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Have you ever been in a guild that changed your life?
Tamanier
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Have any of you ever been part of a guild that changed your life for better or worse?
Were there any special moments in that guild which you could share here?
Do you have any kids or siblings who play online?
Do you or your parents watch over them when they do?
Do you think MMO's are good for developing teens?
Please include lots of details! Thanks
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My kids are to young to even know their colors...
Since I was 14 years old my parents didn't watch over me while I played Ultima Online, but then again, MMORPGs wern't as big then as they are today.
I know in the last 10 years of playing MMORPGs, it tought me a few things about honor, teamwork, and communication.
With out these, these games wouldn't be popular [in my eyes]. I also hope you're not asking us these questions so you can do a report for school... [that's what I just got from you saying "include lots of details"]
/end story
What will he do next?
No, it's not for a school report, lol. But I'd like to try writing a magazine article for parents to read on how they can direct their kids online play. Too many parents either refuse to let their kids play at all, or they allow them to do it without the parents help or advice.
Help or advice? lol
"Mom... should I use the fireball against this headless monster, or should I do a full attack, then jump back and use my healing potion, then attack with my posion arrows?"
lol
Parents are trying to protect their kids today. It's not the same as it was in the 80's. You can go outside and get shot. A person across the street from me got shot in the face. Never did anything like this happen before.
Anywho... I just think that kids should explain to the parents that this is what they like, etc... if the parent isn't a stuck up prick, they will understand.
If the parent refuses, etc... then the kid's going to compromise and rebel. There should always be an equal force between kids and parents...
If I do this, you'll let me do that... etc etc [open communication]
What will he do next?
Well I for one have gained alot of people that I can truly call friends from my guild. I can only truly claim to have been in 1 guild. I have joined others throughout my online gaming, but was never really part of the guild. The guild I have been in for about 2 years now and continue to move from game to game with them and chill out with them when no gaming is going on.
I would have to say it has been a VERY positive experience for me from start to finish. The gang shows respect to one another, helps each other with their opinions. It really is a second family in many ways. Sorry I could not be super descriptive, but I wanted to notch one for the positives of MMOs and an online community.
Don't you worry little buddy. You're dealing with a man of honor. However, honor requires a higher percentage of profit
I have been in a few guilds over all the mmorpgs out nearly .. UO still holds place in my heart .. I ran a vampire guild on Lake Superior called Guards of Darkness was with a troupe of other rpers that were organized we called it the Divided Lands after the Rebellion.
I also had another guild I loved in Camelot called Bound by Blood.
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will post rest of this but cant reread questions so have to post each separate i guess
well djin was in a guild that made him quit l2
i guess that's changing his life..lol
http://www.facebook.com/murtb
rest of answers
Do you have any kids or siblings who play online?
yes my daughter plays camelot, my husband and i have played about all the mmorpg games that have come out together. we currently play camelot too. My daughter plays on a diff server has diff friends.
Do you or your parents watch over them when they do?
No need to watch over daughter her an her husband both play / she is not a child no more.
however My daughter and i have been involved in rpg since she was a teen and we use to play vampire the masquerade table top attend GenCons. ( conventions) Im one of the moms that everyone wished they had..
Do you think MMO's are good for developing teens?
Only if they are in general good kids. I think the influences in the online community can really damage a kids self esteem if they get into situations. Or at times with the right group of friends in a game it can enhance their lives. If I didnt know or was not close to my kids I would definitely take interest in what they were doing on line. I am an eagle eye myself and I would definitely watch that they were not letting Online get to serious as into Real life situations.
I would not want to have my kids stalked and that happens in games just like any chat rooms.
I tend to believe that there are some really bad ppl out there that get in a game to take things to real life .. and that can be very dangerous.
My opinion is under 18 should be monitored but do give your kids some space.
My neice has been known from age 4 to sit on my lap and help me play camelot ... one of her classic lines was.. " Oh oh oh dont forget to Loot! Get the Bag!
I let her play Disney Toontown when i had that game as it is one game that has kids protected.
What is funny is that Id never have talked to my parents about things like i talk to my daughter an her husband .. Our big topic at the dinner table is always .. OMG I was so mad when i got ganked by a group of Hibs. or I got my level today ! yay. ... to .. I cant wait til a new game comes out im bored of this game.
Hope my post helps your writing
Yeah tell me about it.
I was a dwarf in Lineage II, I was going to become a scavenger, not an artisian... so here I am, doing my dwarf stuff... minding my own business when I get a screaming person in my ear... [yes, our WHOLE guild used teamspeak... very nice for PvPing]
Only to find out that our head crafting stole every damn resorce, all of the guilds' money and left... so I had to become the head crafting dwarf... so far so good...
Well here's what happened... From one of my leaders named Oxyurana... [remember now, I'm the ONLY American in an ALL German guild...]
"Djin... this is Oxy, I need you to craft me 30,000 D Grade soul/spirit shots" I almost shi* my pants when he said that!
It took me a few hours, got them all done... "Djin... we need more..." So I told Oxy, and November [who was the leader]... "Uh... I can't do this.. I NEED TO LEVEL so I can do better things..."
The nice thing, with in 10 minutes I had 3 of my guild members in front of me giving me top notch armor, weapons, and tons of adena...
That was a plus! A very good guild... very orginized... but I hated how I had to give my money to Oxy.. but it worked out for the overall better. We kept track who gave what to whom, and when needed we would be able to help each other out.
