Hello world. Ahh such a simple phrase, but so important to the world of technology, with these 2 words, the Java language introduced its self to the world and started a revolution, a similar event occurred in 1970 when Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson had an idea that the world would not be exposed to untill 1974, the idea that one can controll characters in a medevial world. Eventually the idea went from a histroical medieval setting to a fantasy world inhabited by dragons, elves, dwarves, orcs and other creatures based off of mythos and fantasy. In their world one could make a HERO and for a short time became this hero. They created a massively endless playground of the imaginaion. This game was Dungeons and Dragons and it grew in fame and infamy over the decades that it has run. The publicity has helped and hindered the game's spread and development. This fantastic game has inspired the imaginations of many writers, office workers, children, police officers, athletes, and people from every walk of life. Dungeons and dragons (D&D) gave people a new way to share a fantastical voyage, litrally any thing is possable in this game if you and your friends can dream it.
this fantasy game led to the invention of a whole new genre of games called "role playing games" or "RPGs" for short. The RPG industry grew as new games and publishers were added, after a period of time there was a RPG for anything. "hey guys want to be super hereos?" or "how about vampires, werewolves, ghosts, mages, or fay creatures?" how about your setting? fantasy, SciFi, or modern? How about Bob wants to be a ghost, and Jane wants to be a robot, while Steve likes playing Wizards? sure lets do that, how about the GM Mike wants to play a game set in a fantasy world, so Jane would be hard to expalne? NO WAY she was created by gnomes to pour many pots of tea at once (of course as with most gnomish inventions she does so with a high pressure nozzle thus gaining combat abiliti) its all up to the players to make it work. In the context of RPG one could do any thing if you can imagine it. Gary Gygax and David Arneson gave us a new outlet for our imaginations, and to them this gamer says THANK YOU.
RPGs eventually infiltrated the world of computer games, and with the help of the internet, Players from all over the world could play together, ahhh its nice to make friends :) eventually a new genre of RPG gaming was born the MMORPG, the massivly multiplayer online role playing game, thats a mouthful :). Now players from all over the world can make a character and interact with a world populated by other people.. IN A FANTASY SETTING!!, they can make new friends that they wouldn't be able to meet any other way, socialize, problem solve, and relax in a varied and endless game, as long as the developers keep writing content the players can keep going. This land slide came full circle in February of 2006 when dungeons and dragons its self became a MMORPG, the titan that started the quake, caught up with the wave.
So here we are, my first blog here... lol i am a gamer. I started with dice and evolved to mice, I can look back a see the progression of my life, and always by my side are the unique heroes and villains i have portrayed each an aspect of my self, an exercise in creative thinking, and an effigy of my emotions whither i roll or click I create something my friends and i can enjoy. Untill next time may Tymora smile upon you.
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