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Kudos to OneDumbGo for keeping this thread alive. I can't believe this thread was written almost 2 years ago. Amazing...
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I don't even play MMOs anymore, and this story still touches me.
I don't even play MMOs anymore, and this story still touches me.
To everyone who has been keeping this thread alive. Thanks.
I main as a THF, but I'm definitely more of a player like the WHM in the story, and yes, I remember the first time I saw the La Theine Rainbow. I solo'd my way up to 31 (with a little bit of help for my subjob), and most people don't believe I did it. But I know every nook and cranny from Sarutabaruta to Meriphataud by heart. Since I joined a LS, I've been amazed how many people really don't know the "non-leveling" zones, but it makes me happy that my slow crawl through the levels garnered me the knowledge of the areas that lets a level 38 THF lead a level 50-something through Castle Oztroja while 4 or 5 people on the LS have no clue where that even is.
I like leveling and being in a good group, but I see it as a means to an end, not an end in itself. A level or two more means I get to peek around the next corner to see what's there and enjoy what I find. So when I level, I don't do it for long, because I want to stop and smell the rolanberries, not just run by on the way to 75....
Just a few milestones that I recall... maybe some of you have similar memories...
- The first time I killed a NM (Seropard Ishtar)
- The first time I rode an airship, and stood on the deck just looking at the scenery go by beneath me.
- The first time I found those hopping plants in the bottom of the crevice in La Theine Plateau.
- The first time I realized the geysers in Dangruf Wadi moved you up the small cliffs.
- The first time I was able to make mithkabobs and orange au lait.
- The first time I could solo a cockatrice and start making mithkabobs without buying the meat.
- The first time I realized low levels should beware the deck of the Mhaura-Selbina Ferry when Sea Horror ganked me in one-hit.
- The first time I found the pit in the SE corner of Meriphataud... and the Waraxe Beak I found there... and that you can't Flee him. ("Ridana is pulled in.")
.... I know I have A LOT of milestones to go, and I look forward to all of it. I'm glad there are still some players, like myself, that enjoy "adventuring" and not just leveling.
I main as a THF, but I'm definitely more of a player like the WHM in the story, and yes, I remember the first time I saw the La Theine Rainbow. I solo'd my way up to 31 (with a little bit of help for my subjob), and most people don't believe I did it. But I know every nook and cranny from Sarutabaruta to Meriphataud by heart. Since I joined a LS, I've been amazed how many people really don't know the "non-leveling" zones, but it makes me happy that my slow crawl through the levels garnered me the knowledge of the areas that lets a level 38 THF lead a level 50-something through Castle Oztroja while 4 or 5 people on the LS have no clue where that even is.
I like leveling and being in a good group, but I see it as a means to an end, not an end in itself. A level or two more means I get to peek around the next corner to see what's there and enjoy what I find. So when I level, I don't do it for long, because I want to stop and smell the rolanberries, not just run by on the way to 75....
Just a few milestones that I recall... maybe some of you have similar memories...
- The first time I killed a NM (Seropard Ishtar)
- The first time I rode an airship, and stood on the deck just looking at the scenery go by beneath me.
- The first time I found those hopping plants in the bottom of the crevice in La Theine Plateau.
- The first time I realized the geysers in Dangruf Wadi moved you up the small cliffs.
- The first time I was able to make mithkabobs and orange au lait.
- The first time I could solo a cockatrice and start making mithkabobs without buying the meat.
- The first time I realized low levels should beware the deck of the Mhaura-Selbina Ferry when Sea Horror ganked me in one-hit.
- The first time I found the pit in the SE corner of Meriphataud... and the Waraxe Beak I found there... and that you can't Flee him. ("Ridana is pulled in.")
.... I know I have A LOT of milestones to go, and I look forward to all of it. I'm glad there are still some players, like myself, that enjoy "adventuring" and not just leveling.
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Is there any equivalent thread in allakhazam?
I am very interested in NA ver. users' own little good stories.
