NS_CHROME54
24-03-07, 07:50
Neocron
It's a term that has meant many things to many people over the years. For some, it means an interactive collection of scripts and images. To others, it means a way to pass time. To others still, it represents something deeper, a mechanism by which we can do many things, such as challenge ourselves, build relationships, and create a sort of virtual existance by which we can escape the banality of our boring, seemingly interminible lives.
For a certain group of people in Hannover, Germany, a collective of people known as Reakktor Media, Neocron represents a labor of love. It is almost a child to them. Though perhaps this child's progress in life has been hampered by things such as low budgets, personal conflicts, and the pressure of having to live up to the expectations of people who will never truly be happy with it, it has found its place in the world. Perhaps it will never be monolithic, such as its peers World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, and Guild Wars, but it doesn't need to be. It has shown its potential to the people who will truly get the most out of it. And even today, the creators of this being guide it further, trying to make it all it can be, as any good parent does.
For me, Neocron represents something... something that words fail me to describe. It has been with me for a long time now. I'm a man of 20 now, but when I first discovered it, I was merely a boy of 14. You could say that I've grown up with Neocron. It has been a companion to me almost as far back as I can truly remember. Like all friends, we inevitably seperated. I went my seperate way in life, and I didn't have time for it anymore. I changed in many ways, matured, became a person who was more whole, more able to contribute in my own way to society.
And yet, here I am. I've done a lot in the past few years, been a member of many communities. But, I say truthfully, nothing has ever been able to fill the void like Neocron. I moved away from my hometown nearly 3 years ago. I am not the same as my friends from that place, and neither are they. Yet, I still call them my friends, and they still call me theirs. If I were to ever return to that place again, I know that I would find my way there again. It wouldn't be as if I had never left, because things change. People change. However, the potential is still there. And that is what I feel now. I felt a longing for this place, so I have returned. It won't be the same as before, because neither Neocron nor I are the same as we were when I left. But, God willing, I will find it as much a fulfilling experience as I did then. So I'm back, my commitment to this game renewed. Hopefully, soon I will have once again found my place within the community that has evolved since.
It feels good to be home.
It's a term that has meant many things to many people over the years. For some, it means an interactive collection of scripts and images. To others, it means a way to pass time. To others still, it represents something deeper, a mechanism by which we can do many things, such as challenge ourselves, build relationships, and create a sort of virtual existance by which we can escape the banality of our boring, seemingly interminible lives.
For a certain group of people in Hannover, Germany, a collective of people known as Reakktor Media, Neocron represents a labor of love. It is almost a child to them. Though perhaps this child's progress in life has been hampered by things such as low budgets, personal conflicts, and the pressure of having to live up to the expectations of people who will never truly be happy with it, it has found its place in the world. Perhaps it will never be monolithic, such as its peers World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, and Guild Wars, but it doesn't need to be. It has shown its potential to the people who will truly get the most out of it. And even today, the creators of this being guide it further, trying to make it all it can be, as any good parent does.
For me, Neocron represents something... something that words fail me to describe. It has been with me for a long time now. I'm a man of 20 now, but when I first discovered it, I was merely a boy of 14. You could say that I've grown up with Neocron. It has been a companion to me almost as far back as I can truly remember. Like all friends, we inevitably seperated. I went my seperate way in life, and I didn't have time for it anymore. I changed in many ways, matured, became a person who was more whole, more able to contribute in my own way to society.
And yet, here I am. I've done a lot in the past few years, been a member of many communities. But, I say truthfully, nothing has ever been able to fill the void like Neocron. I moved away from my hometown nearly 3 years ago. I am not the same as my friends from that place, and neither are they. Yet, I still call them my friends, and they still call me theirs. If I were to ever return to that place again, I know that I would find my way there again. It wouldn't be as if I had never left, because things change. People change. However, the potential is still there. And that is what I feel now. I felt a longing for this place, so I have returned. It won't be the same as before, because neither Neocron nor I are the same as we were when I left. But, God willing, I will find it as much a fulfilling experience as I did then. So I'm back, my commitment to this game renewed. Hopefully, soon I will have once again found my place within the community that has evolved since.
It feels good to be home.