I started playing with this bizarre game Last year, October 12, 2008. I wasn’t really minding the date so I had to search my email for the email verification when I signed up for this. Well, it’s been a year now since I started wasting my time hooking up with this game. It was on server alpha where I embarked on a unrealistic voyage and started my career as an emperor of my own little town. When I first saw this, I really said to myself “Is is this even worth playing. I mean, just look at it, no animations, so dull, no action and totally a piece of crap.” Little did I know that it was an online strategy game, which I was so blind I had no idea what it was. I have tried my very best to understand the game but I just got so puzzled on how it works that I’ve even came to the point of quitting it, and I did. But because my classmates keep babbling about how nice it was, I gave it another shot. And whooops! I got the it right and I finally knew what I had to do with this game. So, I read and practiced my way to the game building my formidable little army and started destroying another souls day by killing his soldiers and stealing his resources for good, or the other way around..hahaha xD
It was not fun at all until I saw my military reports go on red alert, indicating an incoming attack. Oh I swear to got I got real nervous as if it was happening in reality. And that’s where the addiction started! I have lost many battles, lost hundreds of men, got looted with thousands of resources, got Absolute crisis and scarcity of food. It was when the seed of revenge was planted. I honed my skill, wielded a the best fighters and entered into “addict mode.” Sure I did victorious moments together with my allies and friend, I even liked insulting and messing up with the loosers..hehehe. Everything got so exciting when I got promoted as the DBZ or Dabawockeez(forgive me if the spelling is incorrect) where I made connections and treaties with other alliances, arranged acceptance of new applicants, etc. It was a nice but very exhausting role. So on and on the game gone.
It was all going good when suddenly I got banned and my account was gone for good. Yep, sad but I admit I deserve it. Who does not do dirty stuff around there?huh? Don’t act all innocent, I know every strategy you know. Multiple accounts…and there’s more… X
But, destiny smiled upon me after that horrible day [...there was a brownout while I was writing this...and some parts were deleted I can't retain them xD] because the new server Beta was opened up which allowed my to level up my addiction into obsession. So, I made friends with new people and one player really gave me techniques, strategies and additional knowledge on surviving the game. I was oline almost all time of the day and keep refreshing my browser if in case I get attacked. I was sitting the whole day in front of my PC and wasted my time spying, attacking, and of course defending my colonies. Since I was the Diplomat, I was responsible for Declaring Wars and stuff that made me pretty busy. This went on and on until that very day that the course of history was changed, and it was when the damn thesis started bugging me off. So each day, my interest in playing deteriorated but still I find times to take peak and do my thing a little. There were also times when I couldn’t stop and get back to “addict mode” I rarely got the chances. So, everything went so complicated, new version released, some players quitting, alliance changed, and etc diminished my interest.
At the moment, I still have my beta and gamma account, I signed up for delta but I didn’t pursued it. I grew tired and weary of the game. I’m just maintaining them now just for the sake of not getting my towns erased from the Ikariam.ph World. It’s been days already since I logged in.hehehe
SO, that’s the story of my Ikariam days…(*_*)
Gotta take a rest now buddies, we got a field trip in Cebu City tomorrow! weeeeeh! Vacation mode activated. ^_^
