Back in 2001, a friend begged me to join him in Ultima Online. I had never even played a single game of the Ultima Series, but I gave the online version a go. Holy cow, did I get addicted to that game! There's just something very cathartic about taking out the day's frustrations on pixelated monsters. So often, I'd join my friend in game and he'd ask what I wanted to do -- often it was magery or animal taming or provocation, but sometimes it was "I wanna kill stuff!" which meant logging on with my warrior and we'd go bash monsters. ...Good times...
The subscription fee was a killer, though, and I gave the game up after about 6 months. That was plenty. Since then, I have played the Ultima games (U7 -- both parts -- is pretty cool). But I've lately found myself wanting to play something new, with a low learning curve (just don't have the patience for mountains of homework to play a game), and stumbled upon RuneScape. Free! Hooray! UO-lite! Hooray! Then, after about a week in the game, I realized: Populated by children! Hoo-- wait. Wow. The kids in this game are intolerable. Greedy, self-centered, rude little brats...with hormones that just won't quit. Surely I'm not the only 20-something on there? Am I...? Or are all the people with brains and self-control off playing WoW?
Regardless of the frustrations, I've been spending far more time in RuneScape than I should. I keep wondering what will drive me away first: the kids, or the lack of activities in the "Free to Play" world...? Time will tell.
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