Hi everyone :D
Have you ever played video games while chatting with friends? Well, how about playing a video game that depended on chatting? Here's what one might look like, lol.
Also to note, this one is pretty long (and long-winded XD), I hope everything makes sense. Enjoy!
*Old Dream - May 15 2016
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My sister signed up for an online chatting service. It was for people to meet each other either as friends or for starting relationships. There was a catch though, it was a gaming chatting service where chatting helped to unlock game/boss areas, or make them easier by getting rid of obstacles. I didn't know about that until after I did a bit of chatting myself.
There was a time when my sister left her computer on but had left the room for a very long time without telling the guy she was chatting with so when he was messaging asking where she was I decided to message back so he didn't have to keep wondering and waiting. I told the guy my sister was busy at the moment and will come back later. The guy said thanks and asked if I wanted to chat sometime. I said okay since I figured it might be a good way to snoop on the guy for my sister, lol.
The chat service was interesting in another way because all the chats were public so you could look at conversations as they going on and then request to be part of the chat if you wanted to. Though most members knew to stay away from chats between two people, as a courtesy. The site was pretty overwhelming seeing all the convos going on but then when I started the chat with the guy, it was okay. I could ignore everything else.
We started with chats about the usual topics like name, and location. His name was Tim. When I asked where he lived he showed me a world map with the city highlighted. It was a place southwest of Toronto. It was cool to find out he lived nearby.
Then we got to chatting about other things like why he was using the service. He said he was just trying to meet people, find new friends, play the game. That's when I found out this was a game-chat type thing. He said the more you converse with someone, the easier the game levels become. You can go in yourself, but you'd pretty much get killed all the time. As well, the game always restarted at the last level that was beaten by the "host" player. So pretty much he wanted to chat some to weaken the stage and then start the game (chat continues, of course, lol)
After chatting for a few days he asked if I wanted to try the game and I agreed. The game was quite pixelated and it was a dungeon-type stage with stone walls and floor. And there was a dragon monster in the center of the stage. It was kind of hectic with stones falling around us and the stage shaking since we didn't chat too much to rid of those obstacles but it was fun. We were each controlling a knight that could jump and fight with a sword. We died in the end, but as a first time it was a decent run, and we had a good laugh. We got squashed by falling stones, lol.
Then I told him I had to go, and he ended the session with a custom pixel animation of a "vampire-like" figure coming and bowing with a cape in front of his face and then disappearing into floating pink petals. I thought it was really cool :D
The next day he told me an event was going to take place the following day where chatters could go and play the game in real life. I was like, "really?" (He was serious. I was wondering why he didn't ask my sister, and I was feeling weird since I was married, but it seemed like a unique opportunity). I told my sister so she could come along too if she wanted.
There were many people at the event area, we decided to meet at a nearby restaurant. I thought it was gonna be weird meeting in person, but it wasn't. He was a bit taller than me, a little plump and round, with short brown hair. We shook hands and introduced ourselves; his name was Tim (as mentioned previously). Then we starting getting ready for the game. The event was for "couples", so only sets of two could register. It didn't mean you had to really be in a relationship with your partner.
The objective of the event was to get the most points by the end of the stages. All participants were fitted with fighting gear (padded armour, gloves, helmet, and a sword). About 4 couples were sent in at once.
The same monster we fought while on the computer was on the first stage, so I was hacking at it and things were all good until my partner got killed by a team mate :O I went to him and was crying because I couldn't understand it. Then the guy who killed him came back and killed me saying they don't care who they have to kill, they just wanted to win :(
So me and Tim were lying on the floor dying, and the dream faded out for a moment, then faded back showing a victory party happening for the winning couples being catered to by the losing couples. I didn't know of this condition :|
As the night winded down and people start leaving, Tim told me there's a special training booth where we can preview all the game monsters. He was angry at those jerks for killing him off, so he asked if I wanted to train for the next time so we can kick those jerks' butts, and I said "of course!" XD. He said even though it was such a rough start, he still had lots of fun and was happy to meet me. I said it was nice meeting him too :)
Then the scene fades for a moment and I "wake up" seeing my sister chatting at the computer...? I was confused. I asked her if she had ever left the computer so long I had to reply for her and she said no, she never leaves for more than a few minutes while chatting. Then I asked her what day she started chatting. She said Monday. It was currently Thursday night.
So after piecing it together, it seemed I was "chatting" with the guy only in my dreams since Monday (if that makes any sense). It all felt so real :| But I was relieved because then it meant I didn't steal my sister's potential boyfriend, nor did I "cheat" on my husband. Not that we kissed or anything anyway, it was just a friendly meeting. But you know how it would look, lol.
Then I woke up for real.
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If you managed to get through that, thank you! I think a game-type chatting service would be really fun and neat. I was really blown away by the "vampire" outro from the guy, and to this day still remember how it went. I wish I could have recorded it, but 'tis the dreaming life, lol.
What do you guys think? Would you want to meet new people by using such a chatting service?
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