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 .
posted by Cierdwyn @ 7:08 PM
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It is good you found sunlight outside the "darkness" that enveloped the cavern, enveloped UU and the forums, for both your daughter and yourself. That is very good. I myself am still looking, I have thought about THERE but, after the experineces of UU and the forums, which was my first experience in a multi-player game environment or participation in any kind of forum at all...ah well, I think UU has put me off of multi-player games for some time. Even with URU Live coming back, and I do hope to see the new areas CYAN releases eventually and wish them success, if they get that far and I do join up, it will be a much more solitary experince by intent. In the mean time, books for me.
Hello rw .. :)
I remember you stopping by the Institution hood from time to time .. though I don't recall for sure if you were a member or not. I am sorry that your UU experience has also put you off of online gaming .. and truly .. I DO know what it can do to you .. take from you.
If you ever decide to give "There" a try .. please PM me and I'll make sure to meet you at the reception island and help you get oriented. :)
I was hesitant to even try again after all that had gone on .. but I'm REALLY glad that I took the chance. There are a LOT of folks in "There" from UU .. and truly the cream of the crop. :)
Take care .. nice to see that you're still around .. even a bit.
Cier :)
Hello "the bakery girl" .. :)
Thank you for stopping on by .. :)
Every time I think I've gathered all the strings together .. I see one more .. or worse .. lose a few of the ones I thought I had .. LOL :D
Again .. good luck with your blog ..
Cier :)
I don't agree. I don't see the dark and depressing cavern as being overun by horrible people. Maybe I'm blind to it all.
The cavern's dark, yes. It's a cavern. It's only depressing (for me) when no one is there.
The less than honorable people should be pressured to leave by those who are honorable. If nothing else, they can be ignored and left to gather in little dark corners and whisper their little dark thoughts by themselves. Then they will leave.
But more will come. Every society has its good citizens and its bad citizens. We cannot live in a perfect world where no one disagrees or does something you or I would never do. Sadly, that is life.
Of course you're not a traitor. Anymore than you'd be a traitor for not liking pizza or not eating the same kind of muffin I do.
Good to know you're having a good time. Hope to see you in the cavern sometime.
Whilyam
Whilyam .. Hi !! .. Nice to see you .. :)
For MC and me .. there was a period of time when things were not so nice for us incavern .. it truly did become a dark and depressing place for us. There is only so much that anyone should have to have laid on them .. by people who have set you in their sights for no other reason than it suits them to do it.
I will grant you that with D'mala much of that has changed .. somewhat anyway .. and we (MC and I) have had some fun onshard in recent visits .. like this afternoon for a good example. :)
Many of those who made so much trouble on the shards are quieter now .. or moved on .. but not before a lot of really good people gave up and left. There is still a handful that seem to live to make trouble on the forums still .. being rude .. arguing and challenging anyone .. mostly because no one stops them. Sort of takes away from the fun .. if you get my drift.
I look forward to seeing you incavern one of these days .. please take care .. Cier :)
Well, shoot . . . It took me this long to find your blog, even though I KNOW you told me about it waaaay back when! Don't really have anything to add here . . . We've already discussed this topic a time or two . . . or ten. :D
Or more :P
(((Cier)))
{{{{{Tyr}}}}} .. thank you for stopping on by .. :)
And yeah .. a time or 2 or 10 .. and at LEAST one more now that you've left your calling card .. :P
You really made me smile and have a giggle seeing you had posted .. thanks :)
Tea and a chat on Monday?? ;)
Cier :)
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