Thursday, July 2, 2009

Addiction

I've been caught up in some SERIOUSLY addictive game for the past month. And in "seriously addictive" I meant almost non-stop everyday, like a rope binding you into the game and you just can't let go of yourself. There are two games actually, one is Football Manager and the other is the World of Warcraft.

Why is it so addictive? Well, for Football Manager, it really gets you into the game. Just like the game's title shows, you will be a manager of a football team, so you would build your team, set your tactics and send them out to get whatever result that you should be getting on the football field. The aim here of course is to be as successful as possible being a manager of a football club which is to win trophies, trophies and more trophies.


Initially I didn't want to get my hands into this game as I know I will get sucked into it, but after being persuaded by my brother somehow, I did started playing and become a manager I did. Like I did with my previous versions, I've chosen the English 2nd Division League team Preston North End FC again. Now I've already played till the year 2014 (in-game) and my only biggest achievement was getting promotion into the Premier League where the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United are playing. I've been trying to stop myself but the game just keep pulling me back. The fact is, this game just keeps going on and on, you could even play your team till the year 2050? who knows?


The other game is World of Warcraft (WoW) and it is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) so yeah, its an online game where you get to meet LOADS of people from around. Besides, the world in which you play in this game is VERY BIG so definitely gonna meet more people as I go. However, the PC requirement for this game is kinda high so you'll need a good rig with at least 15gb of hard disk space to run it. For me, I've invested rm4000 just for my CPU 1 and a half years ago with only an upgrade to the RAM so far and its still managing to run high end games so I'm pretty happy with it. And again, I was talked into playing this game by my bro. But luckily, this is a private server so its FOC (you need to pay for the original).

So this is the story of my character, Alenor! He was borned a Blood Elf and was thrown into the land of the Undead.

He was a cheerful and playful guy, often making fun of people around him. But as he grew up, he started seeing the difference in him and the people around him. He wondered where are his kinds.

This troubled him a lot. On the outlook, he was fine. But often when there's no one around him, he cries.

As he grew up, he began mastering the powers of magic and became a frost mage.

One day, he felt he was old and powerful enough to face the creatures of the outside world, so he decides to leave his homeland to find his parents.

As he wasn't brought up in a good manner, he started turning into the dark side. (Just like how Anakin Skywalker turned into Darth Wader) And he started killing anyone who dare stand in his way.

After searching for his parents for over a decade, Alenor finally found his mom, Melisara but unfortunately for him, his dad was killed by the Lich King.

So Alenor sets out on his journey again, to become stronger and to get revenge for his late father. (to be continued...)

The story above was just a crap make up, don't even try to understand it for a second okay. Anyway, this game is addictive and tiring to level up as well, but it was great fun as you get to meet people from around the world. Most of them where my brother's friend cuz none of my friends are the gaming type. Besides, I also got to meet this woman all the way from California, USA. Surprisingly, she is a mom!!! A mom of three as well!!! I even got to meet her husband in the game. Then, she tells us that her brother, her 2 nephews and not to forget her husband plays it too!! Now how cool is that? Sometimes her 2 year old daughter would even climb on her lap, and "kill monsters with mommy".

Awesome stuff!!!


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