Time to catch a breather from the virtual world and take stock in the real world!
Check out the learning journeys of both Pascoaman and RotiAhcek!
Check this out! - Pascoaman's Maple Story
Check this out too! - RotiAhCek's Maple Story
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Catching a Breather from the Virtual World
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
18) Special Offers and Promotions
Just when I thought that I really would have no more motivation to continue levelling up, this came along to prolong my involvement.
In case I prove myself wrong, here are the residual motivations:
- Go to Ossyria and see what it is all about
- Cash in on that last chance to get those 20k exp CNY quests.
- Just 1 more level (what's new?)
17) MMORPGs - Virtual "Drug"?
Sunday, March 04, 2007
16) Exploring the Virtual World
Pretty kiddish I would think and nothing like the real Shanghai and Japan. However, "quests" built into these worlds promising unique rewards (such as equipment and virtual fashion items) and a structured experince for gamers. It's just like adults collecting "Hard Rock Cafe T-Shirts" from all around the world.
These are nothing near to what World of Warcraft offers, but it is interesting enough to keep the gamer coming back for more.
15) 2nd Job Advance - I'm a Spearman!
After 50 hours in 3 months, I finally reached this milestone! I'm officially out of the league of "noobs" (a rather derogatory term for beginner gamers). I got my second job advance.
Not exactly powerful or cool looking, but my "Janitor's Mop" weapon packs quite a powerful punch! And I have a cool looking full-helmet as well :)
And I'm getting out of Maple Story!
14) Virtual Trading in MapleStory
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
13) First Signs of Obsession?
Starting with just the necessity to research the game that has kept hundreds of thousands of kids glued to their computers, I reached the stage where I was really keen to finish off a quest that kept me up to 2am the previous night. In 1 week, I had put in about 10 hours in Maple Story and went from level 21 to 28! Really near my second job advance at level 30!
Relax (I did not do it)
But what about the kids? Would they have practiced self-control when they are left unsupervised and unrestrained on their terminals?
Saturday, February 24, 2007
12) Milestone - Lvl 25
Noteworthy point in how I got to level 25 in a relatively short time: there were "CNY quests" during the festive period, and huge rewards associated with these quests that made playing time "efficient" and "worthwhile" during the festive season.
Each quest involved collection of chickens, fa cai moss, radish & fresh fish to make CNY dishes. And the rewards made levelling up very easy indeed.
Now you wonder why your kids gave up angpow collection opportunities to raid the virtual world!
Friday, February 16, 2007
11) Achievement: Game Guides
- It's not like guides developed to help mankind tackle real life issues like overcoming physical obstacles (like mountain climbing)
- It's guides developed on how to scale that virtual mountain in the virtual creation of the game developer.
The process of gaining and documenting knowledge is useful and executed to perfection. But the actual value of that knowledge has virtually no INTRINSIC value.
Perfected Means but Confused Ends?