I am very interested in NA ver. users' own little good stories.
well similar thing happened in my linkshell just not as moving as this great story /cry such a good story
everyone left my linkshell and we have slowly been bringing the friends back ^_^
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/cry
Beautiful, I wish my friends could see that but they're too centered in endgame
things :(
Beautiful, I wish my friends could see that but they're too centered in endgame
things :(
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where is the rainbow in la theine plateau ?
BisMarlon wrote:
where is the rainbow in la theine plateau ?
I think it's in latheine plateau.
Or, you can search the depths of alla where you found this post to necro.
Trinitee wrote:
Ok, well it's not *that* bad... but I doubt you will find any stories like that here on allakhazam. They often get buried under the flames. :(
Understood. These types of stories can be too personal to post though.
I don't know who said this but....
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that's really sad. Not the story, but the fact that you're taking this GAME way too seriously
It's about using your imagination, and sharing new experiences along with other people; it has nothing to do with the fact that this is a "game", but everything to do with the people who play it.
This post makes me relate to my time back in Everquest. It was exactly the same since it was my first MMORPG. The sense of wonder and the desire to explore and such. Slowly though, it came into an exp grind and that magic was lost. No matter what game I play, I'll never get that feeling back.
Too many game developers make GAMES rather than WORLDS these days.
Too many game developers make GAMES rather than WORLDS these days.
FFXI ~ Ifrit: Rollon (Retired)
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and it's stories like this that make me proud I've been playing 4 years and my highest lvl is 41. I started playing with friends from real life, and it's bittersweet because the two couples I started my first static with are no longer freinds, even though we 3 guys were roomates in college.
and it's stories like this that make me proud I've been playing 4 years and my highest lvl is 41. I started playing with friends from real life, and it's bittersweet because the two couples I started my first static with are no longer freinds, even though we 3 guys were roomates in college.
You know what's kind creepy after all this time is that "dokihara" is someone I knew. (or knew of rather) He used to work for my husband.
Ew.
A necropost.
And one about some sappy youtube video that we've all seen 8 times.
A necropost.
And one about some sappy youtube video that we've all seen 8 times.
This necropost needs to be bumped once in a while.
So does the one about the Taru WAR who became a Hume DRK who became a Hume RDM who quit the game in sadness, giving away his wealth to a low level Taru WAR. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you need to read it).
You make the closest bonds to the friends you make early on in the game who you've shared early experiences with. Later on those friends tend to drift apart in pursuit of other things and you meet new friends but it's not the same. You'll always remember that original group. I'm guilty of being too busy leveling to do things with those old friends. Some of them have left the game long ago. ;; Now I hang around whitegate with two level 75 jobs and have nothing to do most of the time.
Well I'm not going to drop to the level of all the people that cried necro and return dimunitive comments or the people that said "everyone has seen this 214987345093857456984567 times, dead horse". Instead to the clip's credit, FYI I have never seen it, I have to say it did what it was intended to do. It did it damn well too I remembered my first days in FFXI with better clarity than I ever have. I never stop thinking about the friends I made when I first started I still have them on my friends list. I also try to remember what it was like to walk into a new area for the first time, but it's impossible to completely grasp the experience again. Since I've gotten 75, rank 10 and done endgame I find it even harder to pull the feelings back from oblivion. I can relate to the writer very well somewhere along the way, even with my attempts to look back on the old days, the splendor of the experience died. Sadly though all those friends have moved on. I've experienced the same thing with books, movies and offline RPGs. The emotions of the characters become my own and I become part of the story in my own way. It's a surreal experience, it's one I enjoy and unfortunately it's one that can only be fully experienced once. If I had premium I would rate this up along with all the people that said something positive.
I dont feel it should be bumped because it displays what could be considered a false image. At least, i'm living example of the opposite of this. I joined this game with RL friends, over the course of the game, i've made more friends, and I'd say only 2 from within my first year of the game still play. of those 2, only 1 actively hangs out with me, and I still feel that I'm 100% better than I was when i first joined. My sense of adventure never left. Leveling -was- an adventure. Was never blinded by it's repetitiveness, because every battle was new.
