Dengar wrote:Luckydan wrote:<a lot of things which I removed so this post wouldn't get too big>
I'll not go into it too much, because I don't want to stray off topic, but man, that's a whole lot of bitterness towards WoW. Not everyone thinks like you, you know? I've been level 60 for months and I'm still having fun with it. Every time I beat a boss I haven't beaten before, I feel accomplished.
Back to the topic. I don't know if you noticed, but everyone left because Ovan disappeared. It's as simple as that. Everyone was so obsessed with Ovan in one way or another, that they can't enjoy the game in other ways anymore. It's as Sakisaka explained. He tried to enjoy the game in a normal way, but his memories of the Twilight Brigade kept him from doing so. This has nothing to do with the reason you quit WoW.
Sorry I should of explained myself a bit more clearer, in all aspects you can compare 'the world' to WOW for comparsion both are hugely popular, both have unqiue designs and both have the same playstyle.
For Example:
It was so remisience to from Sakisaka to join Riot Gun, when in WOW the exact thing happens to people in my Guild in WOW to join Guild Wars and you cant say that the world:R2 was no where near like WOW but its almost the same (except for the unkillable characters
), the closest thing you can experience 'the world' is probably to play World of Warcraft and watch so many similarities happen in WOW as in hack roots anime.
True I admit that I have bitterness towards WOW (its because I played this game the most but I'm aiming at all MMORPGs) but remember did you hear what Gord said "I cannot use this game to escape reality anymore" and he also has lost his goal to defeat Ovan (sort of like when you achieve goals in a game the example you have given about defeating a boss) this is character I can relate to because my feelings are similar, Sakisaka left because the Twilight Brigade broke up + his friends was going onto another game, he would of stayed around if his friends remain. "Do you want to come along too Tabby? to Riot Gun" was the statement I believe he made. The only person who quit because of Ovan was B set, well not exactly she quit b/c her friend Gord quit and she doesnt have anyone else to talk to (Its like she came back from a long vacation and everyone she knew left). Its not as simple as you made it out to be, ingoring these facts and then accepting the fact that they left because of one character is just ludicrous. Ovan disappearing did intitate each character's depression but it wasnt him that made them quit o/w they wouldnt of come back. With this and the reasons compounded with my rant on my previous post probably what driven these three to quit but also shows what actual people do when they quit MMORPGs abstractly.
What bothers me is why Shino and Phyllo didnt tell them about Ovan being captured by TAN. Might of prevented them from quitting or probably not since they couldnt be bothered any more.
The rant is just a general comparsion of what goes on in a MMORPG. I'm just using WOW because thats the MMORPG which I played the most, all I'm saying is that this process is what goes on in a MMORPG, it isnt the reason why I quit WOW (its much more deeper and more personal than you think) and this is what you expect (not something as fun as hack roots) as you can see its daunting though you cannot deny it. The fact is that the process I gave in my previous post does happen in any old MMORPG. I'm only just driving people away because like crack, MMORPGs can ruin your lives as it has done to Gord for example, cause an anime like this can tempt you to join a MMORPG and lead you astray. Thats my opinion and thats my advice and example I give, either take it or just leave it as it is.
