providers in 1999 paved the way for me to be professional in my field, to have built a career out of it! LoL!
Selling some of the accounts that I rarely use now, being a regualr in WoW, I earned myself $578.75! I really couldn't imagine that just by sitting in front of my beloved computer playing MMOs and being called a 'bum' would later on give me hundreds of bucks! Haha!
A good day, a good day, I told myself when I got my bread. Professional bum, that's what I call myself now! LoL! A bum, they say? Would a bum be capable of earning cash? That's why I am a professional in my exciting and beloved field! =)
Okay, I admit that I have the so-called 'Damsel in Distress' syndrome in WoW. Though it's really quite tiring at some point because of all the male characters hitting on me, as if they didn't know better. It has already become an established fact that what you see is not always what it seems. Here is where that old adage “Looks can be deceiving,” can't be more true. To make the record straight, I am a guy playing a female Night Elf.
I've read from a post some guy made, "if I am going to stare at a butt all game it might as well be a butt I'd like to look at," and I have to admit again that that holds true for me. Though it's funny since there isn't much time to look at it with all the killing, playing, chatting, and what not in the game. I guess it's just my hormonal desire thinking and acting up again. LoL!
Having that 'damsel in distress' syndrome really pays off. I mean everyone knows that females tend to get more attention than males because of their 'fragile' state(though I don't mean this as an insult), which is what society had dictated so many years before. I acquire gifts that I could rarely get just by playing. And it's so fun to see what kinds of reception I'll get from males and females. What's really interesting for me when I play that role is that I get to see what kind of pick-up lines or flirty lines I'll get from my brethren! Haha! Maybe even learn from them! LoL! And there's that famous 'sisterhood' and 'girl talk' that guys would kill to know about! Haha!
The fact that male characters in WoW are nothing but ugly(and I know a LOT who will agree to this) discourages me from playing them. I am not being vain when I say this but since this is already an illusion, might as well go all the way and make myself a presentable creature in the cyber world, right?
What's really gross about this gender-bending is that a lot of males want to make me their cyber wife! What's even grosser is that some males who play females tend to make their character's personality really flirtacious! As if real life girls would be that lustful! It is sad to know that some men think this low of women just to satisfy their sexual fantasy, even just in the game.
It is also sad to know that there are guys who really look down on us who gender bend, once in a while calling us 'fags.' A really strong word to use against the male population. But I'm not offended because I'm pretty sure about my sexual orientation, I have loved girls ever since I came to know about their existence, and will continue to do so. When I receive comments like these, I just shrug it off, assuming that whoever said that isn't mature enough and didn't know better than to tease and make fun of those different from him.
This is, after all an illusionary world, where everyone has the right to role-play – whether it be a female avatar or not. I think this mustn't be too much of a big deal considering we're all thousands of miles apart, across the globe. What matters is that you enjoy playing the game, which is what games are all about.
Yes, even in the gaming world, illegality exists. Sad but true. It's illegal in the eyes of the game developers, but loved most specially by loyal online gamers. It has been one tough battle since MMORPG services became available in the market between those who provide them and the game developers.
These service providers ( a sample of which is gamepal.com, which I'm really a fan of) have been charged of violating the laws which govern the excitement, thrill, and experience that MMO's offer its loyal constituents. Taking out the essence of the game by making it easy for gamers – this is the hardest and heaviest case they have been put against. Developers insist that it would be best if players are left alone to play their own game, learn from it, and then gain experience and be known for their unique build. Traditional, really, much like what happens in real life. But we want to do away with reality from time to time right? Okay, so MMOs are a simulation of life's system, difficulties and experience, but we want to feel something different in MMORPG. And the difference lies in the MMORPG service providers.
The end justify the means – an adage so old and used it has become a favorite to frequent defenders. This is just the same with them. I mentioned that we want to do away with real life for a while, well that's exactly what MMOs offer. But hey, did I mention that getting out of a certain level is the hardest? Well, there you go. Also getting guilded is just as hard! The excitement comes with being guilded and making raids and battling out as a team. Back to that adage, MMORPG service providers gives me exactly what I want and need. True, I gained experience with their help but now I enjoy a more powerful character, guilded by one of the best Guilds, and savoring the life of the infamous as I am considered one of those who has the top builds in our Guild. I say, I say thank you! To the geniuses behind these service providers! Cheers!
Almost everybody has it. This is an essential part of our daily life. Without it, we may have been insane by now. It doesn't necessarily need to be a stress ball, right? And we have a lot of ways to deal with our stress in life, work, and family.
For me, the best stress ball would be World of Warcraft! It really relaxes my stress nerves, if ever there are. LoL! It's amazing how stress-free I feel when I'm in that mystical world I've already come to love. Seeing my character fight, do magic, and all that other supernatural acts of bravery soothe me. It calms me so much I'm ready to face the stressful world again! LoL!
Seriously, being in a whole new dimension existing only in cyberspace has given me the chance to be sane again despite problems in life. Just being around people who have the same passion as mine is enough to complete my day. Though problems at work and the pressure I feel at home drive me crazy, my character never fails to get me in the mood again to face another tiring, stressful day. Hours of WoW serve as my therapy and I couldn't be happier and rejuvenated after playing it.
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