An Avid Gamer's Confession

While watching Dont Forget the Lyrics [my apostrophe is screwed up again!], Im going to make this blog post.

Considering the title, it is on gaming. Not interested in gaming stuff? This post wouldnt be for you then.

So now, me being me, ever since I got my hands on a computer, I have been playing with lots of MMORPGs. Of course before the MMO era, I was playing some other games... Load Runner anyone? =) I totally loved that game.

That isnt the main point of my post, though. What I want to say is this: the first MMORPG I played seems to be the one I can never let go of.

Regardless of how long I have played it, and no matter how many times I left the game, I do return to the game. Of course, returning to the game doesnt mean that I stuck with it forever. The introduction of many other games diverted my attention from it. That meant that I did return to the game, albeit only for a very short time. However, with whats coming up in 2 hours time, it may very well just get me back, once more.

Figures. Me, being an avid gamer, gets attracted to big stuff. Especially if the patch [additional gaming data added into the game folder] is HUGE, it makes me look forward to what I can get from playing after its done. And this patch, from 2300 today till 0600 tomorrow, is going to be really huge. I actually got the patch data before the patch itself! XD

So whats the game? Its......

Maplestory [Season 2, but its still the same game -.-]

And when people read to this point, some will be like "WHAT?! YOU SO OLD STILL PLAY SUCH A KIDDY GAME?!" - Natural reaction, I must say. Actually, I aint surprised if like more than half [I just realized my slash key is screwed up too] have that reaction I stated above.

First, I will explain myself. Yes, its a game, with kiddish graphics. No, I think games have no age boundaries. Aunties and uncles play this game too! XD. Okay that isnt the point but heck. What I can remember about this game is... vague.

However, with the next patch, this can actually change. The patch size was ~200MB, significantly huge, obviously with lots of data added. Thing is, it was the patch information that was revealed that totally caught my attention, and will definitely bring me back to playing.

Lets take a look at the patch notes.......no, its too long a list. I will just give you the link to take a look xD!
>>>>http://maple.asiasoftsea.net/news_events/view/patch_notes_for_version_072/<<<<

I have played this game to the point that I went head over heels over it, spending cash [luckily, not as serious as some may think, but its still a pretty considerable sum], buying IN GAME CURRENCY [why was I so stupid to do so?] and so on.

And obviously, as time passes, you get bored of things. Its like the saying "gone with the old, in with the new". Pretty true, since I actually quit for like half to a year [was it that long? I forgot.]

Then I returned for like 4 hours after one patch to check out new stuff, and this stopped after a while. But now, considering the SIZE of the patch, plus the DETAILS of the patch, this is going to keep me busy for a while, while waiting for Grand Chase to open up. [LOL! Its as if Im just using it to whittle my time]

Then the lecture comes, saying that I should study for common test blah blah blah...

Self control. Self control. Its not that hard actually, you know? ;) I doubt I will actually get into addiction again, and time management is going to be really interesting here.

So now, lots of words, lots of talking, all over Maplestory. Actually I still aint to interested in it, but I know that the patch is large enough to get me to start a character all over again. [FYI, I took quite some time to get my character to... 121? Thats a crazy level, and some crazy amount of time spent, or is that wasted?]

When tomorrow dawns, I can only look forward to entering the game to see whats new xD. Thats pretty much about it. With the large amount of stuff, I think I can be stuck for some time...

Oh well, enough from me about this game. Will post some OTHER games that I have, and still am playing as a past time in future.

-signs off-