My Other Online Life

Last year, while searching for an alternative to .. an escape from, I guess .. the ugliness that Until Uru had become, I tried out a handful of other online games. I wasn't too impressed. O_o

One that I did like the look of .. it has a great inworld demo video that shows a little bit of the fun things that you can do .. is "There Online". PLUS .. It's VERY dialup friendly !!

I even downloaded the installer .. then left it languishing on my desktop for the next 6 months. LOL

Around last Christmas, my daughter had become so thoroughly discouraged with UU .. and I have to give her credit, she hung in there like a trooper a lot longer than I could :) .. that I decided "what the heck..." installed the thing .. updated it and left her to give it a shot.

She loved it!!! /dance :D

She got to play in a sunny, tropical paradise online .. meeting some great people. Not in a dark, depressing cavern, overrun with some less then honorable people. It was SO great to see her having a really GOOD time online again !!

I watched her for a month or so .. really having a load of fun .. exploring so many things, riding buggies and hoverboards and flying in her saucer ;) .. meeting so many new people .. including a group of Uru people who had also found their way "There".

It looked like it was so much fun .. so .. after attending a Ladies Garden Club meeting .. where a group of the ladies encouraged me to join them in "There" .. I finally decided to try it myself. One evening alone .. I created my account .. even got to be "Cierdwyn" in "There". :D

I went to the spa .. got the look I was going for .. LOL .. shopped for a bunch of new things .. got to be properly outfitted for that sort of thing you know .. :D .. then left, having not seen anyone that I knew. I didn't even tell my daughter for about a week that I had joined .. but finally did because we could both go on together.

We went on .. meeting up with the ladies of Uru, who have gathered together in "There" .. I had the most fun online that I've ever had !! They gave me a quick ingame tour and a visit to a few of the many fun places there are .. and .. a taste of the many fun things there are to do. My avvie was unceremoniously sacrificed .. O_O .. something that made me laugh so hard I was in tears !! Thanks to them .. I was shown that online CAN be fun .. it doesn't have to be the dark and depressing experience that UU had become.

Some people in Uru .. that I've discussed the game with .. have dismissed the graphics as "too cartoony" for them .. leaving me with the residual feeling that I am being viewed as a traitor to even consider playing anywhere else but in Uru. O_o

Seems a bit uppity to dismiss something based only on the look .. having never given it a fair shot .. but .. it's their loss .. because there's SO much to do and see .. we ALWAYS have such a great time !! "Cartoony" look be damned .. it's a VERY fun, cool online experience !! :D

Since then I have been on when I can be .. still got that skittish thing about online to a degree I think .. not fully trusting myself .. but it's passing .. thanks to the ladies .. along with a few Uru fella's that have also taken up residence there. :)

The ladies of Uru .. there aren't enough nice words to say about them. There's something so special about them .. you can see that a bonding has occurred within this group. They are caring and considerate .. supportive of each others online endeavors .. protective of each other too.

To a one .. I love them dearly .. for their kindness, compassion and support .. and oh by golly their senses of humor and fun !! :D From taking us in and giving us a home in "There" .. to just being there to chat with and do fun things with. My growing friendships with them are the best things that came out of Uru. :)

I consider myself blessed to be counted among them .. there isn't much I wouldn't do for any of them, if asked.

From being welcomed into the Uru Sorority .. to the Sorority Yacht Club .. to being included in groups .. to the beautifully tended new neighborhoods of Shorah B'shemtee .. where I actually have a little lot of my own and MC has her PAZ set up .. the ladies of Uru have pulled us into their little group and given us a place.

I cannot thank them all enough !! :)

Now THAT'S the meaning of an online community :D .