I got home from work one boring Friday afternoon and followed routine with throwing my lifeless corpse onto the bed, thinking about what homework I need to do if any, and then opened Youtube in hopes that there was some other content uploaded although I checked 20 minutes ago on the toilet. I saw plenty of uninteresting videos in my subscriptions for the mood I was in, and I clicked on one that was titled "Double XP Weekend" and was instantly thrown into a circle of thoughts.
Should I play again?
Would my people remember me?
I still pay for it for that moment I'll come back so why not now?
Eh.. What the hell why not.
So I decided to open up the game and have it start updating the client and it took too long so I closed it... The end.
No, but really, I had closed it out of pure impatience and boredom, but it didn't leave my mind. Double XP weekend was well on its way, the next week actually, and nostalgia was eating away at my memory and I couldn't help but build up the want to revisit such an old game for me. What game? Runescape and yes it's an old game and yes I am a nerd, but it's so good and I already have so much time invested in my account I wouldn't just leave my account to dry.
I've been playing since I was about ten and taking breaks here and there but always came back to it. I've gone through it's most drastic changes as well as it's droughts of a player base, but the game is still strong and I still enjoy it! I'm about to be in my 11th year and I can't imagine myself really playing another game that matches this genre, which is an 'MMORPG'. I enjoy the community I've grown in and the people around the world I been fortunate enough to meet, but I digress.
It came down to the weekend of Double XP and I didn't prepare myself to even take advantage of the opportunity that is a rare event that ever comes into the game. I logged in for a moment and didn't do a damn thing but look at stuff that I had stored in my bank and then that was it. That was my weekend, just one day of doing nothing out of the three that were given to us. However, I got the rush I needed out of nowhere and started to continue my journey in reaching my own crafted "end game". I've gotten to meet some new people and gotten to reconnect with old friends that I haven't talked to since last June, but what surprised me the most was that people still remembered me. I loved that feeling of being remembered and still being useful to those in my clan, which is a fairly large group of people (about 300+). It's been fun so far, reliving the good times and still gathering the information I need to be proficient again and to continue to helping others. Cheers to another game!
