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nin64 · 06-28-2009, 03:36 PM

Steve mentioned about how he love to be a fighter class (berserker?) in many games he played and he also love to be a fighter type class in real life. Courageous hero who go around and confront enemies head on.

So, my question is, can you discover who or what you want to be from playing video games? Or what you like? Something like those.

I think I should tell you guys some of my gaming experiences as well. And I have played a lot of games.
In one MMORPG I've played (actually, in many RPGs that allow it), I chose to become a guy who go around mixing stuffs and creating new items, armor, weapons etc. Chemist or anything similar. I choose it because, well, I like it. I remember going collecting raw materials and then trying to create items from them for 3 hours straight. In the end, I have zero raw materials but I ended up having some cool items, and some of so-so items.
And a lot of failures, gold + gold = iron dust (wth) really suck. Besides, golds are quite rare.

So, what do I do with the items? Sometime, I gave it to my party members, other times I sell it. I have never been rich in any MMORPGs because I ended up using all my money for purchasing raw materials, easier than mining or hunting. The funny thing is, after I used up all my materials, and selling my items, I always get like twice the amount of my original money. Come to think of it, I can be rich if I wanted to.
And I'm no good at selling stuffs, I always sell stuffs at places like deep forests and never notice it before it's too late.I learned from games that locations and marketing are important for business.

I usually sell my items cheaper than many vendors because I want to free up my inventory faster to get some more materials and to do some more experiments (seriously). I don't remember all of my customer's or party members reactions though, but I do get a lot of thanks, and some virtual hugs and kisses as well.

Any of you've played Friends of Mineral Town (GBA)? Basically it's a game centered around farming (supposedly). But I ended up treating it as a cooking game (the game allow players to own a kitchen, mix some stuffs, create foods, you know). The farming part become less important and end up as only a way to get potatoes, melons etc for my kitchen. rofl.

I don't like to pick fighter, healer, druid, white mage, blue mage, thief. Believe me, I've picked them before and I don't really enjoy them. I'm no good at fighting (obviously) because I usually suffer in term of STR, DEF, HP, SPD, VIT, CON. And to make thing worse, I usually become the enemies first target (damn those games that don't allow party formations) and I hate being a sitting target.

So, how about it? Should I allign my real world avatar like I did in virtual world? Or should I conclude that "reality" world and virtual reality are two different worlds?

06-28-2009, 03:36 PM	#21 (permalink)
nin64 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 99	Can video games lead to self discovery? Steve mentioned about how he love to be a fighter class (berserker?) in many games he played and he also love to be a fighter type class in real life. Courageous hero who go around and confront enemies head on. So, my question is, can you discover who or what you want to be from playing video games? Or what you like? Something like those. I think I should tell you guys some of my gaming experiences as well. And I have played a lot of games. In one MMORPG I've played (actually, in many RPGs that allow it), I chose to become a guy who go around mixing stuffs and creating new items, armor, weapons etc. Chemist or anything similar. I choose it because, well, I like it. I remember going collecting raw materials and then trying to create items from them for 3 hours straight. In the end, I have zero raw materials but I ended up having some cool items, and some of so-so items. And a lot of failures, gold + gold = iron dust (wth) really suck. Besides, golds are quite rare. So, what do I do with the items? Sometime, I gave it to my party members, other times I sell it. I have never been rich in any MMORPGs because I ended up using all my money for purchasing raw materials, easier than mining or hunting. The funny thing is, after I used up all my materials, and selling my items, I always get like twice the amount of my original money. Come to think of it, I can be rich if I wanted to. And I'm no good at selling stuffs, I always sell stuffs at places like deep forests and never notice it before it's too late.I learned from games that locations and marketing are important for business. I usually sell my items cheaper than many vendors because I want to free up my inventory faster to get some more materials and to do some more experiments (seriously). I don't remember all of my customer's or party members reactions though, but I do get a lot of thanks, and some virtual hugs and kisses as well. Any of you've played Friends of Mineral Town (GBA)? Basically it's a game centered around farming (supposedly). But I ended up treating it as a cooking game (the game allow players to own a kitchen, mix some stuffs, create foods, you know). The farming part become less important and end up as only a way to get potatoes, melons etc for my kitchen. rofl. I don't like to pick fighter, healer, druid, white mage, blue mage, thief. Believe me, I've picked them before and I don't really enjoy them. I'm no good at fighting (obviously) because I usually suffer in term of STR, DEF, HP, SPD, VIT, CON. And to make thing worse, I usually become the enemies first target (damn those games that don't allow party formations) and I hate being a sitting target. So, how about it? Should I allign my real world avatar like I did in virtual world? Or should I conclude that "reality" world and virtual reality are two different worlds?