The other night I dreamed that me and a group of random civilians were stranded on an island. We were living happily until a little boy came running from the shore claiming that gigantic armored beetles were making their way with an intent to kill. Of course everyone freaked out and started running in little 2 inch circles. I managed to calm some down and told everyone to make their way to the island’s largest tower.

But for some reason there was no way to get to the top. Apparently the tower had no doors or stairs and no one knew how to make or use ladders. I looked in my pocket for something that may be of use. Who knows? There could be some RAID in there! WALLA! I had a device that had the same mechanic as the portal gun and was able to make gateways that lead from the bottom to the top. By the time the beetles were about 10 feet away, the device stopped working and I was still at the base of the tower, having an anxiety attack. Someone pushed me and then I started smashing the buttons. I finally made two more portals and got to the top safely, but it wasn’t until then that I realized I didn’t have control of how long they lasted. The beetles came through! AHHH!

And then I woke up. True story. As a side note, I’m going to post quotes as often as I can. It’s going to be hard to match them up the the post’s theme, so… yea.

“If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.” – George Carlin

About my excitement with SPORE… I think it all died away. I really want to hear the procedurally generated music and see the game’s core mechanics, but a lot of people claimed that gameplay wasn’t as great as it was anticipated. If anything, it’s very bland and unrealistic to a sense that what you see isn’t logically correct (ie: a creature with a hundred legs isn’t necessarily faster than one with five).

One of my biggest worries is the 3-time installation rule (see DRM). I have a desktop and laptop, that’s 2 uses already. What if I want to upgrade my desktop? What then? I want to own the game, not “rent” it, as many people have been saying. Besides, what if I find the game boring one day and decide to play it again years down the road? Like with Diablo II? I’ve reinstalled that game over a dozen times! This really hit me hard.

I was reading the ratings on Amazon yesterday and it was rated 100 one-stars, 3 four-stars, and 2 five-stars. In a period of ten minutes, it gained 4 more one-stars. Right now it’s at 1,024 one-stars! That’s crazy! Reading the posts has become quite entertaining, but I feel the same way as a majority of the posters.

Spore had me excited for three years.

As my poor Travians starve with lack of food, I write to you in utter need of sleep and food as well. Those fifteen strawberries and two pears were tasty, but not enough to fulfill this undying hunger of mine. What am I to do if my body insists on eating when I don’t feel like it? Or maybe it’s my brain that tells me I long to taste something delicious. At any rate, my eyes will be strained more if I don’t get proper lighting. I should brush my teeth and head to sleep.

Yes, I’ve done it once before and unfortunately I did it again. I wasn’t forced to, nor am I upset. I actually could care less! What did I do? Click to found out!.

The only thing that bothers me is that I can still play with it until October. My payments were made every three months. I don’t know why I did that. I think it was a little cheaper, maybe? Who knows. I’m not relieved that I canceled my subscription because I didn’t play too much of it this summer or Spring quarter at all. In fact, I had little to no progress on my characters! Wei did hit level 50 today because I was bored. He can finally cut gems and conjure new water.

The game simply didn’t entertain me anymore. When Bloodthirst (our friends and family guild) was alive and when I played with my group of friends it was exciting and loads of fun. But when everyone parted, moved servers or quit, things moved slow. Bloodthirst merged Discord. We all had a new family and it was fun, for a while, until things broke down. Recruit used to be strictly exclusive until the guild decided to raid more. We needed more healers. Recently we’ve been recruiting so many new people (friends of friends of more friends). I lost track of everything and everyone. I felt foreign. It definitely wasn’t the same. The guild chat was so silent it even lacked crickets.

Even though I’m a veteran of Discord, there isn’t enough material in the game to keep me there. I don’t have a reason to log on and play with people anymore. All of my once close friends are distant. The game is dead to me. I logged on less than 15 hours this entire summer. I can do many things with the subscription money, like buy GOOD food to eat and maybe a new shirt. Most, if not all, of it is being blown.

The game is fun at first, insanely fun. So fun you don’t even need friends! But later it seems as if you’re so worn out that it’s no fun without the company of another person. You start to wonder where all the people are. There’s a world of war but where are all of its players? Where are your comrades when you’re getting ganked in Un’Goro crater? Where is that last DPSer for your instance? Who’s going to show you where this piece of poo in Nagrand is, and who’s going to support you when you need it? World of Warcraft, just like in real life, is pointless if you don’t know anyone.

My leave has nothing to do with any certain characters or people that I know in the game or guild. I would continue playing if it was free, I promise. I just can’t afford to pay money for a game that I barely play and lack the passion for. This shouldn’t disappoint anyone, right?

I wish you all luck on your future adventures and be sure to kill all those alliance you see. Even if you show mercy, they will come back to stab you. I’ve had it happen many times but I have yet to learn. I’m still missing my brain, remember?