So, being the nerd that I am, I figure I should explain a bit about my crack addiction. Not actual crack, but rather my anti-life: games. It started back in my one failed year of college, I was browsing the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), looking at games like EverQuest (EQ) when I came across PlanetSide (PS). It caught my attention for a reason, not just because it was Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO), but because instead of a role-playing game (RPG) it was a First Person Shooter (FPS).
I won't go into the details about the game, you can look them up online anytime. But I did sign up for Open Beta and was accepted with my mongrel of an old machine. Beta was alright, but when it came time for Commercial Release, I was all over it. It rocked. Started on the Johari server, y'know, for us West Coast people, as a Vanu, tech loving purple bastards. But after making it to Battle Rank 12, I decided to try one of the other factions. I joined the Konried/Emerald server, the East Coast, and made a New Conglomerate, and ended up joining the Fratres in Arma with my character Ottoman.
Great outfit, that'll come later.
Months progressed, and after almost two years and the introduction of the battlemech system, we decided that with World of WarCraft upcoming, we should maybe switch and get some fresh air. About 10 of us got into the closed beta, then the open beta, and then we pretty much all switched over to the Commercial Release on the day. I was a Night Elf Hunter named Syuu and FIA provided for me a truly exceptional gaming experience, even though they had more time to dedicate to the game than I did. Regardless, I took a leave and left, coming back every once in a while.
Well, now the Burning Crusade expansion came out (okay, so it was a while ago), and I felt my addiction calling to me. Then on Tuesday we were talking about BC and WoW at work, and I bought the expansion on Wednesday.
Lo and fucking behold, someone had "hacked" my account. They didn't go to extremes, my password is/was simple. Which has led me to believe that it's someone I know. On the FIA forums someone else re-registered my name (the site has gone through it's third upgrade via Chief) even though it had been almost a year since I had last played. I got my account back thanks to the secret question and answer and phone number, all of which have now changed.
But everything I had done for Syuu, everything the Guild and Chief (Quintis) had done was almost for naught. Who the hell gives an Elf a fucking shotgun?! Stats be damned, it's a bow, or at the very worst a crossbow. Well, unfortunately FIA has all but disbanded, and the remnants have moved on under a new tag, Ronin. Currently I'm whipping out all of the things I remember about people so they know this false "Ottoman" is truly false.
Truffle did some looking at our ISP addresses, the new guy is from NY, I'm obviously Canadian, which has always been one of my strong points among FIA. Y'know, the ONLY Canadian in the guild and all ... kinda like how at one point FIA in WoW had about four female players. Real girls too, not just Hoots using a female avatar like he used to ...
Regardless, since it was hard to contact Duke/Quintis, I moved onto a new server and rolled a Blood Elf mage on Farstrider, in the hopes that ShadowPuppet (now Sprydle in WoW) is there. Except I think he's still Alliance. Gotta check.
Running out of time, gotta jet to work, back to fill in my WarCrack addiction post later!
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