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I'm just sitting here at 4:00am, thinking an interesting topic I wanted to post, along with a mini announcement I wanted to make =)
With all of the negativity we sometimes all get caught up in with this very old and very loved game, I thought it would be fun to have a little story time of all the lives completely and totally changed for the better by this "game".
It wouldn't be fair for me to ask such a loaded question without first sharing a little of my story (you have been warned, mini novel incoming). As some of you know, I am a pvper. I have sadly learned over the years that it can sometimes be best to keep your personal life personal, especially in the world of PvP. There are quite a few very interesting personalities that love to find more insult material other than the standard "you're fat" or "You live in your moms basement". So with that said, not too many people know of the cool little story I am about to share.
Once upon a time... about 13 years ago, I was the GM for a small guild on legends named Blunt Logic. I wasn't too big into the PvP crowd, but I did enjoy an occasional duel. A guild member of mine decided to recruit this "Super awesome PvM guy" who had recently transferred to legends. Within moments of him joining my guild, he began to ask for duels at Britain bank. I happily obliged, and swiftly obliterated him (he will deny this, but its all true =) ) This began the start of a really fun friendship where this "really awesome PvM guy" showed me a lot of the ropes for soloing stuff in the game. We spent many hours taking down the strongest things we could find, and began little competitions of who could kill stuff faster.
This friendship continued for the next 3 years, with times of being inactive in the game. He went off to the Navy for a while, and I got busy on and off with my own life. Then about 9 years ago, he informed me he would be moving to my state to help out his uncle for a while. We decided it would be fun to maybe meet up once and have some coffee. Well... it turns out he was (and still is) pretty hot, and I kinda sorta fell for him almost immediately. Our coffee turned into dinner, which turned into movie theaters, and next thing you know we are together!
The past 9 years have been the best years of my life. I am still madly in love with this "super awesome PvM guy", and as of two weeks ago, we welcomed a new addition into our family, a perfect addition to our family... a little poop machine who wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for Ultima Online.
So for my announcement...
I made dis!!
And this is why I am up at 4am! lol. I am madly in love with this little girl, and I just wonder where my life would be right now if I had never started playing this silly game. Now please.... who has the next story?
With all of the negativity we sometimes all get caught up in with this very old and very loved game, I thought it would be fun to have a little story time of all the lives completely and totally changed for the better by this "game".
It wouldn't be fair for me to ask such a loaded question without first sharing a little of my story (you have been warned, mini novel incoming). As some of you know, I am a pvper. I have sadly learned over the years that it can sometimes be best to keep your personal life personal, especially in the world of PvP. There are quite a few very interesting personalities that love to find more insult material other than the standard "you're fat" or "You live in your moms basement". So with that said, not too many people know of the cool little story I am about to share.
Once upon a time... about 13 years ago, I was the GM for a small guild on legends named Blunt Logic. I wasn't too big into the PvP crowd, but I did enjoy an occasional duel. A guild member of mine decided to recruit this "Super awesome PvM guy" who had recently transferred to legends. Within moments of him joining my guild, he began to ask for duels at Britain bank. I happily obliged, and swiftly obliterated him (he will deny this, but its all true =) ) This began the start of a really fun friendship where this "really awesome PvM guy" showed me a lot of the ropes for soloing stuff in the game. We spent many hours taking down the strongest things we could find, and began little competitions of who could kill stuff faster.
This friendship continued for the next 3 years, with times of being inactive in the game. He went off to the Navy for a while, and I got busy on and off with my own life. Then about 9 years ago, he informed me he would be moving to my state to help out his uncle for a while. We decided it would be fun to maybe meet up once and have some coffee. Well... it turns out he was (and still is) pretty hot, and I kinda sorta fell for him almost immediately. Our coffee turned into dinner, which turned into movie theaters, and next thing you know we are together!
The past 9 years have been the best years of my life. I am still madly in love with this "super awesome PvM guy", and as of two weeks ago, we welcomed a new addition into our family, a perfect addition to our family... a little poop machine who wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for Ultima Online.
So for my announcement...
I made dis!!
And this is why I am up at 4am! lol. I am madly in love with this little girl, and I just wonder where my life would be right now if I had never started playing this silly game. Now please.... who has the next story?
. But cool story or not, we all have a deep love for this game in common, and have at the very least made some awesome friends here. So my vote is no... this is not just a game, this is a family.
