Greetings !
My name is blake , but you can call me Spoogen !
My favorite game
by far is Ragnarok Online. For many many reasons…Where to start ,
well firstly I grew up on the east side of Detroit, MI. And let me tell
you… it is NOT an ideal place to live or even grow up. Ever since I
was little , hustling , stealing, bullying was just… a normal day. I
basically was the living breathing image of what most of society
describes as a " criminal" or a " thug. Roughly around the time of
Ragnarok release , my uncle approaches me * the only one in my family
that didn’t take part in drug smuggling/ selling/ etc.* He was a game
guru, he always was telling me about cool japanese games that were yet
to be released, showing me what anime was etc. But he mentioned a game
called Ragnarok Online, I’m not sure what piqued my interest but
something reeled me in when he booted up the very first private RO
server, NekoRO. The loading screen music was… captivating, I could
feel my soul being reeled in, and I just couldn’t stop playing it over
and over in my head, without even making a character yet. Now mind you,
i’ve had other RPG experience from consoles, and other computer games,
but this… was different. After making my first character and doing my
research , I LOVED the idea of Assassins, It made me feel like… well
ME. Sly yet satisfying. * not something im proud of, but it was apart of
my life* After starting to play the game I quickly began to realize
that I wasn’t spending a lot of time on the streets getting into
trouble. All I could think about was leveling my assassin when I got
home from school , all I could think about was farming Soldier Skeleton
cards to put on my slotted clips for extra crit with the possibility of a
Apple of archer drop… The game immediatly started to change my life, I
met tons of really inspiring people whom i’ve never met… ever…
everything just felt so real to me. I couldn’t get enough… I began
humming/ singing/ prontera’s theme on a daily basis, I even began
pretending to Sonic blow the air in front of me. I was living in my own
world. When I turned 13 , one of my closest cousins got murdered * not
uncommon from my neighborhood* I broke down, I didn’t speak or talk to
anyone for months. The only thing I did, was play ragnarok. This game
literally pieced me back together… ever so slowly. I played server ,
after server , after server, addicted to its essence… yet it…
wasn’t a bad thing. By the time I graduated highschool in 2009 , I had
realized that I actually was maturing properly, I now had morals, I now
had goals, and I no longer had the urge to vandalize/bully/ or anything
like that. I spent so many hours protecting low leveled char’s in
Ragnarok from pkers that I actually started to adapt the BIG BROTHER
gene, but IRL, AND NOT JUST IN GAME… I learned … So much from
playing that game… I don’t have enough space to type to even go into
full detail… But all I know is every since then , I’ve played game ,
after game, and NOTHING piqued my interest the way Ragnarok did, until I
got wind of TOS. even if I don’t win the givaway , I’m just glad to
share my story with another fellow fan , and hopefully my words reach
you in the way that I intended… I’m not the best writer, but I stride
to do all I can.
Thank you for your time.
Blake/aka Spoogen
