Ever since the beginning of this year, I have been playing a game called Kingdoms at War. It’s an IPhone text base game. Initially I played it because of my long time friend he’s a very good friend of mine since poly days. Anyway the initial phase of the game was very fun I think I got at least 5-6 real life friend who is playing it together with me. Together we grew stronger, got to know more people and eventually build a clan of our own. The game at that time to me was about growing stronger looking at those leaderboard players with insane amount of gold made me always asked myself when will I ever be like them. Our start of our KaW was by no means easy, our first obstacle was foxes at that time we were one of the powerhouse clan. I wasn’t involve much in that war I must say but it’s still worth mentioning. I still can remember how my friend swipe 750(yes, at that time nobility was only 750 not 765 like now) one after another, growing at an exponential rate and fighting back the enemies. It was well quite inspirational for me.
However over time, people change, things change. Nothing is forever one by one my friends left KaW due to various reasons like studies, work, family or girlfriend. It was sad seeing them go one by one however it is inevitable. Nothing is permanent in this world. Some of the friendship between me and the people who left still continue whilst the rest were just left as memories. Over time after my resets I managed to finally break into top 50. That’s when I realize that this game is more than just a game to me. It’s like a routine. My life is governed by the game. Every morning I wake up, check clan chat and shop allies. Throughout the day I would look at my handphone at least 30-40 times. Talk about addicted ? A game shouldn't be something so stressful and interferes in ones life. Especially during war times the amount of sleep I sacrifice and time I spend playing is like almost 24/7, 7 days a week. I don’t even have much time to do other activities in my life. KaW slowly melded into my life I became a fanatic. My aim is purely just to get stronger and stronger but after awhile interest in the leaderboard part of this game drop to 2nd priority.
War and trading is actually the basis of this game without this 2 this game would be meaningless or would it ? Another aspect of KaW which I really enjoy is the social aspect this is like a MMORPG game you get to know REAL people from it and though KaW I must say that I got to a several individuals whom I take them as my good buddies . There are people in the game which I’m grateful to have known them though this game as if not for this game I would have never knew them. Ultimately I know deep down that no matter how much I enjoy the game at the moment it I know it will not last me forever however I hope that though this game I can get something meaningful after I quit. Which is true friends. I wish that even after KaW our friendship will still remain strong. However that is still left to be seen.