One good thing a lot of guilds/clans don't do is this. When they are done with a certain weapon/armor and their ready to get the next one in line, what do 95% of people do? Sell it!
Well, for a guild to work, keep the armor/weapon and pass it down to the next person in line. If you can always have top notch gear for the next person, that makes leveling go faster for everyone...
Also have to remember I was in a hardcore guild... I highly enjoyed it... went from level 1 - 20 in a week... [remember, I'm a dwarf]
Good times! Great oldies!
What will he do next?
Well...my first ever guild in my first ever MMORPH was in Everquest. I had been lured into the game by a real life friend so I went to the server he had started on. Ya know....I think back to it now and if it hadn't of been for Rob (that was his name) my life wouldn't be where it is now....hehe. Anyways, he got me started with a Ranger and this was pre-Kunark so they really sucked. I played for a few weeks and decided the game sucked so I put it down. About a month later I got bored and decided to give it a new shot. And if not for that second shot once again I wouldn't be where I am today. My Ranger was level 14 at the time....funny how you remember these things. Anyways, I got killed at the bottom of Blackburrow and had no clue where my body was at. For those of you who played EQ you would know that might have been a really bad thing. But anyways, there was this guild that was in the Qeynos area stating that they would buff newbies and what not. They were holding contests to duel the Troll and gave newbs a minute to hit him in a duel and for every hit give him a plat, which was big money back then. They seemed like a great group of people and when I asked if they could help me get my body back a few of them jumped no questions asked. They seemed like a such a great group of folks I asked how I could go about joining them and that night I was accepted into their fold.
Well this group was called the Mist Riders on Mithaniel Marr. I can truely say that night I ended up getting into a group that changed my life. I still talk with many of them even though I don't play the game anymore. We've all tried to end up on the same server for new games and try to stay in contact.
Eventually my life started to become stagnant and eventually I decided to join the Army. A handful of the guild even wrote to me through out my basic training and AIT and kept encouraging me. When I got to my first Unit and had a connection to the internet again they all helped me get caught up...it was like I had never left. Well eventually all good things had to come to an end. Most of the higher level folks had moved on to higher end guilds and eventually my time had come too. Well 2 people that I had grown close to moved with me to a larger raiding guild. It was great cause several other people joined us as well from Mist Riders. But anyways, my time in the Army was coming to close and I had no clue where I was gonna live due to the fact that my Father is still in the military and stationed in Korea and my mother...well she's not exactly the most stable person in the world. Well these 2 people that I had come to know and love and even talked to on the phone eventually found out that I needed a place to live and they offered for me to come and live with them no questions asked. Even though I had never met them in person.
And that's where I'm at now...living with a couple that I had met in Everquest well over 4 years ago. I can truely say that if I had not got started on that server and got into that guild that I know my life wouldn't be where it is now.
Sorry if this was too long...but you said give details....hehe. Hope this helped somewhat.
Smaliden Mostaya 65 Halfling Druid - Mith Marr (retired)
Good to hear Marathon, that a mmorpg had a positive effect on your life
In my years of playing mmorpg's i have seen many things. In one guild i was in the GM's wife got a little too friendly with a american guildie. I have seen peoples lives taken over by a game and come close to destroying their working professions and social lives. I have known people travel across the world to meet guildies in the hope of romance only to have their dreams shattered. They drift from one "online romance to the next" and jealousies should they feel ignored online.
I too have have spent far too much time infront of a keyboard living in a virtual world. The amount of flirting with members of the opposite sex was widespread...and i have to admit i too got carried away with being called "hun" by female players. Thanks to one person who kept me on the straight and narrow by asking have i ever typed anything onscreen i wouldn't like my spouse to see i had to reply yes.
Mmorpg's are a danger in replacing real life socialising. It is all to easy to get drawn into the dramas that unfold in a "virtual world". I have know people (and myself) that have used a mmorpg to socialise first and play the game secondary.
Just my pennies worth
Pan
Pan
"Changed your life" is a very strong description. I've been in a guild for 5 years thats been extremely positive ... much fun, many wonderful friends. People got so tight things evolved to RL get togethers around the country.
My son plays online. Nobody has supervised him.
MMOs CAN be positive or not. Learning how to function in groups and organizations can be very productive. But like all else in the world, you can find every flavor you might want, with all types of people. The major issue I've seen (and still see) is when people spend too much time on them, to the exclusion of other aspects of life, or to the point where they interfere with more important aspects of life.
hmm, wouldnt know if to say changed my life isnt too hard, influenced them , yes, defintly. im part of an orgt called shadow -ops on anarchy online, the ppl i met there, the way ppl talk about everything that is in thier lifes, and sometimes get views and answers that make them deal with some of the harder RL situations, id say that to some of us at least, this helped deal with thingss better.now -planning a RL org meeting and all, id say in some ways we got so close some of us feel like we knew each other for years.
no, i dont have kids who play online games, when ill have kids up i dont plan on them gettgin hooked on the computer like that:P (its mine! let daddy have his fun u little pests!! mine!)
i think mmorpgs are an escape for most of us, be it for RL reasons, or just from not wanting to deal with things -its our digital drug,and VERY addictive:) . i cant say it aint fun, i can say it defintly someting for a parent to consider before letting his kid play one, since kids can get absorbd into it much faster than adults, imho-and that isnt healthy at least in my books.