Man of Honour
Well i was extremely bored tonight so browsed the web aimlessly again, when i started looking round my room at my games, and saw Asherons Call 2.
"hmmmmmm havent heard anything about that in a while, think i'll see how its getting on", see i played this game for ages, it was fantastic, i quit eventually due to A-Levels making it impossible to play, which was a great shame as it really was an awesomly done MMORPG.
So i was extremely saddened when i saw that it had closed down. December 23rd 2005 was the shut down date for european servers. I dunno why i was saddened i didnt play it anymore but hey, i put a lot of time into when i did play it so it was a shame to see a good game go down the pan.
So it led me on to think, if i did carry on playing that game, putting hours and hours into gettin my character to max level, getting all the best gear etc etc, then it closed, i'd be extremely annoyed. Nothing i could do about it obviously, but it would be a right kick in the teeth.
I know the game least likely to close down due to failure/lack of funds would be World of Warcraft, but what about the others that you lot play? Why is it we put so much effort into characters that at the end of the day could just be deleted just like that when the game closes down. And all those days and days of grinding counted for nothing?
How would you feel if it happened to you? What motivates you to put so much time into a character that could at any time be wiped because the games closing?
I know its a bit of a random topic, but i figured it could make for an interesting discussion
"hmmmmmm havent heard anything about that in a while, think i'll see how its getting on", see i played this game for ages, it was fantastic, i quit eventually due to A-Levels making it impossible to play, which was a great shame as it really was an awesomly done MMORPG.
So i was extremely saddened when i saw that it had closed down. December 23rd 2005 was the shut down date for european servers. I dunno why i was saddened i didnt play it anymore but hey, i put a lot of time into when i did play it so it was a shame to see a good game go down the pan.
So it led me on to think, if i did carry on playing that game, putting hours and hours into gettin my character to max level, getting all the best gear etc etc, then it closed, i'd be extremely annoyed. Nothing i could do about it obviously, but it would be a right kick in the teeth.
I know the game least likely to close down due to failure/lack of funds would be World of Warcraft, but what about the others that you lot play? Why is it we put so much effort into characters that at the end of the day could just be deleted just like that when the game closes down. And all those days and days of grinding counted for nothing?
How would you feel if it happened to you? What motivates you to put so much time into a character that could at any time be wiped because the games closing?
I know its a bit of a random topic, but i figured it could make for an interesting discussion
