some events that made me rediscover the internet: i met a girl who writes for Helium.com and also blogs- she inspired me to blog too. a friend was late for 3 hours later on he discreetly told me he had to harvest his crops at 8.30 while our work starts at 6:00 - that started me in farmville. i found a group of my batch mates in high school- that started me chatting in facebook.
i find it amazing that i didn't do these things a few months ago. but then i didnt need to. now i am spending up to 5 hours a day in the various internet cafes in the neighborhood. there's even a cafe that allows smoking inside.
i have outgrown farmville. i found the motions of planting and harvesting slow and repetitive. not so in mafia wars. it is more complicated and more addictive. i found myself developing strategy in using limited resources and getting the most out of it. there's a lot of factors to consider, like health and stamina for fighting, energy for doing jobs, and influence for doing business. Also you have to choose what job to do, who to fight and choosing between aiming for more money, influence or special items that you want.
i know its cliche to say mafia wars is addicting. i even coined a word for it: "addciting" its the thrill of accumulating more money, property and power. nevermind if its imaginary. there are a lot of people online who also value these things and you can fight them all for the same. mafia wars has taken over my internet life. enough said.
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i've never played mafia wars, and even if you invited me (i think you already did) i'd ignore it. im into FarmVille... and I know it's a repetitive game (boring and you're always waiting, doesn't require thinking), but it works for those if us who are not really into games, and like to multi-task. i think mafia wars is what Friendster people got into when they all started using Facebook instead hehehe.
ReplyDeleteshould've said this weeks ago, but, Welcome back to the internet :)
i've been on it for more than a decade now and i must say i find it even more amazing. i can see that in the future everything, as in EVERYTHING, will depend on it.