Runescape Reflections

So you've read about my Runescape exploits for some time. Now that I've wrapped up "Play Money", I've begun to ask myself: what does Runescape mean to me? I've boiled it down to two major points . . .

1. It's Fun - Often I feel that people disregard just having fun. Like I'm doing right now, they feel the need to analyze every aspect of their lives for optimum productivity. I got into Runescape simply because...it was fun. I was always a big fiction reader and aspiring writer, so to have the opportunity to go run around another world was pretty cool.

2. It's Competitive - This, I now realize, is my true reason for playing. Lots of things are fun, but what keeps me coming back to Runescape is the drive to be better than everyone else. I'm highly competitive by nature (I've played soccer since I was 4, and although I was always the skinniest on the team, my coach allowed me to play defender because he knew I would never let the ball get past me if I was at all capable of stopping it) and this allows me to get some of this pent-up aggression out. It sounds silly that clicking a mouse can relieve anxiety, but, it does for me. It allows me to relax, focus, and, sickeningly enough, feel better about myself. Every level I increase puts me one more level above those "noobs", and I feel that much better for it.

I don't want to go on too much about this because I'm afraid I'll then start treading on my paper topic, so, I'll leave it here for now :-).

In other news, it's my boyfriend's 21st birthday tomorrow!