Nevertheless, I'd like to mention a little bit about my own abundant gaming experience and its begining. So... I was a kid with busy parents. But not generous enough enough to buy me a console, not to mention a PC. I spent most of my childhood at my grandma's house with my, still young back then, two uncles. Yup, they had a console. An old-school fake Nintendo bought at the local bazaar. But it was awesome!
They would play Mario, Contra or Pacman all day long. And I watched them. And I got totally inspired...
Later on they got their first computer and I kept watching with passion. I even had my own names for the games they played: 'The one with scorpions and guns' (Fallout), 'The colourful one with horses' (Heroes III), 'The blue tunic guy with a ball' (Little Big Adventure). Excuse me, I was a kid, alright?
Mario Bros
Little Big Adventure
Heroes III
A bit later on, when I'd already got my own PC, I saw one of them playing a totally old-fashioned MMORPG now, called Helbreath. I immediately had to get it, it had scorpions, come on! And I did. And I got addicted.
I match that moment as the glorious starting point of my true 'career'. It was the time of getting into the on-line world and nothing or nobody managed to grab me out of there, yet. Not even my parents, despite their persistant efforts. Me all day long staring into the computer screen or getting up at 3 a.m. in order to farm dungeons for crafting materials made them hella worried. But I did not care. I had my new life, new friends and new aims. Nothing else mattered much.
Helbreath
However, the day had come. The Helbreath server died all the way. The era of cool 3D had come. For me, it was the era of purchasing a brand new gaming device meeting the ridiculous requirements of those brilliant pieces of art.
As you probably know, it's a truly hard task to find a good, I mean good MMORPG. When it has great graphics, the gameplay sucks. When the gameplay is fine, the players are arseholes. Such miserable existance gamers have, don't they...? I was not an exception. I got totally disappointed. I had nowhere to go, nowhere to belong! Anyhow, as it usually happens, I came across a new game thoroughly by accident on a website with some, erm, video conversion software (?). And I was born all over again! Resurrected by some good faires of fortune on a faraway lands of foreign peoples, habits and culture of Rappelz. I adapted quite quickly, though. I made new friends, joined a guild and lived a not-so-perfect-but-happy life. For about six years. It took this long for me to get out of there just a few months ago.
Rappelz
Unfortunately, I won't be able to tell the whole story, since it's simply too long! Anyway, most of my gaming experience, conclusions and idiosyncratic thoughts are based on it, so I'll surely mention it time and time again, no worries. Let me finish, though!
As I was done with Rappelz, I tried a few MMORPGs but it never was the same. I wouldn't stay there longer than a few weeks. Yeah, it's time to let out a sigh and moan about the hardships of ruthless human life...
The long way has brought me to the point I'm at now. I decided to take up games professionally. So here I am, about to start my Computer and Video Games university course! Wee! Unless I fail my final exams - wish. me. luck.
I have thought about it a lot and I can't imagine myself working in any other field, I just cannot. I don't care what I'll do, I'll never give up on games. I'm still addicted. And I'll always be. And yup, let's never grow up together!
What about you, though? Do you have your own interesting gaming biography? Let me know, please!
Cheers.
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