A New (MMO) Hope

BUSINESS FIRST-I'm so excited and hopeful at this point, it's becoming unbearable. I'm starting school in about 2 weeks. Holy shit, it's only 2 weeks?! I'm moving to a new apartment in 11 days. I'm going to be meeting new people and teachers and musicians so soon, I'm getting beyond antsy.

Fernando and I decided that we should move closer to DeKalb because the apartments there are much cheaper than the area we're living now. It was kind of an adventure finding the right place, because a lot of places in Dekalb are a bit run down...but Amber Manor is not. Very nice complex, very clean apartments, very helpful staff, an INDOOR pool (for swimming even in winter!) and its location basically made it the perfect place for us to relocate. We were just approved yesterday, and we're signing the lease on the 17th. After I spoke to the leasing agent, I'm even more excited to live there; she informed me that they're giving me August's rent FREE. So even though we're moving mid month, we don't have to pay rent until Sept 1st. I was elated.

ON TO THE NERDY PART OF BLOG!

Fernando and I decided to quit WoW again, and this time it seems like it's for good. We've pretty much done all that mmo has to offer that interests us, and the next expansion is either A. changing things that we don't think should be changed or B. not addressed what should. It's just time to move on. Also, Star Wars the Old Republic is going to come out in April of 2011, and since we're burnt out on WoW, it would seem like a waste of money to buy the WoW expac and then play it for 3-4 months. Besides, there are like 6 games coming out on the Ps3 in that span of time that look hands down awesome, like The Force Unleashed II, Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Dragon Age 2, Fallout New Vegas, etc. And ALSO- I'm sick of not being able to buy books when I want because we've spent all our money on an mmo that we don't play half the time. MEH!

So yes, SWTOR is our new obsession. I've been tracking the forums and updates for that mmo like a starved person. It's a promising game, helmed by Bioware and the Knights of the Old Republic team. Anyone that knows me knows that I'm a rabid Star Wars fangirl. I have graphic novels. I have the EU books (not enough of them, at that). Posters, other memorabilia, the first movie I can consciously remember watching in my life was Return of the Jedi. SO when a Star Wars mmorpg hits the rumor mill, I'm all over it. As stated above, it comes at a good time; I've burnt out of WoW and I'm looking for something that doesn't suck, that won't get boring, that combines my love for all things star wars, amazing story telling, and compelling mmorpg gameplay. This game looks like it'll deliver. I'm hoping, in a kind of vindictive way, that it finally gives WoW a run for its money. But that is mostly because I want SWTOR to be around for a long long time. I want to be one of the hard bitten mmo gamers that were there starting day one, through the beta, the patches, the bugs, and the inevitable influx of less hardcore gamers.

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