Got together with a few friends 2 nights ago, for my birthday, and uh... I thought it was kind of boring. I guess I should congratulate myself on the fact that I have now found people I would willingly label as my friend, except last night was really awkward. I was asked a while ago what I was going to do for my birthday, and I answered "probably just stay up and play LoL all night". I mean, I thought it was casual conversation, and it's not like I put any serious thought into it. It was just the most probably outcome at the time.
Little did I know that I was taken very seriously, and the person who asked me organised a get together where he specifically found people to play LoL with me. The awkward-bomb hit me so hard I didn't know how to respond. So when the time come I was sitting at my friends' house, and they're many, many more times excited than I am, with their lv1 ~ lv5 characters, ready to fight. We played a couple of games against AI opponents, because for some reason the internet connection was so bad at their house I was lagging despite having transferred to the local server.
Did I mention that the OCE server came out for my birthday? I thought it was pretty cool.
Back to my recount: I was sitting there awkwardly while my friends were semi-excited that we were winning against bots. Actually I don't think they were excited; I'm pretty sure they just wanted to seem enthusiastic for what they thought was my favourite game. LoL really isn't my favourite game. I mean, I play it out of desperation for company... When people who aren't even gamers try and play something like LoL with you out of pure goodwill... blergh.
Then I received a stash of LoL game cash for my birthday. It's not like I'm disappointed by the presents- well, I guess I'm actually quite happy, but I'm just a little baffled that people define me as the kid that plays too much LoL. I mean sure I play a lot--- well, I don't even feel like I play a lot! Whenever I've been active on a game, this is about how much I've played. I played this much of Neopets and Adventure Quest back when I was 10! It really doesn't mean this game's consumed my life...
Anyway, I'm trying to push the "LoL player" stigma off myself for now, because the identity of hardcore gamer isn't really what I want. First and foremost I really am not a hardcore gamer, and having my life marked by LoL kind of sucks. I mean, I'm way more into Devil Survivor than I am into LoL. It's just that Devil Survivor is so underrated and nobody's heard of it, but when I say "yeah I play LoL" people all jump on the "you must be one of those people" train.
Of course having more than $50 worth of game cash on my LoL account isn't really helping my case...
My current resolution is to not tell new people I meet that I play LoL. As for current opinions, well I can't really change them and there's no point in changing them. My friends are kind of excited because apparently I can buy out the LoL store, which is not true but I do have obscene amounts of game cash. I guess I'll see how it goes, but in the meanwhile I'll just enjoy all this excessive LoL-cash I have and make the most of what was actually a really good birthday present.
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