Some times life gets in the way of our lives. That is what hobbies are for, and one of mine is gaming. For some time now I had plenty of work and obligations to keep me busy so what little time off I could save went into gaming. With the launch of RFO (Rising Force Online) I found a new game that works backwards – meaning it is not “progressive”, “new”, “ground breaking” – but it works. Mainly it asks you to level up your character in the best way possible so that at the end game you can fight well against other people. After the disappointment of WOW’s lack of end game content, RFO brings back memories of DaoC that I cannot ignore.
University is now a bit more relaxing, with the papers submitted and the new ones being casually discussed. My job at the university keeps on at the same pace, frustrating at times, but always new and exciting, especially when I manage to get through to a student. I used to say that everybody can be taught; now I say that everybody that wants to learn can be taught. I hope I wont have to reconfigure that statement…
Playing around with some routers though has been the most fun I’ve had. Although it was fun, it was also “work” for the CISCO seminars I am taking, however it was new, exciting and thought provocative. CCNA part 2 is all about routers and how they work, and it is a far bigger topic than one might think at first. Buying two of them off eBay and getting them plugged in to my system was as pleasurable as the first time I used my own hands to upgrade my computer for the first time. A new horizon was open, and just like my friend ChrisV says, the only sad thing is life is never having to do something for the first time again.
That is why more and more I’m contemplating about following an academic career… who knows!
And we were wondering on Sunday what happened to you! Well I just started playing WOW to spend some time (during the night as I can’t sleep :p), so if you still have it, try finding me!
I’m sorry to say that I will not be returning to the WOW scene. This game was perfectly OK for people to be introduced in MMOs (which is the single most important achievement of WOW but one that doesn’t pertain to me), perfectly crafted for a great leveling experience, but I found nothing to do except reputation grinding after I hit lvl60.
Also I never play two MMO at the same time, so now it is RFO’s turn (whatever snippets of time I can give it – at least there is afk training/mining in RFO).
OK…
I just prefer something that does not require thinking…
SeePyou! yeeeeeeeeeee!! You ARE back ….
I do not know about gaming …and… indeed you may share your academic experience with Darthiir as he was a bit disappointed in the beginning with the level, the maturity and the non-existent desire of students to learn… I think that he is getting used to it now…
But I am shocked! …you are contemplating about following an academic career??…was it that bad???
The lack of “first time” experiences does indeed bring me to a unique state of boredom and depression. And they are getting fewer and fewer. Long ago I found out that I am easily bored, which is why people are the most interesting thing I have ever been associated with; they are mighty unpredictable. The way each one thinks, the gears of the mind can spin in a thousand different directions, and I see that more so than ever when I’m in the workshop, working with students. Hence my contemplation.