- 9/11/2005 -
.: RL MMO :.
Alright, so now I have a lot of time. So, heres what I've been thinking about for a while now.
Real life is EXACTLY like a good MMO should be. It starts out a blast, when you're a kid there are no restrictions, you just play games all day and hang out with all your friends. Climbing trees, playing video games, swimming, riding bikes, swinging... I remember doing all these things, and I remember having tons of fun during it all. In the early stages of life, its like the early levels of an MMO. This is the point where they do their best to hook you so you keep playing for a long time. By the time you're in the moderate levels, I'll call this high school, you're bored with what you did as a child, and seek new forms of entertainment. In some MMOs, this is the point where you pick your main job (i.e. in RO you were a novice until now). You go to college to learn new skills, and in MMO terms this is where you spend most of your time learning some more about the game. You might also spend a lot of your time now refining your skills and improving on what you already know. You're doing the bulk of the quests available now, and doing the hardest grinding to get by.
Finally, you reach the upper middle of the game, the 40's of WoW, the 70's of RO, the 40's of FFXI. This is the point where you pick a new, more advanced part of the job you were in. This might also be the 40's of real life, midlife crisis mode, where you switch careers. I suppose, if you don't get a midlife crisis, this might be a point where you go back to graduate school for more training.
In the end of your life, the only thing keeping you happy is your kids and friends that are still alive. In MMOs, this is your alternate characters, and your friends that haven't gotten bored of the game yet.
Yeah. Scary? Or am I insane?
Classes are going pretty well, besides my RHET class, which has a four to five page essay due Friday. And I haven't done anything on it. I'm not too worried about it, things always seem to work out.
Adion is currently listening to: Disco Dan - Mega Man 3 BlueLightning (OC Remix) [8:40]
Real life is EXACTLY like a good MMO should be. It starts out a blast, when you're a kid there are no restrictions, you just play games all day and hang out with all your friends. Climbing trees, playing video games, swimming, riding bikes, swinging... I remember doing all these things, and I remember having tons of fun during it all. In the early stages of life, its like the early levels of an MMO. This is the point where they do their best to hook you so you keep playing for a long time. By the time you're in the moderate levels, I'll call this high school, you're bored with what you did as a child, and seek new forms of entertainment. In some MMOs, this is the point where you pick your main job (i.e. in RO you were a novice until now). You go to college to learn new skills, and in MMO terms this is where you spend most of your time learning some more about the game. You might also spend a lot of your time now refining your skills and improving on what you already know. You're doing the bulk of the quests available now, and doing the hardest grinding to get by.
Finally, you reach the upper middle of the game, the 40's of WoW, the 70's of RO, the 40's of FFXI. This is the point where you pick a new, more advanced part of the job you were in. This might also be the 40's of real life, midlife crisis mode, where you switch careers. I suppose, if you don't get a midlife crisis, this might be a point where you go back to graduate school for more training.
In the end of your life, the only thing keeping you happy is your kids and friends that are still alive. In MMOs, this is your alternate characters, and your friends that haven't gotten bored of the game yet.
Yeah. Scary? Or am I insane?
Classes are going pretty well, besides my RHET class, which has a four to five page essay due Friday. And I haven't done anything on it. I'm not too worried about it, things always seem to work out.
Adion is currently listening to: Disco Dan - Mega Man 3 BlueLightning (OC Remix) [8:40]
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Back