Hi all,

Travian has completely consumed my life for the past 1 month haha. I'm very sorry to my girl, who's always in a pissy mood whenever she sees me staring tt the Travian screen. I'll try to pay more attention to you okie? Haha.

The thing about me is that i dun play computer games tt much, but whenever i do, i get completely engrossed in it. A quicklist of games i got hooked over this past 10 years: Twilight MUD (text-based RPG), Civilization Series, Diablo II, Shattered Galaxy, Neverwinter Nights, DotA, Maplestory, and now Travian. I think tt's about all. Not much for 10 years really.

Among this list, those tt were easiest to give up were the RPGs. Everyday u train ur character to level, fight more monsters to get good items, train somemore. Blah blah. I get tired of RPGs really quickly, partly because i like to power level. Like a level 1-70 in 1 day kinda thing. Yea, the fun for me is the power level-ing initially. I really dun see the fun in being powerful later on and going around killing other pple, partly becos i hate to die, so i dun PvP.

Those tt really got me hooked for long periods of time were the strategy games. Shattered Galaxy was one, somewhat like Starcraft with RPG elements in it. Every single minute is a battle, and u have to be really good in manuevering your troops and be quick with your tactical decisions. DotA is another one, but the lacking thing is the fact tt everyone restarts with a clean sheet the next game. I like my games to have continuity, to build on my achievements everytime i play.

And now Travian. A game tt tests your military, economic and diplomatic skills. And of course your bloody patience. A game so simple tt it's hard to play for the weak-willed. It's almost as good as running your own country and u have to manage it everyday in real time. Being a king is taxing i'd say.

With tt much said about games, u can expect i hadn't been working on my guitar at all! Which is fine to me actually. But Kai chut stun on me just now by bringing some grind-metal camp mate home and asking me to play "Into The Storm" for him. Which i kinda forgot most of the parts. Haha, damn, must have embarassed myself.

Anyways, 6 years has passed. Time flies, and we are all getting older. The road is still smooth but there's a long way to go. Let's reach the end together. ^^