Hello, and goodbye. My word after 4 yeas of having this account i found myself at the pinnacle of enjoyment, from Raids into the Hall of survivors (and dying) to spending hours on end sitting in the camps of silverfall killing borrofar(that F#$king bear) out of sheer pleasure.
yet, through all of this last year in late 2010 (November) i found myself quitting runes of magic! but why? well obviously real life came into fact, however i still could have played and been fine with myself. i didn't grow to old or bored of it (see the piles of borrofar corpses as an example) so why would i stop?
well the main reason i stopped is cause runes of magic, specifically my character i made in 2009 has grown up.
now some of you might be thinking (dude what the heck is talking about) its quite easy to understand, if you know one piece of important information about me. ill make it sweet and simple, i (like most people i know) want to be the hero! The one that people will cheer and smile when they see me come. ill share a dream with you before i die in real life i want just once for a stadium to cheer for me, just once!
So you can imagine now, the reason i joined runes of magic was to make my own hero. I could at least pretend to be a hero online and let my imagination and the game whisk me away (and im not talking about RP'ing, i respect the lore but i don't and never will rp)
My adventures on the game ROM were fantastic! the colors, the monsters, the people! all of it was a endless bounty of joy and always giving me the feel of becoming a hero. When i would fight with my guild mates against hoards and hoards of endless fish men in the Hoto raids (mostly cause i would "lerooy" in there with hidden strike and pull all the mobs) i found courage and teamwork! When i would chat with others from the game that live around the world it taught me that no one is better or worse in life! i learned that being a leader is difficult and how to lead with confidence and a kind heart (thanks to my mentor for leading Audis)
i learned so much from playing and i was growing, and not just in the game...
It was like a whole new me had come out of the old shell of my past self! those traits and heroic deeds i lived through by playing ROM gave me inner strength and confidence in real life! i mean hell if i could be a hero in a virtual game why not in real life! This is where i found out that the hero i was in the game and person i am in real life... are one in the same!
and so around mid sept of 2010 i started to act like the "hero" me i had created for myself in real life! and you know what? it really worked! whenever i was in struggle in real life i would always think " Would Sibuki give up? NO! he would lift his sword and push even harder!" and sure enough i could push myself beyond my limits and grow into a Hero of my own stature! i may not be hearing the crowd cheer just yet, but ill keep pushing till i do
I came on today (killed borrofar with no armor) and looked at the game for about a hour or so, its still as magnificent as i remember and the people are even better then i recall! i didn't want to continue playing but i still enjoy the game
So to revisit my question i posed before, why did i quit? well after becoming the hero internally ive always wanted to be i didn't need to pretend anymore! so i gave up playing...
pretty short huh? well i guess to wrap this up ill finish with this point. Im not bashing runes of magic and saying "i quit virtual reality" in fact i think this is one of the best games out there for really finding out if you can be a hero! I owe a lot of my courage, leadership, kindness, and worldly love to runes of magic!
If i could finish with this little bit right here: "runes of magic is a game of bringing the inner hero out! all you have to do to complete the game is become that hero inside of you for the rest of your life"
thank you for reading
signed
Sibuki, forever a member of the archangels guild, and a real life runes of magic hero
PS. Borrofar is evil...purge it anytime you see him/her ♥