And sure, i neglected some people over time. I neglected EXP over time. I neglected Fishing over time. Woodworking over time. NM camping over time. HNMLS over time.
It's a part of a game. It's an acceptance. This goes over one aspect. A single aspect, a good one, but a single one. If i created a story about my eperiences with the HNM world would be, it'd be truth.. i lived it! but it'd be hated, it'd be rated down and never bumped again save the flames.
Rather than bump a single story, why not create a new one? We all have adventures. I'll never forget getting to 25 on WHM wearing level 1 pants and after raising a party -7- times (this is back in the day, getting raises was pure luck) when i was just wandering around, one of the members -gave- me pants as a gift. I still have em.
But that story's crap, it wont be bumped. it wont be remissed. The guy who gave me the pants, he doesn't care. I certainly dont remember his name. But all the same I still remember, and it's not like I'm going to forget.
The reason for playing the game is your own. some people find EXP much more enjoyable than exploring. Some people buy the game knowing what to do and how to do it. This is just -a- story. Only it's happier, and entices people to think that they too.. have forgotten. Or have they just decided that a change might be nice. Who knows.
And sure, i neglected some people over time. I neglected EXP over time. I neglected Fishing over time. Woodworking over time. NM camping over time. HNMLS over time.
It's a part of a game. It's an acceptance. This goes over one aspect. A single aspect, a good one, but a single one. If i created a story about my eperiences with the HNM world would be, it'd be truth.. i lived it! but it'd be hated, it'd be rated down and never bumped again save the flames.
Rather than bump a single story, why not create a new one? We all have adventures. I'll never forget getting to 25 on WHM wearing level 1 pants and after raising a party -7- times (this is back in the day, getting raises was pure luck) when i was just wandering around, one of the members -gave- me pants as a gift. I still have em.
But that story's crap, it wont be bumped. it wont be remissed. The guy who gave me the pants, he doesn't care. I certainly dont remember his name. But all the same I still remember, and it's not like I'm going to forget.
The reason for playing the game is your own. some people find EXP much more enjoyable than exploring. Some people buy the game knowing what to do and how to do it. This is just -a- story. Only it's happier, and entices people to think that they too.. have forgotten. Or have they just decided that a change might be nice. Who knows.
probably someone already found this but im too tired to read all of the thread i found it a few weeks ago surfin youtube so ill link it its quite well done imo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ARghlVjBab0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ARghlVjBab0
loved it, actually i think that made my day
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It actually made me rethink why I'm starting to play again.
yeah, its very important, even if it is sappy, and horribly necroposted. I'm lucky, my best friend and i in game still talk, and do things together, and it makes the game much richer, just to have that history.
I remember the first time we played, and i discovered knightswell lake in ronafure. "Holy crap, there's a lake here and it's beautiful!" I had come from eqoa, which itself was a very lovely game, although not very pleasant to look at, but just seeing the lake, with mist rising over it because of the morning, was an experience in itself.
When the enchantment fades, and it will, having the experiences you have with friends, and keeping them in contact keeps you alive. I can turn to seph, and say "Remember that time when Kiros wanted to farm in palborough, and mass-pulled 50 quadav?" He'll nod, remembering, and its like that enchantment lives again in memory.
I remember the first time we played, and i discovered knightswell lake in ronafure. "Holy crap, there's a lake here and it's beautiful!" I had come from eqoa, which itself was a very lovely game, although not very pleasant to look at, but just seeing the lake, with mist rising over it because of the morning, was an experience in itself.
When the enchantment fades, and it will, having the experiences you have with friends, and keeping them in contact keeps you alive. I can turn to seph, and say "Remember that time when Kiros wanted to farm in palborough, and mass-pulled 50 quadav?" He'll nod, remembering, and its like that enchantment lives again in memory.
*checks calender*
That time of year again? Wow, time flies.
That time of year again? Wow, time flies.
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