Wildroses
Well-Known Member
I used to be a junior moderator in charge of a general entertainment forum in the forum of an online game (had to resign due to busy life). When Skyrim came out, there was a thread on it, and I had to read it to make sure no one was breaking any rules. Normally after a few weeks threads about newly released games die down, but the Skyrim one didn't. It kept having to be remade as it would hit the maximum page limit. And I'd have to read all the posts carefully to make sure they weren't breaking any rules.
After a while, as a result of reading all those posts I became interested in the game. The turning point was in January when someone said they got married but their wife ran away after the ceremony and they hadn't seen her since. In all the advice and subsequent discussion of characters they married, I thought: "Wait, it's possible to get married in this game? That's different. I've never heard of a game that was so open and let you do that. Maybe it's worth giving a try."
So next time I was in an area of town with a game shop, I walked in to see if they had it and check the price, then walked out without buying it. A few weeks later I was in that area again, and I decided to buy Skyrim.
Then Skyrim sat on my desk ignored and uninstalled for a couple of months as I got distracted by life.
A couple of months later I had a teenage houseguest who saw the game and insisted I install it. We had a blast watching each other play (mostly because he was good and I was bad. It took me a while to become proficient at walking around and jumping. Took me seven goes to jump into the inn. Teenage houseguest literally put his head on the desk at one point). When he left, I kept playing it. I spent several months just doing all the quests I could find (that didn't cross my moral event horizon). Then I started playing as NPC style characters who ignored all the quests and wandered Skyrim hunting and picking flowers. Then I started roleplaying. And now, here I am.
After a while, as a result of reading all those posts I became interested in the game. The turning point was in January when someone said they got married but their wife ran away after the ceremony and they hadn't seen her since. In all the advice and subsequent discussion of characters they married, I thought: "Wait, it's possible to get married in this game? That's different. I've never heard of a game that was so open and let you do that. Maybe it's worth giving a try."
So next time I was in an area of town with a game shop, I walked in to see if they had it and check the price, then walked out without buying it. A few weeks later I was in that area again, and I decided to buy Skyrim.
Then Skyrim sat on my desk ignored and uninstalled for a couple of months as I got distracted by life.
A couple of months later I had a teenage houseguest who saw the game and insisted I install it. We had a blast watching each other play (mostly because he was good and I was bad. It took me a while to become proficient at walking around and jumping. Took me seven goes to jump into the inn. Teenage houseguest literally put his head on the desk at one point). When he left, I kept playing it. I spent several months just doing all the quests I could find (that didn't cross my moral event horizon). Then I started playing as NPC style characters who ignored all the quests and wandered Skyrim hunting and picking flowers. Then I started roleplaying. And now, here I am.