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This is a story all about how my life got addicted to a text based world and I'd like to take this moment to say very clear it was created by Sarapis the Logos and he's the boss in there..
In suburbia England born and raised spent my weekends on the pc playin my games.
Chillin' out tappin my mouse all cool and shootin some meatballs on Condition Z like a hero,
When my cousins arrived fresh from CA, started typing fast on this computer game, I saw one little fight and then I got hooked and I logged into achaea made a character and stuck for good.
That's it folks.
I was attracted to the tagline they had at the time 'Be a master of men, or a master of coin.' The idea of a medieval, (sorta,) themed game where people became merchants, rulers of cities, and high priests to gods that actually answered prayers in unique ways blew me away. It was the experience I always wanted in such a video game, not to be the crazy adventurer type, but to be able to be the regular person, or the statesman, or cultist.
I stayed for the character arc I had with Alynna. I enjoyed the development and maturation of her and her attitudes, the evolving storyline. Interacting with others is always a treat. I think I'll only truly stop playing once her story is finally over in my mind... not sure when that is, but we'll see.
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I signed up, played off and on for years but never really got anywhere with any of my characters. Highest level was a Kharon monk named Kato, not really well known outside of the guild and probably not even within it.
Eventually created an alt basically to screw around and annoy people (Feri). It wasn't very nice of me, but I liked some aspects of the character. I had never really gotten into pvp before that and found that it was a lot more fun than I expected.
I transitioned very slowly out of random annoyance and actually created a character (Trance). I was still a Thief and there were a few setbacks and scandals near the start (That whole thing with Hashan and the Serpentlords was pretty fun) but overall, I finally found a place where I was content to stay and play for a few years.
Still, despite trying hard to actually stay within the rules of the game, I slowly drifted away. It felt to me like any kind of risk was being discouraged. It was getting harder and harder to trespass and there was very little reward in doing so. It was getting harder to steal and the punishments were more severe. I would irritate the wrong person and they would spend ten seconds writing out an issue out of rage, and I would only really get one chance to defend myself before the issue was even reviewed so I would usually spend an hour typing out a reply and going through logs and proving my case, and even then it was usually a coinflip.
I'm not really bitter about it, but it got to the point where I decided that my style of playing just wasn't appreciated or wanted by the players or the admins. It was easier to quit the game and remember it fondly than to stay and try to force it to be the game I wanted.
I guess I can't blame it all on the slowly changing policies either. I got married (To an Achaean, in fact) and moved to Australia. We have a 19 month old son now so things got busy in real life, not as much time to dedicate as I used to have, and more hobbies than I know what to do with.
I forget why I decided to glance at the forums, but here we are and that's my story.
It was a pretty heart-breaking situation as to why it happened.
The staff was abusive X10 and since I left I have been able to casually observe more and more people pulling their cards to stop paying for accounts or altogether quitting, also crying out abuse - the game owners do nothing and the GMs continue their absolute destruction of a really freaking fun game.
I have read about people pop back in, saying what a load of crap the staff has turned the game into, and leaving again.
I was pretty deeply invested in that game on several characters. Ran and assisted in many orgs and events over the years.
All for naught.
So I was pretty distressed and depressed over the months while it was all happening. When the break was finally made, Cidusii's player kinda walked with me through my emotional disappointment and helped ween me off a game I had been so attached to for over a decade. We played a lot of games and watched a lot of british tele together.
Then a friend (from the game above) IM'd me and recounted to me a tale of staff abuse against her and why she had quit several months prior. She told me "You would love Achaea, I just know it. Let's all make characters together and it'll be great. You won't feel the blow so hard if you have another MUD outlet."
So ... we did! And... after a few days of pounding my head against the wall, feeling so out of sorts and disoriented... it all started to click. And I fell in love with this game.
Artemis says, "You are so high maintenance, Tharvis, gosh."
Tecton says, "It's still your fault, Tharvis."
I stay because I keep wanting to make and play out a great character. Maybe I'll even do it someday. Probably not.
Even though it's been over a year since I played as often as I'd like, I definitely still miss it.
Honestly, what initially caused me to keep playing and not go dormant as planned was being bloodlined by Inara and Sanaki. Marina didn't really know anyone, but then, suddenly, there were people to talk to. Her text-parents pushed her to become more involved with Cyrene in terms of becoming an aide to a Ministry and eventually a Minister for a brief period. There were so many things to do in the game that I might not have picked up on so quickly -- sailing, exploring, etc. Achaea was then more than just hunting. There were ways to make gold, from quests and even a regular income from venom milking.
So now, Marina is in her mid-80s, age-wise. Still kicking because 1) this is a pretty good way to waste time, 2) I adore the Achaean playerbase and administration, and 3) I love the ever-changing environment of the game, from small IDEAs to large events and everything in-between. So thank you, everyone. I hope to have more fun with you all as time goes on.
BONUS CONTENT: I wanted to keep playing a MUD after I stopped playing the previous game, I tried a couple others (I actually made a really good friend playing a MUD called Inquisition), but I just like the colorfulness and superpowers you get with IRE games. Some of the MUDs out there are too 'real'. Like. It's going home from work and playing at more work. Re-donk. No thank you.
- Mathonwy
Anyway. I played for some four years or so, then Gaia (old old Gaia) left, and she sort of fell apart (100+ IC years of service and then poof will do that). Went and learned Occultism and then...I don't know anymore, I got into other things, fell horribly addicted to WoW, etc. Then when I was talking to my boyfriend recently about the tabletop games we run, I mentioned two of my old, prized characters, one being Kei, and... It was sort of inevitable that I peeked back in.
Now Kei is still adjusting mentally and spiritually to the new landscape, actually has a girlfriend for real, and I/she am/is becoming far more involved than ever before, which is just a thing of awesome. And more interesting things are on the horizon! As I mentioned in another thread, it was Maefeng and Dirgmal, in the end, regardless of anything else, that took note, said hi, and welcomed me back... And that helped so much to keep me in when I came back. Now it's just everything else that I love about the game.
I miss the old crew, but the new crew is pretty cool, the only thing that bothers me sometimes is the huge number attached to Kei. Too old for Marina, indeed. :P
(Also I'm still trying to get my other friends interested, they're being all busy and meh. Bah!)